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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 49, PLATE XXXI A. 225
3 Śrī-Śârdûla-nṛip-âtmajaḥ para-hitaḥ śrī-paurushaḥ śrûyatê ।¹ lôkê chandra-
marîchi-nirmmala-guṇô yô=Nantavarmm-âbhidhâ(dha)ḥ [।*]
4 dṛishṭ-âdṛishṭa-vibhûti kartṛi-varadaṁ tên=âdbhutaṁ kâritaṁ ।² viṁvaṁ
Bhûtapatêr=guh-âśritam=idaṁ Dêvyâś=cha pâyâj=jagat ॥
5 Aṁs³-ânt-âkṛishṭa-śârṅga-pravitata-saśara-jyâ-sphuran-maṇḍal-ânta- । -vyakta⁴-
bhrûbhaṅga-lakshma-vyatikara-śaval-âkhaṇḍa-vaktrêndu-vimva[ḥ*] ।
6 antây=Ânantavarmmâ Smara-sadṛiśa-vapur=jjîvitê ni[ḥ*]spṛihâbhiḥ dṛishṭa[ḥ*]
sthitvâ mṛigîbhiḥ suchiram=animisha-snigdha-mugdh-êkshaṇâbhiḥ ॥
7 Atyâkṛishṭât⁵=kurara-viruta-sparddhinaḥ śârṅga-yantrâ- । -d⁶=vêg-âviddhaḥ
pravitata-guṇâd=îritaḥ saushṭhavêna ।
8 dûra-prâpî vimathita-gaj-ôdbhrânta-vâjî pravîṇô ।⁸ vâṇô=ri-strî-vyasana-padavî-
dêśikô=Nanta-nâmnâ(mna)ḥ⁹ ॥
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! There was a glorious king, the illustrious Yajñavarman,—who, as if he were
Anu,¹⁰ instructed all rulers of the earth in the duty of those who belong to the warrior
caste;—whose gait was like the play of a rutting elephant;—(and) through whose sacri-
fices (the goddess) Paulômî, always emaciated by separation from (the god Indra) who
has a thousand eyes, invoked (by this king so constantly as to be perpetually absent from
her), has had the beauty of (her) cheeks for a long time sullied by the falling of tears.
(Line 3.)—He, the son of the illustrious king Śârdûla, who has the name of
Anantavarman; who is reputed in the world to be benevolent to others, (and) to be
possessed of fortune and manliness, (and) to be full of virtues that are as spotless as the
rays of the moon,—by him was caused to be made this wondrous image, placed
in (this) cave, of (the god) Bhûtapati and (the goddess) Dêvî, which is possessed of
excellencies (of workmanship) some of them (previously) beheld (in other images) but
others not so; (and) which confers boons upon the maker (of it). May it protect the
world!
(L. 5.)—Having the surface of the full-moon that is (his) face made grey through
being scattered over with spots that are (his) frowns displayed at the ends of the bent
arc, glistening with (its) string pulled tight and fitted with an arrow, of the bow drawn
up to the extremities of (his) shoulders, Anantavarman, whose body is like (that of)
(the god) Smara,—having stood, gazed upon for a very long time by the does, indiffer-
ent to life, whose moist and tender eyes omit to blink (through the intentness with
¹ and ² These marks of punctuation are unnecessary. ³ Metre, Sragdharâ.
⁴ Read ânta-vyakta, omitting the mark of punctuation.
⁵ Metre, Mandâkrântâ.
⁶ Read yantrâd, omitting the mark of punctuation.
⁷ This akshara is partly mixed up with the ê of dê in vidêśavasu, which was subsequently engraved below this inscription, but has no connection with it.
⁸ This mark of punctuation is unnecessary.
⁹ This visarga was at first omitted, and then was inserted partially on the first stroke of the following mark of punctuation, when the text was altered from nâmnâ to nâmnah.
¹⁰ See page 224 above, note 6.—Anu, one of the sons of Yayâti, was the progenitor of the Ânavas who are identified by Gen. Cunningham (Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. II. p. 14 ff.) with the ‘Janjûhas,’ who now occupy ‘Makhyâla’ and other places in the Salt Range, in the Pañjâb.
2 F.