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१. [*][*ज](य)ति जलदवालध्वान्तम् उत्सारयन् स्वैःकिरणनिवहजालैर् व्योम विद्योतयद्भिःउ[*दय-गिरितटाग्रं] मण्डय{+न्} यस्तुरंगैःचकितगमनखेदभ्रान्तचंचत्सटान्तैः। उदयगिरि
२. [⏑--](ग्र)स्तचक्रो र्त्तिहर्त्ताभुवनभवनदीपः शर्व्वरीनाशहेतुःतपितकनकवर्ण्णैर् अंशुभिf पंकजानामभिनवरमणीयं यो (वि)धत्ते स वो व्याट्।श्रीतोरमाण इति यः प्रथितो
३. [*?भू-च](?क्र)पः प्रभूतगुणःसत्यप्रदानशौर्याद् येन मही न्यायत(शा)स्तातस्योदितकुलकीर्त्तेः पुत्रो तुलविक्रमः पतिः पृथ्व्याःमिहिरकुलेति ख्यातो भंगो यः पशुपति(म् अ)[आर्रयार्रय्
४. [*तस्मिन् रा]जनि शासति पृथ्वीं पृथुविमललोचने र्त्तिहरेअभिवर्द्धमानराज्ये पंचदशाब्दे नृपवृषस्य।शशिरश्मिहासविकसितकुमुदोत्पलगन्धशीतलामोदेकार्त्तिकमासे प्राप्त गगन
५. [*?पतौ] निर्मले भाति।द्विजगणमुख्यैर् अभिसंस्तुते च पुण्याहनादघोषेणतिथिनक्षत्रमुहूर्त्ते संप्राप्ते सुप्रशस्तद्(इ)ने।मातृतुलस्य तु पौत्रः पुत्रश् च तथैव मातृदासस्यनाम्ना च मातृचेतः पर्व्व-
६. [*त][-⏑][*?पु](र)वास्(त्)अव्(य्)अःनानाधातुविचित्रे गोपाह्वयनाम्नि भूधरे रम्येकारितवान् शैलमयं भानोः प्रासादवरमुख्यं।पुण्याभिवृद्धिहेतोर् म्मातापित्रोस् तथात्मनश् चैववसता च गिरिवरे स्मि राज्ञः
७. [...](?पा)देनये कारयन्ति भानोश् चन्द्रांशुसमप्रभं गृहप्रवरंतेषां वासः स्वर्ग्गे यावत्कल्पक्षयो भवति॥भक्त्या रवेर् व्विरचितं सद्धर्म्मख्यापनं सुकीर्त्तिमयंनाम्ना च केशवेति प्रथितेन च{-।}
८. [...](?दि)त्येन॥यावच्छर्व्वजटाकलापगहने विद्योतते चन्द्रमादिव्यस्त्रीचरणैर् व्विभूषिततटो यावच् च मेरुर् नगःयावच् चोरसि नीलनीरदनिभे विष्णुर् व्विभर्त्य् उज्वलांश्रीं{-स्} तावद् गिरिमूर्ध्नि तिष्ठति
९. [*?शिला-प्रा]सादमुख्यो रमे॥

अनुवाद

जॉन फ्लीत ने  1888 ई में उपरोक्त लेख का अंग्रेजी अनुवाद किया जो निम्नलिखित है-
"[Ôm!] May he (the Sun) protect you, who is victorious,-dispelling the darkness of the banks of clouds with the masses of the multitude of his rays that light up the sky; (and) decorating the top of the side of the mountain of dawn with (his) horses, which have the tossing ends of (their) manes deshevelled through the fatigue (induced) by (their) startled gait;-(and) who,-having (his) chariot-wheels (?) swallowed (?)…………. The mountain of dawn; dispelling distress; (being) the light of the house which is the world; (and) effecting the destruction of night,-creates the fresh beauty of the waterlilies by (his) rays which are of the colour of molten gold!
(Line 2.)-(There was) a ruler of [the earth], of great merit, who was renowned by the name of the glorious Tôramâna; by whom, through (his) heroism that was specially characterised by truthfulness, the earth was governed with justice.
(L. 3.)-Of him, the fame of whose family has risen high, the son (is) he, of unequalled prowess, the lord of the earth, who is renowned under the name of Mihirakula, (and) who, (himself) unbroken, [broke the power of] Pasupati.
(L. 4.)-While [he], the king, the remover of distress, possessed of large and pellucid eyes, is governing the earth; in the augmenting reign, (and) in the fifteenth year, of (him) the best of kings; the month Kârttika, cool and fragrant with the perfume of the red and blue waterlilies that are caused to blossom by the smiles of the rays of the moon, having come; while the spotless moon is shining; and a very auspicious day,-heralded by the chiefs of the classes of the twice-born with the noise of the proclamation of a holy day, (and) possessed of the (proper) tithi and nakshatra and muhûrta,-having arrived;-
(L. 5.)-The son’s son of Matritula, and the son of Mâtridâsa, by the name Mâtrichêta, an inhabitant of ………… on the hill, has caused to be made, on the delightful mountain which is speckled with various metals and has the appelation of Gopa, a stone temple, the chief among the best of temples, of the Sun, for the purpose of increasing the religious merit of (his) parents and of himself, and of those who, by the ……… of the king, dwell on this best of mountains.
(L. 6.)-Those who cause to be made an excellent house of the Sun, like in lustre to the rays of the moon,-their abode is in heaven, until the destruction of all things!
(L. 7.)-(This) very famous proclamation of the true religion has been composed through devotion to the Sun, by him who is renowned by the name of Kesava and by…. ditya.
(L. 8.)-As long as the moon shines on the thicket that is the knot of the braided hair of (the god) Sarva; and as long as the mountain Mêru continues to have (its) slopes adorned by the feet of the nymphs of heaven; and as long as (the god) Vishnu bears the radiant (goddess) Srî upon (his) breast which is like a dark-blue cloud;-so long (this) chief of [stone]-temples shall stand upon the delightful summit of the hill!"
—Gwalior inscription of Mihirakula.