Sogal Inscription of the reign of Taila II, Saka 902

Editors: Samana Gururaja, Lionel D. Barnett.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSKalyanaCalukya00010.

Hand description:

Language: Kannada.

Repository: Kalyāṇa Cālukya (tfb-kalyanacalukya-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-12-19 16:54 (7238a09), last modified 2024-02-29 16:49 (957d735).

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩

ōm namastuṁga-śiraś-cuṁbi

caṁdra-cāmara-cāravē |

trailōkya-nagarārambha

⟨2⟩

mūla-sthaṁbhāya-¡sa!⟨śa⟩ṁbhavē

śrīmat-suvarnnākṣi-dēvara tīrtthadal’ iḻdu ⟨3⟩ [ca. 10×]ntarē tapōdhana[ca. 5×] ⟨4⟩ śrīmad-anavarata-danujanarāmara-maṇi-makuṭa-taṭa-ghaṭita-pada-padmōddāma-yugaḷaṁ ⟨5⟩ trilōka-svāmi suvarnnākṣi-dēvar īg’ emag’ oḷpa ||

vr̥i ||

II. utpalamāla

paṁkaja-ṣaṇḍadiṁd’ eseva neydala pūgo⟨6⟩ḷadiṁ taḷirtta mā

viṁ kusumōditaṁ kosagu pādari nēṟil aśōka bāḷeye-

ṁbaṁkada vri[vr̥i]kṣa-jātigaḷi⟨7⟩n iṁcaradiṁ pugal-eṁba kōkilā-

laṁ¡kri!⟨kr̥i⟩tadiṁde sāla-banaṁ oppuvud’ ī viṣayāṁtarāḷadoḷ ||-

III. utpalamāla

Alliya ⟨8⟩ nirjjharōdakadin oppuva tīrttham id’ ī jagakke peṁp’

ellamanānta śaṁkara śayambhu suvarṇṇa-mahākṣi-dēva ⟨9⟩ pā

dōllāsitāṁbujaṁgaḷane pūjipa bha¡kti!⟨kta⟩janakke mukti ta

ḷvillade kūḍugeṁdu poga¡rdda!⟨ḻda⟩ṁ kavitē¡sa!⟨śa⟩ ⟨10⟩ mada prabhaṁjana-

ka ||

IV. kanda

puligaḷe dharmma śravaṅa

man ele miḍukade kēḷ[u]t’ irppuv’ ara giḷigaḷ nir-

mmaḷa ⟨11⟩ munipaś[r] ōduv’ odaṁ-

caḷav’ ād’ eḍey’ aṟidu pēdvu[ḷvu]v’ iruḷuṁ pagaluṁ ||

V. kanda

vānara saṁhati dēva

snānaṁ māḍuva⟨12⟩rrge gaddugeya nīraṁ san-

mānade tand’ īvuv’ enal-

k’ ān aṟiyeṁ pogaḷal avara tapad’ ugrateya ||-

VI. kanda

pāpi puga ⟨13⟩ lu pugal ugrada

kōpi pugalu pugal aśēṣa-dharmma-drōha

vyāpāri pugal pugal end’

ā porttuṁ kōkiḷaṁgaḷ u ⟨14⟩ liguṁ banadoḷu ||

VII. kanda

gaḷapuv’ ara-giḷiya ku

kiluva kaḷa-ham¡śe!⟨se⟩ya gāvarippa peṇ-¡dhu!⟨du⟩ṁbiya bā-

vaḷisuva puruḷiya ⟨15⟩ ko[ṁ]ḍaṁ-

gaḷa nagisuva ravame nagada nālkuṁ deseyoḷu||

VIII. kanda

nōḍa tanu muṭṭe siddhaṁ

māḍuva selig’ ant’ aśēṣa-rasa ⟨16⟩ mūḷikegaḷu

kūḍugum amarēndratvaman

ūḍuvar accharis[i]ya[r]kkaḷ ā muni-kuḷama||

IX. kanda

Int’ enisuva siddha kṣēt

rāṁtara ⟨17⟩ tīrtthakke mukhyan āśrita-sura-bhu-

jaṁ tribhuvanasiṁha-munīn-

draṁ tāpasa-gōtra vairi-kuḷa-gaja-siṁha||-

¡vri!⟨vr̥i⟩ ||

X. utpalamāla

nō⟨18⟩ḍire rāghava dviṣaṇa nacchuva māli sumāli dānavar

mmāḍida supratiṣ¡ṭe!⟨ṭhe⟩y adariṁnde suvarṇṇākṣi-dēvar eṁb’

īḍita ⟨19⟩ nāmam ādudu sumāli pesar nagarkke rūḍiyoḷu-

kūḍidud’ endoḍē vogaḷva[ro] kūṇḍi-mahi-vaḷayāntaradoḷ ||

ka ||

XI. kanda

mā⟨20⟩li sumāli dvaya bhū

pālar dēvargge sōlu-mūvattaṁ sal

līleyoḷe biṭṭu sugati su-

khālaya⟨21⟩m ā trētēy-āṁtya kālade pokkar || -

vr̥i ||

XII. mattēbhavikrīḍita

tapamaṁ māḍuva tāpasarkkaḷ aḷav all ōho tanu⟨22⟩klēśaṁ emb’

upasarggakk’ irad’ antu meyyan aṭavi śakhaṁgaḷaṁ tind umā

dhīpanaṁ pūjisi mu⟨23⟩ktiyoḷ dhareyal eṁd’irppaṁ suvarnnākṣi-dē

va-pādām¡bhōja!⟨bōja⟩-śīlī-mukhābhan enipaṁ śrī gaṁgarā⟨24⟩¡si!⟨śi⟩ vrati ||

ka ||

XIII. kanda

avar’ upadēsada dharmmaṁ

kivivuge nai¡ṣṭi!⟨ṣthi⟩ka tapōdhana brāhmaṇarggaṁ

naviśēṣa dā⟨25⟩namaṁ mā

ḍuvud’ uttama pakṣam eṁba san-matiyiṁda||-

||vr̥i ||

XIV. campakamāla

hara-caraṇābja-bhri[bhr̥]ṁgi kapaṭō⟨26⟩¡dha!⟨da⟩ya nirjjita nirmmalāṁgi bhā

suratara-mūrtti nirmmaḷina kīrtti dayā-parodāna-dharmma-ta⟨27⟩t-

para-guṇa-yukte dēva-guru-bhakte sugōtra-pavitrey eṁdu vis-

taradoḷe kīrtrikuṁ vasudhe santa⟨28⟩tadiṁdame kaṁcikabbeya ||-

ka ||

XV. kanda

mārājana beḷavāḍiya

cāru guṇaṁ kariya kētimayyan a⟨29⟩vaḷu vis

tāra-guṅāṁbudhi dharmmada-

mēruvan ā kaṁcikabbeyaṁ pogaḷadar ār ||

XVI. kanda

para-hita-guṇa-caritada ⟨30⟩ dhana

gara gōtrada kaṁcikabbe mātā-ratnaṁ -

dhareg’ eseva ¡dhā!⟨dā⟩na-dharmmada-

pariṇatikeye piridu parama-māhēśva ⟨31⟩ riy[ē]|||

XVII. kanda

śrīya-dvāra-yugaṁ lī

ḷāyata-karaṁ enipa sūrrya-kiraṇa-sthaṁbaṁ-

bhū-yuvatiyoḷage sale kaḷ

⟨32⟩pāyuṣyaṁ nilkuṁ endoḍ’ ēn acchariyō ||-

XVIII. kanda

ene negaḻda kaṁcikabbeya

ta¡ne!⟨na⟩yaṁ śiva-caraṇa-yugaḷa-kama ⟨33⟩ ḷa bhramaraṁ

muni-jana-bhaktaṁ śiṣṭēṣ

ṭa nidhānaṁ caṭṭan ugra-pāpa-gharaṭṭa ||

dātāra varṇane||

vr̥i ||

XIX. mattēbhavikrīḍita

baḷavaccōḷa ⟨34⟩ mahī-dharēṁdra-kulīśaṁ lāḷēbha-paṁcānanaṁ

jaḷa-bhū¡bhri!⟨bhr̥⟩d-vana-durgga-mārga-jaladhi-vrātakk’ elē bāḍa⟨35⟩v’ ā

naḷa-rūpaṁ raṇa-kambha-kakkala-śira-cchēdaṁ ripūgrāvani-

vilayōtpāta-vikētu cakri-ti⟨36⟩ ḷakaṁ śrī-taila-rājādhipaṁ ||

svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya śrī-pri[pr̥]thvī-vallabha-mahārājadhirāja ⟨37⟩ paramē¡sva!⟨śva⟩raṁ parama-bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyā¡sra!⟨śra⟩ya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-bhuja-baḷa-cakrava⟨38⟩rtti nūrmmaḍi-tailapa-dēva -vijaya-rājyaṁ uttarōttarābhi¡vri!⟨vr̥⟩ddhi-pravarddhamānam ā candrārkka-t[ā]⟨39⟩raṁ saluttam ire ||

tat-pāda-padmōpajīvigaḷ ||

vr̥i ||

XX. campakamāla

jana-pati-cakravartti pari-rakṣaṇa-dakṣa ⟨40⟩ bhujāsi vairi-sā

dhana-laya-kāri raṭṭa-kuḷa-bhūśaṇan anya-narēṁdra-darppa-bha

ṁjanan avadāta-kīrtti-vibhu ⟨41⟩ kaṇtheyabhārada nannapayyar ā-

ṇana ta¡ne!⟨na⟩yaṁ vivēka-nidhi-katta-mahībhujan eṁba permmagaṁ ||

ka ||

XXI. kanda

Ā ⟨42⟩ taṁ kūṇḍi-mahī-vaḷa

yātiśayā¡dhi!⟨dhī⟩śvaraṁ virōdhi-mahībhr̥d-

vrāta-kuḷa-vajra-pātaṁ

bhūtaḷadoḷe katta-bhū[pa]⟨43⟩n aṁgaja-rūpaṁ ||

svasti ¡sa!⟨śa⟩ka varṣa 902neya vikrama-saṁvatsarad’ āṣā¡ḍa!⟨ḍha⟩d’ amāvāsyey’ ādivāra ⟨44⟩ sūrrya-grahaṇa-nimittadoḷ manneyaruṁ sōla-mūvadiṁvarggaṁ dhanagara kaṁcikabbeya sthāna-bhū⟨45⟩miyaṁ koṭṭu suvarnnākṣi-dēva-tīrtthadal tapaṁ geyva tapōdhanar āhāra-¡dhā!⟨dā⟩nakke tribhuvana-siṁgi-pa[ṁdi]⟨46⟩tara kālaṁ karcchi biṭṭa kamma 500 ||

