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

230 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
5 . . . . . . . . . [kri]p¹-ânurâga-śamita-kkrûr-âgam(?)-ôpaddravair=lôk-ânanda-karair=
gunair=gunavatâṁ kô nâma
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . [a]dhishṭhitaṁ kshitibhujâṁ siṁhêna siṁhâsanam || Dhârâ-
mârgga-vinirgat-âgni-kaṇikâ
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . dam || Vindhy-âddrêḥ prati-randhram-Andhra-patinâ śaṁkâ-
parêṇ=âsitaṁ yâtô Raivatak-âchalaṁ
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . sâṁ ² vâraṇânâṁ ghaṭâsu vyâptêsh=ûtkhâta-khaḍga-dyuti-
khachita-bhujêshv=Andhra-sênâ-bhaṭêshu
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . ra³-prapâta-salilaiḥ snâtaṁ śilâ-gandhibhiḥ prâlêy-âddri-
bhuvaś=cha śîta-payasaḥ prakshâ-
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . rēṇubhir=giri-sarit-pûr-ôrmmi-bhaṅg-âkulair=utsarppadbhir=anupragê=
pi divasô yasy=âp .
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h ya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRANSLATION.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [Wielding]
with (his) arms the bow of (the god) Âtmabhû,⁴ by means of (his) innate warriors' skill
that pervaded (his very) soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the flourishing lineage
of the Mukhara kings; whose prowess with the bow was displayed with all the energy of
a man ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by the rite . . . . . . . . . ; (and his) religious
merit, arising from sacrifices, spread out over the sky (in the form of) the mass of the
clouds of the canopy of the smoke (of his oblations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
having the ends of (their) curls fallen down . . . . . . . . . . . . by the families . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Line 4.)—Of him, whose spotless fame spread far and wide over the regions, the
son (was) king Îśvaravarman, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with virtues which by
means of compassion and affection allayed the troubles (caused) by the approach of cruel
people, and which effected the happiness of mankind ; who, indeed, of virtuous people
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; by him, a very lion to (hostile) kings, the throne
was occupied. A spark of fire that had come by the road from (the city of) Dhârâ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the lord of the Andhras, wholly given over to fear,
took up (his) abode in the crevices of the Vindhya mountains ; . . . . . . . . . . . . went to
the Raivataka mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . among the warriors of the
Andhra army, who were spread out among the troops of elephants (and) whose arms were
studded with the lustre of (their) swords drawn out (from the scabbards), . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bathed with the waters, fragrant with benzoin, of the torrents of
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . and cleansing the lands, full of cool waters, of (Himâlaya) the moun-
tain of snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with the pollen . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
disordered by the breaking of the waves of the swollen mountain-streams, (and) flowing
onwards, . . . . . . . . . . . . . whose day, even in the hours that come next after daybreak
¹ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita, and in the next three lines.
² Metre, Sragdharâ.
³ Metre, Śârdûlavikrîḍita, and in the next line.
⁴ lit. ‘the self-existent one;’ an epithet of Brahman, Vishṇu, and Śiva. From the mention of a
bow, it must here denote Vishṇu, who carries the bow of horn named Śârṅga.