* Om svasti prema-niruddha-mugdha-manasoḥ sphārībhavac-cakṣuṣor yūnor yatra vicitra-nirbhara-rata-krīḍā-kraman tanvatoḥ. vicchinno 'pi kr̥tātimātra-pulakair āvirbhavat-sītkr̥tair āśleṣair glapita-klamaiḥ smara-rasaḥ kāmaṁ muhus tāpyate. yatrāśeṣa-viśeṣa-rūpa-mahimāpāstāpsaraḥ kāntibhir jjāterpyāṣyā-kalaheṣv api praṇayinaḥ karṇṇotpalais tāḍitāḥ. jāyante praviśat-sita-smara-śara-protthāpitāntar-vyathāḥ syandi-sveda-jalāvasecana-vaśānvn nirjjāta-romāṅkurāḥ. Atyuttuṅga-karīndra-danta-musala-prodbhāsi-rociś cayair dhvānta-dhvanṁsana-niṣphalīkr̥ta-śarac-candrodayaiḥ sarvvadā. yatrāsīd asatī-janasya visśadaṁ muktāmayaṁ maṇḍanaṁ saṅketāspadam apy atīva dhavalaṁ prāsāda-śr̥ṅgāgrataḥ. mahānadī-tuṅga-taraṅga-bhaṅga -sphārocchalac-chīkaravadbhir ārata yasmin ratāsaktimad-aṅganānāṁ śramāpanodaḥ kriyate marudbhiḥ. tasmāt śrī-yayāti-nagarāt. loka-traya-prathita-śubhra-yaśo-vitāna -vyāptāṣṭa-dik-prasabha-nirjjita-vairi-varggaḥ. somānvaye kila vbabhūva sugītā-kīrttiḥ śrīmān saroja-vadano nr̥patir yayātiḥ. yat-khaḍgāgra-vipāṭita-dvipa-ghaṭā-kumbha-sthalād ullasan muktā-jāla-vibhūṣitaṁ prati-raṇaṁ pr̥thvī-vadhūraḥsthalaṁ sśasśvad-daūra-naman-narādhipa-śiroratnāṅśu-jālāmalā yat-pādāmmbuja-reṇavaḥ samatayā tad-rasśmi-lakṣmīn dadhuḥ. mādyal-lolāli-mālākula-karaṭa-puṭā-syandi-dāna-pravāhān sindūrārakta-kumbhān sita-pr̥thula -radān. kāmadevādisaṁjñāN. jitvājāpālam ājau janita-sura-vadhū-vismaya-smera-vaktraḥ sa dvātriṅṁśat karīndrān śara-nikara-hatārohakān agrahīd yaḥ. tasmāt vismaya-hetu-heti-laḍita-prastāvanākarṇṇanair ddhūtā-kamputa-pūrvva-rudra-mukuṭa-prītendru-nirvarṇṇitaḥ. bhrāmyat-kīrttir ajāyat āhava-hata-sva -sthāri-gītodayaḥ śrīmān bhīmaratho yataḥ svam udaran tārācirād arcchati. yaḥ kavyāmr̥ta-nirjharasya mahataḥ sotā mahībhr̥t-patis tyāgaḥ satyam iti dvayaṁ kali-bhayād abhyetya yam modate. yat keli-jvalitāndhra-gauḍa-nagarī-dhūmāvalī-ṭhaukitām vbibhrad-bhāti masīm vidhur nnija-kula-kalaṅkīkr̥taḥ. yo dharmeṇa ca vikrameṇa ca dhiyā cāścarya-kāryeṇa ca prāgalbhyena ca deva-rāja-padavīṁ prāpto mahī-maṇḍale. sa śrī-dharmmarathas tato rinivaha-dhvansaika-hetuḥ kr̥tī dānānandita-vandi-vr̥nda-mukhara-kṣmā-maṇḍalo jātavān.

parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājadhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavaguta-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājadhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahāśivagupta-rājadevaḥ kuśalī Antaruda-viṣayasya Abhayanā-khaṇḍīya bhilvi-grāme. Atasad-viṣyayīya vbrāhmaṇān saṁpūjya samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-niyuktādhikārika-dāṇḍapāsśika-piśuna-vetrikvarodhajana-rājñī-rāṇaka-rājaputra-rājavallabha-bhogijana-pramukha-samasta-janadpadāna samājñāpayati. viditam astu bhavatām yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sa-pratīhāraḥ andhāruvī-padāti jīvya-nastidaṇḍa-varavbalīvardda-ciṅgola-Adattādi-sahitaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-vbādhā-varjitaḥ sarvvoparikarādana-sametaś catuḥsīmā-paryantaḥ sāmra-madhūkaḥ sa-garttoṣaras sa-jala-sthalaḥ kaśyapa-sagotrāya. tryārṣa-pravarāya. dāmodara-pautrāya. vāsuputrāya. rāṇa-śrī-Abhimanyu-namne. salila-dhārā-purassaraṁ. Ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārtham mātāpitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo'bhivr̥ddhaye. sa-pratīhāreṇa tāmra-śāsanenākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya svamucita-kara-bhoga-bhāgādikam upanayadhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti. bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asmadīyā. dharmma-gauravād asmad anurodhāc ca sva-dattir ivānupālanīyā. tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśastre.

