North Indian Inscriptions

GANAPESVARAM INSCRIPTION OF GANAPATI.

......(V. 36.) Then king Gaṇapati took to wife that Nârama and Pêrama, whose beauty, elegance and grace were unrivalled in the three worlds.

......(V. 37.) The king welcomed and took into his service their younger brother, the handsome Jâyana, who, in spite of his youth, commanded respect on account of the great modesty, wisdom, cleverness, firmness, profundity and bravery, indicated by (his) face.

......(V. 38.) Then, pleased by (his) deeds, the king joyfully granted to this Jâyana the dignity of a general (and) of a commander of the elephant-troop, along with a palanquin, a parasol, and other emblems.

......(V. 39.) Having been appointed general by his lord, surrounded by wise men, (and) full of power, young Jâya, the slayer of hostile warriors, resembles (the god) Kumâra, who has been appointed general by (Indra) the lord of the gods, is surrounded by gods, (and) bears a spear.

......(V. 40.) The edge of his sword (is) the only messenger, (announcing) to powerful enemies (their approaching) union with celestial nymphs ; (and) his policy (is) the messenger, (announcing) to his beloved (master) the union with the fortunes of other kings.

......(V. 41.) He who was distinguished by the name Vairigôdhûmagharaṭṭa,¹ formerly became a (mere) mouthful for the point of his (viz. Jâya’s) sword, that was about to devour all the brave enemies in battles.

......(V. 42.) He is ashamed at the praise of (his) liberality, which meets (his) ears, (thinking), it seems² :― “What are my gifts (worth), (if) a single lord of the twice-born (viz. the Moon) gets entirely emaciated in every (dark) fortnight ; (if) a single scholar (viz. the planet Mercury), having lost most of his wealth (or light), always approaches (another) wealthy man (viz. the Sun); (and if) a single poet (viz. the planet Venus), being bewildered, does not rise for some days ?”

......(V. 43.) He possesses offspring in the shape of the following seven (acts) which (he) has duly fulfilled :― (The procreation of) a son, the composition (of a poem), (the hoarding of) a treasure, (the planting of ) a grove, the marriage (of a girl to a Brâhmaṇa), (the consecration of) a temple, and (the construction of) a tank.³

......(V. 44.) In this Dvîpa, founded by his grandfather Nârâyaṇa,⁴ this general Jâya himself caused to be built, out of true devotion, this lofty (and) substantial temple, equal to the Kailâsa mountain, of Mahâdêva, who has the shape of a liṅga (and) is called Gaṇapêśvara after the name of king Gaṇapati.

......(V. 45.) In the Śâka (year) measured by the qualities (3), the arrows (5), and the Bhavas (11),⁵ (i.e. 1153), in the (cyclic) year Khara, in the bright (fortnight) of Mâdhava,⁶ on the tithi of Gaurî,― Jâya performed the consecration of this blessed Gaṇapatîśvara.

....................................B.― Telugu Portion.

......(Line 121.) To the god Mahâdêva of the Gaṇapatîśvara (temple) at Divi the various inhabitants of the eighteen districts (vishaya) (on) both (sides of the Kṛishṇâ river) gave at Naṅgegaḍḍa (as) revenue a large fanam (chinna) on (every) boat.
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......¹ i.e. ‘the grinding-stone to the wheat (which was) the enemy.’ This must have been a surname of the first of Jâya’s artagonists.
......² The actual reason of Jâya’s being ashamed at the praise of his liberality is, of course, his great modesty.
......³ These are the seven kinds offspring (saṁtâna or saṁtati) to which verse 9 of the Vanapalli plates of Anna-Vêma alludes ; ante, p. 64, note 3.
......⁴ Bhava is used for 11, because it is synonymous with Rudra. Compare Śiva-śata – 1100, Ind. Ant. Vol. XXI. p. 202, note 48.
......⁵ This is another name of the lunar month of Vaiśâkha.