ka ||

XXII. kanda

Avar’ oḷage caṁdra-dharanam

ga vibhōgakk’ eyde nūṟu kamma [3+] ⟨47⟩ lam ud-

bhavam āgi naḍevud’ ā caṁdr’-

ā-vārddhi-tārā-gaṅaṁ divaṁ nilipinegaṁ ||-

XXIII. kanda

parama-munīśar pannir[3+] ⟨48⟩ [mu]

ktige salva phalaṁ ad’ aynūr kkammaṁ-

nirutam ene sarvva-bādha

parihāram ad’ oṁdu mane-nivēśana-sahitaṁ

XXIV. kanda

⟨49⟩

nāvida¡rgge!⟨rge⟩ teṁkalākar

ggāvuṅḍara baḷake mūḍa tēgūra pola-

kkāvagade baḍaga

pālvaḷa bhūv [2+] ⟨50⟩ paścimadoḷ irdda ¡śa!⟨sa⟩trada ¡vri!⟨vr̥⟩tti ||

XXV. kanda

uttama-puruṣar ssōl-mū

vattārkk adhipar vviśēṣam enisuva[1×]⟨51⟩l nāl-

vattāru gēnoḷ aḷed’ ā-

yattaṁ enal’ māḍi koṭṭud’ āṟu-nūr-kkammaṁ ||-

XXVI. kanda

nāvidar asagara ma ⟨52⟩ dhyada

bhūmiye tān āge naḍeva bīdige baḍagal

dēvaṁg’ ērige teṁkal

dēva-tapō-dhanara ¡śa!⟨sa⟩⟨53⟩tra-¡sā!⟨śā⟩leya geha ||

Ā manege panneraḍu kayyi nīḷāmum eṁṭ’ agalamum akkuṁ ||

vr̥i ||

XXVII. utpalamāla

[2+] ⟨54⟩ ḷamē guṇa-prakaradoḷ soval ādiya mūvad-iṁbar ā

pāvana-mūrttigaḷ subhaṭar uttama dāniga[ḷ ā]⟨55⟩śritargge kaḷp

āvanijar ss[u]dāna-nidhi kaṁcale-kāntēya biṭṭa dharmmamaṁ-

kāvudu tamma vr̥ittiya [3×] ⟨56⟩ vol ā dhare nēsaṟ uḷḷinaṁ ||

XXVIII. kanda

sthānācāryyaruṁ ūruṁ

bhūnātar kkiḍise kāvar ūr kkiḍisalk’ ā

[sthānā]⟨57⟩cāryyaṁ kāvaṁ

sthānēśaṁ kiḍise mūvad-iṁbar kkāvaru ||

vr̥i ||

XXIX. utpalamāla

bhūtaḷa-pūtaṁ appa muni n[āthara] mu⟨58⟩ktige salva dharmmamaṁ

ghātisidaṁge durggati-padaṁ pratipālisidoṁge puṅya bandh

ātiśayāspadaṁ ⟨59⟩ sukha-padaṁ śubha-vr̥iddhi-jayāspadaṁ mahā-

khyāti-padaṁgaḷ emb’ iv’ ivu tappavu dēvana paṇḍit[ā]⟨60⟩ graṇi ||-

XXX. kanda

sāsira pasuvaṁ dvijar ir

cchāsiramaṁ kōṭi munigaḷaṁ koṁda mahā-

dōṣaṁ porddugum [3+]-

⟨61⟩ va ¡sā!⟨śā⟩sana dharmmamane kiḍipa mā-pātakanaṁ ||-

XXXI. kanda

mēḷisi nāy aḍagaṁ caṁ

daḷe kapāḷadoḷe kaḷḷan eṟed aḍu ⟨62⟩ taṁ ¡tā!⟨ta⟩t-

kāḷade kerppiṁ mucche sa-

māḷōkadoḷ iṁdran ākeyaṁ besa goṇḍaṁ ||-

XXXII. kanda

dēvasvaṁ brahmasvaman

āvu [3×] ⟨63⟩ nda pātakana pāda-rājaṁ

bhāvisal abhōjyam enal’ ā

dēvasvaman aḷivaniṁ ni¡kri!⟨kr̥i⟩ṣarum oḷarē ||

XXXIII. Anuṣṭubh

na ¡viṣaṁ!⟨viṣa⟩ ⟨64⟩ m ityāhu¡ḥ!⟨r⟩

dēvasvaṁ viṣam uchyate

viṣaṁ ēkākinaṁ hanti

dēvasvaṁ putra-pau¡tri!⟨tra⟩kaṁ ||

XXXIV. Anuṣṭubh

svadatt⟨ā⟩ṁ pa ⟨65⟩ radatt⟨ā⟩ṁ vā

yō harēti vasundharā[ṁ]

ṣaṣṭir-vvarṣa-saha¡śrā!⟨srā⟩ṇi

vi¡ṣṭā!⟨ṣṭhā⟩yāṁ jāyate krimi⟨ḥ⟩ ||

XXXV. kanda

⟨66⟩ bhuvanaṁ vananidhi suragiri

diva-kuḷaṁ ina caṁdrar uḷḷinaṁ idud’ ud

bhavaṁ āgi naḍege ⟨67⟩ śāsana-

kavi kamalāditya racita kāvyādē¡ṣa!⟨śa⟩ṁ ||-

¡I!⟨Ī⟩ dhrarmmaman ūruṁ sthānācāryya ⟨68⟩ nuṁ kūḍi svadharmmadiṁ naḍeyisuva satrakke brāhmaṅiy’ aḍuvaḷ || maṁgaḷa mahā-srī ||

