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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KALACHURIS OF RATANPUR
TRANSLATION Success ! Adoration to the holy Mahā-Gaṇēśā! (Verse I) [Obeisance to Gaṇēśa] for the attainment of complete mastery over . . . ., (he) who is (the cause of) the success of the denizens of heaven . . . . in the fight of gods and demons, which had distracted all the creatures of the three worlds; the remembrance of whose name . . . . .! (V. 2) May the great joy of Ambikā protect you day by day!- (the joy which she felt) while Śiva was smiling and Gaṇēśa was crying (saying to her), “Give me the mōdaka in the hand of the father”, (to which she replied) “(My) son! it is not that,but (it is) the head of a Brāhmaṇa!”⁹ (V. 3) May Murāri protect you!-(he) who, going into the inner apartment, felt delighted through love and . . . . close embrace of the cowherdess and having grasped the two breasts (of Rādhā) and wounded her lower lip . . . cried to his mother, “Give me (that) golden fruit”!¹° (V. 4) There was Karṇadēva, the king well-known in the family of Lūṇḍēla, who was always praised by poets . . . . of those who are celebrated in battle. (V. 5) His son was named Yaśa, whose holy fame (is) well-known in the world, and who erected this whole structure together with clusters of Kadamba tress rendered beautiful by mango, betel-nut, champaka and cocoa-nut trees . . . . . . . (V. 6) He gave his daughter to the illustrious Ghāṭama (as) his wife even as
(the mountain) Himālaya gave Girijā to Śaṅkara . . . . 1The text is corrupt here. Metre: Śālinī CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
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