Seal mānamātrasutasyedaṁ svabhujopārjjitakṣiteḥ śrīmatpravararājasya śāsanaṁ śatruśāsanaṁ

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svasti śrīpurād vikramopanatasāmaṁntamakuṭacūḍhāḍāmaṇiprabhāprasekāṁmbudhautapādayugalo ripuvilāsinīsīmaṁntoddharaṇahetur vvasuvasudhāgopradaḥ paramabhāgavato māṁtāpitṛpādānuddhyātaḥ śrīmahāpravararājaḥ tuṇḍarāṣṭriīyāṣāḍhake prativāsinaḥ samājñāpayati

viditam astu vo yathāsmābhir ayaṁ grāmaḥs tridaśapatisadanasukhapratiṣṭhākaro yāvad raviśasśitārākiraṇapratihataghorāndhakāraṁ jagad avatiṣṭhate tāvad upabhogyaḥ sanidhiḥ sopanidhir acāṭabhaṭaprāveśyaḥ sarvvakaravisarjjitaḥ mātāpitror ātmanaś ca punṇyābhivṛddhaye parāśarasagotrāya vājasaneyīine bhaṭṭakapurandarasvāmine tāmvramraśāsanenātisriṛṣṭaḥ

te yūyam evam upalabhya Āājñāśravaṇavidheyā bhūtvā yathocitaṁ bhogabhāgam upantanayantaḥ sukhaṁ prativatsyatha bhaviṣyataś ca bhūmipālān anudarīśayatīi

dānād vīiśiṣṭam anupālanajaṁ purāṇā dharmmaeṣu niścitadhiyaḥ pravadanti dharmmaṁ tasmād dvijāya suviśuddhakulaśrutāya dattāṁ bhuvaṁ bhavatu vo matir eva goptuṁ

tad bhavadbhir apy eṣā dattir anupālayitavyā vyāsagītāṁś ca ślokān udāharanti

Agner apatyaṁ prathamaṁ suvarṇṇaṁ bhūr vvaiṣṇavī sūryyasutāś ca gāvaḥ dattās trayas tena bhavaṁnti lokā yaḥ kāñcanaṁ gāñ ca mahīñ ca dadyāT śṣaṣṭīivariśarṣasahasrāṇi svargge modati bhūmidaḥ Ācchettā cānumaṁntā ca tāny eva narake vaseT bahubhir vvasudhā dattā rājabhiḥ sagarādibhiḥ yasya yasya yadā bhūmis tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ svadattāṁ paradattāṁ vvāṁ yatnād rakṣa yudhiṣṭhira mahīṁ mahiīmatāṁ śreṣṭha dānāc chreyo 'nupālanamM iIti

svamukhājñayā pravarddhamānavijayasaṁvvasaṁvatsara 3 mārggaśīrṣa di 2 Utkiīrṇṇaṁ golasiṅghena

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Plates Mirashi interprets this superfluous dot symbol as a visarga tuṇḍa° tuṇḍā° tuṇḍa° vājasaneyīine vājasaneyine vājasaneyīine anudarīśayatīi anudariśayati anudarīśayatīi vīiśiṣṭam viśiṣṭam vīiśiṣṭam dharmmaeṣu dharmmeṣu dharmmaeṣu dharmmaṁ dharmmaṁ dharmmaṁ golasiṅghena golasiṅghena golasiṅghena

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The enemy-chastising charter belongs to the illustrious Pravararāja, who was the son of Prasanna and who acquired his kingdom by his own arms.

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Success! Hail! From Śrīpura, the illustrious great Pravararāja whose feet are washed by the sprinkling water that is the brilliance of the crest-jewels on the crests of his feudatories who have been brought into submission by his prowess, who made the women of his enemies tear out their parted hair, who is a giver of riches, land, and cattle, who is entirely devoted to Viṣṇu, and favoured by his father and mother, issues the following command to the residents of the village of Āṣāḍhaka situated in the Tuṇḍa rāṣṭra:

Let it be known to you that by means of this copperplate charter, this village has been granted by us for the increase of religious merit of father, mother, and ourselves, to bhaṭṭaka Purandarasvāmin, belonging to the Parāśara gotra and to the Vājasaneya school. The grant of the village, which leads to happiness and fame in the abode of the lord of the gods i.e., Indra’s heaven, is to be enjoyed as long as the world will endure, the world of which the darkness of the night is removed by the rays of the sun, moon and stars; comes along with the right to hidden treasures and deposits; is not to be entered by irregular or regular troops; and is exempt from all taxes.

Having taken note of that, you should be obedient to the command received from him i.e., the donee and render the proper shares of periodical offerings and produce, while living happily in this village. And the king instructs the future rulers:

The ancients, reflecting on virtue, proclaim that the religious merit arising from the protection of a grant is more excellent than that which arises from the giving itself; therefore, your intent should indeed be to protect the earth that has been granted to a Brahmin of perfectly pure family and religious learning.

This gift is to be protected by you as well! And they quote the following stanzas sung by Vyāsa:

Gold is the first child of Agni, land is born of Viṣṇu, and cows are the offspring of Sūrya: Therefore, whoever would give gold, a cow, and land would give the three worlds.

A giver of land rejoices in heaven for sixty thousand years; he who confiscates it or allows another to confiscate it will dwell for the same period in hell!

The earth has been granted by many kings, beginning with Sagara; whoever possesses the land at any time, to him belong the fruits at that time!

O Yudhiṣṭhira, zealously protect the land which was given by yourself or by others! O best of kings, protection is superior to giving!

By the order from the king’s own mouth, the copperplate charter has been engraved by Golasiṅgha on the day 2 of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa in the increasingly victorious year 3 of Pravararāja's reign.