Peḍhapadra grant of Dhruvasena III, [Valabhī] year 333, Bhādrapada ba. 10

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⟨1⟩ svasti vijayaskandhāvārāT (khe)ṭakavāsakāT prasabhapraṇatāmitrāṇāṁ maitrakāṇām atulabalasaṁpannamaṇḍalābhogasaṁsaktaprahāra-

⟨2⟩ śatalabdhapratāpāt pratāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgād anuraktamaulabhr̥taśreṇībalāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvara{}-

⟨3⟩ śrībhaṭārkkād avyavacch(i)nnarājavaṅśān mātāpit¿ri?caraṇāravindapraṇatipravidhautāśeṣa{}kalmaṣaḥ śaiśavāt prabhr̥ti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva sa-

⟨4⟩ madaparagajaghaṭāsphoṭanaprakāśitasatvanikaṣaḥ tatprabhāvapraṇatārāticūḍāratnaprabhāsaṁsaktapādanakharaśm¿ī?saṁhatiḥ sakalasmr̥tipra-

⟨5⟩ ṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhr̥dayaraṁjanānvarttharājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyyagāmbhīryyabuddhisaṁpadbhiḥ smaraśaśāṅkādrirājodadhitridaśagurudha-

⟨6⟩ neśān atiśayānaḥ śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā tr̥ṇavadapāstāśeṣasvakāryyaphala prārtthanādhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhr̥tpraṇa-

⟨7⟩ yihr̥dayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramodaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīguhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasaṁtāna(vi)-

⟨8⟩ sr̥tajāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasropajīvyamānasaṁpad rūpalobh¿o?d ivāśritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigām¿a?kai-

⟨9⟩ r gguṇais sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpitākhiladhanurddharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisr̥ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apāk¿ā?rttā prajo-

⟨10⟩ paghātakāriṇām upaplavānāṁ darśayitā śrīsarasvatyor ekādhivāsasya saṁhatārātipakṣalakṣmīparibhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṁprāptavi-

⟨11⟩ malapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasamudayasthagitasamagradiṅmaṇḍa-

⟨12⟩ laḥ samaraśatavijayaśobhāsanāthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhāsuratarāsapīṭhodūḍhagurumanorathamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāpar¿a?paravibhāgādhigama-

⟨13⟩ vimalamatir api sarvvataḥ subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaparitoṣaḥ samagralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahr̥dayo pi sucaritātiśayasuvyakta-

⟨14⟩ paramakaly¿o?ṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakr̥tayuganr̥patipathaviśodhanādhigatodagrakīrtt(i)ḥ dharmmānuparodhojjvalatarīkr̥tārtthasukhasaṁpad¿ū?pasevāni-

⟨15⟩ rūḍhadharmmādityadvitīyan¿a?mā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīśīlādityas tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ svayam upendraguruṇeva guruṇātyādaravatā samabhilaṣa-

⟨16⟩ ṇīyām api rājalakṣmīṁ skandhāsaktāṁ paramabhadra Iva dhuryyas tadājñāsaṁpādanaikarasatayaivodvahaN khedasukharatibhyām anāyāsitasatvasaṁpattiḥ prabhāva-

⟨17⟩ saṁpadvaśīkr̥tanr̥patiśataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho pi parāvajñābhimānarasānāliṅgitamanovr̥ttiḥ praṇatim ekāṁ parityajya prakhyātapauruṣā-

⟨18⟩ bhimānair apy arātibhir anāsāditapratikriyopāyaḥ kr̥tanikhilabhuvanāmodavimala¿ś?uṇasaṁhati prasabhavighaṭitasakalakalivilasitagatir nnī-

⟨19⟩ cajanādhirohibhir aśeṣair ddoṣair an¿a?mr̥ṣṭātyunnatahr̥dayaḥ prakhyātapauruṣāstrakauśal¿a?tiśayagaṇatithavipakṣakṣitipat(i)lakṣmīsvayaṁgrāhapra-

