270 A. M. Broadley — The Buddhistic Remains of Bihar. [No. 9, 
“ A son was born unto them, who from his birth thought of the future 
world and who was necessarily dispassionate. He was dissatisfied with 
all the pleasures of homo, and longed to attain the ordinance of Sugata by 
retirement. 
“ Having studied all the Vedas and reflected on the purport of the 
Sastras, he repaired to the great monastery of Kanishka,* and acquiring 
there a knowledge of the dispensation of the all-knowing (Sarvajna —Buddha), 
the theme of praise of all intelligent people, he performed a penance. This 
person of spotless merit and manifold virtues, distinguished by all the 
qualities of a worthy disciple, resplendently free from the stains of this Kali 
age, even as a young man, the lauded of all sages was Vibadeva. 
“ Wishing on one occasion to offer his adoration to the adamantine throne 
(vajrasaua) of the great auspicious Bodhi he came to this place, f and sub- 
sequently, with a view to cultivate the acquaintance of the Bhikshus of tho 
country, repaired to the Vasanauvana vihara. 
“ Abiding there for a long time, that person ( Viradeva) who had made 
knowledge his only object, obtained the respect of the king of the country, 
Devapa'i,a,J and flourished with daily increasing lustre, even as the sun, 
(Puslian) the dispeller of widespread gloom. 
“ He was as the soul of Bhikshus, beneficent even as one’s own hand 
and the elect of Satyabodhi, he lived to promote the prosperity of Ndlandd 
and the stability of the congregation (sangha). His virtues have made re- 
splendent the crown jewel of chaityas on the crest of the Indra-saila hill, 
which promotes the welfare of creation by the dispensation of virtue, although 
addressed as the husband of many. 
“ Favoured for his meritorious deeds by the faithful and well-pro- 
tected lady Nalanda, whose person ivas embellished with richly endowed 
vihdras, he was nevertheless praised as the pure and meritorious by all 
men. 
“ He, who curing by his look alone persons overwhelmed with the 
fever of destruction, cast into shade even the glory of Dhanwantari ; he whom 
men, having obtained all the objects of then- longing, looked upon as the all- 
granting Tree of Desire (Kalpa-taru), even he caused this noble building (to 
be erected), lofty as his mind, for the greatest object on earth, the adamantine 
throne of Buddha ; (vajrasana) a building which, when beheld by the travel- 
lers of the sky, leads to the impression of its being a peak of either Kaildsa 
on the Mumlara hill. 
“ By him who had given away everything he had, and thereby became the 
most munificent among those who do good to mankind ; who was the most 
* Seo Cunningham’s ‘ Anoient Geography,’ p. 99. + Ghosrawan. 
J See Babu BijendraWla Mitra’s note on the Nalanda inscription in my account 
of those ruins, published by the Government of Bengal. 
