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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 41, PLATE. XXVII 199
Third Plate; Second Side.
25 Asmin[n*]=êva grâmê pûrvva-taṭâkasya paryyatta(nta)-bhûmi-vapra-baddhâ Śrî-
26 vâ¹pikâ panthânaṁ yâvaj-jâ(jyê)shṭha iti kṛitvâ Nâga[va*]tsasvâminê grâm-
ârddhasy=âdhi²kâ dattâ
27 lanam³-iti || Sva-mukh-âjñayâ pravarddhamâna-vijaya-saṁvvatsara 10
Mâgha 9
28 ukti(tki)rṇṇa[ṁ*]⁴ Drôṇasiṅghâ(ṅghê)na [||*]
TRANSLATION.
The Seal.⁵
A charter of the illustrious Sudêvarâja,
—who verily has a gracious heart; (and)
who has overcome (his) enemies by (his)
prowess,—(is) a charter for (the observance
of even his) enemies!
The Plates.
Ôm! Hail! From the town of Śarabhapura, the illustrious Mahâ-Sudêvarâja,—
whose two feet are purified by the waters which are the flowing forth of the radiance
of the jewels in the locks of hair (wound) in the tiaras of the chieftains, (bowing down
before him), who have been subjugated by (his) prowess; who is the cause of the tearing
out of the parted hair of the women of (his) enemies; who is the giver of treasure and
land and cows; who is a most devout worshipper of the Divine One, (and) who meditates
on the feet of (his) parents,—issues a command to the cultivators residing at (the village
of) Śrîsâhikâ in the Eastern Country:—
(Line 5.)—“Be it known to you, that this village, the source (by this grant of it) of
(Our) ensuring the happiness of (attaining) the abode of (Indra) the lord of the gods,—
which has been conveyed by a copper-charter to Nâgavatsasvâmin and Bandhuvatsa-
svâmin, of the Aupamanyava (śâkhâ) and the Vatsa gôtra, who, by the gift in marriage of
his daughters, are the sons-in-law of Savitṛisvâmin of the Kauṇḍinya gôtra and the Vâjasa-
nêya (śâkhâ); to be enjoyed as long as the world endures, having the terrible darkness dis-
pelled by the rays of the sun and the moon and the stars; together with (its) hidden treasures
and deposits; not to be entered by the irregular or the regular troops; (and) exempted
from all taxes,—has, at the time of the sun’s commencement of his progress to the north,
¹ Before this vâ, there is a cross, to indicate that something has to be inserted here,
or, more properly, before the śrî; viz. grâm-ârddhasy=âdhikâ, from the end of the line.—
The reading intended in these two lines was—Asminn=êva grâmê pûrvva-taṭâkasya paryyanta-
bhûmi-vapra-baddhâ grâm-ârddhasy=âdhikâ Śrîvâpikâ panthânaṁ yâvaj=jyêshṭha iti kṛitvâ Nâga-
vatsasvâminê dattâ. And this passage should properly have been inserted after anumôditaḥ, in line
13 (see page 198 above, note 3.)
² Over this dhi there is a cross, to indicate that something has to be inserted hete; vis. the
syllables kâ dattâ, which are placed between the lines, below minê.
³ This is tne proper context of nupâ, at the end of line 24.
⁴ Supply śâsanam.
⁵ As restored, with the help of the few letters tnat remain, on the analogy of the legend on the
seal of the Âraṅg grant of Mahâ-Jayarâja, No. 40 above, page 194.