⟨20⟩ kāśitapravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṁkhyādhi(ga)ma paramamāheśva¿k?aḥ śrīkharagrahaḥ tasya (ta)nayas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ sakalavidyādhigamavihitanikhila-

⟨21⟩ vidvajjanamanaḫparitoṣātiśayaḥ satvasaṁpadā tyāgaudāryyeṇa ca vigatānusandhānāśamāhitārātipakṣamanorathākṣabhaṅgaḥ samyagupalakṣi-

⟨22⟩ tānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibhāgo pi paramabhadraprakr̥tir akr̥trimapraśrayavinayaśobhāvibhūṣaṇaḥ samaraśatajayapatākāha-

⟨23⟩ raṇapratya¡l!odagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilapratipakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhanuḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimāna sakalanr̥patimaṇḍalābhinaṁdita-

⟨24⟩ śāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdharasenaḥ tasyānujas tatpādānuddhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayitasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidussādhānām a(pi)

⟨25⟩ prasādhayitā viṣayāṇāṁ mūrttimān iv¿? puruṣakāraḥ parivr̥ddhaguṇānurāganirbbharacittavr̥ttibhir m¿r?anur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ pra-

⟨26⟩ kr̥tibhir adhigatakalākalāpaḥ kāṁtimān nirvr̥tihetur akalaṅkaḥ kumudanāthaḥ prājyapratāpasthagitadigaṁtarālapradhvaṁsita-

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⟨27⟩ dhvāntarāśiḥ satatoditaḥ savitā prakr̥tibhyaḥ paraṁ pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandham āgamaparipūrṇṇaṁ

⟨28⟩ ¿p?idadhānas sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthān¿a? nurūpam ādeśaṁ dadad guṇavr̥ddhividhānajani(ta)saṁskāraḥ sādhūnāṁ rājyasā-

⟨29⟩ lātur(ī)yatantrayor ubhayor api niṣṇātaḥ prakr̥ṣṭavikramo pi karuṇāmr̥duhr̥dayaḥ śrutavān apy agarvvitaḥ kānto pi praśamī sthira-

⟨30⟩ sauhr̥dayyo pi nirasitā doṣavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparipihitabhuvanasamartthitaprathitabālādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāhe-

⟨31⟩ śvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenas tasya sutas tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇikaṣaṇajanitakiṇalāñchanalalāṭacandraśakalaḥ śiśubhāva Eva śravaṇanihitamauktik¿a?laṅkāravibhramāmalaśruta-

⟨32⟩ viśeṣaḥ prad¿a?nasalilakṣālitāgrahastāravinda kanyāyā Iva mr̥dukaragrahaṇād amandīkr̥tānandavidhir vvasundharāyāḥ kārmmuke dhanurvveda Iva sabhāvitāśeṣalakṣya-

⟨33⟩ kalāpaḥ praṇatasāmantamaṇḍalottamāṅgadhr̥tacūḍāratnāyamānaśāsanaḥ paramamāheśvaraḫ paramabhaṭṭārakamahārājādhirājaparameśvaracakravarttiśrīdharasenas ta-

⟨34⟩ ¿p?pitāmahabhrātr̥śrīśīlādityasya śārṅgapāṇer i¿ma?ṅgajanmano bhaktibandhurāvayavakalpitapraṇater atidhavalayā dūraṁ tatpādāravindapravr̥ttayā nakhamaṇi-

⟨35⟩ rucā mandākinyeva nityam amalitottamāṅgadeśasyāgastyasy¿a?va rājarṣer dd¿o?kṣiṇyam ātanvānasya prabaladhavalimnā yaśasāṁ valayena maṇḍitakakubhā nabhasi

