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The Indian Analyst
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North Indian Inscriptions |
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE SILAHARAS OF NORTH KONKAN
TRANSLATION .....Success ! Obeisance to Purushottama ! ..(V. 1) May he (i.e. Vishṇu), whose navel-lotus Brahmā has made (his) abode, protect you, and also Śiva, whose head has been adorned by a lovely digit of the moon ! ..(V. 2) May the faces of Brahmā, sanctified as they are by the (recitation of ) the Vēdas, which are the abode of the names (of all creatures and things) in the creation of the moveable and immoveable worlds, secure your well-being completely !
.. (V. 3) There was the incomparable king, Gōvindarāja (I) ; thereafter there was Karkarāja (I). Then there was the king, the illustrious Indrarāja (I), and thereafter his son Dantivarman. Then there was the well-known and illustrious king Kṛishṇarāja (I), the son of Karkarāja (I), who exterminated his enemies. From him was born Gōvindarāja (II), and thereafter reigned his younger brother, the illustrious Emperor Dhruva. .. (V. 4) His son, eminent on account of his merits, named Jagattuṅga (Gōvinda III), reigned after him. Thereafter reigned his son Amōghavarsha (I), (known as ) Vallabha and thereafter reigned his son Kṛishṇa (II). .. (V. 5) Thereafter there reigned the illustrious Indradēva (III), the son of Jagattuṅga, (known as ) Nityavarsha, the lord of the earth, who was feared on account of the eminence of (his) valour. .. (V. 6) From his was born Amōghavarsha (II) who ruled (only) for a year, and who, to the delight of the people, poured forth large streams of gold even as a cloud pours large showers of water. .. (V. 7) Then there sat on the throne his younger brother, the illustrious king Gōvindarāja (IV) (known as ) Suvarṇavarsha, who rescued royal fortune even as Hari (in his Boar incarnation) lifted the earth, and who, being of great might and having an invincible and well equipped army that delighted all good people, was Purushōttama (Vishṇu) (himself), who bears the excellent Nandaka (sword) and the unfailing Sudarśaṇa discus. .. (V. 8) Then (there reigned) for a long period [Amōghavarsha III], the uncle of Suvarṇavarsha (Gold-rainer, i.e. Gōvinda IV), the younger brother of Nityavarsha (i.e. Indra III), ridding (his) kingdom of troublesome people by his austerities and adventurous spirit.
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(V. 9) The illustrious Amōghavarsha (III) shrines, having destroyed all wicked
(people)−(he) who, looking respendent, raised the bow of (his elder brother ) Indra and with the
sharp edge of his sword (and) the assistance of princes, put an end to the terrible battle in the
[1] Metre : Śālinī.
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