Sambalpur University Museum Plates of Rāṇaka Devapya of the Time of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya, Year 23

⟨1⟩ siddham svasti| parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śi-

⟨2⟩ vagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-māhārājādhi-

⟨3⟩ rāja-somakula-tilaka-tr̥kaliṅgādhipati-parameśvara-śrī-mahābhavagupta-pāda-pravarddhamā-

⟨4⟩ na-vijaya-rājye| kolleḍā-samāvāsakāt| mahārājādhirāja-maṇḍaleśvara-

⟨5⟩ -rāṣṭra-kula-tilakāṇḍājodbhava-rāṇāka-śrī-śaṁkilla-suta-parama-vaiṣṇava-

⟨6⟩ -khambeśvarī-vara-lla¡v!dha-prasāda-samadhogatāśeṣa-paṁcamahāśa¡v!da-mahāma-

⟨7⟩ ṇḍalādhipati-rāṇaka-śrī-devapyaḥ kuśalī Ihaiva kolleḍā-maṇḍāle ḍe-

⟨8⟩ rindha-grāme ¡v!rāhmaṇā¿ṁ? samp¿u?jya yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥-sannidhātr̥-

⟨9⟩ -dāṇḍa-pāśika-vetrikāvarodhajana-rājaputra-rājavallabhādīn anyāṁś ca cā-

⟨10⟩ ṭa-bhaṭa-jātiyān| mānayati ¡v!odhayati samādiśati viditam astu bhava-

⟨11⟩ tā yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥ sa-nidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sarvva-¡v!ādhā-vivarji-

⟨12⟩ taḥ sarvoparikara-karādāna-sameta sa-garttoṣaraḥ sa-valli-latā-viṭa-

⟨13⟩ pa-sāmvramadh¿u?ka sa-jala-sthalas catuḥ sīmā pa⟨r⟩yantaḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-

⟨14⟩ -bhaṭa-praveśaś cāndoga-caraṇāya Agasti-gotrāya Āśīti-pravarā-

⟨15⟩ ya tālī-vinirgatāya dharmanagara-vāstav{y}āya bhaṭ⟨ṭ⟩aputra-śrī-vā-

⟨16⟩ mana-nāmne vāpilla-sutāya sūrya-graho-parāge mahānadī-tī-

⟨17⟩ ropakaṇṭhe saliladhārāpuraḥsaram ācandra-tārakārkka-kṣiti-samakā-

⟨18⟩ lopabhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca pu¡n!ya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tāmvra-śā-

⟨19⟩ sanenākarī-kr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-ka-

⟨20⟩ ra-hiraṇyādikam upanayadbhir bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti bhā-

⟨21⟩ vibhiś ca bhūpatibhi⟨ḥ⟩ dattir iyam asmadīya⟨ṁ⟩ dharmma-gauravād asmad-anurodhā-

⟨22⟩ c ca sva-dattir ivānupālanīyā| tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmmaśāstre| ¡v!ahubhir vvasu-

⟨23⟩ dhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ tasya ta-

⟨24⟩ sya tadā phalaM| mā bhūd a{ḥ}phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ sva-

⟨25⟩ -dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-dattānupālane| ṣaṣṭhi-varṣa-saha-

⟨26⟩ srāṇi svarge modati bh¿u?midaḥ Ākṣiptā {c}c¿a?numantā {c}ca tāny eva narake va-

⟨27⟩ se⟨t⟩| Agner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūveṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca gāvaḥ yaḥ

⟨28⟩ kāñcana⟨ṁ⟩ gāṁ ca mahīṁ ca dadyā dattās trayas tena bhavanti llok¿e?| Āsphoṭa-

⟨29⟩ yanti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitāmahāḥ bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ sa nas trā-

⟨30⟩ tā bhaviṣyati| bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigrih¡n!āti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati Ubhau tau

⟨31⟩ pu¡n!ya-karmmāṇau niyat¿au? svarga-gāminau| suva⟨r⟩ṇṇam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ bhūmer apy a-

⟨32⟩ rddham aṅgulaṁ haraṁ narakam āyāti yāvad āhūta-samplavaṁ| harate hārayate

⟨33⟩ bhūmiṁ manda-¡v!uddhi⟨s⟩ tam¿a?-vr̥taḥ sa ¡v!addho vāruṇaiḥ pāsais tiryag-yo-

⟨34⟩ niñ ca gacchati| taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇi vāja-peya-śatāṇi ca gavāṁ

⟨35⟩ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā na śudhyati∥ Anyāyena hr̥tā bhūmir anyāyena tu {hā}-

⟨36⟩ hāritā harate hārayate caiva sahanyāt saptamaṁ kulaṁ∥ Ādityo varuṇo

⟨37⟩ viṣṇur ¡v!rahmā somo hutā¡s!ana⟨ḥ⟩ śūlapāṇis tu bhagavāṁ Abhinandaṁtu bhūmidaṁ∥

⟨38⟩ sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ sarvvānn etā-

⟨39⟩ n bhāvino bhūpat¿i?ndrāN bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmacandraḥ| Iti kamala-{da}-

⟨40⟩ dalām¡v!u-¡v!indu-llolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitaṁ ca sa-kalam idam udāhr̥taṁ-

⟨41⟩ ca ¡v!u⟨d⟩dhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrtta¿p?o vilopyāḥ| parama-bhaṭṭāraka-

⟨42⟩ -mahārājādhirāja-śrī-janamejaya-devasya rājye samvatsare tra-

⟨43⟩ yoviṁśati tame bhādrapada-māsa-śukla-pakṣa-tithau trayodasyāṁ yatrāṁ-

⟨44⟩ kataḥ samvat 23 bhādrapada śu di 13 likhitam idaṁ tāmvra-śāsanaṁ kāya-

⟨45⟩ stha-śrī-gura-sutena śrīkaṇṭheneti maṁgala-māhāśrīḥ ∥