विभूतिसमभासि-गौडवधाख्यमहाकाव्यप्रकाशि-श्रीमस्कमलायुषा- सेवासि-श्रीमद्वाक्पतिराजस, दशमविस्ताम्दशतकोत्तरार्धसमुत्पनीमस्सोम- देवविविरचितयशस्तिलकापनामधेययशोधरमहाराजचरिते वर्णितया वाक्पतिराजस्य च नाममात्रसाम्यादभिमतां संसोसूचांचक्रिरे. अतर्क धन्यवादपुरःसरं मुलेख प्रकाशामि- "Vakpati-Author of the Gaudavadha. He is stated in our book to have been the son of Harahar deva. . For Vakpatiraja's relations to Bhavabhuti , see Bhandarkar's Preface to his edition of Malati. midhava already referred to. under Bhavabhuti. That Vakpatiraja was a prince as well as a poet is evident both from the passage in the Rajatarangini and from the following reference to him fonnd in Halayudha's commentary on the Piñgalasūtras- 'स जगति वाक्पतिराज सकलार्षिमनोरपैककल्पतरः । प्रत्यर्थिभूतपार्थिवलक्ष्मीहठहरणदुर्ललितः ॥' Halāyudha's verse is quoted in the Das'artpad kiyaloka with the note that the king referred to in Muñja. According to a statement in the Yas'astilaka Vákpatiraja was thrown into prison by Yas'ovarman, and there, like James I. of Scotland, composed big poem," अस हि अन्पस्य पुस्तकमेकमेवोपलब्धम् . एतस्यैकस्य पुस्तकमापारेष बोधितमुदिवेऽप्यस्मिन्मन्येऽस्मकृतटिप्पण्या च यत्र कुत्रचनाशुद्धिः स्थिता आता अभीतकायदयाः संशोधयन्तु. यतः-- गच्छतःस्सलन कापि भवस्व प्रमादतः ।। हसन्ति दुर्जनास्वत्र समादधति सजनाः ।। इति प्रायवे- भवदत्तशाली, गहन्मेट कोड, अजमेर.
