3. May that God, the caufe of fuccefs, the caufe of felicity, who keeps, placed even by himself on his forehead a fection of the-moon-with-coolbeams, drawn-in-the-form-of-a-line-refembling-that-in-the-infinitely#bright fpike-of-a-frefh-blown-Cetaca (who is) adorned-with-a-grove-of

4. The fon of JI'MU'TACE'TU ever affectionate, named JI'MU'TAVA'HANA, who, furely, preserved (the Serpent) S'ANC'HACHU'D'A from Garud'a (the Eagle of VISHNU), was famed in the three worlds, having neglected his own body, as if it had been grafs, for the fake of others.

5. (Two couplets in rhyme.) In his family was a monarch (named) CAPARDIN (or, with thick hair, a title of MAHADEVA), chief of the race of SILA'RA, repreffing the infolence of his foes; and from him came a son, named PULAS ACTI, equal in encreafing glory to the fun's bright circle.

6. When that son of CAPARDIN was a new-born infant, through fear of him, homage was paid by all his collected enemies, with water held aloft in their hands, to the delight of his realm.

7. From him came a fon, the only warriour on earth, named SRI'VAPPUVANNA, a Hero in the theatre of battle.

8. His fon, called S'RI' JHANJHA, was highly celebrated, and the preferver of his country; he afterwards became the Sovereign of Gógni: he had a beautiful form.

9. From him came a fon, whose-renown-was-far-extended-and-whoconfounded-the-mind-with-his-wonderful-acts, the fortunate BAJJADA DE'VA: he was a monarch, a gem in-the-diadem-of-the-world's-circumference; who used only the forcible weapon of his two arms readily on the plain of combat; and in whose bosom the Fortune of Kings herself amorously played, as in the bofom of the foe of MURA (or VISHNU).

10. Like JAYANTA, fon to the foe of VRITTA (or INDRA), like

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SHANMUC'HA (or CARTICE'YA) fon to PURA'RI (or MAHA'DE'VA) then fprang from him a fortunate fon, with a true heart, invincible;

11. Who in liberality was CARNA before our eyes, in truth even YUDHISHTHIRA, in glory a blazing Sun, and the rod of CA'LA (or YAMA, judge of the infernal regions) to his enemies;

12. By whom the great counsellors, who were under his protection, and others near him, are preferved in this world: he is a conqueror, named with propriety S'ARANA'GATA VAJRAPANJARADE'VA.

13. By whom when this world was over-fhadowed with-continualprefents-of-gold, for his liberality he was named JAGADARTHI (or Enriching the World) in the midst of the three regions of the universe.

14. Those Kings affuredly, whoever they may be, who are endued with minds capable of ruling their respective dominions, praise him for the greatness of his veracity, generosity, and valour; and to those princes, who are deprived of their domains, and feek his protection, he allots a firm settlement; may he, the Grandfather of the RA'YA, be victorious! he is the fpiritual guide of his counsellors, and they are his pupils. Yet farther.

15. He, by whom the title of GOMMA'YA was conferred on a perfon who attained the object of his defire; by whom the realm, fhaken by aman named E'YAPADE'VA, was even made firm, and by whom, being the prince of Mamalambuva (I fuppofe, Mambeï, or Bombay) fecurity from fear was given to.me broken with affliction; He was the King, named S'RI' VIRUDANÇA: how can he be otherwife painted? Here fix fyllables are effaced in one of the Grants; and this verfe is not in the other.

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