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A. Fiihrer —Kvdarhot Inscription of Takshadatta. [No. 2, 
[14] STTriT^fw I W^tJ^WT fr^PRjfTrp 
I ^f^PqjTP 
[15] 1 ^OTff«T 3 ^ : wrir 1 
^frfJTTT^rf^W: ^ + + + + [ I ] 
[1G] ffalrf^r^rsjTM^ ^if^r trm ^4% ^ [ w- ] 
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Translation. 
Om ! Adoration ! (V. 1.) Durga, placed near Nilakantha (S'iva), 
slender-waisted, the lion* and Skanda sitting by her side, shining like 
the snowy mountain (Himalaya), ever pleasing, is victorious ! 
(Y. 2.) There was one named Sri Haridatta , renowned like a 
second Hari (Vishnu), whose conduct was uncorrupted, though Lakshmi 
lavished her smiles upon him ; 
(V. 3.) Whose gain of riches, immoveable in gems, undisturbed, 
[and exclusive alone of] the gems which serpents hid [in their heads] 
beneath the mountains, was like the lotus-stalk of the best of men 
(Yislmu) ; 
(V. 4.) Whose virtuous son was named Harivarman , known also 
by the name of S'ri Mamma, under whose sunshine of glory, as it were, 
the lotus-forests, made by the faces of the damsels of his whole house¬ 
hold, flourish. 
(V. 5.) And even now, alas ! the fire of his fury consumes, as it 
were, to his heart’s content the trees, parks, and palaces of his enemies. 
(V. 6 .) The number of wounds inflicted by the sword, aimed suc¬ 
cessfully at his broad chest, are like an incised series [counting] the 
marks of the many successful victories of this king. 
(V. 7.) Though desired, two objects could not be accomplished, 
viz., by the army of his foe to see his back, and by the wife of another 
man his chest. 
(V. 8 .) He excelled even Prajapati (the Progenitor), the creator 
of the seven oceans, the earth and the mountains, by his own power 
of creation in forming large lakes likes oceans, and temples like moun¬ 
tains, by tens of millions. 
L. 14. Read ; °?fl^ ^f^T. 
L. 15. Read ; °TTT 3®°. 
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L. 16. Read ^«T°, 
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# i. e. Durga’s vehicle. 
