Malila plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 323, Āṣāḍha śu. 5
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⟨1⟩ ꩜ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pra-
⟨2⟩ tāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvara{ḥ}śrībhaṭārkkād avya-
⟨3⟩ (vacchi)nnarājavaṅśāt mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭana-
⟨4⟩ prakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapra(ṇ)atārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmr̥tipra(ṇ)ītamārgga{s}samyakparipālana-
⟨5⟩ prajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād¿r̥?rājodadhit¿r̥?daśagurudhaneśān ati-
⟨6⟩ śayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala⟨ḥ⟩ prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayi-
⟨7⟩ hr̥dayaḫ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamā(h)eśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantāna-
⟨8⟩ visr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritas sarabhasam ā¿n?igā-
⟨9⟩ mikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāp(i)tākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apā-
⟨10⟩ karttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavānā⟨ṁ⟩ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo
⟨11⟩ vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthiva{ḥ}śrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalaja¿ś?adānandanātyadbhuta-
⟨12⟩ guṇasamudaya{ḥ}sthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobh(ā)sanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhaguruma-
⟨13⟩ norathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣa⟨ḥ⟩
⟨14⟩ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi su(ca)ritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodha-
⟨15⟩ nādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodho⟨j⟩jvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ
⟨16⟩ śrīśīlādityas tasy¿o?nujas tatpādānudhyātas (s)vayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhila¿m?aṇīyām api rājalakṣm(ī)⟨ṁ⟩ skandhā-
⟨17⟩ saktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvaha(n) khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpatti⟨ḥ⟩ prabhāvasampadva-
⟨18⟩ śīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopag¿u?ḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekā⟨ṁ⟩ par¿a?tya-
⟨19⟩ jya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavipulaguṇasaṅhati⟨ḥ⟩ prasabha-
⟨20⟩ (v)ighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyāt¿i?pauruṣāstrakauśalāti-
⟨21⟩ śayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya
⟨22⟩ tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavid{dh}yādhigamavi(hi)tanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśaya⟨ḥ⟩ satvasampadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca viga-
⟨23⟩ tānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibh¿o?go pi para-
⟨24⟩ mabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhuda-
⟨25⟩ ṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipa[kṣa]darppodayaḥ svadhanuḫp(r)abhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimā(na)⟨ḥ⟩ sakalanr̥patimaṇḍal(ā)-
⟨26⟩ (bhinandita)śāsanaḥ paramamā[heśvara]ḥ śrīdharasena⟨ḥ⟩ tasyānujaḥ tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sucaritātiśayita(sa)[kalapū](rvvana)-
⟨27⟩ rapatir atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrtt(i)mān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhaguṇānurāga(ni)[rbbhara]-
⟨28⟩ ci¿n?tavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kā(nti)mā(n ni)rvr̥ti(he)tur akala(ṅkaḥ)
⟨29⟩ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpas(th)agitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditas savitā prakr̥tibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam a(rttha)-
⟨30⟩ vantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ā-
⟨31⟩ deśaṁ vidadhad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁskāraḥ sādhūnā⟨ṁ⟩ rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo
⟨32⟩ pi karuṇāmr̥du(hr̥)dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamaya-
⟨33⟩ samupajanitajan⟨at⟩ānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthita{ḥ}prathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasena-
⟨34⟩ ẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḥ puṇyāpyāyanāyā(na)-
⟨35⟩ rttapuravinirggatavalabhīvāstavyavalabhīcāturvvidyasāmānyaAukṣṇasagotravājasaneyasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇaśāmba-
⟨36⟩ kumāraśarmmaputrabrāhmaṇasomaśarmmaṇe surāṣṭreṣ(ū)ttiṇṇaIjjasthalyāntarggatamacchotikāgrāme Uttarasīmni cūrṇṇiyaka-
⟨37⟩ mahattaragaurābhyāṁ prakr̥ṣṭa⟨ṁ⟩ sārddhapādāvarttaśatapramāṇam ekakhaṇḍāvasthitakṣetraṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ
⟨38⟩ lagu(ṭ)iyakasatkakṣetraṁ tadāsannam eva brāhmaṇa(ha)stadevasatkakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇata⟨ḥ⟩ kapitthakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ (cchā)siyā-
⟨39⟩ nakakṣetraṁ tadāsannam eva brāhmaṇakarkkakṣetra(ṁ) Uttarataḥ śaraṇapadrakagrāmasīmni brāhmaṇakarkkakasatkakṣetraṁ tadāsa-
⟨40⟩ nnam eva kikkakasatkakṣetraṁ Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ sodraṅga⟨ṁ⟩ soparikara⟨ṁ⟩ sabhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahi-
⟨41⟩ raṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaṁ pūrvvaprattadevabra-
⟨42⟩ hmadeyarahitaṁ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ
⟨43⟩ Udakātisarggeṇa brahmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ yato syocitayā brahmadeyasthityā bhuñjataẖ kr̥ṣataẖ karṣayataḫ pradiśa-
⟨44⟩ to vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy a-
⟨45⟩ sthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānyaṁ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḫ paripāla-
⟨46⟩ yitavyaś cety uktaṁ ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya
⟨47⟩ tasya tadā phalaṁ ⁓ yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni dharmmāyatanīkr̥tāni ni⟨r⟩bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-
⟨48⟩ sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT ∥ dūtako tra rājaputradharasenaḥ likhitaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivi-
⟨49⟩ rapativa{t}trabhaṭṭiputradivirapatiskandabhaṭena ∥ saṁ 300 20 3 āṣāḍha śu 5 svahasto mama †∥
Bibliography
First edited twice by Hariprasad G. Shastri; no translation (Shastri 1960, with rather low-quality photographs; Shastri 1960, without photographs). Again edited by Sircar and Sundaram with estampages; no translation (Sircar & Sundaram [1966] 1963–1964). Re-edited by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages and photographs of the original.
Primary
[HGS1] Shastri, Hariprasad G. 1960. “Malila copper-plate inscription of king Dhruvasena II.” JOIB 10 (2).
[HGS2] Shastri, Hariprasad G. 1960. “Valabhīpati Dhruvasena 2 jānuṁ eka aprasiddha tāmraśāsana.” Buddhiprakāśa 107 (7), pp. 231–235.
[DCSJS] Sircar, Dines Chandra & J. Sundaram. [1966] 1963–1964. “Amreli Museum plates of Dhruvasena II Baladitya.” EI 35, pp. 281–286.