Kāṇḍavindhā plates of Mahābhavagupta Uddyotakeśarin year 3

⟨1⟩ siddham⟨.⟩ jyotsnā-śāli-samr̥ddhi-bhūḥ kumudinī-⟨⟨hāsai⟩⟩ka-sampādan¿yo?⟨ā⟩ dhūrtto dhūrjaṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩-

⟨2⟩ -maul¿ī?⟨i⟩-saudha-vasatiḥ pīyūṣa-dhārā-gr̥haM| tārāntaḥpura-nāyako rati-pa-

⟨3⟩ ⟨teḥ⟩ śastraikaśā¿n?⟨ṇ⟩opalaḥ kṣīrodārṇṇava-nandano vijayate devaḥ suddhādīdhi-

⟨4⟩ tiḥ|| tasyānvaye mahati sāndra-tamaḥ-kalaṅka- vicchā⟨⟨ya⟩⟩-dig-valaya-mārjana-kr̥-

⟨5⟩ cch⟨r⟩akasya| Utpedire sakala-sad-guṇa-janma-kandāḥ kundāvadāta-yaśaso

⟨6⟩ jagatī-bhujas te|| rājābhūj janamejayo ’tha nr̥patir jāto yayātis tata-

⟨7⟩ ḥ śrīmān bhīmaratho ’bhavat tadanu ca kṣmā-cakra-rakṣā-maṇiḥ⟨.⟩ Aṣṭāsv eva di-

⟨8⟩ g-a___ntareṣu vijaya-stambhāvali-cchadmanā hr̥t-selyāni diśā-

⟨9⟩ -bhujām api samāropyanta yair vvisphuṭaM| tasmād dharmmaratho manora-

⟨10⟩ tha-phalaṁ śītānśu-vanśa-śriyo n¿ī?⟨i⟩strinśaika-śakhā śikhā-maṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩r abhū-

⟨11⟩ n niḥśeṣa-bhūmī-bh¿ū?⟨u⟩jāM| yasmin dig-vijayāvatāriṇi p¿ū?⟨u⟩rā vidveṣi-bhūm¿ī?⟨i⟩

⟨12⟩ bh¿ū?⟨u⟩jaḥ pr¿a?⟨ā⟩tiṣṭhanta dig-antara⟨ṁ⟩ tadanu{ṁ} ca sphītāś camū-reṇavaḥ|| setūpānta-vanānta-

⟨13⟩ re himavataḥ paryanta-bhū-sīmani prāg-ambhodhi-taṭī-vaneṣu kaṭake pūrvetara-kṣṃā-

⟨14⟩ -bhr̥taḥ⟨.⟩ yasyo¿ttāmyada?⟨ktaṁ pada⟩-rāti-rāja-yuvatī-ni⟨ḥ⟩śvāsa-jhaṁjhānila vyāsaṅga-svana-

⟨15⟩ d-antarā¿sva?⟨la⟩-mukharair gīta⟨ṁ⟩ yaśaḥ kīcakaiḥ|| bhrātā tasya vabhū⟨⟨va⟩⟩ bhūtalapate-

⟨16⟩ r bhūte¿ṣ?⟨ś⟩a-tulya-prabhaḥ prakhyāta¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ kṣiti-bhūṣaṇ¿i?⟨aṁ⟩ naghuṣa Ity urvvīpatīnā⟨ṁ⟩ pati⟨ḥ⟩|

⟨17⟩ yad-dor-daṇḍa-bhujaṅgamena vilasan-nistrinśa-jih{a}vā-bhr̥tā pītās te ¿ṣ?⟨p⟩aripanthi-pā-

⟨18⟩ rthiva-camū-kaṇṭhāntare mārutāḥ⟨.⟩ Atrāste kari-vr̥nda¿s a?⟨m u⟩nmadam iha prauḍho ’sti{|}

⟨19⟩ pañcānanaḥ santy etāsu ja¿sa?⟨ga⟩-¿dr̥?⟨dru⟩ho giri-darī-kumbhīṣu kumbhīnas¿a?⟨ā⟩ḥ⟨.⟩ snehād i-

⟨20⟩ ty abhidhāya vr̥ddha-śavarī-varggeṇa ¡v!⟨b⟩addhā¿s?⟨ś⟩ruṇā yad-vair¿ī?⟨i⟩-pramadā-jano vanabhuvaḥ sa-

⟨21⟩ ¿ca?⟨ñcā⟩ram adhy¿a?⟨ā⟩pitaḥ| tasyānujo nata-samasta-sapat⟨n⟩e mauli -ratnānsumātsalita

⟨22⟩ -pāda-saroja-rociḥ⟨.⟩ vidyā-nidhiḥ pratinidhir madhu-sūdanasya jāto ’tha vi¿s?⟨ś⟩va-vi⟨ja⟩-

⟨23⟩ yī nr̥patir yayātiḥ⟨.⟩ bhaṭair avaṣ¿r̥?⟨ṭ⟩a¡v!⟨b⟩dham idaṁ narendrai rāṣṭra-dvayaṁ kośa⟨la⟩m u¿ke?⟨tka⟩lañ ca⟨.⟩

