Chaudwār Plates #2 of Mahābhavagupta I Janamejaya, Year 31

Author of digital edition: Amandine Wattelier-Bricout (amwb).

Language: Sanskrit (san) [Script (other) (script_other)].

Repository: Somavaṁśin (tfb-somavamsin-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrimad-ārāma-samāvāsi¿n?aḥ śrīmato vijaya-kaṭakāT| para-

⟨2⟩ ma-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-śrī-śivagupta-deva-pādānudhyā-

⟨3⟩ ta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-

⟨4⟩ -kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-mahārājādhirāja-śrī-mahā¿de?vagupta-devaḥ ku-

⟨5⟩ śalī ko¡ś!ala-deśe sammānī-vi¡ś!ayīyan-tralenu-grāme| brāhmaṇān sa⟨ṁ⟩-

⟨6⟩ ¿ptakṛta? ⟨tad-viṣayī⟩ yathākālādhyāsinaḥ samā⟨hartṛ⟩-sannidhātṛ-⟨niyu⟩-

⟨7⟩ ⟨ktā⟩dhikārika-dāṇḍapāśika-cāṭa-bhaṭ{ṭ}a-(piśuna-vetrikāvarodhajana)-

⟨8⟩ -rāṇaka-rājaputra-rājavallabhādīN sarvvāN samājñāpayati| vidita-

⟨9⟩ m astu bhavatā yathāsmābhir ayaṅ grāmaḥ sanidhiḥ sopanidhis sa-daśāpa-

⟨10⟩ rādhaḥ sarvva¡v!ādhāvivarjjitas ⟨sarvvoparika⟩karādāna-sahitaś catuḥ-s¿i?māparyantaḥ

⟨11⟩ sāmra-madhukaḥ sagarttoṣaraḥ sa-jala{ḥ}-sthala-sahitaḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśaḥ

⟨12⟩ ṭākārī-vinirggatāya| ko¡ś!ale sarvvavādhāśūnyārya bharadvāja-gotrāya ¡v!ār-

⟨13⟩ haspaty-āṅgirasa-pravarāya vājasaneya-śākhadhyāyine bhaṭṭa-śrī-ma¿I?ttama-

⟨14⟩ sādhāraṇāya{|} bhaṭṭa-śrī-khagadeva-sutāya{|} saliladhārā-purassaram ā-candra-tārakā-

⟨15⟩ rkka-kṣiti-samakālo¿ya?bhogāya{|} mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśobhivṛddha-

⟨16⟩ ye tāmra-śāsanenākarīkṛtya pratipāditam ity avaga¿m?ya sa¿mya?cita-bhoga-bhāga--

⟨17⟩ kara-hiraṇyādi-pratyāyam upanayadbhir bhavadhiḥ sukhena prativastavyam iti| bhāvi-

⟨18⟩ bhiś ca bhūpatibhir ddattir iyam asmadīyā dharmma-gauravād asmad-anu⟨rodhāc ca⟩sva-datti-

⟨19⟩ r ivānupalanīyā∥ tathā coktan dharmaśāstre| ¡v!ahubhir ¡vv!asudhā dattā rā-

⟨20⟩ jabhis sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ∥

⟨21⟩ mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā ¿n?aḥ para-datteti pārthivāḥ| sva-dānāt phalam ā-

⟨22⟩ nandyaṁ para-dānānupālane∥ ṣaṣṭhim varṣa-sahasrāṇi svarge modati bhūmidaḥ|

⟨23⟩ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca dvitayaṁ narakaṁ vrajeT∥ Agner apatya¿ḥ? prathama¿ḥ? su-

⟨24⟩ ⟨varṇaṁ⟩ ⟨bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca⟩ gāvaḥ| yaḥ kāñcana⟨ṁ⟩ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyāT

⟨25⟩ dattās trayas tena bhavanti lok¿e? Āsphoṭayanti pitaraḥ pravalganti pitā-

⟨26⟩ mahāḥ| bhūmidātā kule jātaḥ sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati∥ bhūmiṁ yaḥ pratigr̥-

⟨27⟩ hṇāti yaś ca bhūmiṁ prayacchati| Ubhau tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyataṁ svargga-gāminau∥

⟨28⟩ taḍāgānāṁ sahasrāṇi vājapeya-śatāni ca| gavāṁ koṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā

