Stela in the gopura II of Prasat Banteay Srei (K. 869), 890 Śaka

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⟨Item A: Face

⟨A1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ || || namaś śavdaguṇāyāstu ⟨Column b⟩ vyatītendriyavartmane

⟨A2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ viśvato vyaśnuvānāya ⟨Column b⟩ vyomarūpāya śambhave ||

⟨A3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Unmanā yā satī kāntā ⟨Column b⟩ nitāntaśivasaṅgatā

⟨A4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jagaddhitāya śāśaktu ⟨Column b⟩ sā śaktir acalātmajā ||

⟨A5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīkamvujendrasantāna ⟨Column b⟩ -santānakamahīruhaḥ

⟨A6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sutaś śrījayavarmmeti ⟨Column b⟩ yaś śrīrājendravarmmaṇaḥ ||

⟨A7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kāladoṣāmvudhau magnā ⟨Column b⟩ durgge gambhīrabhīṣaṇe

⟨A8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prāpya pāram ivottuṅgaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ samāśvasiṣuḥ prajāḥ ||

⟨A9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ praṇayāvanate (kṛtsne) ⟨Column b⟩ campādhīśādirājake

⟨A10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kevalaṁ guṇavatprītyā ⟨Column b⟩ nojjhāñ cāpañ cakāra yaḥ ||

⟨A11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ smarayat smarasaundaryyaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ saundaryyaṁ yasya nirmmalam·

⟨A12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ nūtanām akaron nūna⟨Column b⟩m anūnām aratiṃ rateḥ ḥ ||

⟨A13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dakṣiṇāpathavinyasta ⟨Column b⟩ -sāras siddhiprado ⟨’⟩rthinām·

⟨A14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yuktaṁ yo yuktinipu¡n!ai⟨Column b⟩ś śrīparvvata Itīritaḥ ||

⟨A15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dūre yeṣāṁ manāṁsīmā⟨Column b⟩m aspṛkṣan kṣmāṁ mahībhr̥tām·

⟨A16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Ā darśanapathāt teṣāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ saṁprāpya śirāṁsi tu ||

⟨A17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prāyaśo durvvidagdhānāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ pārthivānāṁ layan dadhat·

⟨A18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Adbhis tulyam ajany ugraṁ ⟨Column b⟩ tejo yasyāpi dussaham· ||

⟨A19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ jāgrataḥ prativarṣāntaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ śaureś śrīr anurāgiṇī

⟨A20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yasya nityapravuddhasya ⟨Column b⟩ kathābhir mmā sma katthyata ||

⟨A21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vr̥ddho ⟨’⟩pi pādahīno ⟨’⟩pi ⟨Column b⟩ rājadharmmaḥ kalau yuge

⟨A22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaddaṇ¡d!anītim ālamvya ⟨Column b⟩ pravr̥tto skhalitaṁ pathi ||

⟨A23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tasya rājādhirājasya ⟨Column b⟩ surarājasamadyuteḥ ḥ

⟨A24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaś śaivadīkṣāvidhinā ⟨Column b⟩ śāstānugrāhako guruḥ ||

⟨A25⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīyaśovarmmaputrasya ⟨Column b⟩ pautrasya śrīndravarmmaṇaḥ

⟨A26⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śrīharṣavarmmaṇo rājño ⟨Column b⟩ dauhitro yo ⟨’⟩graṇīs satām· ||

⟨A27⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dhiyā gotreṇa tulyasya ⟨Column b⟩ puruhūtapurodhasā

⟨A28⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ dāmodarākhyaviprasya ⟨Column b⟩ vahvr̥casyātmajaś ca yaḥ ||

⟨A29⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ prakāśarūpās saṁprāpya ⟨Column b⟩ suprasannan nisarggataḥ

⟨A30⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ Arkatviṣa Ivādarśaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yaṁ vidyā vyadyutan bhr̥śam· ||

⟨A31⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhaktyāṣṭapuṣpikāṁ śaivīṁ ⟨Column b⟩ havīṁṣi ca havirbhuji