⟨24⟩ A-kaṇṭakaṁ sādhaya{n}taḥ samantā¿ta?⟨d⟩ bhuja-dvayaṁ yasya kr̥tārtha¿s?⟨m⟩ āsīt|| tasya tataḥ

⟨25⟩ sukr̥ta-phala⟨ṁ⟩ saphalīkr̥ta-⟨loka⟩-locanas tanayaḥ⟨.⟩ samajani guṇaika-sīmā śrīmān u-

⟨26⟩ dyotakeśarī nr̥patiḥ|| bhakti-dūra-nata-kuntala-skhalan{a} mallikā-kusuma-dāma-{rā}-

⟨27⟩ rājayaḥ⟨.⟩ ḍhaukayanta I¿d?⟨v⟩a kīrtti-santatīr ya⟨ṁ⟩ praṇemur abhito mahī-bh¿ū?⟨u⟩jaḥ||

⟨28⟩ svasti| śrī-yayāti-nagarāt⟨.⟩ parama-māhe¿s?⟨ś⟩vara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahā-

⟨29⟩ rā⟨jā⟩dh¿ī?⟨i⟩rāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-ti⟨la⟩ka-t⟨r⟩ikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahā¿s?⟨ś⟩i-

⟨30⟩ vagupta-rājadeva-pādānudhyāta-parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭāraka-mahā-

⟨31⟩ rājādhirāja-parameśvara-soma-kula-tilaka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrī-mahā-

⟨32⟩ bhavagupta-rāja-devaḥ kuśalī| kosimaṇḍalīya koṅgārāḍa¿khaṇḍa?⟨khaṇḍīya⟩ sa-sa-

⟨33⟩ rima-grāmasyeva madhyama-khaṇḍa-sapāṭa⟨⟨ka⟩⟩sahita llāyillo-khaṇḍa-kṣetrāp¿ī?⟨i⟩⟨.⟩

⟨34⟩ Atastad-viṣayīya vrāhma¿ṇā?⟨nāṁ⟩ pūjya samāhar{a}tr̥ niyuktādhikā-

⟨35⟩ r¿ī?⟨i⟩ka-dāṇḍa-pā¿s?⟨ś⟩ika-piśuna-vetrikā-varodhajana-rājñī-rāṇaka-rāja-pu-

⟨36⟩ tra-rāja-vallabha-bhogijanapramukhasamastajanapadān{a}| samā-

⟨37⟩ jñā⟨pa⟩yati{|} viditam astu bhavātaM| yathā⟨smā⟩bhir etau{|} khaṇḍakṣetra{|} grāmau|

⟨38⟩ sajalasthalau saga⟨r⟩ttoṣarau{|} sāmra-madhukau{|} catuḥsīmāv¿i?⟨a⟩cchi¿no?⟨nnaḥ⟩san¿ī?⟨i⟩-

⟨39⟩ ¿dhī?⟨dhiḥ⟩ sopani¿dhī?⟨dhiḥ⟩ saprat¿ī?⟨i⟩hār¿o?⟨aḥ⟩{|} hasti-daṇḍa-vara-valīvardda{|} Andhāruvā pratyandhā-

⟨40⟩ ruvā padātijīvya coṭṭāla Adattā Antarāvaḍḍi viṣayālī{|} suvarṇṇada-

⟨41⟩ ṇḍa{|} nimatyaṇadaṇḍa{|} dandhadaṇda{|} mārggaṇi{|} mahānamī dānādi bhaviṣyatka-

⟨42⟩ rādisameto sarvvavādhāvarjito madhyadeśīya hastigrāmavinirggatāya{|} pa-

⟨43⟩ rā¿s?⟨ś⟩ara-gotrāya{|} pañcārṣa-pravarāya{|} bhaṭṭ¿ā?⟨a⟩putra-valabhadra-pautrāya{|} ga¿y?⟨d⟩ā-

⟨44⟩ dhara-putrāya{|} śrīyaśodharāya{|} ¿s?⟨ś⟩aliladhārā-puraḥ-saramācandrā

⟨45⟩ ⟨rka⟩-kṣiti-samakālopabhogārthaM mātā-p¿a?⟨i⟩tror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo

⟨46⟩ bhivr̥ddhaye{|} tām{v}raśāsanenākarīkr̥tya saṁpradattāvityavagatyā yathādī-

⟨47⟩ yamāna dadānāḥ sukhena prativasateti|| bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhiḥ s⟨v⟩a-da-

⟨48⟩ ttirivāsmadīyā dharmmagauravād asmad-anusrodha⟨ca⟩ca sva-dattir ivānupāla-

⟨49⟩ nīyā| tathā cokta⟨ṁ⟩ dharmaśāstre⟨.⟩ vahubhir vasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarā-

⟨50⟩ d¿ī?⟨i⟩bhiḥ⟨.⟩ yasya yasya yadā bhūmiḥ{|} tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ| mā bhūd a-phala-

⟨51⟩ -¿s?⟨ś⟩aṅkā vaḥ ⟨para-datteti pārthivāḥ⟩| sva-d¿att?⟨ān⟩āt phalam ānan¿ta?⟨tyaṁ⟩ para-dattānupāla

