Epigraphia Indica Vol 01

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

Page 72

RATNAPUR INSCRIPTION OF PRITHVIDEVA.
22. pala-sunuḥ I vidya-vilasa-vasatir-vvimalam prasastim śrimân-imâm Kumara-pala-vu(bu)dho lilekha 27" | Pradastir-iyam-utkirupa ruchir-Akshara-paktibhiḥ I dhimata sutradharépa Sâmpuléna mandrama || [28"]" 23. [D]éva[ga]pAv-ôtau rapakara-diromant chakratur-ghatanan-dbámno Vi(bi)lvapani-pinakinah 1291 Chandr-Arkksu kirap-Avall-valayitah yavad-vidhattan"jagad-din-matanga-ghat-opavrimhita-dhara-chakran (A)-cha k 24. nakshatra-prakar-ôru-hâralatikâ'lankara-saram nabhas-tvat-kirttirMmadanâri-mandira-mishât-tâvach-chiram nandatu ||30||
[Sachvat 1247]
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TRANSLATION. Om! Om!
Adoration to Śiva!
(Verse 1)-May Rudra protect you!-he who at the sexual enjoyment eagerly [thus] speaks to (Parvati,) the daughter of the mountain: 'How should that lord of serpents, who uses his eyes as ears, be able to see us? And [how should] this crescent moon [too, reduced to a state of infancy].......!'
(V. 2.)-May Ganapati grant you prosperity !-he who has the surface of his unique frontal globes anointed with broad sheets of the powder of excellent red-lead; who with the dance of his trunk beautifies the [immense] pavilion of all the regions of heaven..... play of uprooting groups of [trees]......!
(V. 3.)-[Triumphant] is the god with white rays, (the Moon), who covers the circle of the regions with a mass of rays flowing with streams of nectar; is beauteous as if he were the extensive mirror of the army of the king Love marching out to conquer the three worlds;..... is the ear-ornament of the gems of celestial damsels; (and) whose loveliness completely takes away the proud reserve of the hearts, (deep) like mountain caves, of haughty women.
(V. 4.)-In his race there was the protector of the earth Jajalla dêva, who, having by the pride of the group of his massive arms taken possession of the extent of the three worlds, was holding the position of (Indra,) the lord of the host of the gods, ..... the favourite husband of his wife, the earth, surrounded with the girdle of the... oceans; a unique jewel to ornament the world.
(V. 5.)-From him there was born a son, [the illustrious prince Ratnadêva ?], who was the fierce submarine fire of the unique ocean of the array of the difficult-to-besubdued armies of the Chêdi princes; who to the Choda and Ganga champions elated
38 Metre, Vasantatilaka.
7 Metre, Sloka (Anushtubh); and of the next verse.
38 The figure in brackets is broken away.
"Read vidhatto.
Metre, Sardalavikridita.
This date has not been written by the writer of the inscription, who forms his numeral figures differently; and it appears to be scratched on the stone rather than properly engraved. Of the four figures, the first, second, and last are quite distinct; the third figure is indistinct, but it decidedly looks more like 4 than 0. An examination of the stone may possibly show, that the inscription originally was dated in a year of the Chêdi era; for, in the impression, the first syllable of the word sameat, which precedes the figures 1247 (P), looks as if it had been put in the place of the figure 9, or as if that figure had been altered so as to assume the form of sath.
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