Purshottampuri Plates of Ramachandra, Saka 1232

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSEI25_21.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: BESTOW - Amandine Wattelier-Bricout's Post-doc project (BESTOW).

Version: (8fb66aa), last modified (15d3b0c).

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⟨120⟩ rājasevakānāṁ vasatiprayāṇadaṃṭau na staḥ| Atha bhūmi-dāna-praśaṁsā|

XXXVII. Anuṣṭubh

siṁhāsanaṁ tathā (ccha)traṁ

a

var-āśvā vara-vāra⟨121⟩ṇāḥ|

b

bhūmi-dānasya puṣpāṇi

c

phalaṁ svargas tathaiva ca|

d
XXXVIII. Anuṣṭubh

nṛtyaṁti pitaraḥ tasya

a

valāṃti ca pitāmahāḥ|

b

bhūmido ’sma⟨122⟩t-kule jātaḥ

c

so ’smā¿ṃt?⟨n⟩ saṁtārayiṣyati trātā bhaviṣyati|

d
XXXIX. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityā Iva dīpyaṁte

a

tejasā divi mānavāḥ

b

ye prayaccha⟨n⟩ti vasudhāṁ

c

brā⟨123⟩hmaṇāyāhitāgnaye|

d
XL. Anuṣṭubh

yathā janitrī puṣṇāti

a

kṣīreṇa sva-sutaṁ nr̥pāḥ

b

Evaṁ sarva-guṇair bhūmir

c

dātāram anupuṣyati|

d
XLI. Anuṣṭubh

Agni⟨124⟩ṣṭomādibhir yajñair

a

iṣṭvā vipula-dakṣiṇaiḥ|

b

na tat p⟨h⟩alam avāpnoti

c

yad dat⟨t⟩vā vasudhāṁ nr̥pa|

d
XLII. Anuṣṭubh

mr̥tyor hi kiṅkarā daṇḍā

a

⟨125⟩ hy agni-pātā sudāruṇāḥ|

b

ghorāś ca vāruṇāḥ pāśāḥ

c

nopasarpanti bhūmidaṁ|

d
XLIII. Anuṣṭubh

saṁtarppayati dātāraṁ

c

bhūmiḥ prabhava⟨126⟩tāṁ vara|

e
XLIV. Anuṣṭubh

kr̥śāya kr̥śa-mr̥tāya

a

vr̥tti-kṣīṇāya sīdate

b

bhūmiṁ vr̥ttikarīṁ dat⟨t⟩

c

cchatrī bhavati mānavaḥ

d
XLV. Anuṣṭubh

saṣṭiṁ varṣa–sahasrā⟨127⟩ṇi

a

svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ

b

Ācchet¿v?⟨t⟩ā cānumaṁtā ca

c

tāny eva narake vaseT

d
XLVI. Anuṣṭubh

vāridas tr̥ptim āpnoti

a

sukham akṣa⟨128⟩yam annadaḥ|

b

tila-pradaḥ prajām iṣṭāṁ

c

dīpadaś ca kurūttama|

d

bhūmidaḥ sarvam āpnoti

e

dīrgham āyus tathaiva ca||

f

Atha ⟨129⟩ brāhmaṇa-bhūmi-haraṇe doṣāḥ|||

XLVII. Anuṣṭubh

gām ekāṁ ratnikām ekaṁ

a

bhūmer apy ekam aṁgulaṁ|

b

haraṁ narakam āpnoti

c

yāvad—ā⟨130⟩-bhūta-saṁplavaṁ|

d
XLVIII. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

a

yo hareta vasundharāṁ|

b

ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣa-sahasrāṇi

c

viṣṭhāyāṁ jāyate kr̥miḥ|

d
XLIX. Anuṣṭubh

sva-da⟨131⟩ttāṁ para-dattāṁ vā

a

hareta sura-viprayoḥ|

b

vr̥ttiṁ sa jāyate vid⟨h⟩rug

c

varṣāṇām ayut-āyutaṁ|

d
L. Anuṣṭubh

vindhyāṭavīṣv a-toyāsu

a

⟨132⟩ śuṣka-koṭara-śāyinaḥ|

b

kr̥ṣṇasarppāḥ prajāyaṁte

c

brahma-bhūmyapahārakāḥ|

d
LI. Anuṣṭubh

hinasti viṣam attāra⟨ṁ⟩

a

vahnir adbhiḥ pra⟨133⟩śāmyati

b

kulaṁ samūlaṁ dahati

c

brahmasvāraṇi-pāvakaḥ|

d
LII. Anuṣṭubh

brahma-svaṁ duranujñātaṁ

a

bhuktaṁ haṁti tripuruṣaṁ|

b

prasahya{|} ⟨134⟩ tu balādbhuktaṁ

c

daśa pūrvāN daśāvarān|

d
LIII. Anuṣṭubh

gr̥hṇanti yāvataḥ pā⟨ṁ⟩sūN

a

kraṁdatām aśru-bindavaḥ|

b

viprāṇāṁ hata-vr̥ttīnāṁ

c

va⟨135⟩dānyānāṁ kuṭumbināṁ|

d
LIV. Anuṣṭubh

rājāno rāja-kulyāś ca

a

tāvato ’bdān niraṅkuśā⟨ḥ⟩|

b

kumbhīpākeṣu pacyaṁte

c

brahma-bhūmyapa{|}⟨136⟩hāriṇāḥ||

d

Atha bhūmi-pālana-phalaṁ||

LV. Anuṣṭubh

dāna-pālanayor madhye

a

dānāc chreyo ’nupālanaṁ|

b

dānāt svarggam āpno⟨137⟩ti

c

pālanād acyutaṁ padaṁ|

d
LVI. Anuṣṭubh

gaṇyaṁte pāṁsavo bhūmer

a

gaṇyaṁte vr̥ṣṭi-biṁdavaḥ|

b

na gaṇyate vidhātrāpi

c

bhūmi-saṁra⟨138⟩kṣaṇe phalaṁ|

d
LVII. Anuṣṭubh

bahubhir vasudhā dattā

a

rājabhi⟨ḥ⟩ sagarādibhiḥ|

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmis

c

tasya tasya tadā pha⟨139⟩laṁ|

d
LVIII. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ

a

kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ

b

sarvān etāN bhāvinaḥ pārthive⟨ṁ⟩drān

c

bhū⟨140⟩yo bhūyo yācate rāmacaṃdraḥ|

d
LIX. Vasantatilakā

mad-vaṁśajāḥ para-mahīpati-vaṁśajā vā

a

pāpād apeta-manaso bhuvi bhāvi-bhūpāḥ|

b

te ⟨141⟩ pālayanti mama dharmam i(maṁ samagraṁ)

c

tebhyo mayā viracito ’ṁjalir eṣa mūrdhni{ḥ}||

d

maṁgalaṁ mahāśrīḥ|| cha|

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Bibliography

Primary

Mirashi, Vasudev Vishnu. 1939-1940. “Purshottampuri plates of Ramachandra: Saka 1232.” EI 25, pp. 199–225.