49. Eran (Sagar Dist., M.P.) Pillar inscr: (of Goparàja) of the time of Bhànugupta (Bh. No. 1290) G. 191 Màgha di. 3. It is on a small pillar, afterwards converted into a liêga or phallic emblem of Ùiva, which stands under some tall trees near the left bank of the Bènà, about half a mile to the south-east of Åraí, and half-way between it and the neighbouring village of Påhåjåjpur (The 'Pahlechpur' of Gen. Cunningham's map - Archeol. Surv. Ind. Vol. X Pl. xxiii.)
Cunningham, ASI.AR. Vol. X. p. 89 f.; Fl. No. 20; Hiralal, Inscrs. in C.P. & Berar, p. 49, No. 83; D. C. Sircar, SI. Bk. III, No. 38, pp. 335-36; B. Upadhyava, SAII. pt. II, p. 80, IE.AR. 1951-52, p. 21, No. 127, App. B; R. B. Pandey, HLI. (1962), pp. 108-9.


TEXT.
1 Îm saìvatsara-ùatå åka-navaty-uttarå Sràvaía-bahula-pakøa-sap[t]amy[àì]
2 saìvat 100 90 1 Ùràvaía ba di 7 || [-]la(?)køa-vaêùàd=utpannî [- -]
3 ràj-åti-viùrutaõ tasya puttrî=ti-vikkràntî nàmnà ràj=àtha Màdhavah || Gîparàja[õ]
4 sutas=tasya ùrèmàn=vikhyàta-pauruøaõ Sarabharàja-dauhittraõ sva-vaêùa-tilakî=dhu(?)nà(?) [||]
5 ùrè-Bhànuguptî jagati pravèrî ràjà mahàn=Pàrtha-samî=ti-ùóraõ tån=àtha sàrddhan=tv=iha Gîpar[à]j[î]
6 mittràn=uva(?)tyà(?)ra(?) kil=ànuyàtaõ || Kðitvà [cha*] y[u]ddhaì su-mahat-prak[à]ùaì svarggaì gatî divya-narå(?)[ndra-kalpaõ]
7 bhakt=ànuraktà cha priyà cha kàntà bh[à]r[y]=à[va]lag[n]=ànagat=àg[n]i-r[à]ùim ||

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Commentaries and variants

Fleet: From the original stone.
L.2 ba i.e, bahula-paksha. (Fl.)
L.2-4 Metre, Ùlîka (Anushòubõ); and in the next verse (Fl.)
L.5 Metre, Indravajrà; and in the following verse (Fl.)
L. 7 The metre is faulty here, as the cha, which should remain short, is lengthened by the following double consonant, pr. (Fl.)