⟨1⟩  ōm namastuṁga-śiraś-cuṁbi caṁdra-cāmara-cāravē | trailōkya-nagarārambha 
⟨2⟩  mūla-sthaṁbhāya-¡sa!⟨śa⟩ṁbhavē  śrīmat-suvarnnākṣi-dēvara tīrtthadal’ iḻdu 
⟨3⟩ [**********]ntarē tapōdhana[*****] 
⟨4⟩ śrīmad-anavarata-danujanarāmara-maṇi-makuṭa-taṭa-ghaṭita-pada-padmōddāma-yugaḷaṁ 
⟨5⟩ trilōka-svāmi suvarnnākṣi-dēvar īg’ emag’ oḷpa || vr̥i ||  paṁkaja-ṣaṇḍadiṁd’ eseva neydala pūgo-
⟨6⟩ ḷadiṁ taḷirtta mā viṁ kusumōditaṁ kosagu pādari nēṟil aśōka bāḷeye- ṁbaṁkada vri[vr̥i]kṣa-jātigaḷi-
⟨7⟩ n iṁcaradiṁ pugal-eṁba kōkilā- laṁ¡kri!⟨kr̥i⟩tadiṁde sāla-banaṁ oppuvud’ ī viṣayāṁtarāḷadoḷ ||-  Alliya 
⟨8⟩ nirjjharōdakadin oppuva tīrttham id’ ī jagakke peṁp’ ellamanānta śaṁkara śayambhu suvarṇṇa-mahākṣi-dēva 
⟨9⟩ pā dōllāsitāṁbujaṁgaḷane pūjipa bha¡kti!⟨kta⟩janakke mukti ta ḷvillade kūḍugeṁdu poga¡rdda!⟨ḻda⟩ṁ kavitē¡sa!⟨śa⟩ 
⟨10⟩ mada prabhaṁjana- ka ||  puligaḷe dharmma śravaṅa man ele miḍukade kēḷ[u]t’ irppuv’ ara giḷigaḷ nir- mmaḷa 
⟨11⟩ munipaś[r] ōduv’ odaṁ- caḷav’ ād’ eḍey’ aṟidu pēdvu[ḷvu]v’ iruḷuṁ pagaluṁ ||  vānara saṁhati dēva snānaṁ māḍuva-
⟨12⟩ rrge gaddugeya nīraṁ san- mānade tand’ īvuv’ enal- k’ ān aṟiyeṁ pogaḷal avara tapad’ ugrateya ||-  pāpi puga 
⟨13⟩ lu pugal ugrada kōpi pugalu pugal aśēṣa-dharmma-drōha vyāpāri pugal pugal end’ ā porttuṁ kōkiḷaṁgaḷ u 
⟨14⟩ liguṁ banadoḷu ||  gaḷapuv’ ara-giḷiya ku kiluva kaḷa-ham¡śe!⟨se⟩ya gāvarippa peṇ-¡dhu!⟨du⟩ṁbiya bā- vaḷisuva puruḷiya 
⟨15⟩ ko[ṁ]ḍaṁ- gaḷa nagisuva ravame nagada nālkuṁ deseyoḷu||  nōḍa tanu muṭṭe siddhaṁ māḍuva selig’ ant’ aśēṣa-rasa 
⟨16⟩ mūḷikegaḷu kūḍugum amarēndratvaman ūḍuvar accharis[i]ya[r]kkaḷ ā muni-kuḷama||  Int’ enisuva siddha kṣēt rāṁtara 
⟨17⟩ tīrtthakke mukhyan āśrita-sura-bhu- jaṁ tribhuvanasiṁha-munīn- draṁ tāpasa-gōtra vairi-kuḷa-gaja-siṁha||- ¡vri!⟨vr̥i⟩ ||  nō-
⟨18⟩ ḍire rāghava dviṣaṇa nacchuva māli sumāli dānavar mmāḍida supratiṣ¡ṭe!⟨ṭhe⟩y adariṁnde suvarṇṇākṣi-dēvar eṁb’ īḍita 
⟨19⟩ nāmam ādudu sumāli pesar nagarkke rūḍiyoḷu- kūḍidud’ endoḍē vogaḷva[ro] kūṇḍi-mahi-vaḷayāntaradoḷ || ka ||  mā-
⟨20⟩ li sumāli dvaya bhū pālar dēvargge sōlu-mūvattaṁ sal līleyoḷe biṭṭu sugati su- khālaya-
⟨21⟩ m ā trētēy-āṁtya kālade pokkar || - vr̥i ||  tapamaṁ māḍuva tāpasarkkaḷ aḷav all ōho tanu-
⟨22⟩ klēśaṁ emb’ upasarggakk’ irad’ antu meyyan aṭavi śakhaṁgaḷaṁ tind umā dhīpanaṁ pūjisi mu-
⟨23⟩ ktiyoḷ dhareyal eṁd’irppaṁ suvarnnākṣi-dē va-pādām¡bhōja!⟨bōja⟩-śīlī-mukhābhan enipaṁ śrī gaṁgarā-
⟨24⟩ ¡si!⟨śi⟩ vrati || ka ||  avar’ upadēsada dharmmaṁ kivivuge nai¡ṣṭi!⟨ṣthi⟩ka tapōdhana brāhmaṇarggaṁ naviśēṣa dā-
⟨25⟩ namaṁ mā ḍuvud’ uttama pakṣam eṁba san-matiyiṁda||- ||vr̥i ||  hara-caraṇābja-bhri[bhr̥]ṁgi kapaṭō-
⟨26⟩ ¡dha!⟨da⟩ya nirjjita nirmmalāṁgi bhā suratara-mūrtti nirmmaḷina kīrtti dayā-parodāna-dharmma-ta-
⟨27⟩ t- para-guṇa-yukte dēva-guru-bhakte sugōtra-pavitrey eṁdu vis- taradoḷe kīrtrikuṁ vasudhe santa-
⟨28⟩ tadiṁdame kaṁcikabbeya ||- ka ||  mārājana beḷavāḍiya cāru guṇaṁ kariya kētimayyan a-
⟨29⟩ vaḷu vis tāra-guṅāṁbudhi dharmmada- mēruvan ā kaṁcikabbeyaṁ pogaḷadar ār ||  para-hita-guṇa-caritada 
⟨30⟩ dhana gara gōtrada kaṁcikabbe mātā-ratnaṁ - dhareg’ eseva ¡dhā!⟨dā⟩na-dharmmada- pariṇatikeye piridu parama-māhēśva 
⟨31⟩ riy[ē]|||  śrīya-dvāra-yugaṁ lī ḷāyata-karaṁ enipa sūrrya-kiraṇa-sthaṁbaṁ- bhū-yuvatiyoḷage sale kaḷ-
⟨32⟩ pāyuṣyaṁ nilkuṁ endoḍ’ ēn acchariyō ||-  ene negaḻda kaṁcikabbeya ta¡ne!⟨na⟩yaṁ śiva-caraṇa-yugaḷa-kama 
⟨33⟩ ḷa bhramaraṁ muni-jana-bhaktaṁ śiṣṭēṣ ṭa nidhānaṁ caṭṭan ugra-pāpa-gharaṭṭa || dātāra varṇane|| vr̥i ||  baḷavaccōḷa 
⟨34⟩ mahī-dharēṁdra-kulīśaṁ lāḷēbha-paṁcānanaṁ jaḷa-bhū¡bhri!⟨bhr̥⟩d-vana-durgga-mārga-jaladhi-vrātakk’ elē bāḍa-
⟨35⟩ v’ ā naḷa-rūpaṁ raṇa-kambha-kakkala-śira-cchēdaṁ ripūgrāvani- vilayōtpāta-vikētu cakri-ti-
⟨36⟩  ḷakaṁ śrī-taila-rājādhipaṁ || svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya śrī-pri[pr̥]thvī-vallabha-mahārājadhirāja 
⟨37⟩ paramē¡sva!⟨śva⟩raṁ parama-bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyā¡sra!⟨śra⟩ya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-bhuja-baḷa-cakrava-
⟨38⟩ rtti nūrmmaḍi-tailapa-dēva -vijaya-rājyaṁ uttarōttarābhi¡vri!⟨vr̥⟩ddhi-pravarddhamānam ā candrārkka-t[ā]-
⟨39⟩ raṁ saluttam ire || tat-pāda-padmōpajīvigaḷ || vr̥i ||  jana-pati-cakravartti pari-rakṣaṇa-dakṣa 
⟨40⟩ bhujāsi vairi-sā dhana-laya-kāri raṭṭa-kuḷa-bhūśaṇan anya-narēṁdra-darppa-bha ṁjanan avadāta-kīrtti-vibhu 
⟨41⟩ kaṇtheyabhārada nannapayyar ā- ṇana ta¡ne!⟨na⟩yaṁ vivēka-nidhi-katta-mahībhujan eṁba permmagaṁ || ka ||  Ā 
⟨42⟩ taṁ kūṇḍi-mahī-vaḷa yātiśayā¡dhi!⟨dhī⟩śvaraṁ virōdhi-mahībhr̥d- vrāta-kuḷa-vajra-pātaṁ bhūtaḷadoḷe katta-bhū[pa]-
⟨43⟩ n aṁgaja-rūpaṁ || svasti ¡sa!⟨śa⟩ka varṣa 902neya vikrama-saṁvatsarad’ āṣā¡ḍa!⟨ḍha⟩d’ amāvāsyey’ ādivāra 
⟨44⟩ sūrrya-grahaṇa-nimittadoḷ manneyaruṁ sōla-mūvadiṁvarggaṁ dhanagara kaṁcikabbeya sthāna-bhū-
⟨45⟩ miyaṁ koṭṭu suvarnnākṣi-dēva-tīrtthadal tapaṁ geyva tapōdhanar āhāra-¡dhā!⟨dā⟩nakke tribhuvana-siṁgi-pa[ṁdi]-
⟨46⟩ tara kālaṁ karcchi biṭṭa kamma 500 || ka ||  Avar’ oḷage caṁdra-dharanam ga vibhōgakk’ eyde nūṟu kamma [***] 
⟨47⟩  lam ud- bhavam āgi naḍevud’ ā caṁdr’- ā-vārddhi-tārā-gaṅaṁ divaṁ nilipinegaṁ ||-  parama-munīśar pannir[***] 
⟨48⟩ [mu] ktige salva phalaṁ ad’ aynūr kkammaṁ- nirutam ene sarvva-bādha parihāram ad’ oṁdu mane-nivēśana-sahitaṁ  
⟨49⟩  nāvida¡rgge!⟨rge⟩ teṁkalākar ggāvuṅḍara baḷake mūḍa tēgūra pola- kkāvagade baḍaga pālvaḷa bhūv [**] 
⟨50⟩ paścimadoḷ irdda ¡śa!⟨sa⟩trada ¡vri!⟨vr̥⟩tti ||  uttama-puruṣar ssōl-mū vattārkk adhipar vviśēṣam enisuva[*]-
⟨51⟩ l nāl- vattāru gēnoḷ aḷed’ ā- yattaṁ enal’ māḍi koṭṭud’ āṟu-nūr-kkammaṁ ||-  nāvidar asagara ma 
⟨52⟩ dhyada bhūmiye tān āge naḍeva bīdige baḍagal dēvaṁg’ ērige teṁkal dēva-tapō-dhanara ¡śa!⟨sa⟩-
⟨53⟩ tra-¡sā!⟨śā⟩leya geha || Ā manege panneraḍu kayyi nīḷāmum eṁṭ’ agalamum akkuṁ || vr̥i ||  [**] 
⟨54⟩ ḷamē guṇa-prakaradoḷ soval ādiya mūvad-iṁbar ā pāvana-mūrttigaḷ subhaṭar uttama dāniga[ḷ ā]-
⟨55⟩ śritargge kaḷp āvanijar ss[u]dāna-nidhi kaṁcale-kāntēya biṭṭa dharmmamaṁ- kāvudu tamma vr̥ittiya [***] 
⟨56⟩ vol ā dhare nēsaṟ uḷḷinaṁ ||  sthānācāryyaruṁ ūruṁ bhūnātar kkiḍise kāvar ūr kkiḍisalk’ ā [sthānā]-
⟨57⟩ cāryyaṁ kāvaṁ sthānēśaṁ kiḍise mūvad-iṁbar kkāvaru || vr̥i ||  bhūtaḷa-pūtaṁ appa muni n[āthara] mu-
⟨58⟩ ktige salva dharmmamaṁ ghātisidaṁge durggati-padaṁ pratipālisidoṁge puṅya bandh ātiśayāspadaṁ 
⟨59⟩ sukha-padaṁ śubha-vr̥iddhi-jayāspadaṁ mahā- khyāti-padaṁgaḷ emb’ iv’ ivu tappavu dēvana paṇḍit[ā]-
⟨60⟩  graṇi ||-  sāsira pasuvaṁ dvijar ir cchāsiramaṁ kōṭi munigaḷaṁ koṁda mahā- dōṣaṁ porddugum [***]-  
⟨61⟩ va ¡sā!⟨śā⟩sana dharmmamane kiḍipa mā-pātakanaṁ ||-  mēḷisi nāy aḍagaṁ caṁ daḷe kapāḷadoḷe kaḷḷan eṟed aḍu 
⟨62⟩  taṁ ¡tā!⟨ta⟩t- kāḷade kerppiṁ mucche sa- māḷōkadoḷ iṁdran ākeyaṁ besa goṇḍaṁ ||-  dēvasvaṁ brahmasvaman āvu [***] 
⟨63⟩ nda pātakana pāda-rājaṁ bhāvisal abhōjyam enal’ ā dēvasvaman aḷivaniṁ ni¡kri!⟨kr̥i⟩ṣarum oḷarē ||  na ¡viṣaṁ!⟨viṣa⟩ 
⟨64⟩ m ityāhu¡ḥ!⟨r⟩ dēvasvaṁ viṣam uchyate viṣaṁ ēkākinaṁ hanti dēvasvaṁ putra-pau¡tri!⟨tra⟩kaṁ ||  svadatt⟨ā⟩ṁ pa 
⟨65⟩ radatt⟨ā⟩ṁ vā yō harēti vasundharā[ṁ] ṣaṣṭir-vvarṣa-saha¡śrā!⟨srā⟩ṇi vi¡ṣṭā!⟨ṣṭhā⟩yāṁ jāyate krimi⟨ḥ⟩ ||  
⟨66⟩ bhuvanaṁ vananidhi suragiri diva-kuḷaṁ ina caṁdrar uḷḷinaṁ idud’ ud bhavaṁ āgi naḍege 
⟨67⟩ śāsana- kavi kamalāditya racita kāvyādē¡ṣa!⟨śa⟩ṁ ||- ¡I!⟨Ī⟩ dhrarmmaman ūruṁ sthānācāryya 
⟨68⟩ nuṁ kūḍi svadharmmadiṁ naḍeyisuva satrakke brāhmaṅiy’ aḍuvaḷ || maṁgaḷa mahā-srī || 

