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

54 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
11 dita-ba[la]-kôshân=Pushyamitrâṁś=cha [j]itvâ kshitipa-charaṇa-pîṭhê sthâpitô
vâma-pâdaḥ [||] Prasabham-anupam[ai]r=vvidhvasta-śastra-pratâpai[r]=
vina[◡ ◡]mu-
12 [◡ - -]kshânti-śaury[ai]r=nnirûḍhaṁ charitam=amala-kîrttêr=ggîyatê yasya
śubhraṁ diśi-diśi paritushṭair=â-kumâraṁ manushyaiḥ [||] Pitari
divaṁ=upê[tê]
13 viplutâṁ vaṁśa-lakshmîṁ bhuja-bala-vijit-ârir=yyaḥ pratishṭhâpya bhûyaḥ
jitam=iti paritôshân=mâtaraṁ sâsra-nêttrâṁ hata-ripur=iva Krishṇô
Dêvakîm=abhyupê-
14 [ta]ḥ [||] Sv[ai]r¹=ddaṇḍ[aih] [◡ ◡] ra(?)tyu[-]t-prachalitaṁ vaṁśaṁ prati-
shṭhâpya yô bâhubhyâm=avaniṁ vijitya hi jitêshv=ârttêshu kṛitvâ dayâm
n=ôtsiktô [na] cha vismitaḥ pratidinaṁ
15 saṁvarddhamâna-dyutiḥ gîtaiś=cha stutibhiś=cha vandaka-ja(?)nô(?) yaṁ
prâ(?)payaty=âryyatâm [||] Hûnair=yyasya samâgatasya samaré
dôrbhyâṁ dharâ kampitâ bhîm-âvartta-karasya
16 śatrushu śarâ[— — ◡ — — ◡ — — — ◡ ◡ — ◡ —] vira(?)chi(?)taṁ
prakhyâpitô [-]î[◡]î[-] na dyô(?)ti[◡]nabhî(?)shu lakshyata iva
śrôtrêshu Gâṅga-dhvaniḥ [||]
17 S[v]a²-pituḥ kîrtti[— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
— — — — ◡ ◡ — —] [||] [Karttavyâ] pratimâ kâchit=pratimâṁ
tasya Śârṅgiṇaḥ
18 s[u]-pratitaś=chakâr=êmâṁ y[âvad=â-chandra-târakam] [||] Iha ch=ainam
pratishṭhâpya su-pratishṭhita-śâsanaḥ grâmam=ênaṁ sa vidadh[ê] pituḥ
pu[ṇ]y-âbhivṛiddhayê [||]
19 Atô bhagavatô mûrttir=iyaṁ yaś=ch=âtra saṁsthi(?)ta(?)ḥ ubhayam
nirddidêś=âsau pituḥ puṇyâya puṇya-dhîr=it. [||*]
TRANSLATION.
[Perfection has been attained] ! The son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious
Samudragupta,—who 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; who was the son of the son’s son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Gupta; who
was the son’s son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Ghaṭôtkacha; (and) who was the son
of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Chandragupta (I.), (and) the daughter’s son of
Lichchhavi,³ begotten on the Mahâdêvî Kumâradêvî,—
(Line 4.)—(was) the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the Mahârâjâdhirâja,
the glorious Chandragupta (II.), who was accepted by him;⁴ who was begotten on the
Mahâdêvî Dattadêvî; (and) who was himself without an antagonist (of equal power).
¹ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita; and in the next verse.
² Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following three verses.
³ The usual form of this name is Lichchhavi, with the vowel a in the second syllable. As
regards the present variant, see page 16 above, note 1.
⁴ i.e. by Samudragupta; see page 12 above, note 1.