North Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RATANPUR

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TRANSLATION

Ōṁ ! Adoration to Brahman !
(For a translation of vv. 1-2, see p.428.)

(Verse 3) From him (I. e., Kārtavīryya) who surpassed the fame of Indra, were born on the earth many Haihayas, endowed with all excellences, who were lions to the elephants that were hostile kings and wish-fulfilling trees to suppliants. The kings, who were (born) in their family, became famous as Kalachuris in the Chēdi country. (In their family) was born the king Kōkalladēva, who was a comet to the families of his enemies.⁵

(For a translation of v. 4, see that of v.5 on p. 428.)
(V. 5) In (that) family was born their younger brother, Kaliṅgarāja who exterminated hostile kings by the fire of his valour and who was the full moon to the daylotuses which were the faces of the beloveds of the mighty warriors of (his) wicked enemies.

(V. 6) Thereafter he^⁶ begot Ratnarāja (I), whose, face was like the moon, and was acquired a mass of religious merit by obliging the whole world; (and) who, destroying (his) enemies by the valour of the pair of his arms, spread his fame in the three worlds.

(V. 7) From him (i.e., Ratnarāja1) was born the king Pṛithvīdevā (1), whose prowess was like that of a tiger, (and) in the mirrors of whose nails was reflected a host of princes who bowed to him.

(V. 8) Then that illustrious king's son was Jājalladēva (1) who, like the moon, was possessed of radiant complexion and majesty, (but) had no spots; who was a repository of good arts (as the moon is of digits); who was endowed with an inestimable form (and) was virtuous (as the moon has a well-rounded form); (and) who possessed all qualities and was an abode of all merits.

(V. 9) From him was born Ratnadēva (II) of incomparable valour, who, in battle, turned back Chōḍagaṅga and Gōkarṇa.

(V. 10) Then was born to that king a son named Pṛithvīdēva (II), whose power extended to the bounds of the orb of the earth; who whitened the world with his lovely glory, as with a mass of snow; who devoted himself to the extermination of his wrathful foes in battle, as a lion does (in the case of) infuriated elephants; (and) who was a destroyer of demons (i.e., wicked people).
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¹Read स्ताम्रे.
²Metre Indravajrā.
³This akshara and the daṇḍas after MüOûMåü are superfluous.
⁴Read - वासितविजय-.
⁵I.e., he caused their destruction.
⁶As the text stands, Ratnarāja I appears to be a son of Kaliṅgarāja. But from several other records we know that Kaliṅgarāja's son was Kamalarāja who was the father of Ratnarāja I.