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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI TRANSLATION Om ! Adoration to Brahman ! (V.2) Now the king,¹¹ who is the swan in the expanse of heaven, begat Bōdhana (i.e., Budha), the son of (that) primeval king, (who became) a son-in-law in the house of the friend of lotuses.12 (V.3) The son of the god (moon), who is the elixir of the seven oceans, obtained as a legitimate son Purūravas, who had here as his faithful wife Urvaśī to be enjoyed (only) by hundreds of matchless blessings, and also the earth.
(V.4) In this family verily was born Bharata, whose pure fame is proclaimed by the Yamunā, hemmed in by the posts of more than a hundred horse-sacrifices (performed by him) ; who was devoted to securing the well-being of the earth made beautiful by the jewelled girdle by the seven oceans. (V.5) Exceedingly glorious in his family is that Kārtavīrya who wielded with ease all weapons, superfluous (though they were in his case), and who allowed the title of king only to the Moon,¹³ the progenitor of the family of these Haihaya princes. (V.5) As the Himālaya, the lord of mountains, produces a bamboo, which is 1 Metre: Vasantatilakā.
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