Kālibhanā Plates of Mahābhavagupta Janamejaya, Year 34

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⟨1⟩ Siddham Om svasti śrimad-suvarṇṇaoura-samāvāsita-śrīmad-vijaya-kaṭakāT| parama-mā-

⟨2⟩ heśvara-parama-bhaṭṭaraka-mahārājādhirāja-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyāta-

⟨3⟩ -parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-so-

⟨4⟩ ma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-devaḥ ko¡!ala-de-

⟨5⟩ ¡s!e | tokkārā-viṣayīya-konnalillā-grāme| ¡v!rāhmaṇāN saṁpūjya tad-viṣayīya ya-

⟨6⟩ thākālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartṛ{}-sannidhātṛ-niyuktakādhikārika-dāṇḍapāśi-

⟨7⟩ ka-cāṭa-bh¿ā?ṭa-piśuna-vetrikāvarodhajana-rāṇaka-rājaputra-rājava-

⟨8⟩ llabhādīN sarvvāN| samājñāpayati| viditam astu bhavatāṁ yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grā-

⟨9⟩ maḥ sanidhiḥ| sopanidhiḥ| sa-da¡s!āparādhaḥ sarvva¡v!ādhāvivarjitaḥ sarvoparika-

⟨10⟩ rakarādāna-sahitaḥ catuḥ-sīmāparyantas sāmra-madhukaḥ sagarttoṣaraḥ sa-ja-

⟨11⟩ la-sthala-sahitaḥ pratini¡s!iddha-cāṭa-bh¿ā?ṭa-prave¡s!aḥ śrāvastyāṁ muktāvithigrā-

⟨12⟩ ma-vinirggatāya| ko¡ś!ale turvvunā-vāstavyāya sadākaṭakavāstavyāya| ka¿s?yapa-gotrāya| ka¿s?yapa-vacchāra-

⟨13⟩ naighruvapravarāya| ¿ri?gveda-caraṇāya| kālaḍeś¿ī? bhaṭa-putra-śrīdevunāmne-

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⟨14⟩ Añjiṇigrāme vāstavyāya gāṅgeyasutāya| Arjunanaptre saliladhā-

⟨15⟩ rā-purassara candra-tārakāśi-kṣiti-samakālopabhogyāya mātā-pitror ātmana-

⟨16⟩ ¡s! ca puṇya-ya¡s!obhivṛddhay¿a? tām{v}ra-¡s!āsanenākarī¿ndra?tya pratipāditam ity avagatya sa-

⟨17⟩ mucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hiraṇyādikam upanayadbhi¿? bhavadhi sukhena prativasta-

⟨18⟩ vyam iti| bhāvibhi¡s! ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anu-

⟨19⟩ rodhāc ca sva-dattir ivānupalanīyā t¿ā?thā coktaṁ dharm;aśāstre| ¡v!ahubhir vasudhā da{|}-

⟨20⟩ ttā rājabhis sagarādibhiḥ| yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ-

⟨21⟩ mā bhūd a phala-śaṅkā vaḥ para-datteti pārthivā sva-dānāt phalam ānantyaṁ para-da-

⟨2@⟩ ttānupālane| ṣaṣṭ{h}im varṣa-sahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ| Ākṣe-

⟨23⟩ ptā cānumantā ca| dvāv eva narakaṁ vrajeT Agner apatyam prathamam suvarṇṇa-

⟨24⟩ m{ū} bhūr vvaiṣṇavī s¿u?rya-sut¿a?ś ca gāvaḥ| yaḥ kāñcanaM gāṁ c¿ā? mahīñ ca dadyāT|

⟨25⟩ dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e?| Āsphoṭayanti pitar¿aṁ? valgayanti pitāmahā

⟨26⟩ bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati| bhūm¿ī? ya pratigr̥h¡n!āti| yaś ca

⟨27⟩ bhūmi{}m prayacchati| Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataM svargga-gāminau

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⟨28⟩ t¿ā?ḍāgānā sahasr¿āṇi? vājapey¿a?s tath¿au?va ca gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā