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩

ōm namastuṁga-śiraś-cuṁbi

caṁdra-cāmara-cāravē |

trailōkya-nagarārambha

⟨2⟩

mūla-sthaṁbhāya-¡sa!⟨śa⟩ṁbhavē

vr̥i ||

II. utpalamāla

paṁkaja-ṣaṇḍadiṁd’ eseva neydala pūgo⟨6⟩ḷadiṁ taḷirtta mā

viṁ kusumōditaṁ kosagu pādari nēṟil aśōka bāḷeye-

ṁbaṁkada vri[vr̥i]kṣa-jātigaḷi⟨7⟩n iṁcaradiṁ pugal-eṁba kōkilā-

laṁ¡kri!⟨kr̥i⟩tadiṁde sāla-banaṁ oppuvud’ ī viṣayāṁtarāḷadoḷ ||-

III. utpalamāla

Alliya ⟨8⟩ nirjjharōdakadin oppuva tīrttham id’ ī jagakke peṁp’

ellamanānta śaṁkara śayambhu suvarṇṇa-mahākṣi-dēva ⟨9⟩ pā

dōllāsitāṁbujaṁgaḷane pūjipa bha¡kti!⟨kta⟩janakke mukti ta

ḷvillade kūḍugeṁdu poga¡rdda!⟨ḻda⟩ṁ kavitē¡sa!⟨śa⟩ ⟨10⟩ mada prabhaṁjana-

ka ||

IV. kanda

puligaḷe dharmma śravaṅa

man ele miḍukade kēḷ[u]t’ irppuv’ ara giḷigaḷ nir-

mmaḷa ⟨11⟩ munipaś[r] ōduv’ odaṁ-

caḷav’ ād’ eḍey’ aṟidu pēdvu[ḷvu]v’ iruḷuṁ pagaluṁ ||

V. kanda

vānara saṁhati dēva

snānaṁ māḍuva⟨12⟩rrge gaddugeya nīraṁ san-

mānade tand’ īvuv’ enal-

k’ ān aṟiyeṁ pogaḷal avara tapad’ ugrateya ||-

VI. kanda

pāpi puga ⟨13⟩ lu pugal ugrada

kōpi pugalu pugal aśēṣa-dharmma-drōha

vyāpāri pugal pugal end’

ā porttuṁ kōkiḷaṁgaḷ u ⟨14⟩ liguṁ banadoḷu ||

VII. kanda

gaḷapuv’ ara-giḷiya ku

kiluva kaḷa-ham¡śe!⟨se⟩ya gāvarippa peṇ-¡dhu!⟨du⟩ṁbiya bā-

vaḷisuva puruḷiya ⟨15⟩ ko[ṁ]ḍaṁ-

gaḷa nagisuva ravame nagada nālkuṁ deseyoḷu||

VIII. kanda

nōḍa tanu muṭṭe siddhaṁ

māḍuva selig’ ant’ aśēṣa-rasa ⟨16⟩ mūḷikegaḷu

kūḍugum amarēndratvaman

ūḍuvar accharis[i]ya[r]kkaḷ ā muni-kuḷama||

IX. kanda

Int’ enisuva siddha kṣēt

rāṁtara ⟨17⟩ tīrtthakke mukhyan āśrita-sura-bhu-

jaṁ tribhuvanasiṁha-munīn-

draṁ tāpasa-gōtra vairi-kuḷa-gaja-siṁha||-

¡vri!⟨vr̥i⟩ ||

X. utpalamāla

nō⟨18⟩ḍire rāghava dviṣaṇa nacchuva māli sumāli dānavar

mmāḍida supratiṣ¡ṭe!⟨ṭhe⟩y adariṁnde suvarṇṇākṣi-dēvar eṁb’

īḍita ⟨19⟩ nāmam ādudu sumāli pesar nagarkke rūḍiyoḷu-

kūḍidud’ endoḍē vogaḷva[ro] kūṇḍi-mahi-vaḷayāntaradoḷ ||

ka ||

XI. kanda

mā⟨20⟩li sumāli dvaya bhū

pālar dēvargge sōlu-mūvattaṁ sal

līleyoḷe biṭṭu sugati su-

khālaya⟨21⟩m ā trētēy-āṁtya kālade pokkar || -

vr̥i ||

XII. mattēbhavikrīḍita

tapamaṁ māḍuva tāpasarkkaḷ aḷav all ōho tanu⟨22⟩klēśaṁ emb’

upasarggakk’ irad’ antu meyyan aṭavi śakhaṁgaḷaṁ tind umā

dhīpanaṁ pūjisi mu⟨23⟩ktiyoḷ dhareyal eṁd’irppaṁ suvarnnākṣi-dē

va-pādām¡bhōja!⟨bōja⟩-śīlī-mukhābhan enipaṁ śrī gaṁgarā⟨24⟩¡si!⟨śi⟩ vrati ||

ka ||

XIII. kanda

avar’ upadēsada dharmmaṁ

kivivuge nai¡ṣṭi!⟨ṣthi⟩ka tapōdhana brāhmaṇarggaṁ

naviśēṣa dā⟨25⟩namaṁ mā

ḍuvud’ uttama pakṣam eṁba san-matiyiṁda||-

||vr̥i ||

XIV. campakamāla

hara-caraṇābja-bhri[bhr̥]ṁgi kapaṭō⟨26⟩¡dha!⟨da⟩ya nirjjita nirmmalāṁgi bhā

suratara-mūrtti nirmmaḷina kīrtti dayā-parodāna-dharmma-ta⟨27⟩t-

para-guṇa-yukte dēva-guru-bhakte sugōtra-pavitrey eṁdu vis-

taradoḷe kīrtrikuṁ vasudhe santa⟨28⟩tadiṁdame kaṁcikabbeya ||-

ka ||

XV. kanda

mārājana beḷavāḍiya

cāru guṇaṁ kariya kētimayyan a⟨29⟩vaḷu vis

tāra-guṅāṁbudhi dharmmada-

mēruvan ā kaṁcikabbeyaṁ pogaḷadar ār ||

XVI. kanda

para-hita-guṇa-caritada ⟨30⟩ dhana

gara gōtrada kaṁcikabbe mātā-ratnaṁ -

dhareg’ eseva ¡dhā!⟨dā⟩na-dharmmada-

pariṇatikeye piridu parama-māhēśva ⟨31⟩ riy[ē]|||

XVII. kanda

śrīya-dvāra-yugaṁ lī

ḷāyata-karaṁ enipa sūrrya-kiraṇa-sthaṁbaṁ-

bhū-yuvatiyoḷage sale kaḷ

⟨32⟩pāyuṣyaṁ nilkuṁ endoḍ’ ēn acchariyō ||-

XVIII. kanda

ene negaḻda kaṁcikabbeya

ta¡ne!⟨na⟩yaṁ śiva-caraṇa-yugaḷa-kama ⟨33⟩ ḷa bhramaraṁ

muni-jana-bhaktaṁ śiṣṭēṣ

ṭa nidhānaṁ caṭṭan ugra-pāpa-gharaṭṭa ||

dātāra varṇane||

vr̥i ||

XIX. mattēbhavikrīḍita

baḷavaccōḷa ⟨34⟩ mahī-dharēṁdra-kulīśaṁ lāḷēbha-paṁcānanaṁ

jaḷa-bhū¡bhri!⟨bhr̥⟩d-vana-durgga-mārga-jaladhi-vrātakk’ elē bāḍa⟨35⟩v’ ā

naḷa-rūpaṁ raṇa-kambha-kakkala-śira-cchēdaṁ ripūgrāvani-

vilayōtpāta-vikētu cakri-ti⟨36⟩ ḷakaṁ śrī-taila-rājādhipaṁ ||

tat-pāda-padmōpajīvigaḷ ||

vr̥i ||

XX. campakamāla

jana-pati-cakravartti pari-rakṣaṇa-dakṣa ⟨40⟩ bhujāsi vairi-sā

dhana-laya-kāri raṭṭa-kuḷa-bhūśaṇan anya-narēṁdra-darppa-bha

ṁjanan avadāta-kīrtti-vibhu ⟨41⟩ kaṇtheyabhārada nannapayyar ā-

ṇana ta¡ne!⟨na⟩yaṁ vivēka-nidhi-katta-mahībhujan eṁba permmagaṁ ||

ka ||

XXI. kanda

Ā ⟨42⟩ taṁ kūṇḍi-mahī-vaḷa

yātiśayā¡dhi!⟨dhī⟩śvaraṁ virōdhi-mahībhr̥d-

vrāta-kuḷa-vajra-pātaṁ

bhūtaḷadoḷe katta-bhū[pa]⟨43⟩n aṁgaja-rūpaṁ ||

ka ||

XXII. kanda

Avar’ oḷage caṁdra-dharanam

ga vibhōgakk’ eyde nūṟu kamma [3+] ⟨47⟩ lam ud-

bhavam āgi naḍevud’ ā caṁdr’-

ā-vārddhi-tārā-gaṅaṁ divaṁ nilipinegaṁ ||-

XXIII. kanda

parama-munīśar pannir[3+] ⟨48⟩ [mu]

