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

160 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
4 pitur=guṇ-ānukāriṇō Varuṇavishṇōḥ pauttrasya pitaram=anu-jātasya
sva-vaṁśa-vriddhi-hētōr=Harivishṇōḥ puttrasy-ātyanta-bhagavad-bhaktasya
Vidhātur=ichchhayā ।¹
5 svayaṁvaray=ēva rāja-lakshmy=ādhigatasya chatuḥ-samudra-paryanta-prathita-
yaśasaḥ akshīṇa-māna-dhanasy-ānēka-śattru-samara-jishṇōḥ mahār[ā*]ja-
Mātṛivishṇōḥ
6 svar-ggatasya bhrātr-ānujēna । tad-anuvidhāyinā tat-prasāda-parigṛihītēna²
Dhanyavishṇunā tēn=aiva [sa]h-āvibhakta-puṇya-kkriyēṇa mātāpittrōḥ
7 puṇy-āpyāyan-ārtham=ēsha bhagavatō varāha-mūrttēr=jagat-parāyaṇasya
Nārāyaṇasya śilā³-prās[ādaḥ] sva-vishay[ē]=sminn-Airikiṇē kāritaḥ ।(॥)
8 Svasty=astu gō-brāhmaṇa-purōgābhyaḥ sarvva-prajābhya [i]ti ॥
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! Victorious is the god (Vishṇu), who has the form of a Boar,⁴—who, in the act
of lifting up the earth (out of the waters), caused the mountains to tremble with the blows
of (his) hard snout; (and) who is the pillar (for the support) of the great house which is
the three worlds!⁵
(Line 1.)—In the first year; while the Mahārājādhirāja, the glorious Tôramâṇa, of
great fame (and) of great lustre, is governing the earth;—
(L. 2.)—On the tenth day of (the month) Phâlguna;—on this (lunar day), (specified)
as above by the regnal year and month and day, (and) invested as above with its own
characteristics;—
(L. 3.)—By Dhanyavishṇu,—the younger brother, obedient to him (and) accepted
with favour by him, of the Mahārāja Mātṛivishṇu, who has gone to heaven; who was ex-
cessively devoted to the Divine One; who, by the will of (the god) Vidhâtṛi, was approach-
ed (in marriage-choice) by the goddess of sovereignty, as if by a maiden choosing (him)
of her own accord (to be her husband); whose fame extended up to the borders of the four
oceans; who was possessed of unimpaired honour and wealth; (and) who was victorious
in battle against many enemies;—who was 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 follow-
ers) of the Maitrāyaṇīya (śākhā);—who was the son’s son of Varuṇavishṇu, who
imitated the virtuous qualities of (his) father;—(and) who was the son of Harivishṇu, who
was the counterpart of (his) father in meritorious qualities,⁶ (and) was the cause of the
advancement of his race;—
¹ This mark of punctuation is unnecessary.
² This word is followed by a cross-mark, which indicates that tên=aiva [sa]h=âvibhakta-
puṇya-kkriyêṇa should have stood here, before dhanyavishṇunā.
³ Prinsep read nârâyaṇasy=âsîrṇa; and Hall, nârâyaṇasy=âśīrṇaḥ. They were led into
this by the engraver having run the right stroke of the l in śilā too high up, probably through his tool
slipping.
⁴ The allusion is to his incarnation as a boar, when he plunged into the great ocean and rescued
the earth, which had been carried off and hidden there by the demon Hiraṇyâksha.
⁵ Compare the similar invocation of Śiva, in Śaiva inscriptions, as "the foundation-pillar for the
erection of the city which is the three worlds;" e.g. in line 1 f. of the Aihoḷe inscription of Śaka-Saṁvat
1091 (Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 97)
⁶ pitaram=anu-jātasya; see page 90 above, note 3.