⟨36⟩ yāminīpater vviḍamb¿a?tākhaṇḍapariveṣamaṇḍalasya payodaśyāmaśikharacūcukarucirasahyavindhyastanayugāyāḥ kṣiteḫ patyuḥ śrīḍerabhaṭasyāṅgajaḥ kṣitipa-

⟨37⟩ saṁhater anurāgiṇyāḥ śuciyaśoṅśukabhr̥taḥ svayaṁvaramālām iva rājyaśriyam arppayantyāẖ kr̥taparigrahaḥ śauryyam apratihatavyāpāram ānamitapra-

⟨38⟩ caṇḍaripumaṇḍala() maṇḍalāgram ivāvalambamānaḥ śaradi prasabham ākr̥ṣṭaśilīmukhabāṇāsanāpāditaprasādhanānāṁ parabhuvāṁ vidhivad ācaritakaragraha-

⟨39⟩ ṇaḥ pūrvvam eva vividhavarṇṇojjvalena śrutātiśayenodbhāsitaśravaṇaḥ punaḫ punar ukteneva ratnālaṅkāreṇālaṅkr̥taśrotraḥ parisphuratkaṭakavikaṭakīṭapakṣa-

⟨40⟩ ratnakiraṇam avicchinnapradānasalilanivahāvasekavilasannavaśaivalāṅkuram ivāgrapāṇim udvahaN dhr̥taviśālaratnavalayajaladhivelātaṭāyamānabhu-

⟨41⟩ japariṣvaktaviśvaṁbharaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīdhruvasenaẖ kuśalī sarvvān eva samājñāpayaty astu vas saṁviditaṁ yathā mayā mātāpitroḫ puṇyāpyāyanā-

⟨42⟩ ya padumādhiṣṭhānavinirggatakaṇḍūlakavāstavyatattraividyasāmānyavasiṣṭhasagotramaitrāyāṇikasabrahmacāribrāhmaṇanandidevapu-

⟨43⟩ trabrāhmaṇabhadrāya surāṣṭreṣu (dakyāĀmrareṇu)sthalyāṁ peḍhapadragrāmaḥ sodraṅgaḥ soparikaraḥ sabhūtavātapratyāyaḥ sadhānya-

⟨44⟩ hiraṇyādeyaḥ sadaśāparādhaḥ sotpadyamānaviṣṭikaḥ sarvvarājakīyānām ahastaprakṣepaṇīyaḥ pūrvvaprattadevabrahmadeyarahitaḥ

⟨45⟩ bhūmicchidranyāyenācandrārkkārṇṇavakṣitisaritparvvatasamakālīnaḥ putrapautrānvayaparibhogya Udakātisarggeṇa dharmmadāyo nisr̥ṣṭaḥ

⟨46⟩ yato syocitayā brahmadeyā¿ś?rāhārasthityā bhuṁjataḥ kr̥ṣataḥ karṣayataḥ pratidiśato vā na kaiścid vyāsedhe varttitavyam āgāmibhadranr̥-

⟨47⟩ patibhir apy asmadvaṅśajair anyair vvā Anityāny aiśvaryyāṇy asthiraṁ mānuṣyaṁ sāmānya(ñ ca) bhūmidānaphalam avagacchadbhir ayam asmaddāyo numantavyaḥ paripā-

⟨48⟩ layitavya{}ś cety uktañ ca bahubhir vvasudhā bhuktā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ yānīha dāridryabhayān narendrair ddhanāni {d}dharmmāyata-

⟨49⟩ nīkr̥tāni nirbbhuktamālyapratimāni tāni ko nāma sādhuḫ punar ādadīta | ṣaṣṭiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumantā ca tāny eva narake vaseT dūtako tra pramātr̥śrīnāgaḥ

⟨50⟩ likhitam idaṁ sandhivigrahādhikr̥tadivirapatiśrīskandabhaṭaputradivirapatiśrīmadanahileneti | saṁ 300 30 3 bhādrapada ba 10 svahasto mama

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First edited by Annette Schmiedchen on the basis of photographs of the original.

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