This extremely weathered inscription (see IMAGES) accompanies the Saptamātṛkā panel on Gyānnāth Hill in Badoh-Pathari (Vidisha District, Madhya Pradesh). The inscription was reported by M. B. Garde (Annual Report of the Archaeological Department, Gwalior State for Samvat 1980, Year 1923-24, p. 12) who mentioned that the name of viṣayeśvara mahārāja Jayatsena could be read in it along with a partial date, the 13th of a bright half-month. The area has been surveyed by Anne Casile and reported in “Changing Religious Landscapes in Gupta Times: Archaeological Evidence from the Area of Baḍoh-Paṭhāri in Central India,” South Asian Studies 30 (2014): 245-268; the inscription studied and published by Dániel Balogh, “The Badoh-Pathari Saptamātṛ Panel Inscription,” Indo-Iranian Journal 65, no. 3 (2019): 191-226. Please note: the Sanskrit text here is for ready reference only; readers are directed to the most recent edition in Indo-Iranian Journal, see CONCORDANCE.
<1>1(s)iddhaM[+|]Verse 1. (metre: vasantatilaka)p(r)āvṛtya yaḥ (sa)-rudhiraṃ gaja-carmma r(au)dra[ṃ]pr[e]tālaye niśi mahoraga-k[o](ṣṭha)-(?sūt)(ra)[ḥ](?n)[?āṭyaṅ ka](r)[?o](?ti śiva)-(mā)tṛ-gaṇ(?ānuyāt)[?o](r)[ud](r)[o jaya]<2>2(ty ama)ra-vand(i)ta-pāda-yugmaḥVerse 2. (metre: vasantatilaka)tasy(ā)nu bha(kta-ja)na-nitya-hito [+']nukaṃpī(v)ī(r)(?ār)[?bhak](o) ja(yat)i (?mātṛ)-ga(ṇ)(?ais sa)(nā)(?tha)ḥya(?f)(pūjyate sata)tam (?o)[⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]<3>3(r)(ijyāṃjali)-praṇava-(baly-u)pahāra-yogaiḥVerse 3. (metre: mandākrāntā)(br)[ā](hmyā)(?dīkās s)(va)-(?mata-gatayo)(yā)ś ca(ra)[+ṃ]t(y u)g[r](a)-[-⏓](rudra)-kṣ(et)r(e) sah(a)(?vi)(ca)ritu(ṃ yā)(?f)(prah)ṛ(ṣṭa-pra)(?ṇīt)[?āḥ]<4>4(?yāsāṃ ta)tv(?a)(n na)[+ca] vicarit(a)ṃ jñāyate jñāna-(v)i(d)bhi(ḥ)(?k)ā(?lo d)eśo (h/p)i [⏑⏑](?n)i (?ya)(t)(?o)(?yo paro he)[⏑-⏓]Verse 4. (metre: sragdharā)yā(s)ā(?m)[?ārtt](?o balau)(ghair vva)la(bhi)(?-vihara)[?ṇe]<5>5(?siddha)-(gandharvva)-va[+r](g)(?g)aḥ(?vā)yur yy(ā) sāṃ jave(na druta)(?-ratha-tarasā)[-⏑--⏑-⏓][----⏑--⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑--⏑--⏑-⏓][---]<6>6mātaras tās satata-sumanaso mātṛva(n) mā(m a)vantu(|)(dharmma-vi)[ja](yino mahārā)[ja]-(śr)[ī]-(?ku)[mā](?ra)[?gupta]-(?rājye)[#?20#][?āṣā]<7>7(?ḍha)-śukla-divase trayodaśyāṃ bhagavatyo mātaraḥ (pratiṣṭh)(?ā)[#?2#](?tosa)[?1](?sā)[#?2#](?rava)[?1](?ṣyasya)[#?28#]<8>8(kṛ)(?tsnā)(vam)ukta-viṣayeśvarasya mahārāja-ja(yatsenas)ya (satputreṇa sa)(?jana)s(?svajana-pura)[#?30#]<9>9(śīl)(?ena)(daivata-dvijāti)-[dha]r(mma)-guru-bhak[t]e(?na)[#?45#]<10>10[...]
<1>1(s)iddhaM[+|]Verse 1. (metre: vasantatilaka)p(r)āvṛtya yaḥ (sa)-rudhiraṃ gaja-carmma r(au)dra[ṃ]pr[e]tālaye niśi mahoraga-k[o](ṣṭha)-(?sūt)(ra)[ḥ](?n)[?āṭyaṅ ka](r)[?o](?ti śiva)-(mā)tṛ-gaṇ(?ānuyāt)[?o](r)[ud](r)[o jaya]<2>2(ty ama)ra-vand(i)ta-pāda-yugmaḥVerse 2. (metre: vasantatilaka)tasy(ā)nu bha(kta-ja)na-nitya-hito [+']nukaṃpī(v)ī(r)(?ār)[?bhak](o) ja(yat)i (?mātṛ)-ga(ṇ)(?ais sa)(nā)(?tha)ḥya(?f)(pūjyate sata)tam (?o)[⏑⏑-⏑-⏓]<3>3(r)(ijyāṃjali)-praṇava-(baly-u)pahāra-yogaiḥVerse 3. (metre: mandākrāntā)(br)[ā](hmyā)(?dīkās s)(va)-(?mata-gatayo)(yā)ś ca(ra)[+ṃ]t(y u)g[r](a)-[-⏓](rudra)-kṣ(et)r(e) sah(a)(?vi)(ca)ritu(ṃ yā)(?f)(prah)ṛ(ṣṭa-pra)(?ṇīt)[?āḥ]<4>4(?yāsāṃ ta)tv(?a)(n na)[+ca] vicarit(a)ṃ jñāyate jñāna-(v)i(d)bhi(ḥ)(?k)ā(?lo d)eśo (h/p)i [⏑⏑](?n)i (?ya)(t)(?o)(?yo paro he)[⏑-⏓]Verse 4. (metre: sragdharā)yā(s)ā(?m)[?ārtt](?o balau)(ghair vva)la(bhi)(?-vihara)[?ṇe]<5>5(?siddha)-(gandharvva)-va[+r](g)(?g)aḥ(?vā)yur yy(ā) sāṃ jave(na druta)(?-ratha-tarasā)[-⏑--⏑-⏓][----⏑--⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑--⏑--⏑-⏓][---]<6>6mātaras tās satata-sumanaso mātṛva(n) mā(m a)vantu(|)(dharmma-vi)[ja](yino mahārā)[ja]-(śr)[ī]-(?ku)[mā](?ra)[?gupta]-(?rājye)[#?20#][?āṣā]<7>7(?ḍha)-śukla-divase trayodaśyāṃ bhagavatyo mātaraḥ (pratiṣṭh)(?ā)[#?2#](?tosa)[?1](?sā)[#?2#](?rava)[?1](?ṣyasya)[#?28#]<8>8(kṛ)(?tsnā)(vam)ukta-viṣayeśvarasya mahārāja-ja(yatsenas)ya (satputreṇa sa)(?jana)s(?svajana-pura)[#?30#]<9>9(śīl)(?ena)(daivata-dvijāti)-[dha]r(mma)-guru-bhak[t]e(?na)[#?45#]<10>10[...]