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

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; No. 80, PLATE XLIV. 289

5 nâṁ samâhlâdana-karas=samutkhât-âśêsha-ripur-âśâvatâm=aprârtthita-phala-pradô dîn-ânâth-âtura-dayâluḥ=paramamâhêśvarô=ti-vra(bra)hmanyaḥ=parârtthy(rtth)-aika-ratô mahâsâmanta-
6 mahârâja-śrî-Samudrasênô jananî-śrî-Mihiralakshmyâ dharmm-ârtthaṁ bhagavatas=Tripurântakasya lôk-âlôka-karasya praṇat-ânukampinas=sarvva-duḥkha-kshaya-karô¹ Kapâlê-
7 śvarê jananî-pratishṭhitasya śrî-Mihirêśvarasya Kapâlêśvara-vva(ba)li-charu-sat[t*]ra-srag-dhûpa-dîpi(pa)-dânâya satataṁ śîrṇṇa-khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-sâdhanâya cha Ni-
8 rmmand-âgrahâr-Âtharvvaṇa-vrâ(brâ)hmaṇa-stômâya Sûlisagrâma-navavaidila-karmm-ânta-Vakkhalika-kuṭumvi(mbi)nâ dvêsa-bhûmî-paryantâ paribhûta-nâmnâ Phakkas=cha Tâlâpura-
9 ka-kuṭumvi(mbi)nâ dvêsa-bhûmî s-ôdraṅgâ sa-sîm-ânta-paryantâ Sulabhaka-kuṭumva(mba)-Dinna-kuṭumva(mba)ś=cha | Kapâlêśvara-dêvasya pûrvva-pratishṭhâyâṁ mahârâja-Śarvvavarmmêṇa² bhûmî dattâ | Sûlisagrâmasya śrî-Mihi-
10 ralakshmyâ dattasya sam-audaka-jaṅgala-bhûmî-samêtaṁ=aśêshaṁ sa-prativâsi-jana-samêtaṁ s-ôdraṅga[ṁ*] sva-sîmâ-tṛiṇa-kâshṭha-prasravaṇa-yûtî(ti)-paryantaṁ dêvâgrâhâratvên=â-cha-
11 ndr-ârkka-târâ-samakâlînaṁ pratipâdayati sma [||*] Viditv=aitad=râjabhis=tad-âśri(śri)tajanên-âdhikṛit-ânadhikṛitêna hitam=ichchhatâ pratipâlanîyâ [|*] yô=nyathâ kuryât=paripanthanâm=apaha-
12 raṇa-pîḍ-ôpadravaṁ vâ sa pañchabhir=mmahâpâtakair=upapâtakaiś=cha saṁyuktas=syât || Uktañ=cha [|*] Va(ba)hubhir³=vvasudhâ bhuktâ râjabhis=Sagar-âdibhi[ḥ*] yasya yasya yadâ bhûmis=tasya tasya tadâ
13 phalaṁ [||*] Shashṭiṁ varsha-sahasrâṇi svarggê môdati bhûmi-daḥ âchchhêttâ ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva narakê vasêt [||*] Sva-dattâṁ para-dattâṁ=vâ yô harêta vasundharâṁ shashṭi-varsha-
14 sahasrâṇi vishṭhâyâṁ jâyatê kṛimir=iti || Dûtô=tra Nihilapati-Kuśalaprakâśaś=cha | lêkhakô=tra Udyôta-arkkas⁴=cha gaṇasrôstha⁵ [||*] Saṁvat 6 Khê⁶ śu di 10 1 [||*]
15 Râshṭra-samêtasy=â(ê)yaṁ datti[ḥ*] paripâlyâ || Ai(?)ṅgi(?)k=âttra udyâ(?)na(?)-sthâvara-vâdittra-ka(?)viśva-sa(?)hadra upalava⁷
16 kagalalañcha(?)ṭika dva⁸ya(?) Mihî(hi)ralakshmî(kshmî)-pratipâd[i*]ta iti [||*]

TRANSLATION.

Born in the lineage of the famous kings ............ there was the Mahâsâmanta and Mahârâja, the illustrious Varuṇasêna, whose fame stretched out over the

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¹ Read karasya.
² Read śarvvavarmmaṇâ.
³ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following two verses.
⁴ Read udyôtârkkaś.
⁵ This seems to be intended for gaṇa-śrêshṭhaḥ.
⁶ This is what is engraved. But of course it is a mistake for vai, i. e. vaiśâkha; and it is easy to see how the engraver made the mistake in copying from the draft before him.
⁷ The mark that follows this va is a fault in the copper, making a hole right through it.
⁸ The mark before this dva is a fault in the copper, making a hole right through it.
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