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

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various kinds, and causeways, and long pools, just as if (he were adorning his own) beloved
wife with different sorts of ornaments ; he who is, as it were, the third eye of the king ; who
is of noble behaviour ; who is devoted to gods, Brâhmans, spiritual preceptors, relations,
and holy men ; and who, (by nature) not free from partiality (for this particular virtue),
has (always) applied (his) thoughts to courteous behaviour, destitute of litigation, which
is applauded by the sacred writings ;—he who, having reflected that the life of every man
lasts not for ever and is full of feebleness, and that prosperity is as unstable as a swing, is
displaying, by means of (his) lawfully acquired riches, the most extreme devotion towards
(the god Vishṇu) who bears the discus and the club ;¹—he who has two handsome arms
that are muscular and long and round and pendulous ; who is [marked] with the wounds of
swords ; whose eyes stretch to the tips of (his) ears ; who is possessed of a clear skin like
that of a young woman of tender age ; who destroys (his) enemies when they display
energy through pride ; who is powerful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; who through devo-
tion behaves like a relation towards (his) enemies ; who is experienced in (the combined
pursuit, without mutual conflict, of) religion and wealth and pleasure :—
(L. 28.)—He, the illustrious Mayûrâkshaka,—who is sprung from a family possessed
of wisdom and prowess ; whose heroism is renowned in every region ; who holds himself
under control ; (and) who has accomplished, in his son Vishṇubhaṭa and also Haribhaṭa,
the duty of (continuing his) lineage,—caused to be built by his sons, the favourites of great
good fortune, this shrine of the divine (god) Vishṇu, which blocks up the path of sin,—
seeing the aspect of which, resembling the lofty peak of (the mountain) Kailâsa, the
Vidyâdharas, accompanied by their mistresses, come and gaze into it with happy faces
that are like waterlilies, as if it were the very lustrous surface of a mirror ;—(and) seeing
which (aspect), at the moment when the surface (of the roof) has been polished by the
palms of the hands of the lovely women of the gods, the sun, who in the sky is praised in
chorus by the saints possessed of superhuman power of mind resulting from religious merit,
reins in his chariot-horses with (their) tossing manes, which think (from the reflection)
that they are returning towards (themselves), and, joining (his hands) together (so that
they resemble) an expanding bud in respectful salutation, runs away in fear with bent-down
head.
(L. 35.)—Also, for the sake of religious merit, the counsellor of the king caused to
be built this very terrible abode, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (and) filled full of
female ghouls, of the divine Mothers, who utter loud and tremendous shouts in joy, (and)
who stir up the (very) oceans with the mighty wind rising from the magic rites of their
religion.
(L. 37.)—And the illustrious Mayûrâkshaka, the receptacle of virtuous qualities,
caused to be made this well, which is protected by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the
lower regions, resembling serpents ; which possesses much water, cool, and sweet, and
pure ; (and) which rivals the ocean.
(L. 39.)—As long as the oceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . are full of jewels ; as
long as the earth, with (its) mountains, abounds with many thickets and trees and woods ;
and as long as the moon lights up the sky that is inlaid with the host of the planets ;—so
long let the fame of the illustrious Mayûrâkshaka remain abundant ! Let there be
success !
¹ This compound combines two well-known names of Vishṇu,—Chakradhara, and Gadâdhara.