This stone inscription is carved onto the back wall of the veranda of the Ghaṭokaca cave at Gulwāḍā, which is a Buddhist site. The inscription, like those found at Ajaṇṭā, has been damaged by the weather, originally being 22 lines long, but now the last four lines are almost completely worn away. According to Shastri (1997: 44-45), the inscription was incised to record the excavation of the cave in which it is recorded and its donation to a Buddhist saṅgha, although the damage to the inscription over time has led to the details of the donation remaining unknown. The beginning of the inscription includes praise of the Buddha and a family history of Varāhadevā, a minister of the Vākāṭaka king, Hariṣeṇa.
Verse 1. (metre: upajāti)<1>1munir munīnām amaro [+']marāṇā(ṃ)gurur ggurūṇāṃ pravaro varāṇā(ṃ)_jayaty anābhoga-vibuddha-buddhirbuddhābhidh(āno) ni(dh)ir adbhutānā(ṃ)Verse 2. (metre: upajāti)<2>2dharmmas tato dharmmavidā praṇītastathā (gaṇa)ś cāgryatamo gaṇānā(ṃ)_bhavanti yasmin nihitā[+ḥ](?supā)trekārāpakārās (su)nayā (h)y (u)dārā(ḥ)Verse 3. (metre: upajāti)<3>3asti prakāśo diśi dakṣiṇa_syā(ṃ)vallūra-nāmnāṃ dvija-sattamānāṃ_ā brahmaṇas sa(ṃ)bhṛta-pu{˟va}{+ṇya-kīrttir}{˟}{+vva}ṅś(o) mahīyān mahito mahadbhiḥVerse 4. (metre: upajāti)<4>4tasminn abhūd āh(ita)-lakṣaṇānāṃdvi-janmanā(ṃ)(prā)thama-kalpikānāṃ_bhṛgv-atri-garggā{˟}{+ṅgirasāṃ sa}mānodvija-rṣabho (ya)jña-[patif] prakāśaḥVerse 5. (metre: upajāti)<5>5tad-ātmajo deva ivāsa devaxkṛtī gṛhī(?tī) nayavān kriyāvāN_sa-rājaka(ṃ) rāṣṭram u{˟}{+pe}tya yas(m)i(n)(dha)rmyāx kriyā {˟}{+f pā}(r)tha iva pracakkreVerse 6. (metre: upajāti)<6>6somas tata(ḥ s)o(ma ivā)paro bhū(t)sa brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-vaṃśa-jāsu_(śru)ti-smṛtibhyāṃ vi_hitā(rt)tha-_2_kārīdvayī(ṣu) bhāryyāsu ma(n)o dadhāraVerse 7. (metre: upajāti)<7>7sa kṣatriyāyā(ṃ) kula-śīlavatyāmutpādayām āsa narendra-cihnaṃ_sutaṃ surūpaṃ ravi-nāma-dhe_2_yaṃ_kṛtādhi(patyaṃ)(vi)(?ṣa)ye samagreVerse 8. (metre: upajāti)<8>8dvijāsu cānyāsu sutān udārānsa(masta)-vedeṣu samāpta-kāmā(N)_vall(ū)ra-nāmā diśi dakṣiṇa_syāmadyāpi yeṣā(m vasa)ti(r) d(v)ij(ānāṃ)Verse 9. (metre: upajāti)<9>9raves suto bhūt pravarābhidhāna(ḥ)(śrī-rā)ma-nāmātha babhūva tasmāT_tad-ātmajax kīrttir abhūt sukīrttirbbabhūva (tasmād atha hasti)(?bhojaḥ)Verse 10. (metre: upajāti)<10>10(vā)kāṭake rājati devaseneguṇai(f prakāśo) bhuvi (ha)stibhojaḥ_adyāpi tasyābhi(ja)na-(?pradāna)-[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]Verse 11. (metre: upajāti)<11>11dhī(re)ṣu dhīma_tsu sa(ho)tthiteṣukṛtya-(pra)mā(ṇeṣu) guṇānviteṣu[⏓-⏑-](yaṃ) nṛpater y(y)a_d e[⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]Verse 12. (metre: upajāti)<12>12yasyāsanārddha(ṃ pu)ruṣā[⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑]māt saṃsadi [-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]Verse 13. (metre: āryā?)<13>13atha devarāja-sū(nur) ha(ri)(?ṣeṇo)[#?8#] hastibhoja [...][...]Verse 14. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)<14>14śaśi-kara-dhavalāṃ ni(rī)kṣya kī(rttiṃ)[...][...][...]Verse 15. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)<15>15atha guṇa-śata-saṃbhṛtātma-bhūtaḥpriya-tana[?yo][...][...][...]Verse 16. (metre: vasantatilaka?)<16>16tasyātmajeṣu bahuṣu [...][...][...][...]Verse 17. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)<17>17phalam akhilam ila[...][...][...][...]Verse 18. (metre: vasantatilaka?)<18>18samyag-vibhāvita ihāsti varāha[devaḥ][...][...][...][<br />***<br />***<br />***<br />***]
