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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 33, PLATE XXI B. 147
nichais=tên-âpi yasya praṇati-bhuja-bal-âvarjjana-klishṭa-mûrddhnâ
chûḍâ-pushp-ôpahârair-Mmihirakula-nṛipêṇ-ârchchitaṁ pâda-yugmaṁ ||
7 [Gâ]m=êv-ônmâtum=ûrddhvaṁ vigaṇayitum=iva jyôtishâṁ chakkravâlaṁ
nirddêshṭuṁ mârggam=uchchair-ddiva iva sukṛit-ôpârjjitâyâḥ sva-
kîrttêḥ | tên=â-kalpânta-kâl-âvadhir=avanibhujâ śrî-Yaśôdharmmaṇ-
âyam stambhaḥ stambh-âbhirâma-sthira-bhuja-parighêṇ=ôchchhritiṁ
nâyitô=ttra ||
8 Ś[l]âghyê janm-âsya vaṁśe charitam=agha-haraṁ dṛiśyatê kântam=
asmin=dharmmasy=âyaṁ nikêtaś=chalati niyamitaṁ n=âmunâ lôka-
vṛittaṁ [l*] ity=utkarshaṁ guṇânâṁ likhitum=iva Yaśôdharmmaṇaś=
chandra-bimbê râgâd=utkshipta uchchair-bhuja iva ruchimân=yaḥ
pṛithivyâ vibhâti ||
9 Iti¹ tushṭushayâ tasya nṛipatêḥ puṇya-karmmaṇaḥ | Vâsulên=ôparachitaḥ
ślôkaḥ Kakkasya sûnunâ || Utkîrṇṇâ² Gôvindêna ||
TRANSLATION.
May that very long banner of (the god) Śûlapâṇi destroy the glory of your enemies ;—
(that banner) which bears (a representation of) the bull (Nandi), marked by the five
fingers (dipped in some dye and then) placed on him by (Pârvatî) the daughter of the
mountain (Himâlaya), who causes the distant regions, in which the demons are driven
wild with fear by (his) terrible bellowings, to shake; (and) who makes the glens of (the
mountain) Sumêru to have their rocks split open by the blows of his horns !
(Line 2.)—He, to whose arm, as if (to the arm) of (the god) Śârṅgapâṇi,—the
fore-arm of which is marked with callous parts caused by the hard string of (his) bow,
(and) which is steadfast in the successful carrying out of vows for the benefit of man-
kind,—the earth betook itself (for succour), when it was afflicted by kings of the present
age, who manifested pride; who were cruel through want of proper training; who, from
delusion, transgressed the path of good conduct; (and) who were destitute of virtuous
delights :—
(L. 3.)—He who, in this age which is the ravisher of good behaviour, through the
action simply of (his good) intentions shone gloriously, not associating with other kings
who adopted a reprehensible course of conduct,—just as an offering of flowers (is beauti-
ful when it is not laid down) in the dust ;—he in whom, possessed of a wealth of virtue,
(and so) falling but little short of Manu and Bharata and Alarka and Mândhâtṛi, the
title of “universal sovereign”³ shines more (than in any other), like a resplendent jewel
(set) in good gold :—
(L. 4.)—He who, spurning (the confinement of) the boundaries of his own house,
enjoys those countries,—thickly covered over with deserts and mountains and trees and
thickets and rivers and strong-armed heroes, (and) having (their) kings assaulted by (his)
¹ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh). ² Supply praśastiḥ.
³ samrâj ; ‘a sovereign who rules ove kings and has performed the râjasûya-sacrifice.’—For a
description of the râjasûya, which is a great sacrifice or religious ceremony performed, at the corona-
tion of a supreme sovereign or universal monarch, by the king himself and his tributary princes, see
the Râjasûya-Parva in the Sabhâ-Parva of the Mahâbhârata ; Protap Chandra Roy's Translation,
page 95 ff.
U 2.