Jatesinga-Dungri plates of Mahāśivagupta Yayāti year 3

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-12-17Z

Editor:   Amandine Wattelier-Bricout.

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    ⎘ plate 1v 1Oṁ svasty apagata¿v?⟨b⟩ahalakalikaluṣa-dharmma-dharmmāmr̥ta-vimala-śiśirakiraṇāvali-parighaṭita-candra¿v?⟨b⟩i-
    2mbodayasyanditaphena-kusuma-sandarbhitatarala-taraṅga-mālā-viracita-telā-mahā-
    3nadīsaṅgama-vimala-jala-pav¿ī?⟨i⟩trīkr̥ta-dharmmārbhinibeśit-sakala-jana-kāritāne-
    4kavividha-devakulāyatana-vihārārāma-maṇḍapodyāna-vicitra-kusuma-viṭāyataṇo-
    5mañjarīvikampita-stavakasurabhikusumarajoritavapumanohara-vidagdhabhujaṅga-
    6janānosaṅgamādhikr̥(ta)mada-mudita-janma-vibhrama-sphurita-kamala-vadana-
    7samullasita-bhrūbhaṅga-vikṣepa-sphuṭita-kuvalayodyotita-vara-kāminī-
    8suratakaraṇavyāpārānekapatatrīgaṇa-samutkaṇṭhitamur¿e?⟨ī⟩dhinirgatamayūraṚta-
    9tūryyanirdhoṣaviracitāvasarabhavanādavatīryyasakalalokābhilasitavarapradānā-
    10nugrahakābhyayā bhagavatyā śrī-pañcāmbari-bhadrāmbikāyādhiṣṭhitāpattana-suvarṇṇapu-
    11rāvāsita śrīmad-vijaya-kaṭakād atiśayorjitapratāpabhāvāvatana samastanr̥pati¿kuṚ?⟨kada⟩-
    12mvacūḍāmaṇiparicumbitapādapīṭhaḥ⟨.⟩ prathitāneka nala-nahuṣa-māndhāttr̥-dilīpa-bharata-¿bhāgi?⟨bhagī⟩ -
    ⎘ plate 2r 13rathyādi-rāja-caritaḥ karṇṇāṭalāṭagurjjareśvara-dāhajvaro bhūviṭakalatrakārñcakalāp¿a?⟨ā⟩-
    14bharaṇalampaṭaḥ⟨.⟩ kaliṅga-koṅgodotkala-kośala-svayambara-prasiddhaḥ gauḍa-rāḍhāmbara-
    15prakarṣaṇodghātamārutaḥ śītāṅśuvaṅśa-vimalāmbara-pūrṇṇa-candra-sva-bhujopārjita-tri-
    16kaliṅgādhipatiḥ parama-māheśvara-parama-bhaṭṭārakaḥ śrī-mahābhavagupta👤-pādanudhyā-
    17ta-mahārājādhirāja-parameśvara-praṇamita-rājanyopasevita-pādā-ravinda-yugalaḥ śrī-mahā-
    18śivagupta👤
    -śrī-yayāti👤-devaḥ kuśalī⟨.⟩ kośala-prativaddho bhrāṁḍa-viṣayīya vr̥hadbhū-
    19sāyīgrāma śambarabāḍi-maṇḍala santovarḍākhaṇḍīya māṁrajamurā-
    20grāmayo brāhmaṇāN saṁpūjya tatpratinivāsikuṭumbina⟨ḥ⟩ tadviṣayīya Avapradānayathā-
    21kālādhyāsinaḥ samāhartr̥san⟨n⟩idhātr̥prabhr̥tīnanyāṁ ca rājapādopajīvino daṇḍapāśika-
    22cāṭabhaṭapiśunavetrikāva⟨rodhe⟩janarāvallabhāṁ saṁbhāvya samājñāpayati viditam astu bhava-
    23tā⟨ṁ⟩ yathāsmin{a} grāmānau sanidhiḥ sopanidhiḥ sa-garttoṣaraḥ sām{v}ra-madhukosagūḍa-viṣaya sa-paṅkā-
    24la sa-jalastha⟨la⟩bharaṇa sa-daśāparā⟨¿gha?⟩ sarv¿āṁ?⟨o⟩parikarādāna-sametaḥ sarvva-vādhāvivajiṁ -
    ⎘ plate 2v 25taḥ pratiniṣiddha-cāṭa-bhaṭa-praveśa madhya-deśiya hasti-grāma-vinirgatāya parā¿s?⟨ś⟩ara go-
    26trāya Ātreya pravarāya nārāyaṇanaptre śāntikarasutāya ya¿y?⟨j⟩ur-veda-kāṇva-śākhādhyāyi-
    27ne bhaṭṭa-putra s⟨v⟩arodayī śrī-yaśa-karāya puṇya-tithyā⟨mā⟩vā¿sthyā?⟨śyā⟩ṁ Audaka-pūrvvakaṁ Ācandratārakārkka-
    28¿sthi-?⟨kṣi⟩ti-samakālopabhogārthaṁ mātā-pitror ātmanaś ca puṇya-yaśo ’bhivr̥ddhaye tām{v}raśāsa-
    29nenākarīkr̥tya prati-pādita Ity avagatya samucita-bhoga-bhāga-kara-hiraṇy¿a?⟨ā⟩dikam up¿ā?⟨a⟩-
    30nayadbhiḥ ⟨bhavadbhiḥ⟩ sukhena prati-vastavyaṁ⟨.⟩ bhāvibhiś ca bhūpatibhir dattir ayam asmadī-
    31ya sva-dānam iva paripālanīyā| tathā coktaṁ dharmmaśāstre⟨.⟩

