North Indian Inscriptions

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS

edited the record last identifies the Suvarṇarēkhā with the Sōnrēkhā on the authority of Bhagwanlal Indraji, but in regard to the Palāśinī makes the remark that its name does not survive. But the Kāṭhiāwāḍ volume of the B.G. tells us that “a little further on,” that is, between the boulder bearing inscriptions and the Girnār hill, “is the Palāśinī bridge built by Sundarji Shavji, the first native agent to the British Government in the Political Department in Kāṭhiāwāḍ.” This shows that the river Palāśinī is still in existence. Rudradāman’s inscription mentions another river, namely, the Suvarṇasikatā, side by side with the Palāśinī. It has been rightly identified with the Sōnrēkhā. As regards the embankment referred to in the record, attention may be drawn to the fact that remains of it were discovered in 1890 by Khan Bahadur Ardeeser Jamshetjee, Special Divan of Junāgaḍh.

TEXT

       [Metres: Verses 1-3, 38 and 39 Mālinī; verses 4 and 45 Āryā; verse 5, 13-15, 17-20 and 32-37 Upajāti; verses 6-12, 21-25, 27, 41 and 42 Indravajrā; verse 16 Pushpitāgrā (Aupach-chhandasikā); verses 26, 28-31 and 40 Vaṁśastha; verses 43, 44, 46 and 47 Vasantatilaka.]

First Part

1 Ōṁ¹[s]iddham²[||*]Śriyam=abhimata-bhōgyāṁ naika-kāl-āpanītāṁ tridaśa[pa]ti-sukh-ārtthaṁ yō [Ba]lēr=ājahāra | kamala-nila[ya]nā[yā]ḥ śāśvataṁ dhāma Lakshmyāḥ
2 sa jayati vijit-ārttir=Vvishṇur=atyatna-jishṇuḥ [|| 1*] Tad=anu jayati śaśvat³ śri-[pari]kshipta-vaksāḥ sva-bhuja-janita-vīryō rājarājā[dhirā]jaḥ [|*] [na]rapati
3 [bh]ujagānāṁ māna-darpp-ōtphaṇānāṁ pratikṛiti-[Ga]ruḍ-ājñā[ṁ] nirvvishī[ṁ] ch=āvakarttā [||]⁴ [2*] Nṛipati-guṇa-nikētaḥ Skandaguptaḥ pṛithu-śrīḥ chatur- udadhi-ja(?)1(?)-āntāṁ sphīta-paryanta-dēśām [|*]
4 a[va]nim=avanat=ārir=yaḥ cha(ś=cha)kār=ātma-saṁsthāṁ pitari sura- sakhitvaṁ [prāpta]vaty=ātma-śaktyā [|| 3*] Api cha jitam=[ē*]va tēna prathayaṁti yaśāṁsi yasya ripavō=pi [*] ā-mūla-bhagna-darpā niva[rtitā*] Mlēchchha-dēśēshu [|| 4*]
5 Kramēṇa buddhy[ā] nipuṇaṁ pradh[ārya] dhyātvā cha kṛitsnān=guṇa-[dōsha- hētūn] [|*] vyap[ē]tya sarvān=manujēndra-putrāṁl=Lakshmīḥ [svayaṁ] yaṁ varayāṁ chakāra [|| 5*] [Ta]smin=nṛipē [śā]sati n=aiva kaśchid=dha[rmmā]d= apētō manujaḥ prajāsu |
6 [ārttō] daridrō vyasaī kadary[ō] daṇḍēna vā yō bhriśa⁵-pīḍitaḥ [s]yā[t] [|| 6*] [Ē]vaṁ sa jitvā pṛithivīṁ samagrāṃ bhag[n-ā]gra-da[rpān*] dvishataś=cha [kṛi]tv[ā] | sarvvēshu dēśēshu vidhāya gōptṛin⁶ saṁchintayā[m]āsa bahu- prakāram [|| 7*] Syāt=kō=nurūpō
7 matimān=vinitō⁷ mēdhā-smṛitibhy[ā]m=anapē[ta-bhā]vaḥ [|*] saty-ārjav-[au*]- dārya-nay-ōpapa[nnō] [mādhurya]-dākshiṇya-[ya]śō-nvitaś=cha [|| 8*] Bhaktō= nurak[tō] nṛi-v[i]ś[ē]sha-yuktaḥ sarvv-ōpadhābhiś=cha viśuddha-buddhiḥ | ānṛiṇya-bhāv-ōpagat-āntarātmāḥ⁸ sarvvasya lōkasya hitē pravṛittaḥ [|| 9*]
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¹ Expressed by a symbol and omitted by Fleet.
² Ending m indicated by the average character.
³ Ending t indicated by a tiny form of the character and placed at a lower level.
⁴ Indicated by two horizontals.
⁵ Read bhṛiśa-.
⁶ Read gōptṛīn.
⁷ Read =vinītō.
⁸ Read –ātma.