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

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acquired the goddess of royalty through the strength of the array of (his) hereditary ser-
vants and friends, who had been brought under subjection by (his) splendour, and had
been acquired by gifts and honourable treatment and straightforwardness, and were at-
tached (to him) by affection.
(Line 3.)—His son, whose head was purified by being bowed down in the red dust of
his feet, (was) the illustrious Sênâpati Dharasêna (I.), a most devout worshipper of (the
god) Mahêśvara,—the rays of the lines of the nails of whose feet diffused themselves
among the lustre of the jewels in the locks of hair on the tops of the heads of (his) enemies
when they bowed down with (their) heads (before him); (and) whose wealth was the
sustenance of the poor, the helpless, and the feeble.
(L. 4.)—His younger brother, whose spotless jewel [in the lock of hair on the top of
(his) head*] was made more lustrous (than before) by the performance of obeisance to (his)
feet, (was) the Mahârâja Drôṇasiṁha, like unto a lion, a most devout worshipper of (the
god) Mahêśvara,—who had as (his) law the rules and ordinances instituted by Manu and
other (sages); who, like (Yudhishṭhira) the king of justice, adhered to the path of the
maintenance of good behaviour; whose installation in the royalty by besprinkling was
performed by the paramount master in person, the sole lord of the circumference of the
territory of the whole earth; (and) the glory of whose royalty was purified by (his) great
liberality.
(L. 6.)—His younger brother (was) the illustrious Mahârâja Dhruvasêna (I.), a
most devout worshipper of the Divine One,—who was victorious, by himself alone, through
the prowess of his own arm, over the troops of the array of the elephants of (his) ene-
mies; who was the asylum of those who sought for protection; who was the teacher of
the real meaning of the sacred writings; (and) who, like the kalpa-tree,¹ granted the
enjoyment of fruits which were the desires, in accordance with (their) wishes, of (his)
friends and favourites.
(L. 8.)—His younger brother, whose sins were all washed away by doing obeisance to
the waterlilies that were his feet, (was) the illustrious Mahârâja Dharapaṭṭa, a most
devout worshipper of the Sun,—by the water of whose very pure actions all the stains of
the Kali age were washed away; (and) who forcibly conquered the renowned greatness of
the ranks of (his) enemies.
(L. 10.)—His son, who acquired an increase of religious merit by doing service to his
feet, was the illustrious Mahârâja Guhasêna, a most devout worshipper of (the god) Ma-
hêśvara,—whose sword was verily a second arm (to him) from childhood;² the test of whose
strength was manifested by clapping (his) hands on the temples of the rutting elephants
of (his) foes; who had the collection of the rays of the nails of (his) left foot interspersed
with the lustre of the jewels in the locks of hair on the tops of the heads of (his) enemies
who were made to bow down by his prowess; whose title of ‘king’ was obvious and suit-

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wide extent of territories of Maitrakas, who were endowed with incomparable courage, and who
had forcibly reduced their enemies to submission.” My own original translation (Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII.
p. 303) was—“(In the lineage) of the Maitrakas, who by force compelled their enemies to bow down
before them, there was Bhaṭârka, who was possessed of glory acquired in a hundred battles fought
within the circuit of the territories that he had obtained by means of his unequalled strength.”
¹ kalpa-tree; one of the trees in Indra's paradise, which granted all desires.
² Or, perhaps, “who even from childhood carried a sword with his second arm;” i.e. “who could
wield a sword with both arms at the same time.”