⟨52⟩ ne⟨.⟩ ṣaṣṭhiṁ varṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ⟨.⟩ Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca ca dvau

⟨53⟩ tau naraka-gāminau⟨.⟩ Agner apatya⟨ṁ⟩ prathama⟨ṁ⟩ suvarṇṇa⟨ṁ⟩ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūrya-sutāś ca

⟨54⟩ gāvaḥ⟨.⟩ yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyāT dattās trayas tena bhavanti lo-

⟨55⟩ kāḥ||

⟨56⟩ Āsphoṭayanti pitaro valgayanti pitāmahāḥ⟨.⟩ bhūmi-dātā kule jātaḥ sa

⟨57⟩ na¿ḥ?⟨s⟩ trātā bhavi¿s?⟨ṣ⟩yati| bhūmi⟨ṁ⟩ yaḥ pratigr̥hṇāti yaś ca bhūmi¿ḥ?⟨ṁ⟩ prayacchati| Ubhau

⟨58⟩ tau puṇya-karmmāṇau niyata⟨ṁ⟩ svargga-gāminau|| taḍāgānāṁ sahasreṇa vāja-pe-

⟨59⟩ ya-śatena ca⟨.⟩ gavā⟨ṁ⟩ (ko)ṭi-pradānena bhūmi-harttā na śudhyati|| harate hāray¿eta?⟨ed⟩

⟨60⟩ yas tu manda-vuddhi⟨s⟩ tamo-vr̥taḥ⟨.⟩ sa vaddho vāruṇai⟨ḥ⟩ pā¿sai?⟨śais⟩ tirya¿k?⟨g⟩-yon¿iṣu?⟨iṁ⟩ sa gacchati| su-

⟨61⟩ varṇṇam eka⟨ṁ⟩ gām ekā⟨ṁ⟩ bhūmer apy arddham aṅgula⟨M⟩⟨.⟩ hara⟨n⟩ narakam ¿a?⟨ā⟩yāti yāvad āhūta-sa⟨m⟩pla

⟨62⟩ vaM| sva-dattā⟨m⟩ para-dattām vā yo ha¿red va?⟨reta va⟩sundharā⟨M⟩⟨.⟩ sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mi⟨r⟩ bhūtvā pitr̥bhiḥ

⟨63⟩ saha ¿ṣ?⟨p⟩acyate|| sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu¿ḥ?⟨r⟩ ⟨nr̥pāṇāṁ⟩ kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ⟨.⟩ sarvv¿a?⟨ā⟩-

⟨64⟩ nn etān bhāvinaḥ pārthivendrāN bhūyo bhūyo yācate rāmabhadraḥ⟨.⟩ Iti kamala-da-

⟨65⟩ lāmvu-vindu-lolāṁ śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca| sa-kalam ida-

⟨66⟩ m udā¿dda?⟨hr̥⟩tañ ca vu¿ddhā?⟨ddhvā⟩ na hi puru¿s?⟨ṣ⟩aiḥ para-kīrttayo vilopyāḥ| yat-kīrttir bhu-

⟨67⟩ vana-t⟨r⟩ayasya kuhare sa¿s?⟨ś⟩vattanī pūrṇ⟨ṇ⟩{mā}yan mantr¿i?⟨e⟩ṇa cira-praṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩ma-rahita-

⟨68⟩ -kṣoṇībh¿ū?⟨u⟩jo bhoginaḥ| yad-dor-daṇḍa-bhuvaḥ pratāpaśikhino n¿ī?⟨i⟩stri¿ns?⟨ṁś⟩a dhūmaccha-

⟨69⟩ ṭā dūra-sthāyi cakāra vairiyuvatīnetreṣu vāṣpodgamaM|| Utkale ko¿ś?⟨s⟩ale de-

⟨70⟩ śe sa mahāsandhivigrahī⟨ḥ⟩⟨.⟩ Ā¿ś?⟨s⟩id guṇagaṇādhāro bhadradatta Iti śrutaḥ||

⟨71⟩ mahākṣapaṭalādhyakṣaḥ śrī-prahāsaḥ prabhuḥ sutaḥ|| Alīlikhadidaṁ tāmra- -¿s?⟨ś⟩ā-

⟨72⟩ sanaṁ ⟨śatruśāsanaM⟩⟨.⟩ mahārā⟨jā⟩dhirāja-parame¿s?⟨ś⟩vara-soma-kula-t¿ī?⟨i⟩laka-trikaliṅgādhipati-śrīma⟨d⟩-⟨u⟩dyota-ke¿ś?⟨s⟩ari-

⟨73⟩ -rāja-devasya prava⟨r⟩ddhamāna vijaya-rājye tr̥tīye samvatsare kārttika-māsi{|} śuklapakṣe||

⟨74⟩ tithau daśamyāṁ|| aṅke samvaT 3 kārttika śudi 10⟨.⟩ vijñāni vāharu-māgokābhyām iti||

⟨75⟩ ¿śa?⟨śrī⟩