Valabhipur plates of Dharasena IV, [Valabhī] year 326, Āṣāḍha śu. 10

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⟨1⟩ svasti valabhītaḥ prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasampannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāraśatalabdhapra-

⟨2⟩ tāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāhe-

⟨3⟩ śvara{}śrībhaṭārkkād avyavacchinnarājavaṅśān mātāpitr̥caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabā-

⟨4⟩ hur eva samadaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāś¿ī?tasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakha-

⟨5⟩ raśmisaṅhatiḥ sakalasmr̥tipraṇītam¿a?rggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayarañjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāmbhīryya-

⟨6⟩ buddhisampadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkā{d}drirājodadhitridaśagurudhaneśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstā-

⟨7⟩ śeṣasvakāryyaphala prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇayihr̥dayaḫ p¿a?dacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramoda

⟨8⟩ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayi-

⟨9⟩ śatasahas¿(p)?opajīvyamānasampad rūpalobhād ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigāmikair gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitā-

⟨10⟩ kh¿a?ladhanu(rddha)raḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālay¿a?tā dharmmadāyānām ap¿a?karttā prajopaghātakāriṇām upaplavā-

⟨11⟩ d¿i?rśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya sa¿(b)?hatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavimalapārtthiva-

⟨12⟩ śrī() paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānudhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagra-

⟨13⟩ di¿rm?maṇḍalaḥ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgrady¿ū?tibhāsuratarānsap¿i?ṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvva-

⟨14⟩ vidyāparā¿v?aravibhāgādhigamavimalamatir api sarvvatas subh¿a?¿a?talavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādha-

⟨15⟩ gāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigato-

⟨16⟩ dagrakīrttir ddharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasampadupasevānirūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyan¿a?mā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlā-

⟨17⟩ dityas tasy¿a?nujas tatpādānudhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇāty¿a?daravatā samabhilaṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī ska¿d?dh¿a?sakt¿a?

⟨18⟩ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsampādanaikarasatayaivodvahan khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabh¿a?vasa{}mpadvaś¿i?-

⟨19⟩ kr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ek¿a? pari-

⟨20⟩ tyajya prakhyātapauruṣābhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavipulaguṇasaṅhati

⟨21⟩ prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nn¿i?cajanādhirohibhir aś¿a?ṣair ddoṣair anāmr̥ṣṭātyu¿t?natahr̥dayaḥ prakhy¿a?tapauru¿ma?stra-

⟨22⟩ kauśalātiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipatilakṣmīsvayagrahaprakāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhigama paramam¿a?h(e)śvara()

⟨23⟩ śrīkharagrahas tasya tanayas tatp¿a?dānudhyātaḥ sakalavidy¿a?dhigamavihitanikhilavidvajjanamanaḥparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasa-

⟨24⟩ mpad¿a? ty¿a?gaud¿a?ryyeṇa ca vigatānusandh¿a?nāśamāhit¿a?rātipakṣamanorath¿a?kṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣit¿a?nekaś¿a?strakal¿a?lokacari-

⟨25⟩ tagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinaya¿g?obhāvibhūṣaṇ¿e?ḥ samaraśatajayapatākāharaṇapratya¡l!odagra-

⟨26⟩ bāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna sakalanr̥pati-

⟨27⟩ maṇḍalābhinanditaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasyānujaḥ tatpādānudhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayita-

⟨28⟩ sakalapūrvvanarapa[ti]r atidussādhānām api prasādhayitā viṣayāṇ¿a?ṁ mūrttimān iva puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddha-

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⟨29⟩ guṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibhir mmanur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāntimān ni-

⟨30⟩ rvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaẖ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigantarālapradhvansitadhvāntar¿a?śis satatoditas sa-

⟨31⟩ vitā prakr̥tibhyaḫ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ vidadhānaḥ sandhivigraha-

⟨32⟩ samāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajanitasaṁskāras sādhūnā() rājyasālāturīyatantrayor u-

⟨33⟩ bhayor a¿s?i niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇā(m)r̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy aga(r)vvitaḥ kānto pi praśam¿a? sthirasauhr̥dayyo pi nira-

⟨34⟩ sitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā parama-

⟨35⟩ (h)eśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatp(ā)dakamalapraṇāmadharaṇikaṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva

⟨36⟩ śravaṇanihitamauktikālaṅkāravibhramāmalaśrutaviśeṣaḥ pradānasalilakṣālitāgrahastāravindaḥ kanyāyā Iva mr̥dukaragra-

⟨37⟩ haṇād amandīkr̥tānandavidhir vvasundh¿u?rāy(ā)ḥ kārmuke dhanurvveda Iva saṁ{m}bhāvitāśeṣalakṣyakalāpaḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅga-

⟨38⟩ dhr̥tacūḍāratnāyamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīAjjakapādānudhyātaḥ

⟨39⟩ śrīdharasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva yathāsambadhyamānakān samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanāya

⟨40⟩ s¿ī?ṅhapuravinirggatakikkaḍāputragrāmanivāsisiṅhapuracāturvvidyasāmānyabharadvājasagotrachandogasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇagu-

