Cuttack plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 9

Editor: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSomavamsin00023.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

Version: (0598937), last modified (c53510e).

Edition

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⟨1⟩ Om

I. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

svasti| prema-niruddha-mugdha-manasoḥ sphārībhavac cakṣuṣor

a

yūnor yya⟨2⟩tra vicitra-nirbhara-rata-krīḍā-kramaṁ tanvatoḥ|

b

vicchinno ’pi kṛtātimātra-pulakai⟨3⟩r āvirbh¿u?⟨a⟩vat-sītkṛtair

c

āśleṣair glapita-klamaiḥ smara-rasaḥ kāmaṁ muhuḥ ¿stāv?⟨svād⟩ya⟨4⟩te|

d
II. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yat⟨r⟩āśeṣa-viśeṣa-rūpa-mahimāpāstāpsaraḥ-kāntibhir

a

jjāterṣyā-kala⟨5⟩ṣeṣv api praṇayinaḥ karṇṇotpalais tāḍitāḥ|

b

jāyante praviśaṅkita-smara-śara⟨6⟩-protthāpitāntar-vyathā⟨ḥ⟩

c

sāndr¿i?⟨a⟩-sveda-jalāvasecana-vaśān niryyāta-romāṅ¿g?⟨k⟩urā⟨7⟩||

d
III. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

Atyuttuṅga-karīndra-danta-musalai⟨ḥ⟩ prodbhāsi-rociś-cayair

a

dhva⟨8⟩sta-dhvaṅśana-niṣphalīkṛta-śarac-candroday¿au?⟨ai⟩ḥ sarvadā|

b

yatrāsīd asat⟨ī⟩⟨9⟩-janasya viśadaṁ muktāmayaṁ maṇḍanaṁ

c

saṅketāspadam apy atīva dhavala⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨10⟩ prāsāda-śṛṅgāgrataḥ||