ktige salva phalaṁ ad’ aynūr kkammaṁ-

nirutam ene sarvva-bādha

parihāram ad’ oṁdu mane-nivēśana-sahitaṁ

XXIV. kanda

⟨49⟩

nāvida¡rgge!⟨rge⟩ teṁkalākar

ggāvuṅḍara baḷake mūḍa tēgūra pola-

kkāvagade baḍaga

pālvaḷa bhūv [2+] ⟨50⟩ paścimadoḷ irdda ¡śa!⟨sa⟩trada ¡vri!⟨vr̥⟩tti ||

XXV. kanda

uttama-puruṣar ssōl-mū

vattārkk adhipar vviśēṣam enisuva[1×]⟨51⟩l nāl-

vattāru gēnoḷ aḷed’ ā-

yattaṁ enal’ māḍi koṭṭud’ āṟu-nūr-kkammaṁ ||-

XXVI. kanda

nāvidar asagara ma ⟨52⟩ dhyada

bhūmiye tān āge naḍeva bīdige baḍagal

dēvaṁg’ ērige teṁkal

dēva-tapō-dhanara ¡śa!⟨sa⟩⟨53⟩tra-¡sā!⟨śā⟩leya geha ||

Ā manege panneraḍu kayyi nīḷāmum eṁṭ’ agalamum akkuṁ ||

vr̥i ||

XXVII. utpalamāla

[2+] ⟨54⟩ ḷamē guṇa-prakaradoḷ soval ādiya mūvad-iṁbar ā

pāvana-mūrttigaḷ subhaṭar uttama dāniga[ḷ ā]⟨55⟩śritargge kaḷp

āvanijar ss[u]dāna-nidhi kaṁcale-kāntēya biṭṭa dharmmamaṁ-

kāvudu tamma vr̥ittiya [3×] ⟨56⟩ vol ā dhare nēsaṟ uḷḷinaṁ ||

XXVIII. kanda

sthānācāryyaruṁ ūruṁ

bhūnātar kkiḍise kāvar ūr kkiḍisalk’ ā

[sthānā]⟨57⟩cāryyaṁ kāvaṁ

sthānēśaṁ kiḍise mūvad-iṁbar kkāvaru ||

vr̥i ||

XXIX. utpalamāla

bhūtaḷa-pūtaṁ appa muni n[āthara] mu⟨58⟩ktige salva dharmmamaṁ

ghātisidaṁge durggati-padaṁ pratipālisidoṁge puṅya bandh

ātiśayāspadaṁ ⟨59⟩ sukha-padaṁ śubha-vr̥iddhi-jayāspadaṁ mahā-

khyāti-padaṁgaḷ emb’ iv’ ivu tappavu dēvana paṇḍit[ā]⟨60⟩ graṇi ||-

XXX. kanda

sāsira pasuvaṁ dvijar ir

cchāsiramaṁ kōṭi munigaḷaṁ koṁda mahā-

dōṣaṁ porddugum [3+]-

⟨61⟩ va ¡sā!⟨śā⟩sana dharmmamane kiḍipa mā-pātakanaṁ ||-

XXXI. kanda

mēḷisi nāy aḍagaṁ caṁ

daḷe kapāḷadoḷe kaḷḷan eṟed aḍu ⟨62⟩ taṁ ¡tā!⟨ta⟩t-

kāḷade kerppiṁ mucche sa-

māḷōkadoḷ iṁdran ākeyaṁ besa goṇḍaṁ ||-

XXXII. kanda

dēvasvaṁ brahmasvaman

āvu [3×] ⟨63⟩ nda pātakana pāda-rājaṁ

bhāvisal abhōjyam enal’ ā

dēvasvaman aḷivaniṁ ni¡kri!⟨kr̥i⟩ṣarum oḷarē ||

XXXIII. Anuṣṭubh

na ¡viṣaṁ!⟨viṣa⟩ ⟨64⟩ m ityāhu¡ḥ!⟨r⟩

dēvasvaṁ viṣam uchyate

viṣaṁ ēkākinaṁ hanti

dēvasvaṁ putra-pau¡tri!⟨tra⟩kaṁ ||

XXXIV. Anuṣṭubh

svadatt⟨ā⟩ṁ pa ⟨65⟩ radatt⟨ā⟩ṁ vā

yō harēti vasundharā[ṁ]

ṣaṣṭir-vvarṣa-saha¡śrā!⟨srā⟩ṇi

vi¡ṣṭā!⟨ṣṭhā⟩yāṁ jāyate krimi⟨ḥ⟩ ||

XXXV. kanda

⟨66⟩ bhuvanaṁ vananidhi suragiri

diva-kuḷaṁ ina caṁdrar uḷḷinaṁ idud’ ud

bhavaṁ āgi naḍege ⟨67⟩ śāsana-

kavi kamalāditya racita kāvyādē¡ṣa!⟨śa⟩ṁ ||-

¡I!⟨Ī⟩ dhrarmmaman ūruṁ sthānācāryya ⟨68⟩ nuṁ kūḍi svadharmmadiṁ naḍeyisuva satrakke brāhmaṅiy’ aḍuvaḷ || maṁgaḷa mahā-srī ||

Apparatus

Translation by Barnett 1921–1922

I

Homage to Śambhu beauteous with the yak-tail fan that is the moon kissing his lofty head, the foundation-column for the beginning of the city of the triple world.

(2–5) Being in the sanctuary of the blessed god Suvarṇākṣi[…]May the god Suvarṇākṣi, lord of the three worlds, whose wondrous pair of blest lotus-feet is ceaselessly touched by the edges of jewelled diadems of demons, mortals, and celestials, grant us welfare!¹

II

In this region of the land there is a forest of sal-trees resplendent with masses of lotuses, with flowering lakes of water-lilies, with budding mangoes, with blossom-bearing kinds of trees named kosagu, trumpet-flower, nēṟil, aśōka, and plantain, with an embellishment [consisting]of cuckoos crying in sweet strains pugal

III

The sanctuary there, bright with cascades of water, shall procure without delay salvation for votaries worshipping the brilliant lotuses of the feet of the god Śaṅkara-Svayambhu-Suvarṇamahākṣi, who bears all distinction in this world: thus has one who is a shattered of the conceit of kings of poets praised it.

IV

Tigers listen to the preaching of religion without the stirring of a leaf; rose-ringed parrakeets, knowing the chants recited by the stainless holy men because of their constant utterance, sing them by night and by day.

V

A flock of apes fetches with due honour water of aspersions(?) for those who are bathing the god: hence I know not how to praise [worthily] the severity of their mortification of the flesh.

VI

All the day the cuckoos cry in the woods: “sinner, enter not pugal; man of fierce wrath, enter not, pugal; thou who breakest all duties, enter not, pugal.”²

VII

At the four sides of the mount there is a clamour, shaking the hills of chattering rose-ringed parakeets, of shrilling singing-swans, of murmuring female bees, of madding parrots

VIII

Look, all the sapful herbs, like wand giving magical powers on touching the body, bestow the state of a King of Gods; heavenly nymphs feed this family of holy men.

IX

The chief man at the sanctuary within the adepts’ domain which is thus described, a celestial tree to dependents, is the great saint, Tribhuvanasiṁha, a lion to those elephants the families of foes of the tribes of ascetics.

X

There was a goodly consecration when the dānavas, Māli, Sumāli, who on seeing him became attached to Rāghava’s foe, made it; thence arise the adored name of the god Suvarṇamahākṣi. Sumāli’s name came to the currently attached to the town. On this account how do they praise it within the bounds of the surrounding land of Kūṇḍi.

XI

The two kings Māli and Sumāli, giving to the god the Thirty of Sōlu in noble freedom, went to the abode of bliss in the last period of the Trētā Age

XII

Is there not power in ascetics who observe austerities! bravo! Bearing the body without being subject to the invoncenience of physical pain, feeding on the branches of the wilderness, worshipping Umās’s Lord, abiding in salvation while nominally on earth, like a bee at the lotus-feet of the god Suvarṇākṣi is that ascetic the blessed Gaṅgarāsi.

XIII

The doctrine of his teaching having entered her ear, with the good thought that the noblest course is to give general largesse to devotees, ascetics, and Brāhmaṇs,--

XIV

A bee to Hara’s lotus-feet, free from the influences of deceit, faultless of body, most brilliant in form, stainless in fame, gracious, inspired by religious charity, devoted to gods and preceptors, purifying her good gotra; in these terms the earth abundantly praises at all times Kañcikabbe.

XV

She is [the wife] of the amiable Kētimayya, Kari’s son, of Mārājana-Belavadi; an ocean of abounding virtues, a Mēru of godliness, who are there that do not praise this Kañcikabbe?

XVI

Kañciyabbe of the Dhanagas’ gōtra, who practices the virtue of beneficence, a gem of matrons, by the perfection of her eminent religious charities is verily one of the highest order of Mahēśvaras on earth

XVII

A double door of Fortune, a column for the Sun’s beams, where his rays are freely diffused, it shall indeed abide within the lady Earth for the length of the aeon: therefore what a marvel it is!

XVIII

Of Kañciyabbe, who is thus illustrious, the son is Caṭṭa, a bee to Śiva’s two lotus-feet, devoted to saintly men, a treasure to cultured and agreeable men, a grindstone to dire sin.

(33) The description of the benefactor

XIX

An axe to that great mountain the potent Cōḷa, a lion to those elephants the Lālas, having forsooth the form of a submarine fire to all the oceans [consisting of] ways of fastnesses in the waters, mountains, and forests, he who cut off the head of Raṇakambha and Kakkala, a malign meteor portending destruction to foemen’s grim lands, an ornament of emperors, is the blest lord of monarchs Taila.

(36–39) When the victorious reign of – hail! – the assylum of the whole world, favourite of Fortune and Earth, great Emperor, supreme Lord, supreme Master, ornament of Satyāśraya’s race, embellishment of the Cāḷukyas, the Emperor strong arm Nūrmaḍi Tailapa-dēva, was advancing the course of successively increasing prosperity, (to endure) as long as moon, sun, and stars: –

(39) One who finds sustenance at his lotus feet —

XX

A son of prince Kaṇṭheyabhārada Nannapayya, a sword for arms skilled in defence of that lord of men the Emperor, destroying devices of foes, ornament of the Raṭṭa race, crushing the pride of other monarchs, a lord pure of fame, a treasure of discretion, is the elder son named king Kaṭṭa.

XXI

He is the exalted ruler of the circle of land of Kūṇḍi, a thunderbolt-stroke to the whole crowd of those mountains his adversaries, king Kaṭṭa, wearing the form of the Love-god on earth

(43–46) Hail! On Sunday, the new-moon day of Āśādha in the cyclic year Vikrama, the 902nd [year]of the Śaka era, on the occasion of an eclipse of the sun, Dhanagara Kañciyabbe, giving to the seigniors and the Thirty of Sōlu laud for an establishment, laved the feet of Tribhuvanasiṅgi Paṇḍita and granted 500 kamma for the supply of food to the ascetics observing austerities in the sanctuary of the god Suvarṇākṣi.

XXII

Out of this, one hundred kamma[…] shall be effectively applied in due manner for the personal enjoyment of the moon-bearer for as long as the moon, ocean, stars, and heavens endure.

XXIII

Verily a fruit leading to the salvation of […] most excellent holy men are these five hundred kamma: hence they, together with one dwelling-house, are immune from all conflicting claims.

XXIV

The estate of the almshouse situate to the south of the [quarter of the] barbers, east of the special estate of >Ākar Gāvuṇḍar, north of the field of Tēgūr […] on the west of […] [is as follows]

XXV

Those excellent men the chiefs of the Thirty of Sōl, having measured out by the span of forty-six […] as a special [estate] and caused it to be prepared, shall give six-hundred kamma.

XXVI

To the north of the roads by which one walks within the land between the [Quarters of the] Barbers and the Washerman, to the south of the God’s tank, is the buidong of the almshouse for the ascetics of the god.

