Biyala Plate of Mahīpāla I, year 35

Editor: Ryosuke Furui.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSBengalCharters00026v03.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Bengal Copper Plates (tfb-bengalcharters-epigraphy).

Version: (3b1ee6e), last modified (df8163d).

Edition

Seal

śrī-mahīpāladevasya

Plate

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1⟩

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I. Sragdharā

maitrīṅ kūruṇya-ratna-pramudita-hr̥dayaḥ pre⟨2⟩yasīṁ saṁdadh⟨ā⟩naḥ

a

samyak-samvodhi-vidyā-sarid-amala-jala-kṣā⟨3⟩litājñāna-paṅkaḥ|

b

jitvā yaḥ kāma-kāri-prabhavam abhibha⟨4⟩vaṁ śāśvatīm prāpa śāntiṁ

c

sa śrīmal-lokanātho jayati ⟨5⟩ daśavalo ’nyaś ca gopāladevaḥ||

d
II. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

lakṣmī-janma-niketanaṁ ⟨6⟩ samakaro voḍhuṁ kṣamaḥ kṣmā-bharam

a

pakśa-c(ch)eda-bhayād upasthitavatām ekāśrayo bhūbhr̥tām·|

b

maryādā-paripālanaika-nira⟨7⟩taḥ śauryālayo ’smād abhūd

c

dugdhāmbhodhi-vilāsa-hāsi-mahimā śrī-dharmmapālo nr̥paḥ||

d
III. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

rāmasye(va) gr̥hīta-satya-tapasas tasyā⟨8⟩nurūpo guṇaiḥ

a

saumittrer udapādi tulya-mahimā vākpāla-nāmānu(ja)ḥ|

b

yaḥ śrīmān naya-vikramaika-vasati⟨r⟩ bhrātuḥ sthitaḥ ⟨9⟩ śāsane

c

śūnyāḥ śatru-patāki⟨nī⟩bhir aka(ro)d ekātapattrā diśaḥ⟨||⟩

d
IV. Vasantatilakā

tasmād upendra-caritair (ja)gatīṁ punānaḥ

a

putro vabhūva vijayī ja⟨10⟩yapāla-nāmā|

b

dharmma-dviṣāṁ śamayitā yudhi devapāle

c

yaḥ pūrvvaje bhuvana-rājya-sukhāny anaiṣīt·||

d
V. Āryā

śrīmān vigrahapālas tat-sūnur a⟨11⟩jātaśatrur iva jātaḥ|

ab

śatru-vanitā-prasādhana-vilopi-vimalāsi-jala-dhāraḥ||

cd
VI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

dikpālaiḥ kṣiti-(pāla)nāya dadhataṁ dehe vibha⟨12⟩ktāṅ guṇān·

a

śrīmataṁ janayām vabūva tanayaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ sa prabhum·|

