Ujjain stone inscription of Naravarman
2 * sy(ot)sāhikā pa(kṣa)titagu * mana *
3 * saṁpādito vaṁditaḥ||28|| ta(ddh)o(ṣ)li *
4 * d(i) śiras-talaṁ| yān icchann api so va *
5 * ×ākṛtiḥ| yatrāpānta-pu(rā)ri-maṁdira-̇
6 * vatoccais-tapaḥ-śreṇī-sūtrita-
7 * lan manas tamāḥ||39|| akṛta-sukṛtaḥ *
8 * ram īśam aparaṁ paśayanti yaṁ kovidāḥ *
9 * yasyāgādha-tapaḥ-payodhi-
10 * ×ā-nirdagdha-karmm(ai)dhas(o) jñānāgneḥ prati tāṁ *
11 * kṛta-maṁgalaṁ gaṇapade [‘]dīyanta tasyāk(ṣa)tā *
12 * m a(sv)apyate||42|| yasyāśā-kṛta-vāsasaḥ kṛ *
13 * munīṁdra-padavī-śṛṅgāra-hār(
14 * ×ātaḥ santati(yaṁnra)ṇāguṇalatavo(
15 * (rśva)-pāṁ(śv)asyatāpasya-
16 * ×ārāpaṇenorvvīdreṇa padaṁ samarpyata mahākālaṁ *
17 * ś-caraṇa-(vāri)ja-kīrtti-ketur mmaṁdākinīyam api nāva *
18 * kaso [‘]pi| vitāvayanto ‘(dbhu)tamāsyadeṣu niṣpaṁda-gātrāḥ *
19 * tūccaritaiḥ pāṇigamyaṁ ramyaṁ padaṁ hareḥ||53|| taj-janmā *
20 § śāṇḍilya-gotrodbhava-vipra-
Ujjain stone inscription (part a)
Ujjain (District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh). Satellite view (Wikimapia).
Ujjain (District Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh). Fragment of an inscription (Archaeological Museum, Gwalior).
Ujjain stone inscription of Naravarman
Ujjain उज्जैन (Madhya Pradesh).
Two fragmentary Sanskrit inscriptions on black stone from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, unearthed in dismantling a house in the Town Improvement operations and preserved at the Madhava college. Photographed by the Gwalior State archaeology department in 1924-25, glass negative no. 227 of samvat 1981.
Working transcription by Saarthak Singh (2020)
Inscription I
1. ]vagāhya sarayūṃ jitvāśramaṃ sainikaiḥ sākētopavanāvanī-ṣukakali[
2. ]haklamaṃ nītē kāṃtaiḥ sahamalayaśailē-yuvatibhiḥ| yadātaṃkāllaṃkāvi[
3. ]vidānūnaṃ yēna himādrim-ūrdhviśi_lī vakrēlakāvagrahaḥ||18||[
4. ]19||tasmin viślaṣa-śruṣyattridi_purapunaḥ prītisatrōtsavā[
5. ]jaśiyēḥ saṃyati-prōtkhāyōtkiratōḍu-vibhrama-bhṛtō-mu[
6. ]da-gatayaḥ||22||vaivagya-vijayaśriyō-raṇa_[
7. ]pacayamāṇaḥ||nirvāṇa-nārāyaṇa-°i_[
8. ]lakēnāgā_iśaṃkōrddiśaṃ||24||[
9. ]riṇamaśṛaṇiṃtāhya-va_pī[
10. ]pālabhōlatthalī[
11. ]ṇamālili||[
12. ]…[
Inscription II
1. ]saṃvaya-śubhaṃ-yurajāyatōrvvī|ratna-prakara-jala-vayasya-saṃpat-prakaṣaghā-bhā_[
2. ]tā||269||tasminn-āvarjjita-surajana-prauḍhavarggē sudharmmā madhyāsīnē harati maghavat-svargga-sāmrājya-bhi[
3. ]ḥ saṃpadō na vyāpāra-gātiḥ kiyaty-apiba yasyā-liṃgituṃ śamyatē| maryādā pariṣa[…]°uyasyi[
4. ]makaṃ vivēkādurasi-śirasi-kaṃṭhē-nētrayōrādadhāti||273||yatpādāmbuja-nirmmita-praṇatayō gan_vvaṃ[