Paiṭhan Plates of Ramacandra śaka 1193

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIA14_CLIX.

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Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).

Version: (e32d651), last modified (15d3b0c).

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⟨97⟩ ⟨98⟩ ⟨99⟩ ⟨100⟩ Asya dharmasya saṁrakṣa⟨101⟩ṇe phalam iti smāhuḥ praṁco maharṣayaḥ<dddanda>

I. Anuṣṭubh

gaṇyate pāṁsavo bhūmer

a

gaṇyante vṛṣṭi⟨102⟩-viṁdavaḥ|

b

na gaṇyate vidhātrāpi

c

dharma-saṁrakṣaṇe phalaṁ||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vasudhā dattā

a

rājabhiḥ ⟨103⟩ sagarādibhiḥ|

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ||

d

Ata evāha rāmabha⟨104⟩draḥ||

III. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharma-setur nṛpāṇāṁ

a

kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ|

b

sarvān e⟨105⟩tān bhāvinaḥ pārthiveṁdrān

c

¿rū?⟨bhū⟩yo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ||

d
IV. Vasantatilakā

mad-vaṁśajāḥ para-mahīpa⟨106⟩ti-vaṁśajā vā

a

pāpād apeta-manaso bhuvi bhāvi-bhūpāḥ

b

ye pālayaṁti mama dharmam i⟨107⟩maṁ samagraṁ

c

tebhyo mayā viracito ’ñjalir eṣa mūrdhni|

d
V. Anuṣṭubh

nāsti bhūmi-samaṁ dānaṁ

a

nāsti rā⟨108⟩jñaḥ samo guruḥ|

b

nāsti satya-samo dharmo

c

nāsti dāna-samo nidhiḥ||

d
VI. Anuṣṭubh

Agniṣṭoma-pra⟨109⟩bhṛtibhir

a

iṣṭvā yajñaiḥ sa-dakṣiṇaiḥ|

b

na tat phalam avāpnoti

c

bhūmi-dānād yad aśnute||

d

⟨110⟩ Apaharataḥ samartasyāpy upekṣakasya t⟨u⟩ Eva viparītaṁ phalam āhuḥ||

VII. Anuṣṭubh

gām ekāṁ ratni⟨111⟩kām ekāṁ

a

bhūmer apy ekam aṁgulam|

b

haran narakam āpnoti

c

yāvad—ā-bhūta-saṁplavaṁ||

d
VIII. Anuṣṭubh

dātā daśā⟨112⟩nugṛh¿n?⟨ṇ⟩āti

a

daśa ¿da?⟨ha⟩ṁti tathākṣipan|

b

pūrva-dattāṁ haran bhūmiṁ

c

narakāyopagacchati||

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨113⟩ na dadāti pra¿li?⟨ti⟩śruta⟨ṁ⟩|

a

dattaṁ vāharet tu yaḥ|

b

tau ca dvau vāruṇaiḥ pāśais

c

tapyete mṛtyu⟨114⟩-śāsanāt||

d
X. Anuṣṭubh

vindhyāṭavīṣv a-toyāsu

a

śuṣka-koṭara-v-śāyinaḥ|

b

kṛṣṇa-sarṇaḥ prajā⟨115⟩yaṁte

c

vrahma-bhūmy-apahārakāḥ||

d
XI. Anuṣṭubh

pataṁty aśrūṇi rudatāṁ

a

dīnānām avasīdatāṁ|

b

vrāhmaṇā⟨116⟩nāṁ hate kṣetre

c

haṁti traipuruṣaṁ kulaṁ||

d
XII. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

a

yo hareta vasu⟨ṁ⟩dharāṁ|

b

ṣaṣṭi⟨117⟩-{r}varṣa-sahasrāṇi

c

viṣṭh¿a?⟨ā⟩yāṁ jāyate kṛmiḥ||

d

ca|| likhitaṁ paṁ¿hi?⟨ḍi⟩ta-dhaneśvareṇa|| ca|| ⟨118⟩ maṁgalaṁ mahāśrīḥ|| oṁ śivam astu|| ca||

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Bibliography

Primary

[siglum] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1885. “Sanskrit and Old Canarese inscriptions: No. CLIX. Paithan plates of Ramacandra. - Saka 1193.” IA 14, pp. 314–319.