Epigraphia Indica Vol 09

SR No.: 032563
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: E Hultzsch, Sten Konow
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1907
Total Pages: 498
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 28 MB

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SARNATH INSCRIPTION OF KUMARADEVI.
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(V. 11.) After having created her, Brahmå was filled with pride at his own cleverness in applying his art; excelled by her face the moon, being ashamed, remains in the air, rises at night, becomes impure and subsequently full of spots ; how can this her marvellous beauty be described by people like us ?
(V.12.) She, who in a wonderful way possesses a beautiful body, which is a glittering net for entrapping female antelopes, vis, the moving eyes, and which robs the wealth of beauty of the dense waves of the playful milky ocean by her brilliant charm of lovely splendour ; who does away with the infatuation of the daughter of the mountain (i.e. Parvati) by her proud grace.
(V. 13.) Her mind was set on religion alone ; her desire was bent on virtues; she had undertaken to lay in a store of merit; she found a noble satisfaction in bestowing gifts; her gait was like that of an elephant ; her appearance charming to the eye; she bowed down to the Buddha, an. the people sang her praise ; she took her stand in the play of commiseration, was the permanent abode of luck, annihilated sin, and took her pride in abundant virtae.
(V. 14.) In the royal GabadavAla lineage, famous in the world, was born a king. Chandra by name, a moon (chandra) among rulers. By the streams of tears of the wives of the kings who could not resist him, the water of the Yamuna forsooth became darker.
(V. 15.) The king Madanachandra, a crest jewel amongst impetuous kings, was born from him, the lord who brought the circle of the earth under one sceptre, the splendour of the fire of his valor being great and mighty, and who even lowered the glory of Maghavan by his glory.
(V. 16.) Hari, who had been commissioned by Hara in order to protect Váråņasi from the wicked Tarushka warrior, as the only one who was able to protect the earth, Was again born from him, his name being renowned as Govindachandra,
(V, 17.) Wonderful, the calfs of the celestial cows could not formerly get even drops of the milk stream to drink, on account of its continuous use for satisfying the hearts of supplicants ; but after the multitude of these supplicants had been gladdened through the liberality of that king, they sat down to the feast of drinking the milk which is always plentiful and applied according to their wishes.
(V. 18.) In the excellent cities of his adversaries, hunters by mistake do not pick up fallen necklaces, thinking them to be nooses for the deer in it, and hunters quickly remove the fallen gold ear-ring with sticks, the garlands in their hands shaking with fear, mistaking it for a Amake on account of its large size.
(V. 19.) The chariot of the sun was delayed because its span of horses were greedy after the mouthful of fresh, shining, thick grasa on the roofs of the palaces in the towns of his uprooted foes ; and also the moon became slow, because he had to protect the gazelle ( in his orb), which was falling down, having become covetous after the grass.
(V. 20.) Kumaradêvi, forsooth, was famous with that king, like Śrî with Vishnu, and her praises were sung in the three worlds, and in the splendid harem of that king, she was indeed like the streak of the moon amongst the stars.
(V. 21.) This vihara, an ornament to the earth, the round of which consists of nine segments, was made by her, and decorated as it were by Vasudhårå herself in the shape of Tariņi, and even the Creator himself was taken with wonder when he saw it accomplished with the highest skill in the applying of wonderful arts and looking handsome with the images of) gods.
(V. 22.) Having prepared that copper-plate grant, which recorded the gift to Sri-Dharmachakra Jina, for so long a time as moon and sun endure on earth, and having given it to her, that Jambuki was made (?) the foremost of all pattalikds by her (Kumaradêvi).