Vēlūrpāḷaiyam plates, time of Nandivarman, year 6

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⟨1v1=1⟩ svasti śrīḥ namaś śivāya ∥⁓ nityaM vyāpi nirāmayaM paramayā bhaktyādhigamyaṁ śivaM vācān dūram aci-

⟨1v2=2⟩ ntyam akṣayam iti prodgīyamānaM budhaiḥ saṁyamyendriya-vāhinīṁ yati-varair yyan mṛ(g)yate santa-

⟨1v3=3⟩ ta(M) tejas tat paramārttha-sac cirataran niśreyasāy=āstu va⟨ḥ⟩ ∥⁓ śarvvāṇī-kuca-kuṁkumāṁka(śu)bhaka-subha-

⟨4⟩ gāḥ proddāma-darppāmaradveṣi-vrāta-vadhū-prasādhana-parāmṛṣṭi-prasaṁgocitāḥ yuṣmān pāntu yu-

⟨5⟩ gānta-vahni-vilasad-dīprāstra cakrāśriraṁ śrīkaṇṭhasya śikhaṇḍaratnaruciravyāḷāṁgadā bāha-

⟨6⟩ vaḥ Āsīd aṁbuja-nābha-nābhi-kamalā(d bra)hmā tato ⟨’⟩py aṁgirā(s) (ta)smād deva-gurus tataś śubha-matiś śaṁyu-

⟨7⟩ s tataś śāṁ(yava)ḥ {s}tasmāt ku(m)bha-samudbhava⟨ḥ⟩ smara-ripo(r drau)ṇis tato ⟨’⟩ṁśaḥ kramād asmād vismayanīya-kīrttir a-

⟨8⟩ khila-(kṣmā)-vallabhaḥ pallavaḥ vaṁśas tato ⟨’⟩va⟨r⟩ttata pallavānāṁ rakṣā-vidhi-dhvasta-vipal-la(vā)nā(m·) bhū-

⟨2r1=9⟩ -bhāra-khedālasa-pannagendrasāhāyya-niṣṇāta-bhujārggaḷānām· Aśokavarmmādiṣu deva-bhūyaṁ ga-

⟨10⟩ te(ṣu vaṁśye)ṣv atha pārtthiveṣu vaṁśasya cū¿ḷ?āmaṇir āvir āsīd bharttendirāyā Iva kāḷa-bharttā ∥⁓

⟨11⟩ tat-sutād ajani cūtapallavād vīrakūrcca Iti viśrutāhvayaḥ yaḥ phaṇīndra-sutayā sahāgrahīd rāja-

⟨12⟩ -cihnam akhilaṁ yaśo-dhanaḥ Anvavāya-nabhaś-candra⟨ḥ⟩ skandaśiṣyas tato ⟨’⟩bhavat ⟨d⟩vijānāṁ ghaṭikāṁ rājñas satya-

⟨13⟩ senā¿t?jahāra yaḥ | gṛhīta-kāñcī-nagaras tato ⟨’⟩bhūt kumāraviṣṇus samareṣu ji(ṣṇu)ḥ bharttā bhuvo

⟨14⟩ ⟨’⟩bhūd atha buddhava⟨r⟩mmā yaś coḷa-sainyārṇṇava-¿v?āḍab-āgniḥ sa-viṣṇugope ca narendra-bṛnde gate

⟨15⟩ tato ⟨’⟩jāyata nandivarmmā Anugrahād yena pinākapāṇeḥ pranarttito dṛṣṭi-viṣaḥ phaṇīndraḥ Atha prathita-vikra-

⟨16⟩ mo jagati siṁhavarmmāhvayān nṛpāt para-madāpahād ajani siṁhaviṣṇu⟨r⟩ jayī{ḥ} lasat-kramuka-maṇḍalāḥ ka¿ḷ?ama-

⟨17⟩ -kānanālaṁkṛtāḥ kavīra-tanayāñcitās sapadi yena coḷā hṛtāḥ tad-ā¿n?majād āvir abhūn mahendrād upe-