    I. Anuṣṭubh
    vahubhir vvasudhā dattā
    rājabhiḥ 32sagarādibhiḥ|
    yasya yasya yadā bhūmis
    tasya tasya tadā phalaṁ|

    II. Anuṣṭubh
    mā bhūd a-phala-śaṅkā vaḥ
    33para-datteti pārthivāḥ|
    s⟨v⟩a-dānā¿n?⟨t⟩ phalam ānantyaṁ
    para-dattānupālane|

    III. Anuṣṭubh
    ṣa¿ṣṭhī?⟨ṣṭi⟩m varṣa{ṁ}saha34srāṇi
    svargge modati bhūmidaḥ|
    Ākṣeptā cānumantā ca
    tāny eva narake vaseT|

    IV. Anuṣṭubh
    bhūmiṁ ya⟨ḥ⟩ prati35gr̥h¿n?⟨ṇ⟩ā¿n?⟨t⟩i
    yaś ¿y?⟨c⟩a bhūmiṁ prayacchati|
    tāv ubhau puṇya-karmmāṇau
    niyataṁ svargga-gāminau|

    V. Anuṣṭubh
    Āsphoṭaya ⎘ plate 3r 36⟨nti pita⟩raḥ
    pravalga{ya}nti pitāmahāḥ⟨.⟩
    bhūmi-dātā kule jāta⟨ḥ⟩
    sa nas trātā bhaviṣyati|

    VI. Anuṣṭubh
    suvarṇṇa(m ekaṁ) 37gām ekāṁ
    bhūmer apy arddham aṅgulaṁ|
    haran narakam āp⟨n⟩oti
    yāvad ābhūta-saṁplavaṁ|

    VII. Anuṣṭubh
    sva-dattāṁ para-dattā(m vā)
    38yo hareta vasundharāṁ⟨.⟩
    sa viṣṭhāyāṁ kr̥mir bhūtvā
    pitr̥bhiḥ saha pacyate|

    VIII. Anuṣṭubh
    harate hāray¿eta?⟨ed⟩ yas tu
    (manda-vu)39ddhis tamo-vr̥taḥ⟨.⟩
    sa vaddho vāruṇaiḥ
    pāśais tiryya¿k?⟨g⟩-yoniṣu jāyate|

    IX. Śālinī
    sāmānyo ’yaṁ dharmma-setu(r nr̥)40pāṇāṁ
    kāle kāle pālanīyo bhavadbhiḥ|
    sarvvān etān bhāvin¿o?⟨aḥ⟩ pārthivendrāN
    bhūyo bhūyo yāca(te) 41rāmacandraḥ|

    X. Anuṣṭubh
    Asmadvaśānvaye kāle
    yaḥ kaścinnr̥patir bhaveT⟨.⟩
    tasyāhaṁ tasmād āyāda
    yomasmin yayā 42ti prāyata⟨.⟩

    XI. Puṣpitāgrā
    Iti kamala-dalāmbu-vindu-lolāṁ
    śriyam anucintya manuṣya-jīvitañ ca⟨.⟩
    43sa-kalam idam udāhr̥taṁ ca vuddhvā
    na hi puruṣaiḥ para-kīrttayo vilopyāḥ|

    śrī-mahāśiva-
    44gupta👤
    -śrī-yayāti👤-rāja-deva-pāda(pra)varddhamāna-vijayarājye samvatsare tr̥tīya vaiśā¿ka?⟨kha⟩ sita-pañcamyāṁ
    45Aṅkenāpi samvaT 3 vai¿s?⟨ś⟩ā sudi 5 likhitam idaṁ tām{v}ra-śāsanaṁ sandhivigrahi-śrī-
    46-harṣadatta👤-napt¿r̥?⟨ā⟩siṁhadatta👤-bh⟨r⟩ātr̥-sutena rāṇaka-śrī-rudradattena👤⟨.⟩

    Apparatus

    1 °kaluṣa° Rkal¿a?⟨u⟩ṣa S1 °dharmmāmr̥ta° S°dharmmāvr̥ta° R1 °vimala° R°(va)mala° S1–2 °candra¿v?⟨b⟩i/mbo° S°ca/ndravimbo° R
    3 °pav¿ī?⟨i⟩trī° S°pavitrī° R

    Translation by Amandine Wattelier-Bricout

    I reproduce here the translation given by Mazumdar 1916 of the line 1 to 18.

