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God Virūpākṣa (Śiva) who was enshrined there never
spent a thought about his original home at Alaka.
<error>Slōkās</error><fix>Slōkas</fix> 67 to 75: Bukka as king. Of special interest is the
mention of Devāyi, the queen of Bukka.
67. Installed in that city, he, of undiminished
prowess, ruled over the earth even as Indra ruled the
heavenly regions from his seat in Amarāvati.
68. By contemplating on his prosperity that was
at the service of friends, and his politics that was wide
and comprehensive, his subjects imagined that Manu
himself had in him his second birth.
69. Though impartial to all the three <error>puruṣārtas</error><fix>puruṣārthas</fix>--
dharma, artha and kāma-the king, who was the idol
of all virtuous people, had a special regard for dharma,
even as Viṣṇu, the Lord of all, has for satva, among his
three gunas--satva, rajas and tamas.
70. His hand gave freely, his ear heard the Sāstras
well, his head was always crowned with the sandals of
Lord Śiva. The sense of decorative fineness that he
thereby evinced became the means of his achieving his
desire to get and keep prosperity.
71. The kings that ruled over the territories of
which the mountains of Vindhya, Malaya, Astha and
Rōhaṇa were the four boundaries paid homage to him
and those that were enemies shook with fear.
72. Always awake at his post of guarding the
kingdom that came to him from his ancestors in an
spent a thought about his original home at Alaka.
<error>Slōkās</error><fix>Slōkas</fix> 67 to 75: Bukka as king. Of special interest is the
mention of Devāyi, the queen of Bukka.
67. Installed in that city, he, of undiminished
prowess, ruled over the earth even as Indra ruled the
heavenly regions from his seat in Amarāvati.
68. By contemplating on his prosperity that was
at the service of friends, and his politics that was wide
and comprehensive, his subjects imagined that Manu
himself had in him his second birth.
69. Though impartial to all the three <error>puruṣārtas</error><fix>puruṣārthas</fix>--
dharma, artha and kāma-the king, who was the idol
of all virtuous people, had a special regard for dharma,
even as Viṣṇu, the Lord of all, has for satva, among his
three gunas--satva, rajas and tamas.
70. His hand gave freely, his ear heard the Sāstras
well, his head was always crowned with the sandals of
Lord Śiva. The sense of decorative fineness that he
thereby evinced became the means of his achieving his
desire to get and keep prosperity.
71. The kings that ruled over the territories of
which the mountains of Vindhya, Malaya, Astha and
Rōhaṇa were the four boundaries paid homage to him
and those that were enemies shook with fear.
72. Always awake at his post of guarding the
kingdom that came to him from his ancestors in an