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

298 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
fire to the salt water of (his) enemies, gaping with the greedy desire to acquire a multi-
tude of various jewels in battle-fields which are decorated with numbers of pearls that
are always besprinkled with the thick blood that trickles down from the foreheads of the
elephants of (his) enemies, struck down with the crushing blows of (his) sharp sword ;—
who has not caused distress by (his) taxes, just as the rising moon does not cause dis-
tress by (its) rays ;—who, like the sea of milk, manifests a wealth of many most excellent
jewels ;—who, like Garutmat, is skilful in eradicating the serpents ; ¹—who breaks the
saffron-leaves on the cheeks, soft with the collyrium (washed down by the tears) from
(their) eyes, of the violated wives of (his) enemies ;—whose thoughts are solely given to
the establishment and protection of virtuous behaviour ;—
(L. 9.)—Who, moreover, is not too much puffed up with satisfaction, (though he is)
unweariedly worshipped by mankind, in (respect of his) religious austerity (and) fame
(and) secrecy (and) intellect (and) faculty of sight and (beauty of) form resulting from
(good) acts done in a former life ;—who is reserved, and is decorated with an impene-
trable, pure, and complacent countenance ;—who, even in the palace of (his) lord, is never
at a loss (for words), though he does not talk too much ;— who, though he is thirsty for
(the acquisition of) land, is yet exceedingly liberal ;—who, though he is fierce to (his)
enemies, is yet mild of aspect ;—who, though he is adorned with majesty, is yet not
harsh ;—who, moreover, is by nature never quite satisfied in accumulating religion in the
acquisition of wealth, (and) in (displaying only) mild anger in (spite of all his) power ;—
who is greedy for fame, (but) not for the appropriation of the wealth of others ;—who is
affable in excellent conversations, (but) not in the dallyings of wanton women ;—who has
burned with the fire of (his) prowess all the heap of cotton that is the race of (his)
enemies ;—who has irradiated the ends of the quarters of the world with the mass of (his)
fame that is as white as the rocky mountain of snow ;—(and) who is by nature beauti-
ful ;—
(L. 16.)—(He), the illustrious Mahâśiva-Tîvararâja,—who is the adopted son²
of the illustrious Nannadêva, who was the son of the illustrious Indrabala, (and) who
adorned the lineage of Pâṇḍu; who has allayed all the troubles of the world with the
abundance of his religious merit ; who has extracted all thorns with the needle of his wis-
dom ; who is a most devout worshipper of (the god) Vishṇu ; (and) who meditates on the
feet of (his) parents,—being in good health, (and) having done worship to the Brâhmaṇs
at (the village of) Pimparipadraka belonging to the Peṇṭhâma bhukti, issues a com-
mand to the residents :—
(L. 19.)—“Be it known to you, that this village is given by Us, with libations of
water, on the twelfth lunar day of (the month) Jyêshṭha, for the increase of the religious
merit of (Our) parents and of Ourself, to the Bhaṭṭa Bhavadatta and the Bhaṭṭa Haradatta,
sons of the Bhaṭṭa Gauridatta, of the Bhâradvâja gôtra and the Vâjasanêya-Mâdhyam-
dina (śâkhâ),—to be enjoyed as long as the world endures, having the terrible darkness
by the reigning paramount sovereign, is in the Dêôgaḍh inscription of Bhôjadêva of Gwâlior, dated
Vikrama-Saṁvat 919 and Śaka-Saṁvat 784, in which (Archæol. Surv. Ind. Vol. X. p. 101, and Pl.
xxxiii. No. 2, l. 3) the Mahâsâmanta Vishṇu (?) has the epithet tat-pradatta-pañchamahâśabda,
“possessed of the pañchamahâśabda conferred by him, i.e. by Bhôjadêva.”
¹ This possibly contains an allusion to the well-known Nâga family or tribe.
² tanaya-prâpta; lit. ‘acquired as a son;’ see page 293 above, note 3.