    Om (in symbol) Svasti. a. From whom removed are the many sins of the Kali-age (Plate 1, line 1), b. who has been sanctified by the pure water of the confluence of the rivers Mahānadi (line 3) and Telā (line 2) which water is adorned with the liquid eddies crested with foam-flowers (line 2) which glitter with moonbeams (lines 1 and 2) as are made of the purest cooling rays (line 1) and are like the nectar of Dharma itself (line 1), c. who is devoted to -the works of merit or Dharma, d. who caused many men to build (line 4) many temples for various gods and the Maṇḍapa (royal pavilion) in the Arāma or park for Vihāra (pleasurable recreation) together with Udyāna or garden (line 4), e. whose charming person (Vapur-Manohara) has been dyed yellow (Dhusarita) by the pollen grains of the sweet-scented-flowers-hanging in bunches and tossing [in the breeze] (line 5) under the shade of flower-trees of various kinds (line 4), f. who is followed and surrounded by friends and companions (line 6) who are Vidagdha Bhujanga (line 5) (crafty libertines) , g. who dallies with (line 8) loveliest girls (Vara-kaminī) radiant like the kuvalaya-lotus (line 7) whose lotus-like faces bloom and glow with amorous charms (Vibhrama) arising from lustful and delight-giving desires (line 6) and whose glances were delightful because of the playful movements of the eyebrows (line 7), h. whose uras (breast) grows eager with desires by the music of many birds, i. who makes it the fit occasion for his leisure by coming out of his house (line 9) on hearing the sound of the peacocks (line 8) which is like the sound of the tūrya (trumpet) (line 9), j. who dwells (line 11) at Pattana Subarnapura (line 10) [where exists the goddess] Bhagabati Panchāmbarā Bhadrāmbikā (line 10)— who at the prayer of all people for their desired-for boons grants them in her mercy (lines 9 and 10), k. who is exceedingly mighty (Atisaya-ūrjita) in his victorious campaigns, l. who is bent, as it were, with the weight of his own prowess (line 11), m. whose footstool (Padapithol) is kissed by the crest-jewels (line 12) of the head-gears of all the Nripatis or Subordinate Kings (line 11), n. who in character resembles such renowned (Prathita) Kings as Nala, Nahusa, Māndhātā, Dilīpa, Bharata and Bhagīratha (line 12 and line 1 on Plate 2), o. who has conquered Karnāta, Lāta, the lord of Gujrāt (gurjesvara), p. who is the conqueror of Dravīda country, q. who is the paramour of the Bhū (the world) (Plate 2, line 1), r. who has taken off like a lustful lover (Lampatah) the tinkling waist girdle (kanchī) [of a girl] — that is to say, who has denuded the kanchī country of its glory (plate 2 lines 1 and 2), s. who has been elected in a Svayaṃvara as their lord by the countries of Kalinga, Kongada, Utkala and kosala (plate 2 line 2), t. whose body has been cooled by the wind in the sky (Umbara) raised in the victorious assault against the noted countries of Gauda and Rādha (plate 2, lines 2 and 3), u. who is the full moon in the pure sky of Vanga {Bengal) and v. who has become the lord of the Trikalinga countries by having conquered them with his own arms (plate 2 lines 3 and 4) — he it is Śrī Mahāśivagupta Śrī Yajātideva, w. who is Mahārājādhīrāja and overlord (Parameśvara), x. whose feat many Rājanyas (minor rājās) worship by bowing themselves down, and y. who himself meditates upon the feet of Śrī Mahābhavagupta who was a great devout worshipper of Maheśvara and was highly honourable (P. Bhattaraka), — is present here in peace (kuśalī) (plate 2 lines 4-6).

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    Page 268.
    No identifier given for mahābhavaguptaNo identifier given for mahā-
    18śivagupta
    No identifier given for yayātiNo identifier given for mahāśiva-
    44gupta
    No identifier given for yayātiNo identifier given for harṣadattaNo identifier given for siṁhadattaNo identifier given for rudradattena