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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
INCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF TRIPURI (V.11) He, who, seeking glory, filled with gold the oceans of the desires of supplicants, begot the prince Karṇa. (V.12) While that king of unprecedented lustre gave full play to his heroism, the Pāṇḍya renounced violence, the king of Murala gave up arrogance, the ruler of Kuṅga sought his alliance, the prince of Vaṅga trembled with that of Kaliṅga, the lord of Kīra stayed at home like a parrot in the cage, and the Hūṇa lost all merriment. (V.13) ‘Let us reduce the size of the earth, the whole of which he enjoys by defeating our husbands’ ––With this motive as it were, the wives of hostile kings enlarged the seas with tears flowing from their eyes. These (seas), on the other hand, presented¹ him with larges waves of precious stones! (V.14) From him the illustrious Yaśaḥkarna took his spotless birth-(he who was) a crest-jewel of the rulers of the earth, who had a guiltless heart, who illuminated the circle of quarters with the bright rays of his fame which sprang from his devastation of Champāraṇya, (and) who transformed into gods of wealth whatever learned men² met his eyes. (V.15) From him, an unfathomable ocean of all merits, was born Gayakarṇadēva, the favourite of the earth, in whose case, even the sun³,––the sun of his prowess caused the rise of the ocean – the ocean of grief––of his enemies’ beautiful wives. (V.16) That king surpassed yellow orpiment by his lustre, was the wish-fulfilling tree supporting the creeper of fortune, wore a large garland of noble qualities, was the sole god of death to the host of his enemies, adorned the fore-front of the battle-field, was surrounded by a (halo of ) charming glory, and wielded a very sharp sword.â
(V.17) Famous in this world is the family of the son of Gōbhila. Therein was born, forsooth, the king Haṁsapāla, who, with his valiant and irresistible armies, humbled all the combined hosts of (his) enemies. (V.18) He had a son, the lord of the earth, the illustrious Vairisiṁha, whose feet were reddened by the crest-jewels in the diadems of all feudatory princes paying homage to him, (and who was) a treasure, not merely of pure thoughts, but also eminently (one) for suppliants. (V.19) That Vairisiṁha too, drove the families of his enemies to deep cave-
dwellings, while he himself occupying their cities made them far surpass (in splendour) the
city of Alakā.4 (V.20) From him was born the lord of the earth named Vijayasiṁha, whose beauty was praised by all men, who, by his great valour, made his enemies’ fortune unstable, (and) the moon of whose fame was always waxing in the world. 1Monier-Williams gives Vśaṁ-vridh (causal) in the sense of ‘presenting’.
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