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Victorious is the sage, whose fame and fortune are radiant by the many webs of beams of the lofty and celebrated moon, the water of whose gifts (made in former lives) have consecrated this world [and] who is invincible for Māra’s soldiers as they vie with the lord of the highly agitated waters!
Victorious throughout is, after him, the Mūlarāja, whose fame is wide-spread, radiant, splendid and renowned in the world, due to his opulence; who is invincible, having gained the highest fortune by many victories in battle; who has tied to himself the entire world by the noose of his own excellent virtues (or: by the noose of the ropes of his own braids)!
Hail! From the victorious city of Guṇapāśa, the
illustrious king Pr̥thivīśrīmūla, blessed by the feet of his parents; impeccable upholder
of all laws on class and stage of life, through [his] intelligence and discrimination
produced by [his] perception of the meanings of the words enjoined in revelation and
tradition; who had undertaken the heavy burden of sovereignty with the sole purpose of
favoring others; conqueror on numerous occasions of battle-collision with elephants; who
had brought fruit to his enjoyment of life by incessant grants of cows, lands, gold and
maidens, etc.; devout worshiper of Maheśvara; extremely devout; conqueror through Dharma;
son of the celebrated great king Śrī Prabhākara, whose fame was the ornament of all
quarters of space, whose unsurpassed store of merit had been obtained by the veneration of
the feet of gods, brahmins and masters, in the district of Tāḻupāka commands all district
residents, starting with the governors (
‘Be it known to you that the village called
Kaṭṭuceṟuvul, being in the middle of these villages Śrīkonṟa, Ḷagganṟu, Pariyapaṟu,
Truḷpaṟu, has been given by me to my dear son Harivarmarāja, whose mass of great fame and
power had been gained by the surpassing valor of his own self which has been manifested
more than once on battle grounds that were excessively terrifying, dense with thousands of
swords sharpened many times. And by this Harivarmarāja, with my approval, approving of the
the resident of the Mahāvihāra who has been appointed to the office of
construction-cum-renovation (
And there are verses pronounced by Manu on this matter:
By numerous [kings], land has been given; and by many it has been protected. Whoever holds land at a given moment, to him does the fruit then belong.
There is not and will not be any higher gift than the gift of land. There is not and will not be any worse sin than the theft of the same.
The giver of land stays in heaven for sixty thousand years; the one who confiscates [land] as well as the one who approves (of the confiscation) will reside as many [years] in hell.
The one who would engage in the annulment of a foundation, under influence of the sins of lowly dependents, or by cupidity, envy, negligence, or ignorance, he will incur these faults:
The destiny of those who slay their master, a cow, a brahmin, a child, a woman or an ascetic, will be the one of him who seizes the livelihood that is marked by a (royal) charter.
He who would seize land given by himself or by someone else becomes a worm in excrement and is cooked together with his ancestors.
May this charter made by the king Harivarman in favor of the Tāmbraparṇīyas remain in force here as long as moon and stars will last.
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