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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF NORTH KONKAN
TRANSLATION Success ! May there be victory and prosperity ! [For the translation of verse 1 to 3, see that of verses 1, 2 and 4 in the Ṭhāṇā plates of Arikēsarin (No. 8) ; for the translation of verses 4 to 11, see that of the same verses in the Berlin Museum plates of Chhittarāja (No. 11) ; and for the translation of verses 12 to 17, see that of the same verses in the Ṭhāṇā of Nāgārjuna (No. 13)]. ..(Verse 18). He caused the ladies in the harems of his enemies slain by his sharp sword drawn out (of its scabbard) to have dangling (unbraided) hair, to discard necklaces from their pitcher-like breasts and to have eyes without collyrium (applied to them).
.. (V. 19). The creeper of his fame rises above the bower of the Brahmāṇḍa as if because it is made to grow with the sprinkling of water in the form of tears from the eyes of the wives of the enemies slain (by him). .. (V. 20). Thereafter, his younger brother Nāgārjuna became king—(he) who, resembling Nārāyaṇa in regard to the good fortune of courtesans, was by his anger, the fire of destruction to his arrogant foes. Having heard from afar about the superhuman power of his arms, the itching of the strong arms of his enemies, fond of (fighting on) the battlefield, goes to sleep as it were. .. (V. 21). The quarter-elephants, the streams of whose ichor have dried up by the breezes blowing over the rutting juice of the intoxicated scent-elephants in his unique camp, open their eyes (after a long time)—(the eyes) which were closed for fear of the great masses of smoke spreading from the burning of his enemies’ cities and enveloping (all) quarters. .. (V. 22). Thereafter, his younger brother Mummuṇi, Cupid incarnate, who destroyed the prosperity of the foes (killed by him), became king. When he raised his bow at the end of the waving of lights before his horses (at the commencement of his march for digvijaya), even the mighty Indra gave up his own bow (i.e. the rain-bow). ..
(Line 35). Now while the Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara, the illustrious Mummuṇidēvarāja-
[1] Metre : Anushṭubh.
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