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

146 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
**Mahêndra.*¹ We have an important allusion in the statement that he possessed countries
which not even the Guptas and the Hûṇas could subdue; and a still more important
record, in connection with the general history of the period, to the effect that homage was
done to him by even the famous king Mihirakula. It is not dated. But Yaśôdhar-
man's date is now known from the Mandasôr inscription of Mâlava-Saṁvat 589 (A.D.
532-33) expired, No. 35 below, which mentions him and Vishṇuvardhana; and the present
inscription, having been engraved by the same person, Gôvinda, must fall within a few
years on either side of that date. Also, the use of the present tense almost throughout,
coupled with the record that Yaśôdharman himself erected the column, shews that the
inscription is one of his own time, not posthumous. The opening verse contains a Śaiva
invocation; which is in accordance with the boast, in line 6, that Yaśôdharman never
bowed his head to any save the god Śiva. But the record itself is non-sectarian; the
object of it being only to narrate the erection of the column, for the purpose of reciting
the king’s glory and power.
TEXT.²
1 Vêpantê³ yasya bhîma-stanita-bhaya-samudbhrânta-daityâ digantâḥ śriṅg-
âghâtaiḥ Sumêrôr=vvighaṭita-drishadaḥ kandarâ yaḥ karôti |
ukshâṇaṁ taṁ dadhânaḥ kshitidharatanayâ-datta-pañch-âṅgul-
âṅkaṁ drâghishṭhaḥ Śûlapâṇêḥ kshapayatu bhavatâṁ śatru-têjâṁsi
kêtuḥ ||
2 Avirbhût-âvalêpair=avinaya-paṭubhir=llaṅghit-âchâra-mârggair=mmôhâd=aidam-
yugînair=apa-śubha-ratibhiḥ pîḍyamânâ narêndraiḥ | yasya kshmâ
Śârṅgapâṇêr=iva kaṭhina-dhanur-jyâ-kiṇ-âṅka-prakôshṭhaṁ bâhuṁ lôk-
ôpakâra-vrata-saphala-parispanda-dhîraṁ prapannâ ||
3 Nindy-âchârêshu yô=smin=vinaya-mushi yugê kalpanâ-mâttra-vṛit[t]yâ
râjasv=anyêshu pâṁsushv=iva kusuma-balir=nn=âbabhâsê prayuktaḥ | sa
śrêyô-dhâmni samrâḍ=iti Manu-Bharat-Âlarkka-Mândhâtṛi-kalpê kalyâṇê
hêmni bhâsvân=maṇir=iva sutarâṁ bhrâjatê yattra śabdaḥ ||
4 Yê bhuktâ Gupta-nâthair=nna sakala-vasudh-âkkrânti-drishṭa-pratâpair=nn=
âjñâ Hûṇ-âdhipânâṁ kshitipati-mukuṭ-âddhyâsinî yân=pravishṭâ |
dêśâṁs=tân=dhanva-śaila-druma-śa(ga)hana-sarid-vîrabâh-ûpagûḍhân=vîry-âva-
skanna-râjñaḥ sva-gṛiha-parisar-âvajñayâ yô bhunakti ||
5 Â Lauhity-ôpakaṇṭhât=tala-vana-gahan-ôpatyakâd=â Mahêndrâd=â Gaṅg-
âślishṭa-sânôs=tuhinaśikhariṇaḥ=paśchimâd=â payôdhêḥ | sâmantair=
yasya bâhu-draviṇa-hṛita-madaiḥ pâdayôr=ânamadbhiś=chûḍâratn-âṁśu-râji-
vyatikara-śabalâ bhûmi-bhâgâḥ kriyantê ||
6 Sthânôr=anyattra yêna praṇati-kṛipaṇatâṁ prâpitâṁ n=ôttamâṅgaṁ yasy=
âślishṭô bhujâbhyâṁ vahati himagirir=durgga-śabd-âbhimânam |
¹ It is doubtful whether this denotes here the famous Mahêndragiri or Mahêndrâchala in the
Gañjâm District, among the Eastern Ghauts; or another mountain of the same name, not so well
known, which appears to be mentioned also in line 2 of an earlier Nâsik inscription of the nineteenth
year of Siri-Puḷumâyi (Archæol. Surv. West. Ind. Vol. IV. No. 14, pp. 108, 109), and in the Bṛihat-
Saṁhitâ, xiv. vv. 11-16 (Kern's Translation, Jour. R. As. Soc. N. S. Vol. V. p. 83), and must be
located somewhere in the Western Ghauts.
² From the ink-impression.
³ Metre, Sragdharâ; and in the next seven verses