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North Indian Inscriptions |
MISCELLANEOUS INSCRIPTIONS
TRANSLATION (Verse 1) . . . . . Brāhmā, Vishṇu and Mahēśvara . . . . . . . . . . . (V. 2) . . . . . . . Vārāhī, . . . . . she herself . . . . . . . . . . . . (V. 3) The goddess Vaishṇavī, holding a conch and a discus and seated on an eagle, was with great devotion worshipped by Gōpāla with flowers and (various kinds of) incense. (V. 5) This is that wise goddess named Trayī who has a (mighty) power on the battlefield. It is indeed she whom you, O Gōpāla of grave temperament, have praised. This verse and also the second one form the lights in the beginning and the end.¹° (V. 6) . . . . . the six-faced one, who wields a pike in her hand and who destroys all sins, has always been praised by Gopala. (V. 7) Varahi, who utters a terrific cry and who raised the earth with her tusk, has always been praised with devotion by the brave Gopala. (V. 8) Nārasiṁhī, who made constellations of stars fall on the ground by the
whirling of her mane and who is exceedingly powerful, [was praised] by Gōpāla.
1 Metre: Śārdūlavikrīḍita. CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM
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