This stone inscription, inscribed on the side wall of the outside veranda of cave 17, is much damaged by exposure, which according to Shastri (1997: 46), has lead the correct decipherment of the inscription to be very problematic. The inscription starts with a dedication to the Buddha, unusual as many of the Vākāṭaka period inscriptions and charters are dedicated to Hindu gods. The inscription was carved to record the creation of Buddhist stupas and institutions by a ruler called Dharādhipa and with the wish for the longevity of these structures. The inscription was carved under the name of Ravisāmba, a vassal of the Vākāṭaka king Hariṣeṇa. The inscription also includes a genealogy for Dharādhipa and Ravisāmba.
Verse 1. (metre: vaṃśastha)<1>1[⏑-⏑--⏑][?bhava-](?dru)mā(śa)ni(ṃ)praṇamya vidyā-traya-pāra-ga(ṃ) muniMvihāra-dātur vyavadāta-karmmaṇoguṇābhidhānopanayax kariṣyate||Verse 2. (metre: upajāti)<2>2[⏓-⏑--][?jana-pā](?la)ne(na)labdhātma-bhāvasya narādhipasyadhṛtātapatrasya babhūva putrassitātapatro dhṛtarāṣṭra-saṃjñaḥ(||)Verse 3. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<3>3[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-](s)ya rājñoharisāmbo mburuhendu-kānta-vaktraḥnṛpates-tanayo babhūva tasy(ā)pyamala-śrī(ḥ) kṣiti-pāla-śaurisāmba(ḥ||)Verse 4. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<4>4[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑](?te)(na)pṛthu-kīrttir dyutimān upendraguptaḥsamabhūd a(va)(?ra)s suto tha tasyakṣitipax kāca iti prakāśa-nāmā(||)Verse 5. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<5>5[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-⏓](?dyu)(ti)-kīrtti-nyasanāya bhikṣudāsaḥpratitho bhuvi nīladāsa-nāmānṛpatis tasya suto narādhipasya||Verse 6. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<6>6[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-](?raiḥ)prathitax kāca iti pradīpta-kīrttiḥnṛpater atha tasya kṛṣṇadāsaḥkula-vaṃśa-dyuti-varddhano babhūva||Verse 7. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<7>7[⏑⏑-⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-⏓](s)tanayā candra-karāvadāta-veṣāabhavat paripūrṇṇa-candra-vaktrāvinayācāra-vibhūṣaṇā (?su)candrā||Verse 8. (metre: upajāti)<8>8[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][a](?rtthi-sthalo)d[+d]yota-karīm avāpatasyāñ ca tasyāmburuhāyatākṣāvuttapta-cāmīkara-kānta-r(ū)pau(||)Verse 9. (metre: upajāti)<9>9 . . . . . . . . . . .[pradyu]mna-sāmba-pratimau kumārau|(dharā)dhipā(kh)y(ā)ṃ pratham(o)(ba)bhāradadhre dvitīyo (ra)visāmba-saṃjñāM(||)Verse 10. (metre: vaṃśastha)<10>10[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑](?nīyocchri)(t)am aśmakādi(bhiḥ)(?kṛ)(tārttha-sa)tvā(?v) abhibhūya bhūyasārarājatuś candra-divākarāv iva||Verse 11. (metre: vaṃśastha)<11>11[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑--](ha nibaddha)-(?mānayo)(ḥ)vivṛddha-sauhārdda-(?yaśa)f-pratānayossadānukūlyena sukhaṃ vijahr(uṣ)oḥ(||)Verse 12. (metre: vaṃśastha)<12>12[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓](?amāna)vair apy anivāryya-śāsanaḥpurākṛtodbhāvita-bhīma-vikramaḥkanīyasi prā(kh)ya(d an)i(t)yatāśani(M)||Verse 13. (metre: vaṃśastha)<13>13[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-](va)-dhairyyā(d) i(?va kā)(ya-dh)ī-(ru)jaḥa(n)i(t)ya-saṃjñā-sacivas tataf paraṃvyavīvṛdhat puṇya-mahā-mahīruhaM||Verse 14. (metre: upajāti)<14>14[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑](?nujā)ta-toṣ(āN)bhūyaś śruta-tyāga-dayā-pramoda-maitrī-kṣamā-vīryya-dhiyas siṣeve||Verse 15. (metre: upajāti)<15>15[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-](na)rendrāNpraśasta-vṛttān suviśuddha-vṛttovṛttena sa(?bh)y(ān) u(c)ito nucakre||Verse 16. (metre: upajāti)<16>16[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-] cakāraanyārtthikasyārtthi-janas tathaivakīrtti(ṃ) kṛtārtthaḥ prathayām babhūva||Verse 17. (metre: