Malila plates of Dhruvasena II, [Valabhī] year 323, Āṣāḍha śu. 5

Version: (6e81f0d), last modified (6e81f0d).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨Page 1v⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapratāpāt pra-

⟨2⟩ tāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvara{}śrībhaṭārkkād avya-

⟨3⟩ (vacchi)nnarājavaṅśāt mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭana-

⟨4⟩ prakāśitasatvanikaṣas tatprabhāvapra()atārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśmisaṅhatis sakalasmr̥tipra()ītamārgga{s}samyakparipālana-

⟨5⟩ prajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkād¿?rājodadhit¿?daśagurudhaneśān ati-

⟨6⟩ śayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala 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 darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṅhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo

⟨11⟩ vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthiva{}śrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalaja¿ś?adānandanātyadbhuta-

⟨12⟩ guṇasamudaya{}sthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobh(ā)sanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarānsapīṭhodūḍhaguruma-

⟨13⟩ norathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparāparavibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣa

⟨14⟩ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi su(ca)ritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodha-

⟨15⟩ nādhigatodagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ

⟨16⟩ śrīśīlādityas tasy¿o?nujas tatpādānudhyātas (s)vayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhila¿m?aṇīyām api rājalakṣm(ī) skandhā-

⟨17⟩ saktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvaha(n) khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpatti prabhāvasampadva-

⟨18⟩ śīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopag¿u?ḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekā par¿a?tya-

⟨19⟩ jya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavipulaguṇasaṅhati prasabha-

⟨20⟩ (v)ighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnīcajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyāt¿i?pauruṣāstrakauśalāti-

⟨21⟩ śayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayaṁgrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigamaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīkharagrahas tasya

⟨22⟩ tanayas tatpādānuddhyātas sakalavid{dh}yādhigamavi(hi)tanikhilavidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśaya 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) sakalanr̥patimaṇḍal(ā)-

⟨26⟩ (bhinandita)śāsanaḥ paramamā[heśvara]ḥ śrīdharasena tasyānujaḥ tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sucaritātiśayita(sa)[kalapū](rvvana)-

⟨Page 2r⟩

⟨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)(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 rājyasālāturīyatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo

⟨32⟩ pi karuṇāmr̥du(hr̥)dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamaya-

⟨33⟩ samupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthita{}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 sārddhapādāvarttaśatapramāṇam ekakhaṇḍāvasthitakṣetraṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ

⟨38⟩ lagu()iyakasatkakṣetraṁ tadāsannam eva brāhmaṇa(ha)stadevasatkakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇata kapitthakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ (cchā)siyā-

⟨39⟩ nakakṣetraṁ tadāsannam eva brāhmaṇakarkkakṣetra() Uttarataḥ śaraṇapadrakagrāmasīmni brāhmaṇakarkkakasatkakṣetraṁ tadāsa-

⟨40⟩ nnam eva kikkakasatkakṣetraṁ Evam etac caturāghāṭanaviśuddhaṁ sodraṅga soparikara 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 nirbhuktamālyapratimāni 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.