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(Y. 9.) The great supporters of tlie earth (i, e., mountains or 
kings), with hardened hearts and roots fixed within the ground, were 
caused by him to bow down at his command with all indignity. 
(Y. 10.) He opened the veins of the earth under the pretence 
of sinking wells, the outward form of which had been, as it were, 
surfeited with his graciousness. 
(Y. 11.) His foes who, approaching with arrows and determined, 
came against him with a desire of success, were [sure to be] disap¬ 
pointed, but the suppliants were never so, who came soliciting, needy, 
and with a desire of gaining their object. 
(Y. 12.) In his policy he, being extremely anxious for the welfare 
[of his subjects], was never known to yield, but always put down his 
enemies with force. 
(Y. 13.) He begot a son, named TaJcshadatta, educated in the re¬ 
verence of the three Yedas, and who bent down the necks of his enemies. 
(Y. 14.) “ We, whose inborn virtue had repeatedly been the 
preservative of all [subjects], have entirely been forsaken like a blade 
of grass by that gift, desirous of glory.’’ 
(Y. 15.) Thus (speaking) loudly the spirits of that [monarch], 
being now, as it were, at the top of their patience and having obtained 
some other residence, found out their way through the openings of some 
wounds which he had received with the sword. 
(Y. 16.) This venerable person, who had by the noise [caused] 
by the delightful, fervent and continual interpretation of the Yedas 
deafened the quarters of the heavens, built this lofty, large, lasting 
and very beautifully decorated institution for the instruction of the 
three Yedas. 
(Y. 17.) As long as his virtues, like the rays of the moon, gladden 
the world, free of thick darkness, so long let this institution of a dif¬ 
ferent kind, the delight of the world, remain undisturbed in all its 
original designs. 
(Y. 18.) These well-composed verses have been written by Bhadra , 
the son of Vamana, and by Aisani , and have been engraved by the 
mason Vevadeva. 
(L. 13.) Mahasenadatta, the son of Suryadatta, of the Sankritya 
family, follower of the Bahvricha branch [of the Rigveda] ; Jataveda- 
soma, the son of Grovatsasoma, of the Yatsa family, follower of the 
Kanva branch [of ihe Rigveda] ; 
(L. 14.) Yaisvanarakirtti, the son of Kuladipakirtti, of the 
Kuhala family, follower of the Chhandoga branch [of the Samaveda] ; 
S'ri Chandradhara, the son of Uditachara of the Yasishtha family, 
follower of the Bahvricha branch [of the Rigveda] ; 
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