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कहाऊँ स्तम्भ एवं क्षेत्रीय पुरातत्व की खोज
Bhattisômo mahât[m] â 7. tat-sûnû rudrasôma(h*) prithula-mati-yaśâ Vyâghra
ity-anya-samjño 1". 8. Madras=tasy=âtmajô=bhûd=dvija-guru-yatishu
prâyasah prîtimân=yah |(II) 9. · Punya-skandham sa chakkrê jagad=idam-akhilam
samsarad=vikshya bhîtô 10. śrêyö-rtthaṁ bhûta-bhûtyai pathi niyamavatâm =
arthatâm = âdikarttrîn 11. pañch=êndrâs(n) sthapâyitvâ dharanidharamayân=
sannikhâtas-tatô=yam 12. śaila-stambhaḥ su-chârur=giri-vara-śikhar-âgrôpamaḥ kîrtti-karttâ [11*]
TRANSLATION : Perfection has been attained !. In the tranquill2 reign of Skandagupta, whose hall of audience is shaken by the wind caused by the falling down (in the act of performing obeisance) of the heads of a hundred kings; who is born in the lineage of the Guptas; whose fame is spread far and wide; who excels all others in prosperity; who resembles (the god) Sakra; (and) who is the lord of a hundred kings;in the one hundredth year, increased by thirty and ten and one; the month Jyêshtha having arrived;
(Line 5.) - In this jewel of a village, which is known by people under the name of Kakubha, (and) which is pure from association with holy men'3-(there was) the high minded Bhattisôma, who (was) the son of sômila, that receptacle of many good qualities. His son (was) Rudrasôma, of great intellect and fame, who had the other appellation of Vyâghra!4. His son was Madra, who (was) especially full of affection for Brâhmans and religious preceptors and ascetics.
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