Kathmandu Black Stone Inscription

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⟨1⟩ Oṁ svasti śrīmat-kailāsa-kūṭa-bhavanāl lakṣmī-talālambana-kalpapādapo

⟨2⟩ bhagavat-paśupati-bhaṭṭāraka-pādānugr̥hīto bappa-pādānudhyāto paramabhaṭṭāra-

⟨3⟩ ka-mahārājādhirājā-śrī-śivadevaḥ kuśalī vaidya-grāmake pradhānāgresarān sakala-

⟨4⟩ -nivāsi-kuṭumbino yathārhaṅ kuśalam abhidhāya samājñāpayati viditam astu bhava

⟨5⟩ tām yathāyaṅ grāmaḥ śarīra-koṭṭa-maryādo[papanna]ś cāṭa-bhaṭānām apraveśyenācandrārkā-

⟨6⟩ vani-kāliko bhūmi-cchidra-nyāyenāgra-hāratayā mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca vipula-pu-

⟨7⟩ ṇyopacaya-hetor asmābhiḥ sva-kārita-śrī-śivadeveśvaraṁ bhaṭṭārakan nimittī-kr̥tya

⟨8⟩ tad-deva-kula-khaṇḍa-sphuṭita-saṁskāra-kāraṇāya vaśapāśupatācāryebhyaḥ prati-

⟨9⟩ pāditaḥ tad evam avagatārthair bhavadbhiḥ samucita-deya-bhāga-bhoga-kara-hiraṇyādi-

⟨10⟩ sarva-pratyāyān eṣām upaya[ccha]dbhir ebhir evānupālyamānair akuto-bhayaiḥ sva-ka-

⟨11⟩ rmānuvidhāyibhir iti-kartavyatā-vyāpareṣu ca sarveṣv amīṣām ājñā-śravaṇa-vidhe-

⟨12⟩ yair bhūtva sukham atra sthātavyaṁ sīmā cāsya pūrveṇa vr̥han-mārgo dakṣiṇa-pūrvataś ca

⟨13⟩ śivī praṇālī tām eva cānusr̥tya svalpaḥ panthā dakṣiṇataś ca teṅkhūḥ paścime-

⟨14⟩ nāpi teṅkhūḥ Uttarasyām api ciśimaṇḍā-tilamakaḥ Uttara-pūrvataś cāpi sahasra-

⟨15⟩ maṇḍala-bhūmis tato yāvat sa Eva vr̥han-mārga Ity evaṁ sīmāntarbhūte ⟨’⟩sminn agra-

⟨16⟩ hāre bhoṭṭa-viṣṭi-hetoḥ prativarṣaṁ bhārika-janāḥ pañca 5 vyavasāyibhir gra-

⟨17⟩ hītavyāḥ ye tv etām ājñām vyatikramyānyathā kuryuḥ kārayeyur vā te ⟨’⟩smābhir bhr̥śan na

⟨18⟩ kṣamyante ye vāsmad-ūrdhvam bhūbhujo bha[viṣyanti te pi pa]ra-sva-hitāpekṣayā pūrva-rāja-

⟨19⟩ kr̥to ⟨’⟩yaṁ dharmma-setur iti tad a[vagatya] [***] ravā [***] saṁrakṣaṇī-

⟨20⟩ yas tathā coktaṁ pūrva-dattāṁ dvijātibhyo yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhi[ra] [mahīm mahīma]-

⟨21⟩ tāṁ śrestha dānāc chreyo ⟨’⟩nupālanam|| ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge mo[dati bhū]-

⟨22⟩ midaḥ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaset|| iti svayam ā-

⟨23⟩ jñā dūtakaś cātra rājaputra-jayadevaḥ saṁvaT 100 10 9 phālguna-

⟨24⟩ śukla-divā daśamyāM

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