Verse 1. (metre: upajāti)<1>1munir munīnām amaro [+']marāṇā(ṃ)gurur ggurūṇāṃ pravaro varāṇā(ṃ)_jayaty anābhoga-vibuddha-buddhirbuddhābhidh(āno) ni(dh)ir adbhutānā(ṃ)Verse 2. (metre: upajāti)<2>2dharmmas tato dharmmavidā praṇītastathā (gaṇa)ś cāgryatamo gaṇānā(ṃ)_bhavanti yasmin nihitā[+ḥ](?supā)trekārāpakārās (su)nayā (h)y (u)dārā(ḥ)Verse 3. (metre: upajāti)<3>3asti prakāśo diśi dakṣiṇa_syā(ṃ)vallūra-nāmnāṃ dvija-sattamānāṃ_ā brahmaṇas sa(ṃ)bhṛta-pu{˟va}{+ṇya-kīrttir}{˟}{+vva}ṅś(o) mahīyān mahito mahadbhiḥVerse 4. (metre: upajāti)<4>4tasminn abhūd āh(ita)-lakṣaṇānāṃdvi-janmanā(ṃ)(prā)thama-kalpikānāṃ_bhṛgv-atri-garggā{˟}{+ṅgirasāṃ sa}mānodvija-rṣabho (ya)jña-[patif] prakāśaḥVerse 5. (metre: upajāti)<5>5tad-ātmajo deva ivāsa devaxkṛtī gṛhī(?tī) nayavān kriyāvāN_sa-rājaka(ṃ) rāṣṭram u{˟}{+pe}tya yas(m)i(n)(dha)rmyāx kriyā {˟}{+f pā}(r)tha iva pracakkreVerse 6. (metre: upajāti)<6>6somas tata(ḥ s)o(ma ivā)paro bhū(t)sa brāhmaṇa-kṣatriya-vaṃśa-jāsu_(śru)ti-smṛtibhyāṃ vi_hitā(rt)tha-_2_kārīdvayī(ṣu) bhāryyāsu ma(n)o dadhāraVerse 7. (metre: upajāti)<7>7sa kṣatriyāyā(ṃ) kula-śīlavatyāmutpādayām āsa narendra-cihnaṃ_sutaṃ surūpaṃ ravi-nāma-dhe_2_yaṃ_kṛtādhi(patyaṃ)(vi)(?ṣa)ye samagreVerse 8. (metre: upajāti)<8>8dvijāsu cānyāsu sutān udārānsa(masta)-vedeṣu samāpta-kāmā(N)_vall(ū)ra-nāmā diśi dakṣiṇa_syāmadyāpi yeṣā(m vasa)ti(r) d(v)ij(ānāṃ)Verse 9. (metre: upajāti)<9>9raves suto bhūt pravarābhidhāna(ḥ)(śrī-rā)ma-nāmātha babhūva tasmāT_tad-ātmajax kīrttir abhūt sukīrttirbbabhūva (tasmād atha hasti)(?bhojaḥ)Verse 10. (metre: upajāti)<10>10(vā)kāṭake rājati devaseneguṇai(f prakāśo) bhuvi (ha)stibhojaḥ_adyāpi tasyābhi(ja)na-(?pradāna)-[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]Verse 11. (metre: upajāti)<11>11dhī(re)ṣu dhīma_tsu sa(ho)tthiteṣukṛtya-(pra)mā(ṇeṣu) guṇānviteṣu[⏓-⏑-](yaṃ) nṛpater y(y)a_d e[⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]Verse 12. (metre: upajāti)<12>12yasyāsanārddha(ṃ pu)ruṣā[⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑]māt saṃsadi [-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]Verse 13. (metre: āryā?)<13>13atha devarāja-sū(nur) ha(ri)(?ṣeṇo)[#?8#] hastibhoja [...][...]Verse 14. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)<14>14śaśi-kara-dhavalāṃ ni(rī)kṣya kī(rttiṃ)[...][...][...]Verse 15. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)<15>15atha guṇa-śata-saṃbhṛtātma-bhūtaḥpriya-tana[?yo][...][...][...]Verse 16. (metre: vasantatilaka?)<16>16tasyātmajeṣu bahuṣu [...][...][...][...]Verse 17. (metre: puṣpitāgrā?)<17>17phalam akhilam ila[...][...][...][...]Verse 18. (metre: vasantatilaka?)<18>18samyag-vibhāvita ihāsti varāha[devaḥ][...][...][...][<br />***<br />***<br />***<br />***]