vbahubhir vasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ. yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaM mā bhūd aphala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-dattānāt phalam ānantyam para-dattānupālane. ṣaṣṭhiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ. Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca dvau tau naraka-gāminau. Agner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ. yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyād dattās trayas tena bhavattnti lokeāḥ. Āsphoṭayanti pitaro valgayattnti pitāmahāḥ. bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati. bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati. Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svarga-gāmi nau. taḍāgānāṁ sahasreṇa vājapeya-śatena ca. gavāṅ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttāna śudhyati. suvarṇṇam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ. haran narakam āyāti yāvad—ā-hūta-saṁplavaM. harate hārayed yas tu manda-vbuddhis tamvo-vr̥taḥ. sa vbaddho vāruṇaiḥ pāśais tiryag-yoniṁ sa gacchati. sva-dattām para-dattām vā yo hareta vasundharāṁ. sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate. Ādityo varuṇo viṣṇur vvbrahmā somo hutāśanaḥ. śūlapāṇiś ca bhagavān abhinandanti bhūmidaM. sāmānyo 'yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ. sarvvān etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrān bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ. Iti kamala-dalāmvbu-vbindu-lolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca. sa-kalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca vbudvāddhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrttayo vilopyāḥ. nipṇṣṇātauas saha devarāja-guruṇā maitrīm maṇīṣā-guṇair vvbibhrāṇaḥ paramāṁ guṇaika-vasatiḥ kumuṇḍipālaḥ kr̥tī. kurvāṇaḥ kila sandhi-vigraha-padaṁ yaś candra-sūryātmikāṁ mūrttin tatva-niviptṣṭa-dhīḥ prakaṭayaty āścarya-varṣī satām. yat-kīrtti-prasara-prabhūta-māahimaāprodvīkṣaṇāmīlita -vrīḍā-vega-vaśād ayam malinatām attntar vvidhatte śasī. sa śrī-manttntrivaro mahākṣapaṭalādhyakṣaḥ satāmagraṇīr ekaś śāsanam abhyalīlikhad idaṁ śrī-netradevaḥ svayam.

.saṁvat 11 phālguna-vadi 3. vijñāni-sollaṅgākena likhitam iti.

°vyathāḥ °vyathā

405-409 observed that the praśasti verses used in the present charter (Cuttack plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 9) were subsequently reused in other charters, but he omitted to mention the reuse in Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 28. So the following summary list of common verses takes this charter into account: Verses 1-5 of Cuttack plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 9: they can be read in Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 24 , Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 28, Cuttack plates of Mahābhavagupta Bhīmaratha year 3. The verse 5 can be read in Mahulpara plates of Mahāśivagupta Dharmaratha year 11 but it ends with the name Yayāti instead of Janamejaya: consequently all the deeds attributed to Janamejaya in other charters are attributed here to Yayāti. Verse 6 of Cuttack plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 9: it is omitted in Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 24 . In Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 28, the verses numbered 6 and 7 in Cuttack plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 9 are reversed, with the result that the events described in line 6 are attributed to Yayāti rather than to Janamejaya. The reverse order is reproduced in Cuttack plates of Mahābhavagupta Bhīmaratha year 3, while all the deeds are attributed to Yayāti from the verse 5 in Mahulpara plates of Mahāśivagupta Dharmaratha year 11. Verse 7 of Cuttack plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 9: it can be read in Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 24 and Cuttack plates of Mahābhavagupta Bhīmaratha year 3. As the genealogy begins with Yayāti (verse 5) instead of Janamejaya in Mahulpara plates of Mahāśivagupta Dharmaratha year 11, this specific verse is omitted in this charter. The verse numbered 7 in Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 24 can be read in Cuttack plates of Mahābhavagupta Bhīmaratha year 3 and Mahulpara plates of Mahāśivagupta Dharmaratha year 11. The verse numbered 9 in Cuttack plates of Mahābhavagupta Bhīmaratha year 3 is only attested in this charter, while the three last verses of Mahulpara plates of Mahāśivagupta Dharmaratha year 11 (numbered 8 to 10) occur only in this charter.

Two verses appear only in Pāṭṇā Plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti, Year 28 (lines 67-71) and in Cuttack plates of Mahābhavagupta Bhīmaratha year 3 (lines 66-70).

This set is also named Khandapara charter. It was unearthed in the village named Mahulpara during 1963. It is preserved in the Odisha State Museum. The photos are available here.

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