North Indian Inscriptions

INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF NORTH KONKAN

capital of the illustrious Rāshṭrakūṭa (prince) Karkara, caused by a conflict of wicked people, even as a beneficent cloud removes all dust, and with the rainbow appearing high up (in the sky), extinguishes wild fire caused by friction of bamboos by means of hail-stones and lightning.

..(V. 10) Therefore, when that king Baddiga (Amōghavarsha III) went to the abode of Śambhu to make it look brighter (with his fame), though it was already very bright, the girl in the form of royal fortune went over to Kṛishṇarāja (III), having bathed, as it were, under the showers from golden vessels.

..(V. 11) When he marched (for victory), none of the princes looked bright−Chōla trembled through fear; the lord of elephants filed to the caves (caused by ) the stream of the Gaṅgā; the lord of horses was overwhelmed with apprehension; and the Andhra (king) sought shelter in the cavity of a mountain; the Pāṇḍya king was deprived of his royal fortune; (and) the rulers of the islands disappeared in the water of the ocean.

.. (V. 12) He (i.e. Kṛishṇa III), the righteous king, whose fame was sung by the (whole) world, by the might of his sword, made the earth have only one royal umbrella −(the earth stretching) from the western mountain, the lands near which are familiar with the rushing waves of the ocean, to the eastern mountain, the peak of which is dug up by the hard hoofs of the horses of the rising Sun, (and) from (Himālaya), the abode of the lord of wealth (Kubēra), to the city of the ten-faced (Rāvaṇa) (i.e. Ceylon).

.. (V. 13) When that lord, the Emperor, who overran the (whole) world, who delighted the people and who, being possessed of bright splendour, destroyed the enemies even as the moon of great brightness withers day-lotuses, disappeared and obtained heavenly abode by the decree of Fate, the king known by the name of the illustrious Khōṭṭigadēva sat on the throne.

.. (V. 14) Thereafter, there was born Kakkaladēva, the son of Nirupama, who, had the form of the god of love, whose spotless fame is well-known throughout the world, and who was waited upon by a multitude of princes.

.. (V. 15) When that king, the lord of the people, was destroyed through misfortune by the mighty Tailappa even as a bright lamp is put out by a strong storm and the kingdom of the Raṭṭas was reduced to a tale (of the past) -

.. (V. 16) There appeared here Jīmūtavāhana, the son of Jīmūtakētu, well-known on the Earth−the ornament of the Śīlāra family, who, the faultless one, by offering his own body, saved all serpents from Garuḍa[1].

.. ( V. 17) In his family was born Kapardin (I), the destroyer of enemies, who was greatly pleased with learned people, who was most praiseworthy and contented on the surface of the earth, who was fond of residing inside a water-fort, who pleased his favourite people, who caused consternation to the enemies’ cities and destroyed dreadful Nāga kings.

.. (V. 18) From him there was the mighty Pulaśakti with his body horripilated, who, large-hearted as he was, was generous like Karṇa, with his showers of gold. Then there was his son Kapardin (II), the magnanimous one, who vanquished the armies of the enemies and and a saviour to the whole earth.

.. (V. 19) Then was born from him (Vappuvanna) the saviour of the world, who exterminated with his long arms the mighty armies of his enemies and who, with his fame, adorned the entire circle of the earth.

.. (V. 20) From that Vappuvanna was born that well-known son named Jhañjha, who manifested the greater and greater rise of his family.
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[1] See the reading in the corresponding verse of the Bhādāna grant (No. 7).