420 Vestiges of the Kings of Gwalior. [No. 4, 
placed the earth under one royal umbrella. He spread (the glory of) 
his deeds to the extreme verge of the three regions, and placed it as a 
shell ornament* * * § ' on the temples of the elephants which guard the 
(ten) quarters of space. 
(3rd line, after eleven syllables a verse each in the Vansantatilaka 
and the Anustup meters.) His widespread majesty, like the rays of 
the sun, proved insufferable on every side, of him whose feet rested on 
the heads of royalty—the remover of vice.f His enemies (—) fly far 
from the ardour of his commencing warfare—even the news of his 
approach drives them away to a distance. (Here 19 syllables in the 
Upendravajra meter missing.) 
(4tli line, after 9 syllables 1 s'loka each in the Indravajra and the 
Drutavilambita meters.) The auspicious was born, he whose family 
was in Mathura, the disinterested, the clierisher of Kayasthas .% Feel¬ 
ing delighted, all good people named him Manoratha§ for verily his 
mind was directed to the path which leads to the three-fold enjoyment 
of virtue, wealth and pleasure. All the resources of arithmetic and 
rhetoric fail to those who attempt to write in praise of the income 
and expenses of King Bhuvanapala (four syllables unintelligible). 
(5th line, after 6 syllables the second half and a full sdoka in the 
Indravajra meter and 1 in the Vansasthavila.) Like Kama wife of 
Vishnu she was great in love and affection, and had made her race, 
morals, and accomplishments manifest by her conduct. Unto him 
was bom by her a son renowned for noble deeds, who made the 
blossom of desire of the respected to blow, who like the moon to the 
four oceans— ? 
The waving of the flag on the top of his palace of beautiful wliite|| 
and black|| marble seemed to fan away the vices of mankind (two 
syllables wanting to complete the verse). 
(6th line, after 9 syallables the latter half of a Upendravajra 
* In allusion to the ornament of cowries with which elephants’ heads are gen¬ 
erally decorated. 
f Dosha in Sanskrit, which in the case of the king means vice, and in that of 
the sun, night; as one removes night so does the other the vices of mankind. 
$ Lit. The rain-bearing cloud to the forest of Kayasthas. It is remarkable 
that he should have selected the Kayasthas for his special care. 
§ There is a play upon the word Manoratha (desire or the object of desire) which 
cannot be reproduced in English, and consequently the reason of the prince’s 
being called by that name, does not become apparent. 
|| Of the colour of the enemy of Cupid i. e. Maliadeva who is white, and that of 
Purvamara or demons i. e. black. 
