6) When the detailed order of the date was this, that is, in the ninety-sixth year of the increasingly victorious (Gupta) rule, pertaining to the prosperous Kumāragupta (I) the mahārājādhirāja,
5) Who is the son, born of the Mahādevī Dhruvadevī, of the prosperous Candragupta (II), the mahārājādhirāja, who was himself without an equal adversary, (and) an ardent devotee of Bhagavat (Vāsudeva), (and)
4) (Candragupta II), who was the son born of the Mahādevī Dattadevī, of the prosperous Samudragupta, the mahārājādhirāja,
1-2) (Who was the exterminator of all kings; who has no equal adversary on earth) Whose fame was tasted by the waters (of the four oceans) —who was equal to (the gods) Dhanada, Varuṇa, Indra and Antaka—who was the very axe of Kṛtānta(God of death) —who was the giver of (many) crores of (lawfully acquired cows and) gold—who was the performer of the aśvamedha sacrifice, that has long decayed, (and),
3-4) (Who was the son of the son’s son of the prosperous Gupta, the mahārāja—the son’s son of the prosperous Ghaṭotkaca, and mahārāja), (and) the son of the prosperous Candragupta I, the mahārājādhirāj, the daughter’s son of the Licchavi— (and) born of the Mahādevī Kumāradevī.
7-9) At this temple of Lord Mahāsena, the divine (one), whose wonderous body is produced out of the mass of the lustre of the three worlds—who is the god Brahmaṇya, (and) who resides at ……… this magnificent work has been accomplished by Dhruvaśarman who follows the path of the practice and true religion of the Kṛta Age, (and) who has been honoured by the assembly…………
10-11) Having constructed a gateway, charming (to the eye), (containing) abodes of sages, having the appearance of a staircase leading to heaven, resembling kauberacchanda (in style), white-shining, because it bears the radiance of crystal gems and petals— (and having constructed), in a very proper manner, a (religious) alms-house (?), a structure eminent in qualities, and as beautiful as the best of mansions—he, of righteous intention, moves about charmingly among the pious. May Dhruva continue in bliss!
12-13) That same Dhruvaśarman, who …… by means of the abundance of the unprecedented accumulation of wealth,………, has caused the erection of this firm and excellent pillar.