⟨A32⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yogañ ca pratyahaṁ yogya⟨Column b⟩s svapoṣam iva yo ⟨’⟩puṣat· ||

⟨A33⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ hiraṇyāni ca vāsāṁsi ⟨Column b⟩ kuṇ¡d!odhnīr ggāś ca parvvasu

⟨A34⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yaḥ pratigrāhayām āsa ⟨Column b⟩ māsi māsi dvijanmanaḥ ||

⟨A35⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ sadā yaś cā(ntikasa)[dā] ⟨Column b⟩ rājñā śrījayavarmmaṇā

⟨A36⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ māyūraccha(trasauvarṇ)¡n!a ⟨Column b⟩ -dolādyais satkr̥taḥ kr̥tī ||

⟨Item B: Face

⟨B1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (ye vr̥ṁhayanty alpadhiyāṁ) ⟨Column b⟩ kula[vidyādayo madam·]

⟨B2⟩ ⟨Column c⟩ [vyanīnaśat tair yugapat·] ⟨Column d⟩ [pareṣām ātmanaś ca yaḥ ||]

⟨B3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [pātañjalīye kā¡n!āde] ⟨Column b⟩ [kṣapādakapilāgame]

⟨B4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [bauddhe vaidye ⟨’⟩tha gāndharvve] ⟨Column b⟩ [jyautiṣe nayate sma yaḥ ||]

⟨B5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Ākhyāyikākr̥tir abhūt·] ⟨Column b⟩ [svadeśe yadupakramam·]

⟨B6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [nānābhāṣālipijñaś ca] ⟨Column b⟩ [prayoktā nāṭakasya yaḥ] ||

⟨B7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [śivaliṅgāny anekāni] ⟨Column b⟩ [sārccāny āśayam ambhasām·]

⟨B8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [sthāpayām āśramāṁś cāsa] ⟨Column b⟩ [yaś ca liṅgapurādiṣu] ||

⟨B9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [tasya yajñavarāhasya] ⟨Column b⟩ [vidyānāṁ pāradr̥śvanaḥ]

⟨B10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [khyāto viṣṇukumārākhya]⟨Column b⟩[s] [sodaryyo yo jaghanyajaḥ] ||

⟨B11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ yasyā(mr̥)[tamayīṁ vidyā] ⟨Column b⟩ -(jyo)[tsnāṁ vaktrakumudvatī]

⟨B12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (nirggatāṁ guruvaktre)ndoḥ ⟨Column b⟩ [pāyaṁ pāyam a](jr̥mbhata) ||

⟨B13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ kr̥tsnāni (śavdavidyādi) ⟨Column b⟩ -(śā)[strāṇi] (sa)kalāḥ ka(lāḥ)

⟨B14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ śaivañ ca gaura(vaṁ) yogaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ bhrā(tu)r jyeṣṭhā(d avāpa yaḥ) ||

⟨B15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ vidyā(sa)ntatyavicchittyai ⟨Column b⟩ (kr̥tsnāṁ vr̥)[ttiñ ca kā](śikām·)

⟨B16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ (ra)meśvarapūrvvāñ ca ⟨Column b⟩ yo ⟨’⟩(li)khac chiva(saṃ)hitām· ||

⟨B17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ mahāguṇair anekair yyo ⟨Column b⟩ guruṇā prāg vibhūṣita[ḥ]

⟨B18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ hemadolādivibhavai⟨Column b⟩r bhūyaḥ kamvujabhūbhṛtā ||

⟨B19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ tābhyām ācāryyavaryyābhyāṁ ⟨Column b⟩ vyāptāśābhyāṁ yaśoṅśubhiḥ

⟨B20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ bhrātr̥bhyāṁ sthāpitaṁ liṅga⟨Column b⟩m idaṁ śaivaṁ yathāvidhi ||

Commentary

The 18 ślokas on face A correspond to the stanzas I-XVIII of the foundation stela of Banteay Srei K. 842. The 10 ślokas on face B correspond to the stanzas XIX-XXI and XXVI-XXXII of K. 842.

Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1937, pp. 156–157).

Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection de textes et documents sur l'Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française d'Extrême-Orient. Pages 156–157.