41. Eran (Sagar Dist., M.P.) stone Pillar Inscr. of the time of Budhagupta (Fl. No. 19; Bh. No. 1287)
G. 165 Àøàäha Ùukla dvàdaùè.
Fleet, IA. Vol. XX (1891), p. 377; Hiralal, Inscrs. in C.P. & Berar, p. 47, No. 80; D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III, No. 35, pp. 326-27; B. Upadhyaya, SAII. pt. II, p. 76; R. B. Pandey, HLI. (1962), p. 106.

TEXT (FLEET).
1 Jayati vibhuù=chatur-bhujaù=chatur-arííava-vipula-salila-paryyaêkaõ jagataõ sthity-utpatti-nya[y-àdi]-
2 håtur=Ggaruäa-kåtuõ [||*] Ùatå paãcha-øaøòy-adhikå varøàíàì bhópatau cha Budhaguptå | Àøàäha-màsa-ù[ukla]-
3 dvàdaùyàì Suragurîr=ddivaså |(||) Saì 100 60 5 [||*] Kàlindè-Narmmadayîr=mmadhyaì pàlayati lîkapàla-guíair=jjagati mahàr[àja]-
4 ùriyam=anubhavati Suraùmichandrå cha |(||) Asyàì saìvatsara-màsa-divasa-pórvvàyàì sva-karmm-àbhiratasya kratu-yàji[naõ]
5 adhèta-svàdhyàyasya vipr-arøår=Mmaittràyaíèya-vðøabhasy=Åndraviøíîõ pra-pauttråía pitur=guí-ànukàriíî Varuíav[i]ø[íîõ]
6 pauttråía pitaram=anu-jàtasya sva-vaìùa-vðddhi-håtîr=Hariviøíîõ puttråí= àtyanta-bhagavad-bhaktåna Vidhàtur=ichchhayà svayaìvaray=åva r[à]ja-
7 lakømy=àdhigatåna chatuõ-samudra-paryyanta-prathita-yaùasà akøèía-màna-dhanån=ànåka-ùattru-samara-jiøíunà mahàràja-Màtðviøíun[à]
8 tasy=aiv=ànujåna tad-anuvidhàyin[à] tat-prasàda-parigð[hè]tåna Dhanya-viøíunà cha | màtð(tà)pittrîõ puíy-àpyàyan-àrtham=åøa bhagavataõ |
9 puíyajan-àrddanasya Janàrddanasya dhvaja-stambhî=bhyuchchhritaõ [||*] Svasty=astu gî-bràhmaía-p[u]rîgàbhyaõ sarvva-prajàbhya iti |(||)
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From the original stone.
L. 1. Metre Àryà; and in the next verse.-In the first pàda of this, and of the second verse, we have the proper number of twelve syllabic instants; but they are not arranged in accordance with the usual rule for this metre. (For -nya[y-àdi]-) I have adopted Dr. Hall's suggestion for supplying the effaced letters. In the last legible syllable, part of the subscript y is quite distinct, and the consonant above it seems to be a broken n; and the requirements of both the metre and the sense are properly met by supplying yàdi for the effaced syllables.
L. 3 (For dvà in dvàdaùyàì) This akshara is somewhat damaged; but it is very distinctly dvà. Prinsep's reading of trayîdaùyàì is proved to be wrong by the metre, if by nothing else. Metre, Àryà.
L. 4. (For pórvvàyàì) Supply tithau.
L. 8. (For last |) This mark of punctuation is unnecessary.