The Colas c21.6

c21.6

‘Brahmanical sacrifices were given up; the path of Manu was totally deserted; the six sciences were forgotten and the chanting of the Vedas ceased.

‘The castes mixed one with another in wild confusion; none keeping to their prescribed paths of duty, (the code of proper) conduct was forgotten.

‘Each sought to tyrannise the others, the temples of the gods were neglected; women lost their chastity; and fortresses fell into ruin.

‘While the darkness of Kali was thus spreading, he (Abhaya) came to the rescue of the world, like the sun rising above the roaring sea and driving away darkness.

‘He made it his duty to create afresh all the safeguards (for the people), he restored all the (old) rules and again established the earth on the proper path.

‘Amidst the roar of the four oceans and the chanting of the four Vedas, and the blessings of the three worlds, he was anointed.’