b

yaḥ kṣoṇīpatibhiḥ śiro-maṇi-rucā-śliṣṭāṅghri-pīṭhopalaṁ

c

nyāyopā⟨13⟩ttam alañcakāra caritaiḥ svair eva dharmmāsanam·||

d
VII. Vasantatilakā

toyāśayair jaladhimūla-gabhīra-garvbhair

a

ddevālayaiś ca kula-bhūdhara-tulya-kakṣaiḥ|

b

⟨14⟩ vikhyāta-kīrttir abhavat tanayaś ca tasya

c

śrī-rājyapāla Iti madhyama-loka-pālaḥ||

d
VIII. Sragdharā

tasmāt pūrvva-kṣiti-dhrān nidhir iva mahasāṁ ⟨15⟩ rāṣṭrakūṭānvayendos

a

tuṅgasyottuṅga-mauler dduhitari tanayo bhāgyadevyāṁ prasūtaḥ|

b

śrīmān gopāladevaś cirataram avaner eka-pa⟨16⟩tnyā Ivaiko

c

bharttā ’bhūn naika-ratna-dyuti-khacita-catuḥ-sindhu-citrāṁśukāyāḥ||

d
IX. indravajrā

yaṁ svāminaṁ rāja-guṇair a(n)ūnam

a

āsevate cārutayā⟨17⟩nuraktā|

b

Utsāha-mantra-prabhu-śakti-lakṣmīḥ

c

pṛthvīṁ sapatnīm iva śīlayantī||

d
X. Vasantatilakā

tasmād vabhūva savitur vvasu-koṭi-varṣī

a

(kālena) candra I⟨18⟩va vigrahapāladevaḥ|

b

netra-priyeṇa vimalena kalāmayena

c

yenoditena dalito bhuvanasya tāpaḥ||

d
XI. Mālinī

hata-sakala-vipakṣaḥ ⟨19⟩ saṅgare vāhu-darppād

a

anadhikr̥ta-viluptaṁ rājyam āsādya pitryaṁ⟨|⟩

b

nihita-caraṇa-padmo bhūbhujāṁ mūrddhni tasmād

c

abhavad avanipālaḥ śrī-ma⟨20⟩hīpāladevaḥ||

d
XII. Mandākrāntā

deśe prāci p⟨r⟩acura-payasi svaccham āpīya toyaṁ

a

svairaṁ bhrāntvā tad-anu malayopatyakā-candaneṣu⟨|⟩

b

kr̥tvā sāndrair mmaru⟨21⟩ṣu jaḍatāṁ śīkarair avbhra-tulyāḥ

c

prāleyādreḥ kaṭakam abhajan yasya senā-gajendr⟨ā⟩⟨|| ⟩

d

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vidita⟨38⟩m astu bhavatām·| yathopari-likhito ’!yaṁ grāmaḥ | sva-sīmā-tr̥ṇa-p¿u?⟨ū⟩ti-gocara-paryantaḥ| sa-talaḥ| soddeśaḥ| sā(mra)-madhū⟨39⟩k{ā}ḥ| (sa-ja)lasthalaḥ| sa-garttoṣaraḥ| sa-daśāpacāraḥ| sa-cauroddharaṇaḥ| pari¿d?⟨h⟩r̥ta{|}-sarvva-pīḍaḥ| A-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ ⟨40⟩ A(kiñcit)-pragrāhyaḥ| samasta-bhāga-bhoga-kara-hiraṇyādi-pratyāya-sametaḥ| bhūmicchidra-nyāyena| Ā-candrārkka-kṣiti-sama⟨41⟩-kāla(ṁ| mā)tā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’!bhivr̥ddhaye| bhagavantaṁ vuddha-bha(ṭṭāraka)m uddiśya| [2×](sa)gotrāya| Aṅgira[sa]⟨42⟩-Āmahīyavaurukṣaya-pravarāya| manoratha-savrahmacāriṇe| paippalāda-śākhādhyāyine| mīmāṁsā-vyākaraṇa-tarkka-vi⟨43⟩dyā-vide(|) [1×]smintā-maṇḍala-vinirggatāya| kamanāhāra-vāstavy(āya)| [6×](da-pau)[3×](bhaṭṭa-la)kṣmīdhara-putrā⟨44⟩ya| bhaṭṭap[u]tra-(śrī-g)ra(ha)devaśarmmaṇe| viśuvat-saṁkrāntau vidhivat·| gaṅgāyāṁ (snātvā śāsanī-kr̥)tya pradatto Asmābhiḥ|

A⟨45⟩to bhavadbhiḥ (sa)rvv(ai)r evānumantavyam·|

bhāvibhir api bhūpatibhiḥ| bhūmer ddā(na-pha)la-(gau)ra(vā)t·| Apaharaṇe ca mahānara⟨46⟩ka-pāta-bhayā(t· dā)nam idam anumodyānupālanīyam·|

prativāsibhiś ca kṣetra(karai)ḥ Ājñā-śravaṇa-vidheyī bhūya yathā⟨47⟩-kālaṁ samucita-bhāga-bhoga-kara-hiraṇyādi-pratyāyopanayaḥ{|} kārya Iti||

samvat· 35 Āṣāḍha-dine 1⟨||⟩

bhavanti cā⟨48⟩tra dha(rmmānuśa)nsinaḥ ślokāḥ||

XIII. anuṣṭubh

vahubhir vasudhā dattā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ|

ab

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phala⟨49⟩m·||

cd
XIV. anuṣṭubh

(bhūmiṁ yaḥ) pratigr̥hnāti yaś ca bhūmiṁ pra⟨ya⟩cchati|

ab

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau||

cd
XV. anuṣṭubh

gām ekāṁ svarṇṇam eka⟨50⟩ñ ca bhū(mer apy arddha)m aṅgulam·|

ab

haran narakam ⟨ā⟩yāti yāvad āhūta-saṁplavam·|⟨|⟩

cd
XVI. anuṣṭubh

ṣa(ṣṭ)im varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ|

ab

Ā⟨51⟩kṣeptā (cānuman)tā ca tāny eva narake vaset·||

cd
XVII. anuṣṭubh

svadattām paradattām vā yo hareta vasundha(rām·| )

ab

(sa) viṣṭhāyāṁ krimir bhūtvā pitr̥⟨52⟩bhiḥ (saha pacyate)||

cd
XVIII. śālinī

sarvvān etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrā(n)

a

(bhū)yo bhūyaḥ prārthayaty eṣa rāmaḥ|

b

(mā)nyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nnr̥pāṇāṁ

c

⟨53⟩le (kāle) pāla(nīyaḥ krame)ṇa||

d
XIX. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām(vu)-v(i)ndu-lolāṁ

a

śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca|

b

sakalam idam u⟨54⟩(hr̥tañ ca) vuddhvā

c

na hi puruṣaiḥ parakīrttayo vilopyāḥ||

d
XX. anuṣṭubh

śrī-mahīpāladevena dvija-śreṣṭhopapādite|

ab

(mantri)-śrī-(p)⟨55⟩thivīsiṅha śāsane dūtakaḥ kr̥taḥ||

cd
XXI. anuṣṭubh

poṣa(lī)grāma-niryāta-(ś)ūdradevasya sūnunā|

ab

Idaṁ śāsanam utkīrṇṇaṁ śrī-dāmā⟨56⟩di(tya)-śilpinā||

cd

Apparatus

Part B

⟨24⟩ samā • Written in smaller characters.

Translation into English by Ryosuke Furui

Commentary

Bibliography

First published by S. B. Bhattacharya1987 in Bengali. Re-edited by Ryosuke Furui2010 based on the photoprints acquired from Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Bangladesh, Dhaka. Now re-edited from the digital photograohs taken by Furui on 11/07/2013.

Primary

[RF] Furui, Ryosuke. 2010. “Biyala copperplate inscription of Mahīpāla I.” PSJA New Series 1, pp. 99–106. [URL].

Secondary

Bhattacharya, Swapan Bikas. 1987. “Prathama Mahīpāladeber Biyālā tāmraphalaka.” BASP 5, pp. 1–9.