Changu Narayana Pillar West Shaft Inscription

Author of digital edition: Dániel Balogh (daba).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Southern Brāhmī (unspecified) (brāhmī_southern_unspecified)].

Repository: SIDDHAM (siddham).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSiddham02003.

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Version: 2026-09-16 10:40 (3083d2d), last modified 2026-09-16 09:24 (c200993).

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⟨1⟩ Astrāpāstra-vidhāna-kauśala-guṇaiḥ prajñāta-sat-pauruṣaḥ
⟨2⟩ śrīmac-cāru-bhujaḥ pramr̥ṣṭa-kanaka-ślakṣṇāvadāta-cchaviḥ
⟨3⟩ pīnāṁso vikacāsitotpala-dala-prasparddhamānekṣaṇaḥ
⟨4⟩ sākṣāt kāma Ivāṅgavān nara-patiḥ kāntā-vilāsotsavaḥ
⟨5⟩ yūpaiś cārubhir ucchritair vvasumatī pitrā mamālaṅkr̥tā
⟨6⟩ kṣāttreṇāji-makhāśrayeṇa vidhinā dīkṣāśrito ⟨’⟩haṁ sthitaḥ
⟨7⟩ yātrām praty ari-saṅkṣayāya tarasā gacchāmi pūrvvān diśaM
⟨8⟩ ye cājñā-vaśa-varttino mama nr̥pāḥ saṁsthāpayiṣyāmi tāN
⟨9⟩ Ity evañ jananīm apeta-kaluṣāṁ rājā praṇamyocivāN
⟨10⟩ nāmbānr̥ṇyam ahan tapobhir amalaiḥ śaknomi yātum pituḥ
⟨11⟩ kin tv āptena yathāvad astra-vidhinā tat-pāda-saṁsevayā
⟨12⟩ yāsyāmīti tato ⟨’⟩mbayātimudayā dattābhyanujño nr̥paḥ
⟨13⟩ prāyāt pūrvva-pathena tatra ca śaṭhā ye pūrvva-deśāśrayāḥ
⟨14⟩ sāmantāḥ praṇipāta-bandhura-śiraḥ-prabhraṣṭa-mauli-srajaḥ
⟨15⟩ tān ājñā-vaśa-varttino nara-patiḥ saṁsthāpya tasmāt punaḥ
⟨16⟩ nirbhīḥ siṁha Ivākulotkaṭa-saṭaḥ paścād bhuvañ jagmivāN
⟨17⟩ sāmantasya ca tatra duṣṭa-caritaṁ śrutvā śiraḥ kampayaN
⟨18⟩ bāhuṁ hasti-karopamaṁ sa śanakaiḥ spr̥ṣṭvābravīd garvvitaM
⟨19⟩ Āhūto yadi naiti vikrama-vaśād eṣyaty asau me vaśaM
⟨20⟩ kiṁ vākyair bbahubhir vr̥thātra gaditaiḥ saṁkṣepataḥ katthyate
⟨21⟩ Adyaiva priya-mātuloru-viṣama-kṣobhārṇṇava-sparddhinīM
⟨22⟩ bhīmāvartta-taraṅga-cañcala-jalān tvaṅ gaṇḍakīm uttara
⟨23⟩ sannaddhair vvara-vāji-kuñjara-śatair anvemi tīrttvā nadīM
⟨24⟩ tvat-senām iti niścayān nara-patis tīrṇṇa-pratijñas tadā
⟨25⟩ jitvā mallapurīn tatas tu śanakair abhyājagāma svakaM
⟨26⟩ deśam prīta-manās tadā khalu dhanam prādād dvijebhyo kṣayaM
⟨27⟩ rājñī rājyavatī ca sādhumatinā proktā dr̥ḍham sūnu[nā]
⟨28⟩ bhaktyāmba tvam api prasanna-hr̥dayā dānam prayacchasva t[at]

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨1⟩ Astrāpāstra-vidhāna-kauśala-guṇaiḥ prajñāta-sat-pauruṣaḥ

⟨2⟩ śrīmac-cāru-bhujaḥ pramr̥ṣṭa-kanaka-ślakṣṇāvadāta-cchaviḥ

⟨3⟩ pīnāṁso vikacāsitotpala-dala-prasparddhamānekṣaṇaḥ

⟨4⟩ sākṣāt kāma Ivāṅgavān nara-patiḥ kāntā-vilāsotsavaḥ

2. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨5⟩ yūpaiś cārubhir ucchritair vvasumatī pitrā mamālaṅkr̥tā

⟨6⟩ kṣāttreṇāji-makhāśrayeṇa vidhinā dīkṣāśrito ⟨’⟩haṁ sthitaḥ

⟨7⟩ yātrām praty ari-saṅkṣayāya tarasā gacchāmi pūrvvān diśaM

⟨8⟩ ye cājñā-vaśa-varttino mama nr̥pāḥ saṁsthāpayiṣyāmi tāN

3. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨9⟩ Ity evañ jananīm apeta-kaluṣāṁ rājā praṇamyocivāN

⟨10⟩ nāmbānr̥ṇyam ahan tapobhir amalaiḥ śaknomi yātum pituḥ

⟨11⟩ kin tv āptena yathāvad astra-vidhinā tat-pāda-saṁsevayā

⟨12⟩ yāsyāmīti tato ⟨’⟩mbayātimudayā dattābhyanujño nr̥paḥ

4. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨13⟩ prāyāt pūrvva-pathena tatra ca śaṭhā ye pūrvva-deśāśrayāḥ

