The Colas c11.11

c11.11

‘Oh! descendant of that warrior who, sailing on the wide ocean, compelled the winds to fill the sails of his ships!²¹ Oh, Karikāl-vaḷava, lord of mighty elephants! By this victory thou hast displayed the greatness of thy valour which faced the fight and carried it to success. Is not he even nobler than thee—he, who, after attaining great celebrity in the world, feels now the shame of a wound in his back, and starves himself to death on the plain of Veṇṇi watered by the freshes (of the Kāvēri)?’