d
IV. Upajāti

mahānadī-tuṅga-taraṅga-bhaṅga

a

-spharo¿tsa?⟨ccha⟩⟨11⟩lacchīkaravadbhir ārāt|

b

yasmin ratāsaktimad-aṅganānā⟨ṁ⟩

c

śramāpano⟨12⟩daḥ kriyate marudbhiḥ|

d

tasmāt śrī-vinīta-nagarāT|

V. Vasantatilakā

loka-traya-pra⟨13⟩thita-śubhra-yaśo-vitāna

a

-vyāptāṣṭa-dik prasabha-nirjjita-vairi-vargaḥ|

b

⟨14⟩ rājā ¡v!⟨b⟩abhūva bhuvi bhāvita-bhavya-mūrttiḥ

c

śrīmān saroja-vadano ja⟨Page 2r⟩⟨15⟩namejayākhyaḥ||

d
VI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

yaḥ khaḍgāgra-vidārita-dvipa-ghaṭā-kumbhastha⟨16⟩lād ullasan

a

mukt⟨ā⟩-jāla-vibhuṣitam p⟨r⟩atiraṇaṁ pṛthvī-vadhūraḥsthala⟨ṁ⟩||

b

ca⟨17⟩kre cārutaran narādhipa-śiroratnāṅśu-jālāmalā

c

yat-pādām¡v!⟨b⟩ja-re⟨18⟩ṇavaḥ samatayā tad-raśmi-lakṣmīṁ dadhuḥ||

d
VII. Vasantatilakā

nirddāritāri-kari-kumbha-sa⟨19⟩mūha-mukta

a

-muktāphala-prakara-dat(ta-rathaṅga)-dhāraḥ

b

tasmād ajāyata jagatta⟨20⟩-traya-gītā-kīrttir

c

helā-vinirjjita-ripur nn¿a?⟨ṛ⟩patir yayātiḥ||

d

para⟨21⟩ma-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara⟨22⟩-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahābhavagupta-rāja⟨23⟩deva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārā⟨24⟩jādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-ma⟨25⟩¡s!⟨ś⟩ivagupta-rājadevaḥ kuśalī| dakṣitosalāyāṁ maraḍa-viṣayī⟨26⟩ya-cāndagrāme| tad-viṣayīya-¡v!⟨b⟩rāhmaṇān sa⟨ṁ⟩pūjya yathākālādhyāsina⟨ḥ⟩ ⟨27⟩ samāhatr̥-sannidhātr̥-talahita-sāma⟨ṁ⟩tāsika-niyuktakādhikārika-dā⟨28⟩ṇḍa-pā¡s!⟨ś⟩ika-piśuna-vetr¿e?⟨i⟩kāvarodhajana-rāṇaka-rājaputra-rā⟨ja⟩valla⟨29⟩bhādī⟨n⟩ sa⟨r⟩vvān samājñāpayati viditam astu bhava(tā)m yathāsmābhir a⟨Page 2v⟩⟨30⟩ya⟨ṁ⟩ grāmaḥ sanidhis sopānidhiḥ sarvva-¡v!⟨b⟩ādhāvivarjjitaḥ sarvvopari⟨31⟩karādāna-sahitas tālādi-taru-saṁyutaḥ saga⟨r⟩ttoṣara⟨ḥ⟩ sa-jala-stha⟨32⟩laś catuḥ-sīmāvacchinnaḥ madhyadeśīya-śrīvallagrāma-v¿e?⟨i⟩nirggatāya ⟨33⟩ Oḍra-deśe śrī-śilābhañjapāṭī-vastavyāya| ṭakkāra-pūrvva-bhāra⟨34⟩dvāja-gotrāya| Āṅgirasa| vārhaspatya-bhāradvāja-pravarāya| cchāndo⟨35⟩ga-kauthuma-śākhādhyāyine bhaṭṭaputrānanta-naptre śrī-śaṅkhapāṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩-nā⟨36⟩mne dinakara-putrāya| Ājya-pā(sā)la[…] ḥ salila-dhārā⟨37⟩-purassaraṁ Ācandra-tārakārkka-⟨kṣi⟩ti-samakālopabhogārtha⟨38⟩m mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tām{v}ra-śāsane⟨39⟩nākarīkr̥tya pratipādita Ity avagatya yathā-dīyam⟨ā⟩na-kara-bhara-hira⟨40⟩ṇya-bhoga-bhāgādikaṁ| dadadbhiḥ bhavadbhiḥ sukhena prati-vastavyam iti ⟨41⟩ bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir iyam asmadīyā (dhar)mma-gauravād asmad a⟨42⟩nurodhāt svad¿ā?⟨a⟩ttir ivānupālanīyā| tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

¡v!⟨b⟩a⟨43⟩hubhir vvasudhā dattā

a

rājabhis sagar(ā)dibhiḥ|

b

yasya yasya yadā bhūmi⟨Page 3r⟩⟨44⟩s

c

tasya tasya tadā phala⟨ṁ⟩|

d
IX. Anuṣṭubh

mā bhūd a-phala-¡s!⟨ś⟩a(ṅkā)vaḥ|

a

para-datteti pā⟨r⟩thiv[āḥ]

b

⟨45⟩sva-dāttāt phalam ānandya⟨ṁ⟩

c

para-dattānupālane||

d
X. Anuṣṭubh

Āsphoṭayanti pita⟨46⟩ro

a

valganti pitāmahāḥ

b

bhūmidātā kuleḥ jātaḥ

c

sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati||

d
XI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨47⟩ bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti

a

yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati||

b

Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau

c

⟨48⟩ niyata⟨ṁ⟩ sva⟨r⟩gga-gāminau||

d
XII. Anuṣṭubh

taḍāgānāṁ sahasreṇa

a

vājapeya-¡s!⟨ś⟩atena ca

b

⟨49⟩ gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena

c

bhūmi-harttā na ¡s!⟨ś⟩udhyati||

d
XIII. Anuṣṭubh

harate hārayed yas tu

a

manda-¡v!⟨b⟩u⟨50⟩ddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ

b

su¡v!⟨b⟩addho vāruṇ¿au?⟨ai⟩ḥ pā¡s!⟨ś⟩ais

c

tiryag-yoni⟨ṁ⟩ ca gacchati||

d
XIV. Anuṣṭubh

su⟨51⟩va⟨r⟩ṇṇam ekaṁ gām ekā⟨ṁ⟩

a

bhūmer apy ¿a?⟨e⟩kam aṅgulaM|

b

haran narakam āyāti

c

⟨52⟩ yāvad—ā-bhūt¿i?⟨a⟩-saṁplavaṁ||

d
XV. Anuṣṭubh

sva-dattām para-dattām vā

a

yo hareta va⟨su⟩ndharā⟨ṁ⟩ ⟨53⟩ |

b

sa viṣṭhāyā⟨ṁ⟩ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā

c

pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate||

d
XVI. Anuṣṭubh

Ādityo varu⟨54⟩ṇo viṣṇu⟨r⟩

a

¡v!⟨b⟩rahmā somo hutā¡s!⟨ś⟩anaḥ|

b

¡s!⟨ś⟩ūlapāṇiś ca bhagavān

c

abhinanda⟨55⟩nti bhūmidaṁ||

d
XVII. Śālinī

sāmānyo ’yan dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇā⟨ṁ⟩

a

kāle kāle pāla⟨56⟩nīyo bhavadbhiḥ

b

sarvvān etān{a} bhāvinaḥ pārtthivendrān{a}

c

bhūyo bhūyo yā⟨57⟩cate rāmabhadraḥ||

d
XVIII. Puṣpitāgrā

Iti kamala-dalām¡v!⟨b⟩u-¡v!⟨b⟩indu-lolāṁ|

a

śr¿ī?⟨i⟩yam a⟨58⟩nucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca|

b

sakalam idam ⟨u⟩dāhr̥tañ ca ¡v!⟨b⟩uddhvā

c

na hi pu ⟨59⟩ (ruṣai)ḥ para-kīrttayo villopyāḥ||

d

sraṣṭā yas tu guṇātmakas tad-adhi

XIX. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨60⟩ yenātyanta-surāsurādhipa-guru⟨ḥ⟩ prajñābhimāno jito

a

rājñāroptita-rājya-bhā⟨61⟩ram atulaṁ yaś cāvahal⟨l⟩īlayā|

b

yasyāsīn naya-vikrama-dvayam api preyān ⟨62⟩ sakhā sarvvadā

c

yaḥ khyato dhṛta-s¿ā?⟨a⟩ndhi-vigraha-padaḥ śrī-cchicchṭeś{v}aḥ kṛtī||

d

⟨63⟩ parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārāja-parameśva⟨ra⟩-soma-kula-ti⟨64⟩laka-trikaliṅgādhipati--śrī-¿j?⟨y⟩ayāti-rājadeva-pravarddhamāna-v¿e?⟨i⟩jaya-rājye ⟨65⟩ navame samvatsare 9 jyeṣṭha-¡ś!⟨s⟩ita-trayodaśyā⟨ṁ⟩| 10 3 ⟨divasa⟩ḥ Utkīrṇṇā ⟨66⟩ vijñān¿ī?⟨i⟩-mādhavenet¿ī?⟨i⟩ Om Om|

Apparatus

Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

Commentary

Bibliography

This set was edited for the first time in 1877, in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society, vol. XLVI, part. 1, pp.149 ff., by Babu Rangalala Banerjea (see Fleet 1894–1895, p. 324). It was reedited then by Fleet 1894–1895, s.v. E, pp. 351–355.

Primary

[B] Banerjea, Rangalala. 1877. “Note on a copper-plate Grant found in the Record Office of the Cuttack Collectorate.” JASB 46 (1), pp. 149–157. [URL].

[F] Fleet, John Faithfull. 1894–1895. “Records of the Somavamsi Kings of Katak.” EI 3, pp. 323–359. Item E, pages 351–355.

[R] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan. 1966. Inscriptions of Orissa, vol. 4. No place: Sri Sarada Press. [URL]. Item 28, pages 177–183.

[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 XIV, pages 233–239.

Secondary

Bhandarkar, Devadatta Ramakrishna. 1927–1936. A list of the inscriptions of northern India in Brahmi and its derivative scripts, from about 200 A. C.: Appendix to Epigraphia Indica and record of the Archaeological Survey of India, volumes XIX to XXIII. Calcutta: Archaeological Survey of India. [URL]. Entry 1566.

Tripathy, Snigdha. 2010. Descriptive topographical catalogue of Orissan inscriptions. New Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors. Pages 143–144.

Acharya, Subrata Kumar. 2014. Copper-plate inscriptions of Odisha: a descriptive catalogue (circa fourth century to sixteenth century CE). New Delhi: D. K. Printworld. Page 257.