गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

44 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
7 Asyâṁ=divasa-pûrvvâyâṁ¹ bhagavatas=trailôkya-têjas-saṁbhâra-saṁtat-âdbhuta-
mûrttêr=Brahmaṇya-dêvasya
8 ........ nivâsinaḥ Svâmi-Mahâsênasy=âyatanê=smin=Kârttayug-âchâra-
saddharmma-vartm-ânuyâyina .
9 . âta ....................... [pa]rshadâ mânitêna Dhruvaśarmmaṇa
karmma mahat=kṛit=êdam² ।(॥)
10 Kṛit[v]â³ [--â]bhirâmâṁ muni-vasati[◡-] svargga-sôpana-r[û]pâṁ ।⁴
kaubêrachchhanda-bimbâṁ sphaṭika-maṇi-dal-âbhâsa-gaurâṁ⁵ pratôlîm ।
11 prâsâd-âgr-âbhirûpaṁ guṇa-vara-bhavanaṁ [dharmma-sa(?)]ttraṁ yathâvat ।
puṇyêshv=êv=âbhirâmaṁ vrajati śubha-matis=tâta-Śarmmâ dhruvô=stu ।(॥)
12 [--]â[--]î[--]sya⁶ [◡-]śubh-âmṛita-vara-prakhyâta-labdhâ bhuvi । [--]ê[--]ê
bhaktir=ahîna-sat[t*]va-samatâ kas=taṁ na saṁpûjayêt ।
13 yên=âpûrvva⁷-vibhûti-sañchaya-chayaiḥ [--]ai[--]î[◡---◡-]ḥ । tên=âyaṁ
Dhruvaśarmmaṇâ sthira-varas=[st]aṁbh-ôch[chhr]ayaḥ kâritaḥ ।(॥)
TRANSLATION.
(Line 6.)—In the ninety-sixth year, (and) in the augmenting victorious reign⁹ of
the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Kumâragupta,—
(L. 5.)—Who is the son, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Dhruvadêvî, of the Mahârâjâ-
dhirâja, the glorious Chandragupta (II.), who was himself without an antagonist (of
equal power); who was a most devout worshipper of the Divine One; (and)
(L. 4.)—Who¹⁰ was the son, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Dattadêvî, of the Mahârâjâ-
dhirâja, the glorious Samudragupta,—
(L. 1.)—[Who¹¹ was the exterminator of all kings; who had no antagonist (of equal
power) in the world]; whose fame was tasted by the waters [of the four oceans]; [who was
equal to (the gods) Dhanada and Varuṇa and Indra and Antaka; who was the very axe of
(the god) Kṛitânta]; who was the giver of [many] millions of [lawfully acquired cows and]
gold; who was the restorer of the aśvamêdha-sacrifice, that had been long in abeyance;
(and)
(L. 3.)—[Who¹² was the son of the son's son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Gupta;—
the son's son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Ghaṭôtkacha];—(and) the son of
the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Chandragupta (I.), (and) the daughter's son of
Lichchhavi, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Kumâradêvî;—
(L. 7.)—On this (lunar day), (specified) as above by the day (&c.),¹³—at this temple
of the divine (god) Svâmi-Mahâsêna, whose wondrous form is covered over with the accu-
¹ Supply tithau. ² Read kṛitam=idam. ³ Metre, Sragdharâ.
⁴ Here, and below, the marks of punctuation at the end of the first and third pâdas of each verse
are unnecessary.
⁵ The reading is gaurâṁ, instead of the usual form gaurîṁ, also in the original duplicate of this
inscription on the other column.
⁶ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
⁷ These four aksharas are supplied from the ink-impression of the duplicate inscription, in which
they are quite distinct.
⁸ We should expect sthirataras; but the duplicate inscription also reads sthira-varas.
⁹ See page 38 above, note 5.
¹⁰ i.e. Chandragupta II. ¹¹ i.e. Samudragupta. ¹² i.e. Samudragupta.
¹³ The day and other details, however, are not specified