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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI (our) king is Śēsha, the lord of serpents, (created) to enjoy their pleasures l’ So is he des- Cribbed by the people in the country.1 (V.23) The fire of his anger being fed by the wife of his enemy with the fuel of tears which she shed for a long time on account of her grief of windowhood, destroyed the forces of the enemy, even as that produced from Śiva’s eye (burned) the god of love. (V.24) Salakshana become deformed2 when in the battle of the glorious Karkarēdī he had the misfortune of having his arm cut off by the arrows discharged by the lion of Malaya (i.e. Malayasimha). (V.25) May he (i.e. Malayasimha) be victorious !---who, addressing (Vikrama) in battle with the words ‘O valiant Vikrama, thou art vainly running away ! Thou canst not escape being drowned in the flood of the arrows (discharged) from (my) bow ! Why need I kindle here the fire of (my) sword for thy sake ?’, struck him in the heart in nine or ten places with his arrows and brought him down, overcoming his prowess and strength. 4 (V.26) He erected a marvelous row of mansions touching the sky for gods and Brahmanas, through fear of obstruction from which, as it were, the sun’s chariot goes obliquely with speed. (V.27) Having performed fierce and painful penance, the Siddhas go to high heaven, (while) those, who worship (?) at the temple of Rama (built) by him, generally go to the abode of Vishnu.3
(V.28) May that Prithvīdhara4 together with his younger brother be victori- ous, living for many years like Bhīshma---(he) who, being the son of the queen Talhanadēvī, protects friends and destroys enemies (V.29) The illustrious Garga, the son of the illustrious Rāmasimha, the repository of beautiful luster, who (was invested) with all powers, was, like Chitragupts, his (i.e. Malayasimha’s) writer of religious documents and of education, horses and treasury. (V.30) His excellent minister was the illustrious Harisimha by name, the son of the illustrious Jagatsimha, who was appointed as the distributor of betel, and fulfilled the wished of all supplicants with (gifts of) wealth. (V.31) He killed huge and fierce elephants of the enemy, fought with arrows, a noose, a goad and a sword, dealt a very firm blow with the might of his arm, and marched In the fore-front of the army like Kārttikeya. (Vv.32-3) This city of men is an ornament of the region here,---in which even students have refuted heterodox doctrines with discussions about the knowledge of Brahman together with the real import of the Vēdas; (in which) the multitude of Brāhmanas bring the fires of the Sōma and Śyēna sacrifices to the altars, filling the surface of the earth with the golden rings of sacrificial posts (touched) by the rays of the sun5; and in which they dwell making the sides of the altar resound with the mantras as laid down by (rules) (vidhi). (V.34) where6 the Chakravāka birds, having been fed from the vessels in beautiful
hands, and having left their mates at night, practice severe austerities like sages, fixing 1 This verse does not yield a satisfactory and coherent sense.
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