XXVII

[…] in the multitude of their virtues the leading Thirty of Soval, they who are pure of body, valiant, supremely generous, trees of desire to dependents, shall preserve the pious foundation granted by the lady Kañcale, that treasure of bounty, as if it were… of their own estate so long as this earth and sun exist.

XXVIII

The priors of the establishment and the town jointly shall protect [the foundation], if princes do harm; if the town harm it, the prior of the establishment shall protect it; if the head of the establishment do harm, the Thirty shall protect it.

XXIX

For him who injures the pious foundation serving for the salvation of […] holy men which purifies the earth [there shall be] a state of misery ; for him who preserves it, a most exalted condition caused by the effect of his merit, a state of happiness, a condition of felicity, increase, and success, states of great reputation: these, these are inevitable O thou eminemt scholar Dēvana.

XXX

The great guilt of slaying a thousand kine, two thousand Brāmaṇs, [and] a crore of holy men will accrue to the deadly sinner who injures a […] pious foundation [established] by edict.

XXXI

On seeing how the Cāṇḍāla woman, having mixed dog’s flesh in a human skull and poured [over it] toddy, was covering it with a leather shoe at the time while cooking it, Indra questioned her [as to the reason for covering it]

XXXII

[She answered that her food was] unfit to eat, if touched by dust from the feet of the sinner who should have appropriated the estates of gods and Brāhmaṇs: hence are any more degraded than he who infringes a god’s estate?

XXXIII–XXXIV

…³

XXXV

So long as the earth, the ocean, the celestial mountain, the abode of the sky, the sun and moon exist, may this pious foundation, whereof the versified regulations have been composed by Kamaḷāditya, poet of edicts, continue in effect.

(67–68) For the almshouse, in which jointly the town and the prior of the establishment shall religiously maintain in operation this pious foundation, a Brāhmaṇ woman shall be the cook. Happiness! Great fortune!

Commentary

Bibliography

Primary

[B1921] Barnett, Lionel D. 1921–1922. “Sogal Inscription of the Reign of Taila II: Saka 902.” EI 16, pp. 1–9. Pages 1–9.

Notes

1. Barnett interprets, "May the god..." - "...welfare" as the second stanza. I have rendered it as prose as it does not fit into the metric scheme of kanda. The vere numbering is correspondingly offset to match the edition.
2. Barnett notes the double entendre of the word pugal -- both as the negative imperative of "to enter" and as the sound of the cuckoos
3. two common Sanskrit formulae

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<l n="a">ōm namastuṁga-śiraś-cuṁbi</l>

<l n="b">caṁdra-cāmara-cāravē <g type="danda">.</g></l>

<l n="c">trailōkya-nagarārambha</l>

<l n="d">mūla-sthaṁbhāya-<choice><orig>sa</orig><reg>śa</reg></choice>ṁbhavē</l></lg>

śrīmat-suvarnnākṣi-dēvara tīrtthadal’ iḻdu

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<lb n="4"/>śrīmad-anavarata-danujanarāmara-maṇi-makuṭa-taṭa-ghaṭita-pada-padmōddāma-yugaḷaṁ

<lb n="5"/>trilōka-svāmi suvarnnākṣi-dēvar īg’ emag’ oḷpa <g type="ddanda">.</g>

<l n="a">paṁkaja-ṣaṇḍadiṁd’ eseva neydala pūgo

<lb n="6" break="no"/>ḷadiṁ taḷirtta mā</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">viṁ kusumōditaṁ kosagu pādari nēṟil aśōka bāḷeye</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">ṁbaṁkada vri[vr̥i]kṣa-jātigaḷi

<lb n="7" break="no"/>n iṁcaradiṁ pugal-eṁba kōkilā</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">laṁ<choice><orig>kri</orig><reg>kr̥i</reg></choice>tadiṁde sāla-banaṁ oppuvud’ ī viṣayāṁtarāḷadoḷ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">Alliya

<lb n="8"/>nirjjharōdakadin oppuva tīrttham id’ ī jagakke peṁp'</l>

<l n="b">ellamanānta śaṁkara śayambhu suvarṇṇa-mahākṣi-dēva

<l n="c">dōllāsitāṁbujaṁgaḷane pūjipa bha<choice><orig>kti</orig><reg>kta</reg></choice>janakke mukti ta</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">ḷvillade kūḍugeṁdu poga<choice><orig>rdda</orig><reg>ḻda</reg></choice>ṁ kavitē<choice><orig>sa</orig><reg>śa</reg></choice>

<lb n="10"/>mada prabhaṁjana</l></lg>

<l n="a">puligaḷe dharmma śravaṅa</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">man ele miḍukade kēḷ<supplied reason="undefined">u</supplied>t’ irppuv’ ara giḷigaḷ nir</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">mmaḷa

<lb n="11"/>munipaś[r] ōduv’ odaṁ</l>

<l n="d">caḷav’ ād’ eḍey’ aṟidu pēdvu[ḷvu]v’ iruḷuṁ pagaluṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">vānara saṁhati dēva</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">snānaṁ māḍuva

<lb n="12" break="no"/>rrge gaddugeya nīraṁ san</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">mānade tand’ īvuv’ enal</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">k’ ān aṟiyeṁ pogaḷal avara tapad’ ugrateya <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">pāpi puga

<lb n="13"/>lu pugal ugrada</l>

<l n="b">kōpi pugalu pugal aśēṣa-dharmma-drōha</l>

<l n="c">vyāpāri pugal pugal end’</l>

<l n="d">ā porttuṁ kōkiḷaṁgaḷ u

<lb n="14"/>liguṁ banadoḷu <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">gaḷapuv’ ara-giḷiya ku</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">kiluva kaḷa-ham<choice><orig>śe</orig><reg>se</reg></choice>ya gāvarippa peṇ-<choice><orig>dhu</orig><reg>du</reg></choice>ṁbiya bā</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">vaḷisuva puruḷiya

<l n="d">gaḷa nagisuva ravame nagada nālkuṁ deseyoḷu<g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">nōḍa tanu muṭṭe siddhaṁ</l>

<l n="b">māḍuva selig’ ant’ aśēṣa-rasa

<lb n="16"/>mūḷikegaḷu</l>

<l n="c">kūḍugum amarēndratvaman</l>

<l n="d">ūḍuvar accharis<supplied reason="undefined">i</supplied>ya<supplied reason="undefined">r</supplied>kkaḷ ā muni-kuḷama<g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">Int’ enisuva siddha kṣēt</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">rāṁtara

<lb n="17"/>tīrtthakke mukhyan āśrita-sura-bhu</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">jaṁ tribhuvanasiṁha-munīn</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">draṁ tāpasa-gōtra vairi-kuḷa-gaja-siṁha<g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">nō

<lb n="18" break="no"/>ḍire rāghava dviṣaṇa nacchuva māli sumāli dānavar</l>

<l n="b">mmāḍida supratiṣ<choice><orig>ṭe</orig><reg>ṭhe</reg></choice>y adariṁnde suvarṇṇākṣi-dēvar eṁb’</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">īḍita

<lb n="19"/>nāmam ādudu sumāli pesar nagarkke rūḍiyoḷu</l>

<l n="d">kūḍidud’ endoḍē vogaḷva[ro] kūṇḍi-mahi-vaḷayāntaradoḷ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">mā

<lb n="20" break="no"/>li sumāli dvaya bhū</l>

<l n="b">pālar dēvargge sōlu-<num value="30">mūvattaṁ</num> sal</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">līleyoḷe biṭṭu sugati su</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">khālaya

<lb n="21" break="no"/>m ā trētēy-āṁtya kālade pokkar <g type="ddanda">.</g> </l></lg>

<l n="a">tapamaṁ māḍuva tāpasarkkaḷ aḷav all ōho tanu

<lb n="22" break="no"/>klēśaṁ emb’</l>

<l n="b">upasarggakk’ irad’ antu meyyan aṭavi śakhaṁgaḷaṁ tind umā</l>

<l n="c">dhīpanaṁ pūjisi mu

<lb n="23" break="no"/>ktiyoḷ dhareyal eṁd’irppaṁ suvarnnākṣi-dē</l>

<l n="d">va-pādām<choice><orig>bhōja</orig><reg>bōja</reg></choice>-śīlī-mukhābhan enipaṁ śrī gaṁgarā

<lb n="24" break="no"/><choice><orig>si</orig><reg>śi</reg></choice> vrati <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">avar’ upadēsada dharmmaṁ</l>

<l n="b">kivivuge nai<choice><orig>ṣṭi</orig><reg>ṣthi</reg></choice>ka tapōdhana brāhmaṇarggaṁ</l>

<l n="c">naviśēṣa dā

<lb n="25" break="no"/>namaṁ mā</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">ḍuvud’ uttama pakṣam eṁba san-matiyiṁda<g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">hara-caraṇābja-bhri[bhr̥]ṁgi kapaṭō

<lb n="26" break="no"/><choice><orig>dha</orig><reg>da</reg></choice>ya nirjjita nirmmalāṁgi bhā</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">suratara-mūrtti nirmmaḷina kīrtti dayā-parodāna-dharmma-ta

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">para-guṇa-yukte dēva-guru-bhakte sugōtra-pavitrey eṁdu vis</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">taradoḷe kīrtrikuṁ vasudhe santa

<lb n="28" break="no"/>tadiṁdame kaṁcikabbeya <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">mārājana beḷavāḍiya</l>

<l n="b">cāru guṇaṁ kariya kētimayyan a

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">tāra-guṅāṁbudhi dharmmada</l>

<l n="d">mēruvan ā kaṁcikabbeyaṁ pogaḷadar ār <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">para-hita-guṇa-caritada

<lb n="30"/>dhana</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">gara gōtrada kaṁcikabbe mātā-ratnaṁ </l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">dhareg’ eseva <choice><orig>dhā</orig><reg>dā</reg></choice>na-dharmmada</l>

<l n="d">pariṇatikeye piridu parama-māhēśva

<l n="a">śrīya-dvāra-yugaṁ lī</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">ḷāyata-karaṁ enipa sūrrya-kiraṇa-sthaṁbaṁ</l>

<l n="c">bhū-yuvatiyoḷage sale kaḷ</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes"><lb n="32" break="no"/>pāyuṣyaṁ nilkuṁ endoḍ’ ēn acchariyō <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">ene negaḻda kaṁcikabbeya</l>

<l n="b">ta<choice><orig>ne</orig><reg>na</reg></choice>yaṁ śiva-caraṇa-yugaḷa-kama

