Epigraphia Indica Vol 03

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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No. 9.]
TORKHEDE PLATES OF GOVINDARAJA.
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46 ch-avagachchhadbhir-ayam-asmad-dayð=numamtavyaḥ paripalayitavyas=
cha [l*] uktam cha maharshibhiