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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 60, PLATE XXXVII. 257
11 sṛishṭaḥ [|] tad=yushmâbhir=asya śrôtavyam=âjñâ cha karttavyâ sarvvê
cha¹ sa²muchitâ grâma-pra-
12 tyayâ mêya-hiraṇy-âdayô dêyâḥ [|] na ch=ê(ai)tat-prabhṛity=êtad-âgrahârikêna
[â*]nyad³-grâ-
13 m-âdi-karada-kuṭumbi-kâruk-âdayaḥ pravêśayita. yâ ma(a)nyathâ niyatam=â(a)gra-
14 hâr-âkshêpa[ḥ*] syâd=iti [||] Saṁba(mva)t⁴ 9 Vaiśâkha di 10 [||]
15 Anya-grâm-âkshapaṭalâdhikṛita-Dyûta-Gôpasvâmy-âdêśa-likhitaḥ⁵ [||*]
TRANSLATION.
Ôm! Hail! From the victorious camp, full of great ships and elephants and horses,
situated at (the city of) Ayôdhyâ,—the most devout worshipper of the Divine One, the
Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Samudragupta,—who is the exterminator of all kings;
who has no antagonist (of equal power) in the world; whose fame is tasted by the waters of
the four oceans; who is equal to (the gods) Dhanada and Varuṇa and Indra and Antaka;
who is the very axe of (the god) Kṛitânta; who is the giver of many millions of lawfully
acquired cows and gold; who is the restorer of the aśvamêdha-sacrifice, that has been
long in abeyance; who is the son of the son's son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Gupta;
who is the son's son of the Mahârâja, the illustrious Ghaṭôtkacha; (and) who is the
son of the Mahârâjâdhirâja, the glorious Chandragupta (I.), (and) the daughter's
son of Lichchhavi, begotten on the Mahâdêvî Kumâradêvî,—says to the two village
Valatkaushans,⁶ together with the Brâhmaṇs, at the village of Rêvatikâ belonging to the
Gayâ vishaya;—
(Line 8.)—“Be it known to you! For the sake of increasing the religious merit of
(my) parents and of myself, this village is granted by me, as an agrahâra, with the assign-
ment of the uparikara, to the religious student, the Brâhmaṇ Gôpasvâmin, of the Bhârad-
vāja gôtra (and) the Bahvṛicha (śâkhâ).
(L. 11.)—“Therefore attention should be paid to him by you; and (his) commands
should be obeyed; and all the customary tributes of the village, consisting of that which is
to be measured, gold, &c., should be given. And, from this time forth, the tax-paying
cultivators, artizans, &c., of other villages, &c., should not be introduced by the Âgrahâ-
rika of this (village) (for the purpose of settling in it and carrying on their occupations);
(for) otherwise there would certainly be a violation of (the privileges of) an agrahâra.”
The year⁷ 9; (the month) Vaiśâkha; the day 10.
(L. 15.)—(This deed) has been written by the order of Dyûta-Gôpasvâmin, the
Akshapaṭalâdhikṛita⁸ of another village.
¹ sa was engraved here, and then corrected into cha.
² cha was engraved here, and then corrected into sa. ³ Read ânya.
⁴ As regards the interpretation of the first symbol, see page 255 above, note 1.
⁵ Supply ullêkhô=yam, or any similar words.
⁶ Valatkaushan is evidently a technical official title; but it occurs nowhere else; and I am not
able to suggest an explanation of its meaning
⁷ As regards the interpretation of the symbol, see page 255 above, note 1.
⁸ Akshapaṭalâdhikṛita, meaning lit. ‘he who is appointed to (the duties of) a depository of legal
documents,’ is an official title that is evidently syn mous with Âkshapaṭalika (see page 100 above,
note 1).