78 R, Mitra— Sanskrit Inscription from, Lalitpur. [No 1, 
The successful Holx, the teacher, feels the weight of speeches and 
makes the world wonderstruck. (15) 
He is accomplished, virtuous, straightforward, lover of the good 
religion. 
Line 23. His ways are straight, and he has no greed nor ambi¬ 
tion. (16) 
The fame, which issues forth from the white palace of the sky, is used 
by females, leaving off pearl ornaments. (17) 
May Holi, the boundless, become united with the leader Dhanan- 
jaya. Holi is a man whose fame, white like the ketaki flower * * * 
pervaded all the quarters—the fame which is identified as it were with 
cranes, full of hilarity. (18) 
You are, oh my son, heaven itself, and I am Trisha, * * # very weak. 
Line 24. Tell me cheerfully why do you lament over your parents ? 
Why do you search for them ? Do you long for their springing into life 
again ? “ Where is Kali, tell me, O royal poet * * # in the indestruc¬ 
tible Varddhamana * * * like me * * * Holi. (19) 
In Holi, the lotus tank, fame spreading over the whole world becomes 
a lotus, and S'esha becomes its stalk. The elephants become its leaves. 
Light spreads over all the quarters. (20) 
Line 25. In the Meru the spotless moon, driving away the fear of 
sunset, oh wonder ! sports like a Marala, or plays like a lotus-stalk. 
The moon being laughed at * * * # blossoming * * # be¬ 
comes '* * * when the fame of Holi spreads like the ocean all over the 
world It appears like an all-pervading mountain, and becomes like a boat 
of religion. There is one reason for this, and that is as it should be. (21) 
Line 26. It is a fact that Holi is powerful, it is also a fact that I 
am to be made known as one strong in the power of speech. It is, therefore, 
oh Sages, that our affection grew with our age. (22) 
He who made the delightful * * # Indra * * * * the temple 
of Jina. (23) 
For the increase of his own contentment, for his own blessings, 
for his own prosperity, as well for the delight of those that have conquered 
their passions as well of those that are mere spectators, * * * (24) 
Line 27. In the quarter * * * there was one named Sayudeva. 
He got a son named Yalladeva by Vedasri. (1) 
He too got a son named Lakshmanapala Deva, the wise, furnished 
with all the signs of greatness. (2) 
A son named Kshemaraja by STi # * * * He was perfectly suc¬ 
cessful in the attainment of virtue, desires and wealth. (3) 
He was the second, but second to none in harassing his enemies by his 
rising power. 