upajāti)<17>17[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓](?yā)(n bha)(?ya)-(v)iplutākṣāNamūmucad vitta-visargga-śaktyāputrā(n) iveṣṭān karuṇābhimṛṣṭaḥ||Verse 18. (metre: vaṃśastha)<18>18[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑--](?pra)(ṇaye)na putravaTanūcivāṃso pi hi yasya hṛd-gatāṃvida(nṛva)dhyāśa(ya)-śuddhi-sampadaM||Verse 19. (metre: upajāti)<19>19[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑]karāṇi sadyaḥsarvvajña-bhāva-praṇidhāna-siddhi(ḥ)satyābhidhānā(bh)ibhavād apeyuḥ||Verse 20. (metre: upajāti)<20>20[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑][sa]mbhāra-ca(yādh)iyogaḥyaśo-ṃ(śu)bhiś candra-marīci-śubhrairjjagat samagra(ṃ) samalañcakāra|| ||Verse 21. (metre: viyoginī)<21>21[⏑⏑-⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-⏓][⏑⏑--](vada)nāravinda-candreparipālayati kṣitīndra-candrehariṣeṇe hita-kāriṇi prajānāM||Verse 22. (metre: upajāti)<22>22[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑](n a)tyadbhuta-puṇya-rāśiḥ(cakre) bhuva[+ḥ] stūpa-vihāra-bhūṣāṃdānodayaiś-cārtthi-(ja)na-pramodaM(||)Verse 23. (metre: upajāti)<23>23[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑-]n ākula-nādavadbhiḥni(?tyaṃ) vi(tā)nā(rtha-dhi)(?yā)(va)hadbhira(m)bh(o)-dha(?rai)ś śrīma(t)i sahyapāde|| ||Verse 24. (metre: upajāti)<24>24[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑](g)āmbhīryya-guṇair upetaMniveśitāntar-muni-rāja-caityamekāśmakaṃ maṇḍapa-ratnam etaT|| |Verse 25. (metre: upajāti)<25>25[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--] vipulāṃ visṛjya|acīkara(c cai)tya-(vimā)na-kalpamalpātmabhiḥ kalpanayāpy aśakyaM||Verse 26. (metre: upajāti)<26>26[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--]nayanābhirāmaMnyavīviśat svādu-laghu-prasanna-śīta-prakāmāmbu-mahā-nidhānaM|| || ||Verse 27. (metre: upajāti)<27>27[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑-]n netra-mano-bhirāmāManyā(ṃ)ga-deśe sya diśi pratīcyāmacīkarad gandha-kuṭīm udārāM|| ||Verse 28. (metre: vaṃśastha)<28>28[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][jaga](d-dhi)tāyodyata-sarvva-karmmaṇa(ḥ)munīndra-(?v)ā(?s)a-praṇidhāna-siddhayebhavantv abhīṣṭā bhuvi sarvva-sa{-||}mpadaḥ||Verse 29. (metre: vaṃśastha)<29>29[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑-](sa) praṇayena maṇḍapa(ḥ)karotu tāvat kuśalodayaṃ satāṃ(n/v)ihanti yāvad ravir aṃśubhis tamaḥ||†
Verse 1. (metre: vaṃśastha)<1>1[⏑-⏑--⏑][?bhava-](?dru)mā(śa)ni(ṃ)praṇamya vidyā-traya-pāra-ga(ṃ) muniMvihāra-dātur vyavadāta-karmmaṇoguṇābhidhānopanayax kariṣyate||Verse 2. (metre: upajāti)<2>2[⏓-⏑--][?jana-pā](?la)ne(na)labdhātma-bhāvasya narādhipasyadhṛtātapatrasya babhūva putrassitātapatro dhṛtarāṣṭra-saṃjñaḥ(||)Verse 3. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<3>3[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-](s)ya rājñoharisāmbo mburuhendu-kānta-vaktraḥnṛpates-tanayo babhūva tasy(ā)pyamala-śrī(ḥ) kṣiti-pāla-śaurisāmba(ḥ||)Verse 4. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<4>4[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑](?te)(na)pṛthu-kīrttir dyutimān upendraguptaḥsamabhūd a(va)(?ra)s suto tha tasyakṣitipax kāca iti prakāśa-nāmā(||)Verse 5. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<5>5[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-⏓](?dyu)(ti)-kīrtti-nyasanāya bhikṣudāsaḥpratitho bhuvi nīladāsa-nāmānṛpatis tasya suto narādhipasya||Verse 6. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<6>6[⏑⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-](?raiḥ)prathitax kāca iti pradīpta-kīrttiḥnṛpater atha tasya kṛṣṇadāsaḥkula-vaṃśa-dyuti-varddhano babhūva||Verse 7. (metre: mālabhāriṇī)<7>7[⏑⏑-⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-⏓](s)tanayā candra-karāvadāta-veṣāabhavat paripūrṇṇa-candra-vaktrāvinayācāra-vibhūṣaṇā (?su)candrā||Verse 8. (metre: upajāti)<8>8[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][a](?rtthi-sthalo)d[+d]yota-karīm avāpatasyāñ ca tasyāmburuhāyatākṣāvuttapta-cāmīkara-kānta-r(ū)pau(||)Verse 9. (metre: upajāti)<9>9 . . . . . . . . . . .