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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA (V. 17.) “ The kingdom (is) no pleasure at all (compared) with the pleasure of worshipping the holy feet of the elders ;” having considered thus, he returned to (his) parents after having ruled the country of Vêṅgî for one year. (V. 18.) Then his younger brother, the brave prince Vîra-Chôḍa was ordered by (his) father to protect the country of Vêṅgi (and) proceeded (there). (V. 19.) Desirous of prostrating himself at the lotus-feet of the elder one among (his) brothers, thirsting to embrace the younger one whose head was bent in devotion (to him), longing to do obeisance to (his)father and meditating on (his)lotus-feet, this poor boy spent six years in fear of transgressing the command of (his)father. (V. 20.) The politic king of kings, who had subdued (all) rulers of the earth, recalled to himself that son whose only wish was thus to be united with (his) father and brothers. (Vv. 21-27.) Then the emperor, who knew (his) duty (and)who had conquered the circle of the earth by valour, spake as follows to (his)first-born dear san[1] Chôḍagaṅga, having affectionately addressed (him)by the name Râjarâja (i.e. ‘ king of kings ’), which was full of meaning because (he thought that) this lotus-eyed one would become a king of kings, (and) having embraced (him)who had prostrated himself (and) had folded his hands :─ (V. 28.) “ There is a country famed by the name of Vêṅgî, (which is ) the birth-place of the noble Chalukyas, as th ocean (is) of precious pearls. (V. 29.) “ Having reached high eminence there, the members of my family overcome even mighty kings,[2] as the planets, having risen in the east, surmount even lofty mountains.
(V. 30.) “ While thou, Râjarâja, art seated on the lion-throne in the Vêṅgi country in order to protect the whole earth unopposed, may the luster of (thy) feet be enhanced by clusters of gems in the diadems of many kings, as the beauty of the lotus by swarms of bees ! (V. 31.) “ As long as the king of serpents (Śêsha), (who is) the only lord of the snake-tribe, as thon (art) the only lord of a troop of elephants, is ruling the lower word, and as long as the lord of heaven (India), being worshipped by hundreds of gods and demi-gods, (is ruling)heaven, so long protect thou the earth, purifying the horizon as the impurity in the shape of enemies is washed away by the water of the edge[3] of the sharp, large sword in the hand !” (V. 32.) When the prince, having thus obtained the blessing of the king (and) afterwards the true blessings of (his) mother, (and)having bowed to both, was about to start for his country, the sound of the conches (announcing his) departure and of shrill auspicious bugles reached the ends of the quarters. (V. 33.) When the glorious Râjarâja had ascended (the throne of) the Vêṅgî country, (as) the sun the eastern mountain, the night of enmity was dispelled ; darkness in the disguise of foes was driven away ; the stars in the semblance of necklaces disappeared from the firmament─ the wives of the enemies ; (and) fire in the shape of sorrow sprang up in the sun-crystals─ the hearts of the wives of foes. (V. 34.) In the Śâka year reckoned by the tastes (6), sky (0), the atmosphere (0), and the : moon (1),─ (i.e. 1006) ─ in the month Jyaishṭha, in the bright fortnight, on the full-moon tithi, on a Thursday, when the moon had joined Jyêshṭhâ, in the excellent lagna Siṁha,─ the sinless lord, the glorious Râjarâja, having been anointed to the kingdom of the whole earth, put on the tiara to the joy of the world. ______________________________________________________________ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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