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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 25, PLATE XV B. 115
14 g-ârthaḥ(ṁ) khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-saṁskâr-ârthañ=cha Maṇinâga-pêṭhê Opâni-
grâma-
15 sy=ârddhaṁ chôra-drôhaka-varjjaḥ(ṁ) tâmra-śâsanên=âtisṛishṭaṁ [|] tad=
asmat-kul-ôtthau(tthai)ḥ ma-
16 t-pâdapiṇḍ-ôpajîvibhir=vvâ kâlântarêshv=api na vyâghâtaḥ kâryyaḥ [|]
êvam=âjñâ-
17 pta¹ yô=nyathâ kuryât=tam=ahaṁ dêhântara-gatô=pi mahat=âvadhyânêna
nirddahêyaṁ [||]
18 Uktaṁ cha bhagavatâ param-arshiṇâ vêda-vyâsena Vyâsênaḥ² [|]
Pûrvva³-dattâṁ dvijâtibhyô
19 yatnâd=raksha Yudhishṭhiraḥ⁴ mahîm=mahimatâ[ṁ*] śrêshṭha dânâch=
chhrêyô=nupâlanaḥ(ṁ) [||] Va(ba)hubhiḥ
20 vasudhâ bhuktâ râjabhis=Sagar-âdibhiḥ yasya yasya yadâ bhûmis=
tasya tasya tadâ
21 phalaṁ [||] Shashṭiṁ varsha-sahasrâṇi svarggê môdati bhûmi-daḥ
âkshêptâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=ê-
22 va narakê vasêt [||] Bhûmi⁵-pradânân=nâ(na) paraṁ pradânaṁ dânâd=
viśishṭaṁ paripâlan=chha⁶
23 sarvvê-tisṛishṭâ[ṁ] paripâlya bhûmi[ṁ*] nṛipâ Nṛig-âdyas=tridivaṁ
prapannâḥ || Likhitaṁñ⁷=cha
24 Jîvita-naptrâ Bhujaṁgadâsa-putr-Êśvaradâsen=êti [|] Sva-mukh-âjñâ [|]
Chaitra di 20 9 [||*]
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! Reverence to the divine (god) Vâsudêva! Hail! In two centuries of years,
increased by nine; in the enjoyment of sovereignty by the Gupta kings; in the glorious
augmenting and victorious reign; in the Mahâ-Âśvayuja saṁvatsara; on the thirteenth
lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month Chaitra,—on this (lunar day), (specified)
as above by the saṁvatsara and month and day,-
(Line 3.)—By the Mahârâja, the illustrious Saṁkshôbha,—who is born in the
family of the kingly ascetic Suśarman, who had learned the whole truth of the fourteen
sections of science;⁸ who was a great sage, (being) indeed (an incarnation of) Kapila;
who knew all the first principles; (and) who was of the Bharadvâja gôtra;—who is the
great-grandson of the son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Dêvâḍhya;—who is the
great-grandson of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Prabhañjana;—who is the grandson
of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Dâmôdara;—who is the son of the Mahârâja, the
illustrious Hastin, who was the giver of thousands of cows, and elephants, and horses, and
¹ Read either âjñaptê, or âjñâpitê. ² Read vyâsêna.
³ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following two verses.
⁴ Read yudhishṭhira.
⁵ Metre, Upajâti of Indravajrâ and Upêndravajrâ.
⁶ Read paripâlanañ=cha.
⁷ Read likhitañ.—And supply śâsanam.
⁸ chaturdaśa-vidyâsthâna; viz. the four Vêdas, the six Vêdâṅgas, the Purâṇas, the Mîmâṁsa
system of philosophy, the Nyâya system, and Dharma, or law.
Q 2.