<lb n="33"/>ḷa bhramaraṁ</l>

<l n="c">muni-jana-bhaktaṁ śiṣṭēṣ</l>

<l n="d">ṭa nidhānaṁ caṭṭan ugra-pāpa-gharaṭṭa <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<ab>dātāra varṇane<g type="ddanda">.</g></ab>

<l n="a">baḷavaccōḷa

<lb n="34"/>mahī-dharēṁdra-kulīśaṁ lāḷēbha-paṁcānanaṁ</l>

<l n="b">jaḷa-bhū<choice><orig>bhri</orig><reg>bhr̥</reg></choice>d-vana-durgga-mārga-jaladhi-vrātakk’ elē bāḍa

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">naḷa-rūpaṁ raṇa-kambha-kakkala-śira-cchēdaṁ ripūgrāvani</l>

<l n="d">vilayōtpāta-vikētu cakri-ti

<lb n="36" break="no"/> ḷakaṁ śrī-taila-rājādhipaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

svasti samasta-bhuvanāśraya śrī-pri[pr̥]thvī-vallabha-mahārājadhirāja

<lb n="37"/>paramē<choice><orig>sva</orig><reg>śva</reg></choice>raṁ parama-bhaṭṭārakaṁ satyā<choice><orig>sra</orig><reg>śra</reg></choice>ya-kuḷa-tiḷakaṁ cāḷukyābharaṇaṁ śrī-bhuja-baḷa-cakrava

<lb n="38" break="no"/>rtti nūrmmaḍi-tailapa-dēva -vijaya-rājyaṁ uttarōttarābhi<choice><orig>vri</orig><reg>vr̥</reg></choice>ddhi-pravarddhamānam ā candrārkka-t<supplied reason="lost">ā</supplied>

<lb n="39" break="no"/>raṁ saluttam ire <g type="ddanda">.</g>

<ab>tat-pāda-padmōpajīvigaḷ <g type="ddanda">.</g></ab>

<l n="a">jana-pati-cakravartti pari-rakṣaṇa-dakṣa

<lb n="40"/>bhujāsi vairi-sā</l>

<l n="b">dhana-laya-kāri raṭṭa-kuḷa-bhūśaṇan anya-narēṁdra-darppa-bha</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">ṁjanan avadāta-kīrtti-vibhu

<lb n="41"/>kaṇtheyabhārada nannapayyar ā</l>

<l n="d">ṇana ta<choice><orig>ne</orig><reg>na</reg></choice>yaṁ vivēka-nidhi-katta-mahībhujan eṁba permmagaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">Ā

<lb n="42"/>taṁ kūṇḍi-mahī-vaḷa</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">yātiśayā<choice><orig>dhi</orig><reg>dhī</reg></choice>śvaraṁ virōdhi-mahībhr̥d</l>

<l n="c">vrāta-kuḷa-vajra-pātaṁ</l>

<l n="d">bhūtaḷadoḷe katta-bhū<supplied reason="lost">pa</supplied>

<lb n="43" break="no"/>n aṁgaja-rūpaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

svasti <choice><orig>sa</orig><reg>śa</reg></choice>ka varṣa 902neya vikrama-saṁvatsarad’ āṣā<choice><orig>ḍa</orig><reg>ḍha</reg></choice>d’ amāvāsyey’ ādivāra

<lb n="44"/>sūrrya-grahaṇa-nimittadoḷ manneyaruṁ sōla-mūvadiṁvarggaṁ dhanagara kaṁcikabbeya sthāna-bhū

<lb n="45" break="no"/>miyaṁ koṭṭu suvarnnākṣi-dēva-tīrtthadal tapaṁ geyva tapōdhanar āhāra-<choice><orig>dhā</orig><reg>dā</reg></choice>nakke tribhuvana-siṁgi-pa<supplied reason="lost">ṁdi</supplied>

<lb n="46" break="no"/>tara kālaṁ karcchi biṭṭa kamma 500 <g type="ddanda">.</g>

<l n="a">Avar’ oḷage caṁdra-dharanam</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">ga vibhōgakk’ eyde nūṟu kamma <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">bhavam āgi naḍevud’ ā caṁdr’</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">ā-vārddhi-tārā-gaṅaṁ divaṁ nilipinegaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">parama-munīśar pannir<gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">ktige salva phalaṁ ad’ aynūr kkammaṁ</l>

<l n="c">nirutam ene sarvva-bādha</l>

<l n="d">parihāram ad’ oṁdu mane-nivēśana-sahitaṁ</l></lg>

<l n="a">nāvida<choice><orig>rgge</orig><reg>rge</reg></choice> teṁkalākar</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">ggāvuṅḍara baḷake mūḍa tēgūra pola</l>

<l n="c">kkāvagade baḍaga</l>

<l n="d">pālvaḷa bhūv <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="2"/>

<lb n="50"/>paścimadoḷ irdda <choice><orig>śa</orig><reg>sa</reg></choice>trada <choice><orig>vri</orig><reg>vr̥</reg></choice>tti <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">uttama-puruṣar ssōl-mū</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">vattārkk adhipar vviśēṣam enisuva <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">vattāru gēnoḷ aḷed’ ā</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">yattaṁ enal’ māḍi koṭṭud’ āṟu-nūr-kkammaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">nāvidar asagara ma

<lb n="52"/>dhyada</l>

<l n="b">bhūmiye tān āge naḍeva bīdige baḍagal</l>

<l n="c">dēvaṁg’ ērige teṁkal</l>

<l n="d">dēva-tapō-dhanara <choice><orig>śa</orig><reg>sa</reg></choice>

Ā manege panneraḍu kayyi nīḷāmum eṁṭ’ agalamum akkuṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g>

<lb n="54"/>ḷamē guṇa-prakaradoḷ soval ādiya mūvad-iṁbar ā</l>

<l n="b">pāvana-mūrttigaḷ subhaṭar uttama dāniga<supplied reason="lost">ḷ ā</supplied>

<lb n="55" break="no"/>śritargge kaḷp</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">āvanijar ss<supplied reason="lost">u</supplied>dāna-nidhi kaṁcale-kāntēya biṭṭa dharmmamaṁ</l>

<l n="d">kāvudu tamma vr̥ittiya <gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="character"/>

<lb n="56"/>vol ā dhare nēsaṟ uḷḷinaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">sthānācāryyaruṁ ūruṁ</l>

<l n="b">bhūnātar kkiḍise kāvar ūr kkiḍisalk’ ā</l>

<l n="c"><supplied reason="lost">sthānā</supplied>

<lb n="57" break="no"/>cāryyaṁ kāvaṁ</l>

<l n="d">sthānēśaṁ kiḍise mūvad-iṁbar kkāvaru <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">bhūtaḷa-pūtaṁ appa muni n<supplied reason="lost">āthara</supplied> mu

<lb n="58" break="no"/>ktige salva dharmmamaṁ</l>

<l n="b">ghātisidaṁge durggati-padaṁ pratipālisidoṁge puṅya bandh</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">ātiśayāspadaṁ

<lb n="59"/>sukha-padaṁ śubha-vr̥iddhi-jayāspadaṁ mahā</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">khyāti-padaṁgaḷ emb’ iv’ ivu tappavu dēvana paṇḍit<supplied reason="lost">ā</supplied>

<lb n="60" break="no"/> graṇi <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">sāsira pasuvaṁ dvijar ir</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">cchāsiramaṁ kōṭi munigaḷaṁ koṁda mahā</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">dōṣaṁ porddugum <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/></l>

<lb n="61"/>va <choice><orig>sā</orig><reg>śā</reg></choice>sana dharmmamane kiḍipa mā-pātakanaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">mēḷisi nāy aḍagaṁ caṁ</l>

<l n="b" enjamb="yes">daḷe kapāḷadoḷe kaḷḷan eṟed aḍu

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">kāḷade kerppiṁ mucche sa</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">māḷōkadoḷ iṁdran ākeyaṁ besa goṇḍaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">dēvasvaṁ brahmasvaman</l>

<lb n="63"/>nda pātakana pāda-rājaṁ</l>

<l n="c">bhāvisal abhōjyam enal’ ā</l>

<l n="d">dēvasvaman aḷivaniṁ ni<choice><orig>kri</orig><reg>kr̥i</reg></choice>ṣarum oḷarē <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">na <choice><orig>viṣaṁ</orig><reg>viṣa</reg></choice>

<lb n="64"/>m ityāhu<orig>ḥ</orig><reg>r</reg></l>

<l n="b">dēvasvaṁ viṣam uchyate</l>

<l n="c">viṣaṁ ēkākinaṁ hanti</l>

<l n="d">dēvasvaṁ putra-pau<choice><orig>tri</orig><reg>tra</reg></choice>kaṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a">svadatt<supplied reason="omitted">ā</supplied>ṁ pa

<lb n="65"/>radatt<supplied reason="omitted">ā</supplied>ṁ vā</l>

<l n="b">yō harēti vasundharā<supplied reason="undefined">ṁ</supplied></l>

<l n="c">ṣaṣṭir-vvarṣa-saha<choice><orig>śrā</orig><reg>srā</reg></choice>ṇi</l>

<l n="d">vi<choice><orig>ṣṭā</orig><reg>ṣṭhā</reg></choice>yāṁ jāyate krimi<supplied reason="omitted">ḥ</supplied> <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<l n="a"><lb n="66"/>bhuvanaṁ vananidhi suragiri</l>

<l n="b">diva-kuḷaṁ ina caṁdrar uḷḷinaṁ idud’ ud</l>

<l n="c" enjamb="yes">bhavaṁ āgi naḍege

<lb n="67"/>śāsana</l>

<l n="d" enjamb="yes">kavi kamalāditya racita kāvyādē<choice><orig>ṣa</orig><reg>śa</reg></choice>ṁ <g type="ddanda">.</g></l></lg>

<choice><orig>I</orig><reg>Ī</reg></choice> dhrarmmaman ūruṁ sthānācāryya

<lb n="68"/>nuṁ kūḍi svadharmmadiṁ naḍeyisuva satrakke brāhmaṅiy’ aḍuvaḷ <g type="ddanda">.</g> maṁgaḷa mahā-srī <g type="ddanda">.</g>

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Homage to Śambhu beauteous with the yak-tail fan that is the moon kissing his lofty head, the foundation-column for the beginning of the city of the triple world.

