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

134 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
6 nt[ē*] tē tu satataṁ prayachchhantô vasundharâṁ [||] Bahubhir=
vvasudhâ bhuktâ râjabhir=Sagar-âdi-
7 bhiḥ yasya yasya yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ phala[ṁ] [||]
Shashṭi-va[r]sha-sahasrâ-
8 ṇi svarggê môdati bhûmi-daḥ âchchhêttâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva
narakê vasê-
9 [t*] [||] Sarvva-sasya-samṛiddhân=tu yô harêta vasundharâṁ śva-
vishṭhâyâṁ kṛimir=bhûtvâ
10 pitṛibhis=saha majjatê [||] Likhitaṁ¹ samba(mva)tsara-śatê sapta-navaty-
uttarê Aśva-
11 yuja-mâsa-divasê viṁśatimê² bhôgika-Phâlgu³datt-âmâtya-naptrâ bhô-
12 gika-Varâhadinna-puttrêṇa mahâsândhivigrahika-Manôrathêna [|]
13 Dûtakaḥ mahâva(ba)lâdhikṛita-Śivaguptaḥ [|] Halir-âkara-kumbha-daṇḍa-
14 pratimê(mô)chan-âtilêkhinê=pi dûtakaḥ uparika-Mâtṛi(tṛi)śiva[ḥ*] [||]
TRANSLATION.
(The opening part of this inscription, on the first plate,
is not forthcoming.)
" And, according to opportunity, it should be preserved. And the tribute of the taxes
which by custom should not belong to the king, should not be taken.
(Line 2.)—" Whosoever may confiscate this grant,—he shall become invested
with (the guilt of) the five great sins and the minor sins."
(L. 3.)—And it has been said in the Mahâbhârata, by the venerable Vyâsa, the ar-
ranger of the Vêdas,—" O Yudhishṭhira, best of kings, carefully preserve land that has
been given, whether by thyself, or by another; (verily) the preservation (of a grant) is
more meritorious than making a grant! As a rule, indeed, no inauspicious condition is expe-
rienced by kings; but they are purified for ever, when they bestow land! The earth has
been enjoyed by many kings, commencing with Sagara; whosoever at any time possesses
the earth, to him belongs, at that time, the reward (of this grant that is now made, if he
continue it)! The giver of land enjoys happiness in heaven for sixty thousand years ·
(but) the confiscator (of a grant), and he who assents (to an act of confiscation), shall
dwell for the same number of years in hell! He who confiscates land, rich in all (kinds of)
grains, (that has been granted),—he becomes a worm in the ordure of a dog, and sinks
(into hell) together with (his) ancestors !"
(L. 10.)—(This charter)* has been written, in a century of years, increased by
ninety-seven, on the twentieth day of the month Aśvayuja, by the Mahâsâṁdhivigrahika
Manôratha, the grandson of the Bhôgika, the Amâtya Phalgudatta,⁴ (and) the son
of the Bhôgika Varâhadinna. The Dûtaka (is) the Mahâbalâdhikṛita Śivagupta.
Moreover, the Dûtaka to an additional writer⁵ for the remission of the fines on
.........⁶ and water-pots, (is) the Uparika Mâtṛiśiva.
¹ Supply śâsanam.
² We should perhaps correct this into viṁśatitamê, as the base viṁśatima seems to be properly
used only when in composition with another numeral, e.g. dva-viṁśatima, in No. 27 above, line 21
page 123. But viṁśatima, by itself, occurs again in line 18 of the Goa grant of Satyâśraya-Dhruvarâja-
Indravarman (Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. X. p. 365.)
³ Read phalgu; see page 123 above, note 2. ⁴ See page 123 above, note 2.
⁵ See page 100 above, note 3. ⁶ The meaning of halir-âkara is not apparent.