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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RAIPUR
TRANSLATION Ōṁ Adoration to the holy Gaṇapati ! (Verse 1) May Gaṇarāja, the lord of obstacles, protect you !—(he) who removes all sins, grants desired success, is sung by the Vēdas, has (the serpent) Śēsha for his sacred thread (and) is resorted to by rows of beautiful bees on the sloping sides of his temples ! (V. 2) May the goddess of eloquence shine in the lotus-like mouth of the poet for the composition of good poetry !â(she), the divine one, whom the creator recites with an attentive mind after he has honoured the Vedas ; with whose sounds (uttered) by Kinnaris, Parvati attracts the mind of even Srika??ha (Siva) (and) whose arms with jingling bracelets would, in privacy, be (like) necklaces on the breast of Naraya?a ! (V. 3) May (that) Nārāyaṇa always manifest (himself) in your minds !—(he), the incorporeal divine Being, on whom even the denizens of heaven such as Brahmā, though they know the self, meditate according to the words of the Vēdas, (and) by remembrance of whom (all) sins vanish away ! (V. 4) In the royal race of Ahihaya⁵ there was born a devotee of Ṡiva possessed of fierce valour (namely) the king Siṁhaṇa, having adopted the Kalachuri branch (of it) ; who, by the great pride of his own arms, conquered, on the battlefield, eighteen fortresses of the enemies. ( V. 5) His son was the valiant king Rāmadēva, who, with an angry look, attacked, in the forefront of battle, Bhōṇiṅgadēva of the Nāga lineage (and) who, like a jewel (in the hood of a serpent), had a lustre resplendent like a collection of rays of the mid-day sun. (V. 6) Triumphant on the earth is his son, the illustrious king Haribrahma- dēva, a destroyer of enemies and a devotee of Ṡiva, who, dark-complexioned (as he is), is charming like the god of love to the minds of deer-eyed (women), (and is) the god of death to mighty warriors, the shining celestial tree to all suppliants, the master of eloquence (i. e., Bṛihaspati) among learned men and a second Bharata⁶ among connoisseurs of singing.
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