Being in the sanctuary of the blessed god Suvarṇākṣi<gap reason="illegible"/>May the god Suvarṇākṣi, lord of the three worlds,

whose wondrous pair of blest lotus-feet is ceaselessly touched by the edges of jewelled diadems of demons, mortals, and celestials, grant us welfare!<note resp="part:sagu">Barnett interprets, "May the god..." - "...welfare"

as the second stanza. I have rendered it as prose as it does not fit into the metric scheme of kanda. The vere numbering is correspondingly offset to match the edition.</note>

In this region of the land there is a forest of <foreign>sal</foreign>-trees resplendent with masses of lotuses, with flowering lakes of water-lilies,

with budding mangoes, with blossom-bearing kinds of trees named <foreign>kosagu</foreign>, trumpet-flower, <foreign>nēṟil</foreign>, <foreign>aśōka</foreign>, and plantain,

with an embellishment <supplied reason="subaudible">consisting</supplied>of cuckoos crying in sweet strains <foreign>pugal</foreign>

The sanctuary there, bright with cascades of water, shall procure without delay salvation for votaries worshipping the brilliant lotuses of the feet of the god

Śaṅkara-Svayambhu-Suvarṇamahākṣi, who bears all distinction in this world: thus has one who is a shattered of the conceit of kings of poets praised it.

Tigers listen to the preaching of religion without the stirring of a leaf; rose-ringed parrakeets, knowing the chants recited

by the stainless holy men because of their constant utterance, sing them by night and by day.

A flock of apes fetches with due honour water of aspersions(?) for those who are bathing the god: hence I know not how to praise

<supplied reason="subaudible">worthily</supplied> the severity of their mortification of the flesh.

All the day the cuckoos cry in the woods: “sinner, enter not <foreign>pugal</foreign>; man of fierce wrath, enter not, <foreign>pugal</foreign>; thou who breakest all duties,

enter not, <foreign>pugal</foreign>.”<note resp="part:sagu">Barnett notes the double entendre of the word pugal -- both as the negative imperative of "to enter" and as the sound of the cuckoos</note>

At the four sides of the mount there is a clamour, shaking the hills of chattering rose-ringed parakeets, of shrilling singing-swans, of murmuring female bees, of madding parrots

Look, all the sapful herbs, like wand giving magical powers on touching the body, bestow the state of a King of Gods; heavenly nymphs feed this family of holy men.

The chief man at the sanctuary within the adepts’ domain which is thus described, a celestial tree to dependents, is the great saint, <persName>Tribhuvanasiṁha</persName>,

a lion to those elephants the families of foes of the tribes of ascetics.

There was a goodly consecration when the <foreign>dānavas</foreign>, <persName>Māli</persName>, <persName>Sumāli</persName>, who on seeing him became attached to Rāghava’s foe, made it;

thence arise the adored name of the god Suvarṇamahākṣi. <persName>Sumāli’s</persName> name came to the currently attached to the town.

On this account how do they praise it within the bounds of the surrounding land of <placeName>Kūṇḍi</placeName>.

The two kings <persName>Māli</persName> and <persName>Sumāli</persName>, giving to the god the Thirty of Sōlu in noble freedom, went to the abode of bliss in the last period of the <foreign>Trētā</foreign> Age

Is there not power in ascetics who observe austerities! bravo! Bearing the body without being subject to the invoncenience of physical pain, feeding on the branches of the wilderness, worshipping Umās’s Lord,

abiding in salvation while nominally on earth, like a bee at the lotus-feet of the god Suvarṇākṣi is that ascetic the blessed <persName>Gaṅgarāsi</persName>.

The doctrine of his teaching having entered her ear, with the good thought that the noblest course is to give general largesse to devotees, ascetics, and Brāhmaṇs,--

A bee to Hara’s lotus-feet, free from the influences of deceit, faultless of body, most brilliant in form, stainless in fame, gracious, inspired by religious charity,

devoted to gods and preceptors, purifying her good <foreign>gotra</foreign>; in these terms the earth abundantly praises at all times <persName>Kañcikabbe</persName>.

She is <supplied reason="subaudible">the wife</supplied> of the amiable <persName>Kētimayya</persName>, <persName>Kari’s</persName> son, of <placeName>Mārājana-Belavadi</placeName>; an ocean of abounding virtues,

a <foreign>Mēru</foreign> of godliness, who are there that do not praise this <persName>Kañcikabbe</persName>?

<persName>Kañciyabbe</persName> of the <foreign>Dhanagas’ gōtra</foreign>, who practices the virtue of beneficence, a gem of matrons, by the perfection of her eminent religious charities

is verily one of the highest order of <foreign>Mahēśvaras</foreign> on earth

A double door of Fortune, a column for the Sun’s beams, where his rays are freely diffused, it shall indeed abide within the lady Earth for the length of the aeon: therefore what a marvel it is!

Of <persName>Kañciyabbe</persName>, who is thus illustrious, the son is <persName>Caṭṭa</persName>, a bee to Śiva’s two lotus-feet, devoted to saintly men,

a treasure to cultured and agreeable men, a grindstone to dire sin.

The description of the benefactor

An axe to that great mountain the potent Cōḷa, a lion to those elephants the Lālas, having forsooth the form of a submarine fire to all the oceans <supplied reason="subaudible">consisting of</supplied>

ways of fastnesses in the waters, mountains, and forests, he who cut off the head of <persName>Raṇakambha</persName> and <persName>Kakkala</persName>,

a malign meteor portending destruction to foemen’s grim lands, an ornament of emperors, is the blest lord of monarchs <persName>Taila</persName>.

When the victorious reign of – hail! – the assylum of the whole world, favourite of Fortune and Earth, great Emperor, supreme Lord, supreme Master, ornament of <persName>Satyāśraya</persName>’s race, embellishment of the Cāḷukyas,

the Emperor strong arm Nūrmaḍi Tailapa-dēva, was advancing the course of successively increasing prosperity, (to endure) as long as moon, sun, and stars: –

One who finds sustenance at his lotus feet —

A son of prince <persName>Kaṇṭheyabhārada Nannapayya</persName>, a sword for arms skilled in defence of that lord of men the Emperor, destroying devices of foes, ornament of the Raṭṭa race, crushing the pride of other monarchs,

a lord pure of fame, a treasure of discretion, is the elder son named king <persName>Kaṭṭa</persName>.

He is the exalted ruler of the circle of land of <placeName>Kūṇḍi</placeName>, a thunderbolt-stroke to the whole crowd of those mountains his adversaries, king <persName>Kaṭṭa</persName>,

wearing the form of the Love-god on earth

Hail! On Sunday, the new-moon day of Āśādha in the cyclic year Vikrama, the 902nd <supplied reason="subaudible">year</supplied>of the Śaka era, on the occasion of an eclipse of the sun, <persName>Dhanagara Kañciyabbe</persName>,

giving to the seigniors and the Thirty of Sōlu laud for an establishment, laved the feet of <persName>Tribhuvanasiṅgi Paṇḍita</persName> and granted 500 kamma for the supply of food to the ascetics observing austerities in the sanctuary of the god Suvarṇākṣi.

Out of this, one hundred <foreign>kamma</foreign><gap reason="illegible"/> shall be effectively applied in due manner for the personal enjoyment of the moon-bearer for as long as the moon, ocean, stars, and heavens endure.

Verily a fruit leading to the salvation of <gap reason="illegible"/> most excellent holy men are these five hundred <foreign>kamma</foreign>: hence they, together with one dwelling-house, are immune from all conflicting claims.

The estate of the almshouse situate to the south of the <supplied reason="subaudible">quarter of the</supplied> barbers, east of the special estate of <persName>>Ākar Gāvuṇḍar</persName>, north of the field of

<placeName>Tēgūr</placeName> <gap reason="illegible"/> on the west of <gap reason="illegible"/> <supplied reason="subaudible">is as follows</supplied>

Those excellent men the chiefs of the Thirty of <placeName>Sōl</placeName>, having measured out by the span of forty-six <gap reason="illegible"/> as a special <supplied reason="subaudible">estate</supplied>

and caused it to be prepared, shall give six-hundred <foreign>kamma</foreign>.

To the north of the roads by which one walks within the land between the <supplied reason="subaudible">Quarters of the</supplied> Barbers and the Washerman, to the south of the God’s tank,

is the buidong of the almshouse for the ascetics of the god.

<gap reason="illegible"/> in the multitude of their virtues the leading Thirty of Soval, they who are pure of body, valiant, supremely generous, trees of desire to dependents, shall preserve the pious foundation

granted by the lady Kañcale, that treasure of bounty, as if it were… of their own estate so long as this earth and sun exist.

The priors of the establishment and the town jointly shall protect <supplied reason="subaudible">the foundation</supplied>, if princes do harm; if the town harm it, the prior of the establishment shall protect it;

if the head of the establishment do harm, the Thirty shall protect it.

For him who injures the pious foundation serving for the salvation of <gap reason="illegible"/> holy men which purifies the earth <supplied reason="subaudible">there shall be</supplied> a state of misery ; for him who preserves it,

a most exalted condition caused by the effect of his merit, a state of happiness, a condition of felicity, increase, and success, states of great reputation: these, these are inevitable O thou eminemt scholar <persName>Dēvana</persName>.

The great guilt of slaying a thousand kine, two thousand <foreign>Brāmaṇs</foreign>, <supplied reason="subaudible">and</supplied> a crore of holy men will accrue to the deadly sinner who injures a

<gap reason="illegible"/> pious foundation <supplied reason="subaudible">established</supplied> by edict.

On seeing how the <foreign>Cāṇḍāla</foreign> woman, having mixed dog’s flesh in a human skull and poured <supplied reason="subaudible">over it</supplied> toddy, was covering it with a leather shoe at the time while cooking it,

Indra questioned her <supplied reason="subaudible">as to the reason for covering it</supplied>

<supplied reason="subaudible">She answered that her food was</supplied> unfit to eat, if touched by dust from the feet of the sinner who should have appropriated the estates of gods and <foreign>Brāhmaṇs</foreign>:

hence are any more degraded than he who infringes a god’s estate?

<gap reason="ellipsis"/><note>two common Sanskrit formulae</note>

So long as the earth, the ocean, the celestial mountain, the abode of the sky, the sun and moon exist, may this pious foundation, whereof the versified regulations have been composed by <persName>Kamaḷāditya</persName>,

poet of edicts, continue in effect.

For the almshouse, in which jointly the town and the prior of the establishment shall religiously maintain in operation this pious foundation, a <foreign>Brāhmaṇ</foreign> woman shall be the cook. Happiness! Great fortune!

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