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iti . teṣāṃ vidyādharāṇāṃ vṛndena vyūhena vanditau pūjitau pādau caraṇau
yasyeti yaccābhavad evaṃ tāsu tāsu vidyāsvabhijñatvena vidvatsamūhapūjyatayā
rājñāmājñayā śāsakatvācca sarvajñaḥ samrāṭ ceti yatso'yaṃ
tvaccaraṇāmbujapraṇatijastava caraṇāvambuje iva
saukumāryāruṇimādiguṇavattvāttayoścaraṇāmbujayoḥ pādakamalayoḥ praṇateḥ
pūjārādhanādibhaktilakṣaṇātpraṇāmānnimittājjāyate iti tajjastatprakṛtikaḥ
prasādodayo'nugrahāvirbhāvaḥ etattasya tavaiva sevāphalamiti yāvat . atra
kecidvidyādhareti śabde śrītripurāvidyābhijñā ityācakṣate tannopapadyate .
tathātve hi tadvandyatvena svayaṃ tasya paradevatāyāṃ bhaktirāhityaṃ vyajyeta .
apare tu devayoniṣu kecana gītanṛttādikuśalā vaimānikāḥ ityevaṃ teṣāṃ divye
vidyādharapade dīvyatāṃ bhūmistharājasevakatvāsaṃbhavānna nyāyayam .
tasyeyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā vittasya pūrṇā syāt sa eko
manuṣyagandharvāṇāmānandaḥ iti śruteḥ .. 12 ..

[This concludes the citation]. And in that your feet—his [the king's] feet—were praised, that is, worshipped, by a multitude, an assembly, of those vidyādharas, and in that [he] became so: because of expertise in each of those branches of knowledge he was worthy of reverence by the assembly of scholars, and because he governed by royal decree he was omniscient and an emperor. This 'arising from bowing to your lotus-feet' means: your feet are like lotuses because they possess qualities such as tenderness and redness; arising from, that is, being produced by bowing—which has the character of devotion through worship, adoration, and reverential prostration—before those two lotus-feet; this arising of grace, the manifestation of your favor, is simply the fruit of service to you alone. In this regard, some explain the word 'vidyādhara' as 'those knowledgeable in the vidyā of Śrī Tripurā'; that is untenable. For if that were the case, since he is worshipped by them, a lack of devotion to the supreme deity in himself would be implied. Others, however, [explain them as] celestial beings (vaimānika) skilled in singing, dancing, and so forth among the classes of demigods (devayoni); but this is improper, because it is impossible for them, sporting in the celestial station of vidyādharas, to be servants of an earthly king. For scripture says: 'If this whole earth were full of wealth, that is one bliss of the human Gandharvas' (Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.8). || 12