English: He came into a region that was earlier the domain of the Kamarupa kingdom, but which had since lapsed into retarded conditions.

Kannada: ಹಿಂದೆ ಕಾಮರೂಪ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಗೊಳಪಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು, ಆಮೇಲೆ ದುಃಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೀಡಾಗಿದ್ದ ಪ್ರದೇಶವೊಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಆತ ಬಂದನು.