[pradyu]mna-sāmba-pratimau kumārau|(dharā)dhipā(kh)y(ā)ṃ pratham(o)(ba)bhāradadhre dvitīyo (ra)visāmba-saṃjñāM(||)Verse 10. (metre: vaṃśastha)<10>10[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑](?nīyocchri)(t)am aśmakādi(bhiḥ)(?kṛ)(tārttha-sa)tvā(?v) abhibhūya bhūyasārarājatuś candra-divākarāv iva||Verse 11. (metre: vaṃśastha)<11>11[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑--](ha nibaddha)-(?mānayo)(ḥ)vivṛddha-sauhārdda-(?yaśa)f-pratānayossadānukūlyena sukhaṃ vijahr(uṣ)oḥ(||)Verse 12. (metre: vaṃśastha)<12>12[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓](?amāna)vair apy anivāryya-śāsanaḥpurākṛtodbhāvita-bhīma-vikramaḥkanīyasi prā(kh)ya(d an)i(t)yatāśani(M)||Verse 13. (metre: vaṃśastha)<13>13[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-](va)-dhairyyā(d) i(?va kā)(ya-dh)ī-(ru)jaḥa(n)i(t)ya-saṃjñā-sacivas tataf paraṃvyavīvṛdhat puṇya-mahā-mahīruhaM||Verse 14. (metre: upajāti)<14>14[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑](?nujā)ta-toṣ(āN)bhūyaś śruta-tyāga-dayā-pramoda-maitrī-kṣamā-vīryya-dhiyas siṣeve||Verse 15. (metre: upajāti)<15>15[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-](na)rendrāNpraśasta-vṛttān suviśuddha-vṛttovṛttena sa(?bh)y(ān) u(c)ito nucakre||Verse 16. (metre: upajāti)<16>16[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-] cakāraanyārtthikasyārtthi-janas tathaivakīrtti(ṃ) kṛtārtthaḥ prathayām babhūva||Verse 17. (metre: upajāti)<17>17[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓](?yā)(n bha)(?ya)-(v)iplutākṣāNamūmucad vitta-visargga-śaktyāputrā(n) iveṣṭān karuṇābhimṛṣṭaḥ||Verse 18. (metre: vaṃśastha)<18>18[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑--](?pra)(ṇaye)na putravaTanūcivāṃso pi hi yasya hṛd-gatāṃvida(nṛva)dhyāśa(ya)-śuddhi-sampadaM||Verse 19. (metre: upajāti)<19>19[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--⏑]karāṇi sadyaḥsarvvajña-bhāva-praṇidhāna-siddhi(ḥ)satyābhidhānā(bh)ibhavād apeyuḥ||Verse 20. (metre: upajāti)<20>20[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑][sa]mbhāra-ca(yādh)iyogaḥyaśo-ṃ(śu)bhiś candra-marīci-śubhrairjjagat samagra(ṃ) samalañcakāra|| ||Verse 21. (metre: viyoginī)<21>21[⏑⏑-⏑⏑-⏑-⏑-⏓][⏑⏑--](vada)nāravinda-candreparipālayati kṣitīndra-candrehariṣeṇe hita-kāriṇi prajānāM||Verse 22. (metre: upajāti)<22>22[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑](n a)tyadbhuta-puṇya-rāśiḥ(cakre) bhuva[+ḥ] stūpa-vihāra-bhūṣāṃdānodayaiś-cārtthi-(ja)na-pramodaM(||)Verse 23. (metre: upajāti)<23>23[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑-]n ākula-nādavadbhiḥni(?tyaṃ) vi(tā)nā(rtha-dhi)(?yā)(va)hadbhira(m)bh(o)-dha(?rai)ś śrīma(t)i sahyapāde|| ||Verse 24. (metre: upajāti)<24>24[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑](g)āmbhīryya-guṇair upetaMniveśitāntar-muni-rāja-caityamekāśmakaṃ maṇḍapa-ratnam etaT|| |Verse 25. (metre: upajāti)<25>25[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--] vipulāṃ visṛjya|acīkara(c cai)tya-(vimā)na-kalpamalpātmabhiḥ kalpanayāpy aśakyaM||Verse 26. (metre: upajāti)<26>26[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑--]nayanābhirāmaMnyavīviśat svādu-laghu-prasanna-śīta-prakāmāmbu-mahā-nidhānaM|| || ||Verse 27. (metre: upajāti)<27>27[⏓-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏓][⏓-⏑-]n netra-mano-bhirāmāManyā(ṃ)ga-deśe sya diśi pratīcyāmacīkarad gandha-kuṭīm udārāM|| ||Verse 28. (metre: vaṃśastha)<28>28[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][jaga](d-dhi)tāyodyata-sarvva-karmmaṇa(ḥ)munīndra-(?v)ā(?s)a-praṇidhāna-siddhayebhavantv abhīṣṭā bhuvi sarvva-sa{-||}mpadaḥ||Verse 29. (metre: vaṃśastha)<29>29[⏑-⏑--⏑⏑-⏑-⏑⏓][⏑-⏑-](sa) praṇayena maṇḍapa(ḥ)karotu tāvat kuśalodayaṃ satāṃ(n/v)ihanti yāvad ravir aṃśubhis tamaḥ||†