Paiṭhan Plates of Ramacandra śaka 1193

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⟨100⟩ Asya dharmasya saṁrakṣa-

⟨101⟩ ṇe phalam iti smāhuḥ praṁco maharṣayaḥ. gaṇyate pāṁsavo bhūmer gaṇyante vṛṣṭi-

⟨102⟩ -viṁdavaḥ| na gaṇyate vidhātrāpi dharma-saṁrakṣaṇe phalaṁ bahubhir vasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ

⟨103⟩ sagarādibhiḥ| yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ Ata evāha rāmabha-

⟨104⟩ draḥ sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharma-setur nṛpāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ| sarvān e-

⟨105⟩ tān bhāvinaḥ pārthiveṁdrān ¿?yo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ mad-vaṁśajāḥ para-mahīpa-

⟨106⟩ ti-vaṁśajā vā pāpād apeta-manaso bhuvi bhāvi-bhūpāḥ ye pālayaṁti mama dharmam i-

⟨107⟩ maṁ samagraṁ tebhyo mayā viracito ’ñjalir eṣa mūrdhni| nāsti bhūmi-samaṁ dānaṁ nāsti rā-

⟨108⟩ jñaḥ samo guruḥ| nāsti satya-samo dharmo nāsti dāna-samo nidhiḥ Agniṣṭoma-pra-

⟨109⟩ bhṛtibhir iṣṭvā yajñaiḥ sa-dakṣiṇaiḥ| na tat phalam avāpnoti bhūmi-dānād yad aśnute

⟨110⟩ Apaharataḥ samartasyāpy upekṣakasya tu Eva viparītaṁ phalam āhuḥ gām ekāṁ ratni-

⟨111⟩ kām ekāṁ bhūmer apy ekam aṁgulam| haran narakam āpnoti yāvad—ā-bhūta-saṁplavaṁ dātā daśā-

⟨112⟩ nugṛh¿n?āti daśa ¿da?ṁti tathākṣipan| pūrva-dattāṁ haran bhūmiṁ narakāyopagacchati

⟨113⟩ na dadāti pra¿li?śruta| dattaṁ vāharet tu yaḥ| tau ca dvau vāruṇaiḥ pāśais tapyete mṛtyu-

⟨114⟩ -śāsanāt vindhyāṭavīṣv a-toyāsu śuṣka-koṭara-v-śāyinaḥ| kṛṣṇa-sarṇaḥ prajā-

⟨115⟩ yaṁte vrahma-bhūmy-apahārakāḥ pataṁty aśrūṇi rudatāṁ dīnānām avasīdatāṁ| vrāhmaṇā-

⟨116⟩ nāṁ hate kṣetre haṁti traipuruṣaṁ kulaṁ sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā yo hareta vasudharāṁ| ṣaṣṭi-

⟨117⟩ -{r}varṣa-sahasrāṇi viṣṭh¿a?yāṁ jāyate kṛmiḥ ca likhitaṁ paṁ¿hi?ta-dhaneśvareṇa ca

⟨118⟩ maṁgalaṁ mahāśrīḥ oṁ śivam astu ca

Bibliography

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[F] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1885. “Sanskrit and Old Canarese inscriptions, no. CLIX: Paithan plates of Ramacandra, Saka 1193.” IA 14, pp. 314–319. Pages 314–322.