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1887.] Govindachandra Deva of Kanauj. 
(v. 4.) His son was the king, the illustrious Chandradeva , whose 
one delight was in statesmanship, who attacked the hostile hosts (and) 
scattered the haughty brave warriors (as the moon does) the darkness. 
By the valour of his arm he acquired the matchless sovereignty over 
the glorious GJ-adhipura,* * * § when an end was put to all distress of the 
people by his most noble prowess.f 
(v. 5.) Protecting the holy bathing-places of Kasi (Benares), 
Kusika (Kanauj),{ Uttarakosala (Ayodhya), and the city of Indra 
(Indrasthana, ancient Dehli),§ after he had obtained them, (and) 
incessantly bestowing on the twice-born gold equal (in weight) to his 
body, he eternally || marked the earth with the scales (on which he had 
himself weighed). 
(v. 6.) Victorious is his son Madanajodla , the crest-jewel of the 
rulers of the earth, the moon of his family. By the sparkling waters 
from his coronation-jars the coating of the impurity of the Kali yuga 
(the present, or iron-age) was washed off from the earth.* 
(v. 7.) When he went forth to victory, the orb of the earth bent 
down beneath the excessive weight of the footsteps of his rutty ele¬ 
phants marching along, tall as towering mountains : then, as if suffer¬ 
ing from cold, S'esha, radiant with the clotted blood that trickled from 
his palate pierced by the crest-jewel, hid his face for a moment in his 
bosom.f 
(v. 8.) As the moon, whose rays diffuse in abundance liquid 
nectar, J from the ocean, so was born from the ruler of men Govinda - 
chandra Deva, who bestowed cows giving abundant milk. As one 
restrains an (untrained) elephant, so he secured by his creeper-like 
long arms the new ( i . e., newly acquired) kingdom.§ 
(v. 9.) When his war-elephants had in three quarters in no wise 
found elephants their equals for combat, they roamed about in the 
* Gadhipura, ‘town of Gadhi,’ the father of Visvamitra, is Kanyakubja, or 
Kanauj. 
f Metre : Sardulavikridita. 
X Kusikatirtha is apparently Gadhipura, or Kanyakubja, as Kusika is the 
father of Gadhi. 
§ Indrasthana is very probably another name for Indraprastha, or ancient 
Dehli. 
|| The two Benares grants read distinctly i. e., hundreds of times. 
■If Metre : Vasantatilaka. 
# Metre : Vasantatilaka. 
f Metre : S'ardulavikridita. 
t This translation is based on the readings of the two Benares grants. 
§ Metre : Vasantatilaka. 