⟨29⟩ na śudhyati| harate hārayeta yas tu manda-¡v!uddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ su-¡v!addho vāruṇ¿au?ḥ pā¡s!¿au?s ti-

⟨30⟩ rya¿k?-yoni¿? sa gacchati| suvarṇṇam ekaṁ gām ek¿a?ṁ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaM| haran na-

⟨31⟩ rakam āyāti yāvad—ā-hūta-saṁplavaM sv¿a?-d¿a?ttām para-datt¿a?m vā yo hared vasundharāM|

⟨32⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha ¿tya?cyate| Ādity¿aM? varuṇo viṣṇuḥ|

⟨33⟩ ¡v!rahmā somo hutāśanaḥ śūlapāṇis tu bhagavāN Abhinandanti bhūmidaM

⟨34⟩ sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhava¿t?bhiḥ

⟨35⟩ sarvvān etān ¿?vinaḥ pārthivendrān{a} bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ| Iti kama-

⟨36⟩ la-dalām¡v!u-bindu-lolāM śr¿ī?yam anucintya{} manuṣya-jīvitaM ca| sakalam idam udā-

⟨37⟩ hr̥taM ¿va? ¡v!uddhā na hi puruṣ¿au?ḥ para-kīrttayo vilopyāḥ| sakala-bhūpāla-mauli-

⟨38⟩ -mālā-vilagna-māṇikya-mayūrava-vrātābhirañjita-krama-kamala-y¿ū?galaḥ praca-

⟨39⟩ ¿doṇḍarddaṇḍa?-maṇḍalāgra-tuṇḍa-khaṇḍitārāti-matta-mātaṅga-vimukta-muktāpha-

⟨40⟩ la-pra¡ś!ādhitā¡s!eṣa-raṇa-mahī-maṇḍalaḥ| yas sādhāraṇa-nāmni mantri-ti-

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⟨41⟩ lake vinyasya sarvvāgame grāmodanvati tīvra-tejasi dhuraṁ rājasya viprotta-

⟨42⟩ me nānākhyānaka-vistarāmṛta-rasasvādād a¿nu?manda-sphurat- saṁtoṣāt sukham a-

⟨43⟩ nvabhūd avirataM pṛthvīśa-cūḍāmaṇiḥ| jñeyāśeṣārtha-śāstra-smṛti-vimala-dhi-

⟨44⟩ y¿o? veda-vedāṅga-vidyā -śikṣā-kalpetihāsa-prakaṭa-suraguruḥ prāpta-bhū-

⟨45⟩ ¿m?iṣṭha-dhāmnā nāmnā sādhāraṇena dvija-vara-vidhinā mantriṇā{} yasya rājya ni-

⟨46⟩ rvyūdhaṁ ¡s!auryam uccais tri-jagati vidito dharmma-k¿ā?ndarpa-devaḥ parama-mā-

⟨47⟩ heśvara-parama-bhaṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-ku-

⟨48⟩ la-tilaka-t¡!kaliṅgādhipati-śrī-janamejaya-devasya pravarddhamāne

⟨49⟩ vijaye rājye samvatsare caturstriṅśattame ¿A?śvinavadi AṣṭamyāM tithau

⟨50⟩ samvaT 34 ¿A?śvinavadi 8 l{l}ikhitam idaṁ tāmra-¡s!āsanaṁ mahāsā-

⟨51⟩ ndhivigrah¿ī?ka-rāṇaka-śrī-Iyokena

⟨52⟩ śrī-yqpqsutena Ut{a}k¿i?rṇṇaM{}

Commentary

The verse 15 (lines 56-59) can be found in :

Bibliography

Primary

[SR] Sircar, Dines Chandra & P.C. Rath. 1944. “Kālibhanā Copper-plate Inscriptions of the Somavaṁśī King Mahā-Bhavagupta I janamejaya.” IHQ 20 (1), pp. 237–250. Pages 245–250.

[S] Shastri, Ajay Mitra. 1995. Inscriptions of the Śarabhapurīyas, Pāṇḍuvaṁśins and Somavaṁśins, Part II: Inscriptions. New Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Motilal Bandarsidass. Item XI, pages 213–218.

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