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

76 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
30 [t=pâpa]-path-âvarôdhî vipula-śrî-vallabhê(bhai)r=âtmajaiḥ ||[|] Vishṇô[ḥ*]
sthânam=akârayad=bhagava-
31 'taś=śrî]mân=Mayûrâkshakaḥ || Kailâsa¹-tuṅga-śikhara-ppratimasya yassya
dṛishṭv=âkri(kṛi)tiṁ pra-
32 [muditai]r=vvadan-âravindi(ndai)ḥ ||[|] vidyâdharâḥ ppriyatamâ-sahitâḥ su-
śôbham=âdarśi(rśa)-bimba-
33 [m=iva] yânty=avalôkayantaḥ || · Yân²=dṛishṭvâ sura-sundarî-kara-tala-
vyâghṛishṭa-prishṭha-kshaṇam ||[|] prattyâ
34 [vartta]na-śaṅkinô ratha-hayân=âkri(kṛi)shya chañchat-saṭân ||[|] puṇy-ôdarka-
mati-prabhâva-munibhis=saṁ
35 [stû]yamânô=mbarê (||) saṁrajy=âñjali-kuṭṭalan³=nata-śirâ bhîtaḥ prayâtty=
aṁśumân || Mâtṛi(tṝ)ṇâñ⁴=cha
36 [pramu]dita-ghan-âtyarttha-nihrâdinînâm ||[|] tântr-ôdbhûta-prabala-pavan-ôd-
varttit-âmbhônidhinâm ||[|]
37 ── ── ── ◡ ◡]gatam=idaṁ ḍâkinî-saṁprakîrṇṇam ||[|] vêśm=âtyuggraṁ
nṛipati-sachivô=kârayat=puṇya-hêtôḥ || Pâtâlê⁵ [◡ ◡ ─]
38 [◡ ─ ◡]ratibhir=gguptaṁ bhujaṅg-ô[pa*]maiḥ ||[|] śita-svâdu-viśuddha-bhûri-
salilaṁ sôpâni(na)-mâl-ôj[j*]valam ||[|] da(?)[─ ─ ◡ ◡]
39 [─ ◡ ─ ◡]gahanaṁ kshîrôdadhi-sparddhinam ||[|] kûpañ=ch=ainam=akârayad=
guṇa-nidhiḥ śrîmân=Mayûrâkshakaḥ || Yâvach⁶=ch[─ ─ ◡ ◡ ◡]
40 [◡ ◡ ─] sâgarâ ratnavantô nânâ-gulma-druma-vanavatî yâvad=urvvî sa-
śai(?)lâ ||[|] yâvach=ch=êndur=ggraha-gaṇa-chitaṁ vyôma bha[sika]-
41 [rôti tâ]vat=kîrttir=bbhavatu vipulâ śrî-Mayûrâkshakasy=êditi⁷ Siddhir=
astu [||*]
TRANSLATION.
.................................................... the arm of (the god) Vishṇu ;
......................... the serpentine movements of the trunk of (Airâvata) the
elephant of (Indra) the lord of the gods ...................................!
(Line 2.)—Born in a lineage of rulers of the earth who were possessed of renowned
prowess and fame ................................................................
beautiful ............ there was the illustrious king Naravarman, the famous one ;—
who pleased the gods with sacrifices, the saints with observances of a noble nature .....
.................................................. (his) servants with honourable
treatment that was unequalled in the world, and the whole earth with excellent achieve-
ments ;—[who] ............ the appliances of elephants and horses ...............
......... in [battle-fields] which were full of the rays of (his) sword ; (and whose)
enemies, losing the power of motion through fear, are destroyed (by simply) seeing his face
in the van of war.
(L. 5.)—[His son⁸] ........................ magnanimous ; equal to Brihaspati in
intellect ; possessed of a countenance like the full-moon ; the standard of comparison, as it
¹ Metre, vasantatilaka.
² Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
³ Read saṁkuchy=âñjali-kuṭmalan
⁴ Metre, Mandâkrântâ.
⁵ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita.
⁶ Metre, Mandâkrântâ.
⁷ The composer, or the writer, seems to have become confused here between Mayûrâkshakasy=
êti, which is the correct reading, and Mayûrâkshakasya syâd=iti.
⁸ Or possibly "[his younger brother]" ; see page 74 above, note 4.