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

180 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
73 yasya yasya yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ phala[ṁ*] l(॥) Yân¹=iha
dattâni purâ nna(na)rêndraiḥ dhanâni dharmmâyatanâkriâtâni²
nirmmâlya-vântaḥ³-
74 prati[mâ]ni tâni kê(kô) nâma [sâ*]dhu[ḥ*] pratir=âdadîtaḥ⁴ [॥]
Shashṭi⁵-varva(rsha)-sahasrâṇi sva[r]gg[ê*] tishṭhati bhu(bhû)mi-daḥ
a(â)chchhêttâ ch=ânumant[â*] chcha(cha) tâny=êva nara-
75 [kê va]sêt ॥ Bhushv-âṭavîshv⁶=a-tê(tô)yâsu sushu⁷-kôṭara-vâsinaḥ krishṇ-
[â*]hay ) hi jâyantô(ntê) bhûmi-d[â*]yaṁ haranti y[ê*] ॥ Dutakê⁸=tra
mahâpratîhâ-
76 [ra] . . . .⁹ h[â*]kshapaṭalika-tra-râjakula¹⁰-śrî-Siddhasêna[ḥ*] gri(śrî)-Śarvvaṭa-
sutaḥ [। ] tava(thâ) tanniyukta-pratinarttaka-kulaputr-âsâ(mâ)-
77 tya-G[u]hêna Hembhaṭa-putrêṇa likhitam¹¹=iti ॥ Saṁva[t]sara-śata-
chatushtayê sapta-chatvâriṁśad-adhikê Dyêpṭha¹²-śuddha-paṁchamyâṁ
aṅka-
78 ta[h] sava¹³ 400 40 7 Śrê(jyê)shṭha gu(śu) 5 [॥] Sva-hastô
mama¹⁴ [॥]
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! Hail! From the victorious camp located at the famous town of Ânanda-
pura :¹⁵—In unbroken descent from the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêśvara,
the illustrious Bhaṭârka,—who was possessed of glory acquired in a hundred battles
fought with the large armies, possessed of unequalled strength, of the Maitrakas, who
had by force bowed down (their) enemies ; (and) who acquired the goddess of royalty
through the strength of the array of (his) hereditary servants, who had been brought
under subjection by (his) splendour, and had been acquired by gifts and honourable
treatment and straightforwardness, and were attached (to him) by affection,—(there
was) the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêśvara, the illustrious Guhasêna,
—whose sins were all removed by doing obeisance to the waterlilies that were the feet
of (his) parents ; whose sword was verily a second arm (to him) from childhood ;¹⁶ the test
¹ Metre, Upajâti of Indravajrâ and Upêndravajrâ.
² Read âyatanîkṛitâni. ³ Read vânta.
⁴ Read punar=âdadîta.
⁵ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following verse.
⁶ Read vindhy-âṭavîshv.
⁷ Read śushka.
⁸ Read dûtakô.
⁹ Two very doubtful aksharas, or perhaps three, are engraved here. Dr. Bühler read them as śrî-
dêta, giving the proper name of Dêṭaha. But we ought to have simply the ma of mahâksha-
paṭalika.
¹⁰ Read paṭalika-râjakula. The tra is meaningless ; and it is not easy to see how it came to be
introduced.
¹¹ Supply śâsanam.
¹² Read jyêshṭha.
¹³ Read saṁvat.
¹⁴ In the original, these two words, with a representation of the sign-manual underneath them,
stand in an enclosure at the end of lines 70-78.
¹⁵ The proper context is in line 64,—" The glorious Śîlâdityadêva (VII.) issues a command to all
people."
¹⁶ See page 168 above, note 2.