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

184 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
pâṇi,—(viz.) of the illustrious Dêrabhaṭa, who performed obeisance with (his) limbs
bowed down through attachment; whose head was always rendered pure, as if by (the
river) Mandâkinî, by the very dazzling lustre, proceeding from the waterlilies that were
his feet,¹ of the jewels that were the nails of (his) feet; who, as if he were
Agastya, was a royal saint, displaying courtesy on all sides; who with the exceed-
ingly white circle of (his) fame, that adorned the points of the compass, formed an
entire halo round the moon in the sky; (and) who was the lord of the earth which has
(the mountains) Sahya and Vindhya for (its) lovely breasts,² the nipples of which are
(their) summits that are made of a dark-blue colour by the clouds (resting upon them),—
the son³ (was) the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahêśvara, the illustrious
Dhruvasêna (III.),—who accepted in marriage the goddess of royalty, just as if she
were longing to choose (him) of her own accord, from the assemblage of kings, full
of affection (for him) (and) wearing fine garments that were (their) resplendent reputa-
tions, which offered (her to him); who relied upon (his) heroism, which was never exerted
in vain, as if upon a scimetar which bowed down the array of (his) fierce enemies; who,
in the autumn season,⁴ according to proper custom levied taxes from (his) enemies' lands,
the quiet state of which was upset by (his) bow, the arrows of which were forcibly drawn
out to the full; who, having (his) ears already decorated with an excess of sacred learn-
ings, radiant with a variety of topics, had them (still further) adorned with the embellish-
ment of jewels, as if it were (with that sacred learning) repeated again and again; (and)
who,—holding up a fore-arm which, (covered) with gleaming bracelets and wings of
beautiful insects and rays of jewels, was as it were a fresh sprout of a śaivala-plant⁵
looking charming in the waters that were (his) ceaseless gifts,—embraced the (whole)
earth with (his) arms which, wearing great jewelled bands, behaved as if they were the
banks of the shores of the ocean.
(L. 39.)—His elder⁶ brother (was) the most devout worshipper of (the god) Mahê-
śvara, the illustrious Kharagraha (II.), who, in a very clear and suitable manner, had the
second name of Dharmâditya—whose slender body was embraced in a very public fashion
by the goddess of fortune herself, who was minded, as it were, to destroy the pollution of
the touches of other kings; who surpassed all (other) kings by the greatness of (his) ex-
ceedingly brilliant achievements; who had the waterlilies that were (his) feet studded with
the rays of the jewels in the locks of hair on the tops of (their) heads of the whole assem-
blage of chieftains who bowed down when they had been subdued by the violence of (their)
excessive affection (for him); who broke the pride of the multitude of (his) enemies with the
large and lofty staff of (his) arm; who scorched the whole race of (his) foes with (his) very
hot brilliance that spread itself abroad; who delivered over (all his) wealth to the ranks of
(his) favourites;⁷ who had a mace that he hurled, and a nice-looking discus that he threw;
who discarded childish sports; who never treated the twice-born with contempt; who ac-
¹ i.e. the feet of Dharasêna IV.
² See page 86 above, note 2.
³ See page 176 above, note 9.
⁴ As being suitable for campaigns, and also for marriages, as indicated by the secondary mean-
ing of this sentence, in which para-bhuvâṁ means "his enemies' daughters."
⁵ The aquatic plant, Vallisneria Octandra.
⁶ See page 177 above, note 1.
⁷ In this and some of the following sentences, he is, through their secondary meanings, compared
and contrasted with the god Vishṇu.