⟨2v1=18⟩ ndra-kīrtti⟨r⟩nnarasiṁhavarmmā vātāpi-maddhye vijitāri-va(rgga)⟨ḥ⟩ sthitañ jaya-stambham alaMbhayad yaḥ tataḥ para-mada-ddhva-

⟨19⟩ ṁsī babhūva parameśvaraḥ cāḷukya-kṣitibhṛt-sainya-dhvānta-dhvaṁsa-divākaraḥ tat-putra-sūnur nnarasiṁhavarmmā pu-

⟨20⟩ nar ¿y?yadhād yo ghaṭikāṁ dvijānāṁ śilā-mayaṁ veśma śaśāṁka-mauleḥ kailāsa-ka¿t?pañ ca mahendra-ka-

⟨21⟩ ¿t?paḥ tat-sūnur bhūbhṛtāṁ (m)ānyo babhūva parameśvaraḥ mānavena krameṇorvvīm aśād yaḥ kali-śāsanaḥ tad-a-

⟨22⟩ nantaram anvayasya lakṣmīñ catur-a(mbho)nidhi-vāsasā sahorvvyā samavāpad aśeṣa-pūrvva-(bhū)-

⟨23⟩ bhṛd-guṇa-saṁmeḷana-dhāma nandivarmmā tasyāṁburāśer iva vāhinīnān nāthasya nānā-guṇa-ra(tna)-

⟨24⟩ -dhāmnaḥ dhīrasya bhūbhṛd-vara-labdha-janmā reveva revā mahiṣī babhūva tasyām āvir abhū⟨t⟩ tri-loka-parira-

⟨25⟩ (kṣā)⟨r⟩tthaḥ kṣamā-nandana¿ḥ? sākṣād aṁburuhekṣaṇas svayam iha śrī-dantivarmmā nṛpaḥ śauryya-tyāga-kṛtajña-

⟨26⟩ tādir amalo yasmin guṇānāṁ gaṇaḥ pr(ā)pt(ā)nyonya-samāgamotsava Iva prāpat pra⟨ti⟩ṣṭhāñ ci-

⟨3r1=27⟩ rāT prakhyātasya kada(m)ba-vaṁ⟨śa⟩-tilakasyorvvīpater ātmajā vīrāṇāṁ prathamasya pallava-mahārāja-

⟨28⟩ sya tejasvinaḥ Ākhyām aggaḷanimmaṭīti ⟨da⟩dhatī śuddh-ānvavāy-ocitā bharttus tasya bhuvo

⟨29⟩ babhūva mahiṣī gaurīva jetuḥ pur¿a?M |⁓ śrī-nandivarmmāṇam asūta seyaṁ sandhyeva te-

⟨30⟩ jasvinam ambikeva kumāram atyadbhuta-śakti-yuktaṁ yathā jayantaṁ jayinaṁ śacīva |⁓ Utkhāta-

⟨31⟩ -khaḍga-nihata-dvipa-kumbha-mukta muktāphalaprapāsite samarāṁgaṇe yaḥ (|) śatrū-

⟨32⟩ n nihatya samavāpad ananya-la¿v?yāṁ rājya-{ś}śriyaṁ sva-bhuja-vikrama-darppa-śālī |⁓ U(dya)ānaṁ ma-

⟨33⟩ dhunā guṇaiḥ kulabh¿u?va¿ḥ? śīlena vām-e¿rt?ṣaṇā tyāgenārtthapatiś śrutena vinaya-

⟨34⟩ s sūryyeṇa pa¿t?m-ākaraḥ prāleya-dyutinā payoda-samayāpāye nabhaḥ-prāṁgaṇan nai-

⟨35⟩ vaṁ (bhā)ti tathā yathā jagad idaṁ yena ¿t?ṣamā-bandhunā pṛthvīpālasya tasya pra¿dh?ita-gu-

⟨3v1=36⟩ ṇa-ga(ṇo) bappa-bhaṭṭārakā¿g?yaś śāstre vede ca sāṁkhye prakaṭita-mahimā yajña-

