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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA TRANSLATION Success attained ! (V. 1.) Obeisance to Sugata who, wishing to save the world (which is) plunged in the uninterrupted series of births and deaths closely associated with misery in various forms, enjoined a religion consisting of three steps[2] (stages), and who attained peace ! (V. 2.) Like a moon in the sky (in the form) of the Gupta dynasty there was a king whose well known appellation was śrī Chandragupta, and who fascinated the eyes of the people as does the newly risen moon. (V. 3.) Who on (this) earth having (formerly) snatched away the kingship of (many) kings by dint of his intellect and valour, ensnared the earth with the bonds of his dynasts, from which she (i.e., the earth) has not yet been able to release herself.
(V. 4.) The lord of the earth (i.e., king Chandragupta) who was as famous as Gōvinda (Vishṇu) for the glory of his virtues, produced a son whose exalted name was Gōvindagupta and who resembled the sons of Diti and Aditi (i.e., demons and gods).[3] ____________________________________
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in Fleet’s Gupta Inscriptions, Nos. 18 and 35.