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

296 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
29 Api cha [|] Raksh¹-âpâlanayôs=tâvat=phalaṁ su-gati dur-gati kô nâma
svargaṁ=uchchhri(tsri)jya
30 narakaṁ pratipadyatê [||] Byâ(vyâ)sa-gi(gî)tâṁś=ch=âtra ślôkân=udâharanti [|]
Agnêr²=a[pa]tyaṁ prathamaṁ
31 suvarṇaṁ bhûr=vaishṇavi(vî) sûryya-sutâś=cha gâvaḥ dattâ[s*]=trayas=
têna bhavanti lôkâ yaḥ kâñchanaṁ gâ-
32 ñ=cha mahi(hî)ñ=cha³ dadyâ[t*] [||] Shashṭi⁴-varsha-sahasrâṇi svargê
môdati bhûmi-daḥ âkshêptâ
33 ch=ânumantâ cha tâny=êva narakê vasêt [||] Bahubhir=vasudhâ dattâ
râjabhiḥ Sagar-âdibhiḥ
34 yasya yasya yadâ bhûmi[s*]=tasya tasya tadâ phalaṁ [||] Sva-
dattâṁ para-dattâṁ bâ(vâ) yatnâd=raksha
35 Yudhishṭhiraḥ⁵ mahi⁶ mahimatâṁ śrêshṭha dânâ śrêyô⁷-nupâlanam=
iti || Pravarddhamâna-
36 vijaya-râjya-samvatsaru⁸ 7 Kârttika divasu ashṭha(shṭa)mu 8 [||]
TRANSLATION.
The Seal.
This charter, which is for the sake of
the increase of religion, of the illustrious
Tîvaradêva, the supreme lord of (the
country of) Kôsala, shall endure firmly as
long as the moon and the stars!
The Plates.
Ôm! Victorious is the illustrious Tîvaradêva, the ornament of the three worlds;
' the auspicious thread of the palaces of the race of kings; the most energetic of all those
who do works of religion!
(Line 2.)—Hail! From the town of Śrîpura;—He who verily is made resplendent
by the mirror of the nails of (his) feet, that is polished by a crore of diadems of the many
kings, bowing down (before him in the act of performing obeisance), who have attained
the pañchamahâśabda;⁹—whose fingers are discourteous in pulling the flowing tresses of
¹ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh). ² Metre, Indravajrâ.
³ This ñcha is imperfect in the lower part. It was repeated, and formed completely; but the
greater part of the second ñcha was then destroyed by the ring-hole.
⁴ Metre, Ślôka (Anushṭubh); and in the following two verses.
⁵ Read yudhishṭhira. ⁶ Read mahiṁ. ⁷ Read dânâch=chhrêyô.
⁸ Here, and in divasu and ashṭamu, we have evidently a vernacular termination.—As regards
the interpretation of the year and the day, see page 292 above, notes 1 and 2.
⁹ pañchamahâśabda; lit. 'five great sounds'—This is a technical expression, the meaning of
which remained for a long time in doubt.—In Monier Williams' Sanskrit Dictionary mahâśabda is
given as meaning 'an official title beginning with the word mahâ ('great');' and pañchamahâśabda, in
accordance with this, would denote five titles of rank and honour, such as Mahârâja, Mahâmaṇḍa-
lêśvara, Mahâsâmanta, &c. This explanation was adopted by me (Jour. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol.
X. p. 307, note), in preference to a suggestion previously made to me (id. Vol. IX. p. 307, note),
that the term was identical with the pañchamahâmantra of the Jains, and denoted the five titles of
Arhat, Siddha, Âchârya, Upâdhyâya, and Sarvasâdhu. And, finding the five titles of Mahâsâmanta,