⟨41⟩ hāḍhyaputrabrāhmaṇārjunāya surāṣṭreṣu kālāpakapathakāntarggatakikaṭāputragrāmoparipāṭakaśarkkarāpadrake dakṣiṇasīmni ṣa-

⟨42⟩ ṭpañcāśatpādāvarttaparimāṇaṁ kṣetrakhaṇḍaṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ viṇhalasatkavāpī {d}dakṣiṇataḥ vattakasatkakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ

⟨43⟩ kuṭumbivi()halasatkakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ brāhmaṇaṣa()ṭhibhavasatkakṣetraṁ tathā siṅhapuravinirggatasiṅhapuracāturvidyasāmānyakikkaḍā-

⟨44⟩ putra¿t?rāmanivāsibharadvājasagotrachandogasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇaguhāḍhyaputrabrāhmaṇamaṅkasvāmine surāṣṭreṣu kālāpakapa-

⟨45⟩ tha¿r?āntarggatakikkaṭāputragrāme Aparasīmni ṣo¿?aśapādāvarttaparisarā vāpī yasy(ā) Āghāṭanāni pūrvvataś catrasatkavā{p}p¿i? da¿p?iṇato pa-

⟨46⟩ rataś ca kuṭumbicandrasatkakṣetraṁ Uttarataḥ mahattaradāsakasatkakṣetraṁ tathā kikkaṭāputragrāmoparip¿a?ṭakaśarkkarāpadrakagrāme A-

⟨47⟩ parasīmni Aṣṭāviṅśatipādāvarttaparimāṇaṁ kṣetrakhaṇḍaṁ yasyāghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ kuṭumbibappasthavirakasatkakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ (A)śvinika-

⟨48⟩ putragrāmīṇakuṭumbivarāhasatkakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ Aśviniputrakabappa(ṭi/ja?)yakasatkakṣetraṁ Uttarato brahmadeyikabhāgiyakasatkakṣetraṁ tathā

⟨49⟩ caturddaśapādāvarttaparimāṇaṁ kṣetrakhaṇḍaṁ yasyāghāṭanāni p¿u?rvvataḥ bappasthavirakakṣetra{}m Eva dakṣiṇataḥ kuṭumbīśvarakṣetraṁ Aparataḥ bappa()iya-

⟨50⟩ kakṣetram ¿a?va Uttarataḥ brahmadeyikabārilakakṣetraṁ tathā ṣaṭ pattakāḥ yeṣām ¿a?ghāṭanāni pūrvvataḥ vi(ñcha)yakakṣetraṁ dakṣiṇataḥ kuṭumb¿i?śvarakṣetram eva

⟨51⟩ Aparataḥ kaśvarakṣetram eva Uttarataḥ paṭānakagrāmasīmā Evam etad viṅśatyuttarapādāvarttaśata{}pramāṇaṁ vāpīkṣetraṁ sodraṅgaṁ soparikaraṁ sa-

⟨52⟩ bhūtavātapratyāyaṁ sadhānyahiraṇyādeyaṁ sadaśāparādhaṁ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaṁ sarvvarājak¿i?yānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīya pūrvvaprattadeva-

⟨53⟩ brahmadāyara(hi)taṁ bhū(micch)idranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaṁ putrapautrānvayabhogyaṁ Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭa()

⟨54⟩ (ya)to (s)yocitayā (b)brahmad(e)yasthityā bhuñjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pradiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā

⟨55⟩ Anityāny aiśva(r)yy(ā)ṇy asthira() m(ān)uṣya() sāmānyañ ca bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripālayitavyaś cety uktañ ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rāja-

⟨56⟩ bhi sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yad¿a? bhūmis (t)asya tasya tadā ¿p?ala yānīha dāridryabhay¿a?n narendrair ddhanāni dharmm(ā)y¿ā?tanīkr̥tāni ni(r)bhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma s(ā)-

⟨57⟩ dhuḥ punar ¿a?dadīta ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasr(āṇi) svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumant¿a? ca tāny eva narake vased iti dūtako tra rājaputradhruvasenaḥ likhitam idaṁ

⟨58⟩ sa{}ndhivigrahādhik¿re?tadivirapativatrabha(ṭṭi)putradivirapatiskandabhaṭena saṁ 300 20 6 Āṣāḍha śu 10 svahasto mama

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First edited by Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (Bhandarkar [1875] 1871–1874). First translated also by R. G. Bhandarkar (Bhandarkar 1872). Re-edited by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of estampages.

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[RGB1] Bhandarkar, Ramakrishna Gopal. [1875] 1871–1874. “A Devanāgari transcript and date of a new Valabhi copperplate, and a new interpretation of the figured dates of the published grants of the Valabhī dynasty.” JBBRAS 10, pp. 66–80.

[RGB2] Bhandarkar, Ramakrishna Gopal. 1872. “A Tāmba Patra or ancient copper-plate grant from Kāṭhiāwāḍ.” IA 1, pp. 14–18.