⟨37⟩ bhaṭṭābhidhāna¡ś! śrī-kaṭṭu-p-paḷḷi-nāmni śruta-vina⟨ya⟩-dharas tuṁga-kailāsa-kalpaṁ grā-

⟨38⟩ me bālendu-mauler {bh}bhavanam akṛta yad-bhakti-yoga-pra(tī)taḥ |⁓ pitābhavad yasya

⟨39⟩ viśuddha-buddhir ggirām iveśaś śivadāsa-nāmā mātābhavad yasya guṇais sama¿ś?rai-

⟨40⟩ r ggarīyasī (dre)ṇamaṇir mmahīva |⁓ pitāmaho yasya viśuddha-vṛttir dvijāgra-gaṇya-

⟨41⟩ s tamasān ni¿pā?ntā nidhiḥ kalānām i(va) yajña-nāmā babhūva vikhyāta-yaśaḥ-prakāśaḥ tasmai

⟨42⟩ devāya śarvvāya pūjā-satrādi-karmaṇe so ⟨’⟩dā¿g? grāman tiru-k-kāṭṭu-p-paḷḷi-nāmāna-

⟨43⟩ m īśvaraḥ ⁓ vijñaptim atrākṛta coḷa-vaṁśa-cū¿ḷ?ā-maṇir vviśruta-vikrama-śrīḥ dhīraḥ kumā-

⟨44⟩ rāṁkuśa-nāmadheyas tyāgena rādheya-samaḥ kṛta-jñaḥ |⁓ Atrājñaptir abhūn mantrī na-

⟨4r1=45⟩ mpa-nāmā mahīpateḥ Agradattānvaya-vyoma-śaran-nīhāradīdhiti⟨ḥ⟩ |⁓ vāg-manaḥ-(k)ā-

⟨46⟩ ya-karmmāṇi parārtthāny eva yasya saḥ māheśvaro manodhīraḥ praśastiṁ kṛta-

⟨47⟩ vān im(ām·) |⁓ puḻaṟ-kōṭṭattu nāyaṟu-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-kāṭṭu-p-paḷḷi-p pañcavaram ĀIrakkā-

⟨4r4=48⟩ ṭi Itu kō-vicaiya-nan=tivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu cōḻa-mahārājar viṇṇappattā-

⟨4r5=49⟩ l Iraiyūr Uṭaiyāṉ nampaṉ āṇatti-y-āka-t tiru-k-kāṭṭu-p-paḷḷi-c caṉṉa-

⟨4r6=50⟩ ...

⟨4v1=⟩ ...

⟨5r1=63⟩ kuttevatāṉamāy sarvva-parihāram-āka paradat=ti ceṉṟatu ↝ sukṛtam idam ajasraṁ ra¿t?ṣate-

⟨5r2=64⟩ ti ¿t?ṣitīśās sakala-nṛpati-ketus so ⟨’⟩yam āgāmino vaḥ hara-caraṇa-saroj(o)-

⟨5r3=65⟩ ttaṁsa-cihnena mūrddhnā mukuḷita-kara-(pa)¿t?mo vandate nandivarmmā ↝ sarvvān etān bhāvinaḥ

⟨5r4=66⟩ pā(rtthi)vendrān bhūyo bhūyaḥ prārtthayaty eṣa rāmaḥ sāmānyo ⟨’⟩’yan dharmma-setu⟨r⟩ nnṛpāṇāṁ kā-

⟨5r5=67⟩ le kāle p(ā)lanīyo bhava¿n?bhiḥ |⁓ kara-kauśala-kṛta-yaśasā ciṟṟaya-putre-

⟨5r6=68⟩ ṇa patra-saṁgho ⟨’⟩yaM [|] likhita¿ṁ? peraya-nāmnā sthapati-kula-vyoma-candreṇa |⁓ kacci-p-

⟨69⟩ -pēṭṭai-m-maṉai-c-cēri-k kāṣṭhakāri makaṉ perayaṉ Eḻuttu |⁓