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sa khalu bhāgīrathī-patha-pravarttamāna-nā
-vidha-nau-vāṭaka-sampādita-setu-vandha-vihita-śaila-śikhara-śreṇi-vibhramāT
-samāravdha-s
parameśvara-sevā-samāyātāśeṣa-jamvū-dvīpa-bhū
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la-devaḥ kuśalī
tra-grāma
hāsāmanta
nika
śaulkika
vāgomahiṣyajāvikādhyakṣa
-kārṇṇāṭa-lāṭa-cāṭa
dāndhra-caṇḍāla-paryantāN yathārhaṁ mānayati vodhayati samādiśati ca
viditam astu bhavatān·
ka-mukhena vayaoe
ta-śaivācārya-parṣadaḥ
tv iti tac-chiṣya-praśiṣyebhyaś ca
s soddeśās sāmra-madhūkās sa-jala-sthalās sa-garttoṣarās soparikarāḥ
śā A-kiñcit-pragrāhyā
ttā Iti
m idam a
samvaT
-di
tathā dharmmān
Of illustrious Śūrapāladeva.
Success! Welfare!
The lord of the whole earth renowned by being a blazing mark of the lineage of illustrious king
There was a king named illustrious Gopāla
Indeed, lustres of spotless nails from him, of which colours were mixed with accumulation of mass of rays from red jewels on crowns of kings devoted to bowing, gained the state of the crest of the flower of five-leaved chaste tree with its stalk.
From him was born illustrious king Dharmapāla, who was the birthplace of Lakṣmī
“He is the good dharma,”
The white swan, which was his fame, the naturally white streak of foams of the four oceans, the rain removing burning of lotus-like faces of wives of his enemies, the splendour of the body of the serpent chief doubled inside the nether-world, proceeded in the cage which was the world.
“Kāla
These waves of the milk ocean, which took the breathed fragrance of Śauri
He obtained the son illustrious Devapāla, the master of wealth
“Sighs, turfs of hair with locks loosen by violent movements, the prominence of cheek lies on the bed made of hands, drops of tears bring out blossoms on breasts, and the heart longs for emission of life-breath
When his fame excessively filled the sky, the charioteer of the sun, full of the fear of crossing the milk-ocean, instantly held the horses.
He, the conqueror of the lord of Nepāla, having lofty fame obtained by bowing of the lord of Suvarṇadvīpa, built a golden abode of the Victor
As far as the Vindhya Mountain where bamboo forest, the friend of the feast of sexual enjoyment of Śavara women, is black, as far as the Snow Mountain where its tableland is flooded by the stream of nectar which is the smile of Umā, as far as the ocean witnessing the rise of the sun, and as far as
There was the daughter of illustrious king Durlabharāja named illustrious Māhaṭā, his queen desirous of
Even by a hundred of her wish, the other women of good families do not gain progress in gifts, wisdom, fame and good conducts
From them, as if from Śiva couple, was born in this world the son, king illustrious Śūrapāla
He
At the time of his march, as if the mass of smoke with poisonous flame and piercing hiss was emitted by the snake Śeṣa tired with his hood distorted by the weight of the earth troubled by burden of his army, a grey streak of dust, very hard and dense, like a cloud emerging suddenly, pervaded the circle of quarters, rising on all sides through the paths of deep caves.
After sinking in the water of his sword, blazing like a forest of blue night lotus, a flock of royal swans never emerged again.
By his glories, which relieved blackness of deer from the cold-beamed moon, led Lakṣmī in both the milk ocean and the Snow Mountain to the remaining rivers and mountains and filled the foreheads of nāga women with moving of mud, alas, the dirt-like fames of eastern kings were made the one with jasmine-like brightness.
The enemy kings, afflicted by the heat of his valour ascending to cut the submarine Aurva fire in the sky and the sea and filling up the quarters, shared black roofs of the roads under the shade of dense and fragrant candana forest of Malaya and eternal snow of the Snow Mountain.
Lights of pearls emitted from seats which were head-protrusions of the enemy elephants cut by his sword shone in the battlefield, as if they were parched grains scattered at the occasion of the performance of hand taking of the Goddess Victory of the conqueror of the whole world.
As far as the Vindhya mountain where waves of the Revā were crushed by rocks made uneven as broken by tusks of elephants, as far as the Kailāsa mountain where the chain
From the illustrious military camp of victory pitched at illustrious Mudgagiri, where the group of mountain peaks laid by the bridge produced by various kinds of large ships going around the path of river Bhāgīrathī are rolling, where the doubt of the time of lasting cloud occurred because of daylight darkened by the assembly of unsurpassed dark rutting elephants, where the intermediate space of directions is made grey by dust dug up by the hard hooves of innumerable horse troops gifted by many northern kings and where the earth bows to the weight of innumerable foot soldiers of all the kings of Jambudvīpa coming for the service to the supreme lord.
Parameśvara paramabhaṭṭāraka mahārājādhirāja illustrious Śūrapāladeva
“It should be known to you. We were communicated by mahādevī illustrious Māhaṭā bhaṭṭārikā through the mouth of the messenger: “You, illustrious great king should give villages Aṅgāragarttikā and Vāsantikā to our illustrious Māhaṭeśvara of Vārāṇasī, and villages Kulaputraka and Navallikā to the assembly of Śaiva ācāryas approved by us, for the increase of our merit and fame, for the purpose of worship, charitable feeding and so on, after making a royal grant.” “Also to their disciples and disciples of disciples.” Hence by us, with announcement of her, these villages as written above, as far as their own borders, grass land and pastures, were given to all of them with flat land, with raised ground, with mango and mahua trees, with watering place, with ditch and saline land, with additional tax, with fine of ten offences, with the right to catch thieves, exempted from all the burdens, without entry of cāṭas and bhaṭas, without anything taken away, accompanied by contribution of all bhāga, bhoga, kara, hiraṇya and so on of the king, by the rule of land reclamation, as long as the moon, the sun and the earth exist.” “Thinking thus, this donation should be consented by you. This donation should also be protected by future kings after approving it out of respect for merit of donation of land and from fear of falling to the great hell in case of its violation. And the proper practice of all the contributions should be made by residing cultivators after becoming subject to hearing the order
Year 3 month Āśvina day of bright fortnight 2.
And there are verses instructing dharma
The earth was given by many kings beginning with Sagara. To the one to whom the land belongs, belongs then the merit.
For sixty thousand years, a giver of land rejoices in heaven. The one who denies it and the one who agrees with him live in hell for the same period.
Either given by himself or given by the others, the one who stole land, he would be boiled with his ancestors after becoming an insect in excreta.
After thus considering wealth and human life fragile as a drop of water on lotus petal, also after knowing all that is said, the meritorious deeds of others should not be destroyed by human beings.
Also by others referring to the noble succession of our family, this donation should be approved. Donation of wealth, unsteady as lightning and inconstant as bubbles, is fruitful, so is protection of meritorious deeds of others.
The donations making merit, profit and fame, which were previously given by kings here, what a name of virtuous person would accept these like left flowers and vomited food?
By illustrious Śūrapāla
Confirmed. Confirmed.
This edict was engraved by both sāmanta Dakkadāsa and Vairocanadāsa.
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First edited and published by D. C. Sircar