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

90 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
TRANSLATION.
Victorious is the lord, the four-armed (god Vishṇu)—whose couch is the broad
waters of the four oceans; who is the cause of the continuance, the production, and the
destruction, &c., of the universe; (and) whose ensign is Garuḍa!
(Line 2.)—In a century of years, increased by sixty-five; and while Budhagupta (is)
king; on the twelfth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month Âshâḍha; on the day
of Suraguru;¹ (or in figures) the year 100 (and) 60 (and) 5:—
(L. 3.)—And while Suraśmichandra is governing, with the qualities of a regent of
one of the quarters of the world,² (the country that lies) between the (rivers) Kâlindî
and Narmadâ, (and) is enjoying in the world the glory of (being) a Mahârâja;—
(L. 4.)—On this (lunar day), (specified) as above by the year and month and day;
—by the Mahârâja Mâtṛivishṇu, who is excessively devoted to the Divine One;
who, by the will of (the god) Vidhâtri, was approached (in marriage-choice) by the god-
dess of sovereignty, as if by a maiden choosing (him) of her own accord (to be her
husband); whose fame extends up to the borders of the four oceans; who is possessed
of unimpaired honour and wealth; (and) who has been victorious in battle against many
enemies;—who is the son of the son's son of Indravishṇu, who was attentive to his duties;
who celebrated sacrifices; who practised private study (of the scriptures); who was a
Brâhmaṇ saint; (and) who was the most excellent (of the followers) of the Maitrâyaṇîya
(śâkhâ);—who is the son's son of Varuṇavishṇu, who imitated the virtuous qualities of
(his) father;—(and) who is the son of Harivishṇu, who was the counterpart of (his) father
in meritorious qualities,³ (and) was the cause of the advancement of his race;—
(L. 8.)—(By him) and by his younger brother Dhanyavishṇu, who is obedient to
him, (and) has been accepted with favour by him,—this flag-staff of the divine (god)
Janârdana, the troubler of the demons,⁴ has been erected, for the purpose of increasing
the religious merit of (their) parents.
(L. 9.)—Let prosperity attend all the subjects, headed by the cows and the
Brâhmaṇs!
¹ i.e. "on Thursday."—Suraguru, 'the preceptor of the gods,' is another name of Bṛihaspati,
from which latter name the day takes its customary appellation of Bṛihaspativâra.
² lôkapâla.—The lôkapâlas, or guardians of the points of the compass, are sometimes reckoned
as eight, viz. 1, Indra, of the east; 2, Agni, of the south-east; 3, Yama, of the south; 4, Nirṛiti, or
sometimes Sûrya, of the south-west; 5, Varuṇa, of the west; 6, Vâyu, of the north-west; 7, Kubêra,
of the north; and 8, Îśâna, or sometimes Chandra, and sometimes Pṛithivî, of the north-east;—and
sometimes as four, viz. Nos. 1, 3, 5, and 7, above.
³ pitaram=anu-jâtasya.—Dr. Hall explained this expression in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc. Vol.
XXX. p. 139, note, by a passage quoted in the St. Petersburg Dictionary from the Pañchatantra;
viz.—
Jâtaḥ putrô=nujâtaś=cha atijâtas=tath=aiva cha |
apajâtaś=cha lôkê=smin=mantavyâḥ śâstra=vêdibhiḥ ||
Mâtṛi-tulya-guṇô jâtas=tv=anujâtaḥ pituḥ samaḥ |
atijâtô=dhikas=tasmâd=apajâtô=dham-âdhamaḥ ||
"By those who know the scriptures, (sons) are to be understood among men as being a jâta son, or
an anujâta, or an atijâta, or an apajâta. A jâta (is) one whose virtues are equal to (those of
his) mother; an anujâta (is) equal to (his) father (in virtue); an atijâta surpasses that (father); (and
an apajâta (is) altogether inferior (to him.)"
⁴ puṇyajana, lit. 'a good, pious, or virtuous man,' also denotes 'a class of supernatural beings,
a fiend, a goblin, a demon.'