⟨29⟩ na śudhyati∥ harate hārayed yas tu manda-¡v!uddhis tu mohitaḥ| s¿u? ¡v!addho vāruṇaiḥ pā-

⟨30⟩ śais tiryag-yoniṁ ca gacchati∥ suvarṇam ekaṁ gām ekāṁ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ| ha-

⟨31⟩ ran narakam āpnoti yāvad—ā-bhūta-saṁplavaṁ∥ sva-dattām para-dattām vā yo hareta vasu-

⟨32⟩ ndharāṁ| sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate∥ Ādityo

⟨33⟩ varuṇo viṣṇur ¡v!rahmāsomo hutāśanaḥ| śūlapāṇiś ca bhagavā-

⟨34⟩ n abhinandaṁti bhūmidaṁ∥ sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setur nr̥pāṇāṁ{|} kāle kā-

⟨35⟩ le pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ| sarvvān evaṁ bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrān bhūyo bhūyo yācate rā-

⟨36⟩ mabhadraḥ∥ Iti kamala-dalām¡v!u-¡v!indu-lolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca|-

⟨37⟩ sakalam idam udāhr̥tañ ca ¡v!uddhvā na hi puruṣaiḥ para-k¿i?rtayo vilopyāḥ| saka-

⟨38⟩ la-bhūpāla-mauli-mālā-vilasan-māṇikya-mayūkha-vrātābhimaṇḍitāghri-kamala-

⟨39⟩ -yugalaḥ pracaṇḍa-dorddaṇḍa-maṇḍalāgra-khaṇḍitārāti-matta-mātaṅga-vimvakumbha-

⟨40⟩ -ratnaphala-prasādhitāśeṣa-raṇa-mahī-maṇḍalaḥ∥ yas sādhāraṇa-nāmni mantri-tila-

⟨41⟩ ke vinyasya sarvvāgamaṁ dhairyyodanvati tīvra-tejasi dharārājasya viprottame| nānā-

⟨42⟩ khyānaka-vistarāmṛta-rasāsvādād amanda-sphuraT santoṣāt sukham anvabhūd avira-

⟨43⟩ taṁ pṛthvīśa-cūḍāmaṇiḥ∥ jñeyāśeṣārtha-śāstra-smṛti-vimala-dhiyā veda-vedaṅga-vi-

⟨44⟩ dyā -śikṣā-kalpetihāsa{ḥ}-prakaṭa-suraguru{ḥ} prāpta-bhūyiṣṭha-dhāmnaḥ| nāmnā sādhāra-

⟨45⟩ ṇena dvija-vara-vidhinā mantriṇā yasya rājyaṁ nityāṃdyaṁ so ’yam u¿ddha?s tri-jaga-

⟨46⟩ ti vidito dharmma-kandarpa-devaḥ∥ parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-

⟨47⟩ -mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhi-

⟨48⟩ pati-śrī-mahāśivagupta-deva-pāda-padma-pravarddhamāna-vijaya-rājye Eka-triṁśattame-

⟨49⟩ samvatsare| mārga śudi tithau trayodaśyāṁ yatrāṅkenāpi samvat 31 mārga

⟨50⟩ śudi 13 likhitam idaṁ triphalī-tāmra-śāsanaṁ mahāsāndhivigrahī-rāṇaka-śrīma-

⟨51⟩ lladatta-prati¡v!addha-kāyastha-śrī-mā⟨hū⟩kena priyaṅkarāditya-suteneti∥ praṇītaṁ ko¡ś!a-

⟨52⟩ lendreṇa prati¡v!odhya-mahattaṁ| Ādatta puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ śāsanaṁ tāmra-nirmmitaṁ∥

⟨53⟩ Utk¿irn?itaṁ mādhavena vāsu-sute⟨neti⟩

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ śrī-mahā¿de?⟨bha⟩vagupta R ⬦ śrī-mahādevagupta M.

⟨48⟩ śrī-mahāśivagupta-deva R ⬦ śrī-mahādevagupta-deva M.

Commentary

The verse 16 (lines 51-52) corresponds to the verse 16 (lines 48-49) of Chaudwār plates #1 of Mahābhavagupta Dharmakandarpa year 31.

Bibliography

Primary

[M] Mitra, Rajendralala. 1882. “Note on a copper-plate Grant from Cuttack.” Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal LI, pp. 9–14. [URL].

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