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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 50, PLATE XXXI B. 227
In line 8 of this inscription, the Nâgârjunî Hill is spoken of as (a part of) the
Vindhya range. This is in accordance with facts; since the Vindhya mountains, though
most conspicuous in Western and Central India, do extend right across the peninsula,
until, passing through the neighbourhood of Gayâ, their easternmost spurs reach and dis-
appear in the valley of the Ganges at Râjmahâl.
TEXT.¹
1 Ôm [||*] Unnidrasya² sarôruhasya sakalâm=âkshipya śôbhâṁ ruchâ l³
s-âvajñaṁ Mahish-âsurasya śirasi nyastaḥ kvaṇan-nûpuraḥ |
2 Dêvyâ vaḥ sthira-bhakti-vâda-sadṛiśîm yuñjan=phalên=ârthitâṁ | diśyâd=
achchha-nakh-âṁśu-jâla-jaṭilaḥ pâdaḥ padaṁ sampadâm ||
3 Âsîd=ishṭa-samṛiddha-yajña-mahimâ śrî-Yajñavarmmâ nṛipaḥ | prakhyâtâ(tô)
vimal-êndu-nirmmala-yaśâ[ḥ*] kshâttrasya dhâmnaḥ padaṁ |
4 prajñân-ânvaya-dâna-vikkrama-guṇair=yô râjakasy=âgraṇî[ḥ*] | bhûtv=âpi
prakṛiti-stha êva vinayâd=akshôbhya-sat[t*]v-ôdadhi[ḥ*] ||
5 Tasy=ôdîrṇa-mah-ârṇav-ôpama-raṇa-vyâpâra-lavdha(bdha)ṁ yaśaḥ [l*] tanvânaḥ
kakudaṁ mukhêshu kakubhâṁ kîrt[t*]yâ jit-êdaṁyugaḥ [l*]
6 śrîmân=va(ba)ndhu-suhṛij-jana-praṇayinâm=âśâḥ phalaiḥ pûraya[n*] | puttraḥ
kalpa-tarôr=iv=âpta-mahimâṁ⁴ Śârdûlavarmmâ nṛipaḥ ||
7 Tasy=anantam=ananta-kîrtti-yaśasô=Nant-âdi-varmm-âkhyayâ | khyâtên=âhita-
bhakti-bhâvita-dhiyâ puttrêṇa pût-âtmanâ [l*]
8 â-sûrya-kshiti-chandra-târakam=iyaṁ puṇy-âspadaṁ vâñchchha(ñchha)tâ |
vinyast=âdbhuta-Vindhya-bhûdhara-guhâm=âśritya Kâtyâyanî ||
9 Dhaut-âṅhô-mala-paṅka-dôsham=amalair-mâhânadair=amvu(mbu)bhiḥ | vyâdhût-
ôpavana-priyaṅgu-vakulair=âmôditaṁ vâyubhi[ḥ*] |
10 kalpânt-âvadhi-bhôgyam=uchcha-śikhari-chchhây-âvṛit-ârkka-dyutiḥ | [— —]
grâmam=analpa-bhôga-vibhavaṁ ramyaṁ Bhavânyai dadau ||
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! May the foot of (the goddess) Dêvî, fringed with the rays of (its) pure nails
point out the way to fortune, endowing with a (suitable) reward your state of supplication
which is such as befits the expression of firm devotion ;—(that foot) which, surpassing in
radiance all the beauty of a full-blown waterlily, was disdainfully placed, with its tinkling
anklet, on the head of the demon Mahishâsura !⁵
(Line 3.)—There was a king, the illustrious Yajñavarman, possessed of greatness
by celebrating copious sacrifices; renowned; possessed of fame as pure as the spot-
less moon; the abode of (all) the dignity of one of the warrior caste;—who, though
he was the foremost of all kings in respect of wisdom, (high) descent, liberality, and
prowess, yet, through modesty, was (like) an ocean which adheres to the natural state
(of tranquillity), (and) the calmness of which is never to be disturbed.
¹ From the original stone. ² Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita, throughout.
³ It is not customary to punctuate the first and third pâdas of a verse; but it was done almost
uniformly throughout this inscription.
⁴ Read mahimâ.
⁵ A demon who assumed various forms, but principally that of a buffalo, and was slain by Pârvatî,
who, in the form of Dêvî or Durgâ, attacked him, on a lion, and cut off his head.
2 F 2.