⟨14⟩ sāmantāḥ praṇipāta-bandhura-śiraḥ-prabhraṣṭa-mauli-srajaḥ

⟨15⟩ tān ājñā-vaśa-varttino nara-patiḥ saṁsthāpya tasmāt punaḥ

⟨16⟩ nirbhīḥ siṁha Ivākulotkaṭa-saṭaḥ paścād bhuvañ jagmivāN

5. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨17⟩ sāmantasya ca tatra duṣṭa-caritaṁ śrutvā śiraḥ kampayaN

⟨18⟩ bāhuṁ hasti-karopamaṁ sa śanakaiḥ spr̥ṣṭvābravīd garvvitaM

⟨19⟩ Āhūto yadi naiti vikrama-vaśād eṣyaty asau me vaśaM

⟨20⟩ kiṁ vākyair bbahubhir vr̥thātra gaditaiḥ saṁkṣepataḥ katthyate

6. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨21⟩ Adyaiva priya-mātuloru-viṣama-kṣobhārṇṇava-sparddhinīM

⟨22⟩ bhīmāvartta-taraṅga-cañcala-jalān tvaṅ gaṇḍakīm uttara

⟨23⟩ sannaddhair vvara-vāji-kuñjara-śatair anvemi tīrttvā nadīM

⟨24⟩ tvat-senām iti niścayān nara-patis tīrṇṇa-pratijñas tadā

7. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨25⟩ jitvā mallapurīn tatas tu śanakair abhyājagāma svakaM

⟨26⟩ deśam prīta-manās tadā khalu dhanam prādād dvijebhyo kṣayaM

⟨27⟩ rājñī rājyavatī ca sādhumatinā proktā dr̥ḍham sūnu[nā]

⟨28⟩ bhaktyāmba tvam api prasanna-hr̥dayā dānam prayacchasva t[at]

1. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨1⟩ Astrāpāstra-vidhāna-kauśala-guṇaiḥ prajñāta-sat-pauruṣaḥ

⟨2⟩ śrīmac-cāru-bhujaḥ pramr̥ṣṭa-kanaka-ślakṣṇāvadāta-cchaviḥ

⟨3⟩ pīnāṁso vikacāsitotpala-dala-prasparddhamānekṣaṇaḥ

⟨4⟩ sākṣāt kāma Ivāṅgavān nara-patiḥ kāntā-vilāsotsavaḥ

2. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨5⟩ yūpaiś cārubhir ucchritair vvasumatī pitrā mamālaṅkr̥tā

⟨6⟩ kṣāttreṇāji-makhāśrayeṇa vidhinā dīkṣāśrito ⟨’⟩haṁ sthitaḥ

⟨7⟩ yātrām praty ari-saṅkṣayāya tarasā gacchāmi pūrvvān diśaM

⟨8⟩ ye cājñā-vaśa-varttino mama nr̥pāḥ saṁsthāpayiṣyāmi tāN

3. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨9⟩ Ity evañ jananīm apeta-kaluṣāṁ rājā praṇamyocivāN

⟨10⟩ nāmbānr̥ṇyam ahan tapobhir amalaiḥ śaknomi yātum pituḥ

⟨11⟩ kin tv āptena yathāvad astra-vidhinā tat-pāda-saṁsevayā

⟨12⟩ yāsyāmīti tato ⟨’⟩mbayātimudayā dattābhyanujño nr̥paḥ

4. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨13⟩ prāyāt pūrvva-pathena tatra ca śaṭhā ye pūrvva-deśāśrayāḥ

⟨14⟩ sāmantāḥ praṇipāta-bandhura-śiraḥ-prabhraṣṭa-mauli-srajaḥ

⟨15⟩ tān ājñā-vaśa-varttino nara-patiḥ saṁsthāpya tasmāt punaḥ

⟨16⟩ nirbhīḥ siṁha Ivākulotkaṭa-saṭaḥ paścād bhuvañ jagmivāN

5. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨17⟩ sāmantasya ca tatra duṣṭa-caritaṁ śrutvā śiraḥ kampayaN

⟨18⟩ bāhuṁ hasti-karopamaṁ sa śanakaiḥ spr̥ṣṭvābravīd garvvitaM

⟨19⟩ Āhūto yadi naiti vikrama-vaśād eṣyaty asau me vaśaM

⟨20⟩ kiṁ vākyair bbahubhir vr̥thātra gaditaiḥ saṁkṣepataḥ katthyate

6. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨21⟩ Adyaiva priya-mātuloru-viṣama-kṣobhārṇṇava-sparddhinīM

⟨22⟩ bhīmāvartta-taraṅga-cañcala-jalān tvaṅ gaṇḍakīm uttara

⟨23⟩ sannaddhair vvara-vāji-kuñjara-śatair anvemi tīrttvā nadīM

⟨24⟩ tvat-senām iti niścayān nara-patis tīrṇṇa-pratijñas tadā

7. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨25⟩ jitvā mallapurīn tatas tu śanakair abhyājagāma svakaM

⟨26⟩ deśam prīta-manās tadā khalu dhanam prādād dvijebhyo kṣayaM

⟨27⟩ rājñī rājyavatī ca sādhumatinā proktā dr̥ḍham sūnu[nā]

⟨28⟩ bhaktyāmba tvam api prasanna-hr̥dayā dānam prayacchasva t[at]

Bibliography

Lévi 1908, pp. 1–10, 17–18; Gnoli 1956, p. 1, 4; Indraji & Bühler 1881, pp. 1–3; Vajrācārya 1973, pp. 9–30; Regmi 1983, pp. 1–2, 4-5; Regmi 1983, pp. 3–4;

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