हम्मीर महाकाव्यम् (रणथम्भौर चौहान वीरगाथा एवं इतिहास)

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four-faced Creator, he ruled over the heads of the kings, as his
ancestor the sun rules over the heads of the mountains. Bali,
mortified at seeing the glory of his charity eclipsed by the greater
charity of this king, has hidden himself in the nether world;
for what else could a man afflicted with shame do? The moon,
taken to task by this prince for attempting to rival his glory,
every month hides himself, through fear, in the sun's disk, and
comes out as if desirous of propitiating the offended king by
presenting him with the brilliant orb. The fire of the king's
valour has so burnt the gardens of the fame of his enemies, that
the smoke issuing from the conflagration, ascending into the
atmosphere, has to this day left its mark in the blue sky. The
Ś e s h a n â g a, when he heard of the fame of this prince, was
tempted to nod approval, but, fearing that the earth resting on
his hoods might be thereby convulsed with pain, refrained from
giving way to the generous impulse. Angry that his son should
rival him in glory, the king deprived the ocean of his wealth of
gravity. Are not sometimes fathers made to suffer for the faults
of their sons? By the name of C h o h â n, this prince became
the shoot of the family tree, served by the poets; famous in the
three worlds; the bearer in abundance of human pearls. In this
family rose many a monarch surrounded by a halo of glory,
whose lives, beautified with the triple acquisition,⁵ are able to
destroy mountains of sins.
II. V â s u d e v a.—“In process of time D î k s h i t a V â s u d e v a
was born, who conquered the world by his valour; who seemed the
very incarnation of V â s u d e v a come down to this earth for the
destruction of the demon Ś a k â s. He whetted his sword, blunt
with striking down the heads of his enemies, in the fire of his
valour, and then cooled the steel in the water of the tears gushing
from the eyes of the wives of his enemies. The goddess of victory,
as if enamoured of this prince, shone in his hand in the battle-
⁵ Acquisition of artha (wealth), kâma (love), and moksha (salvation).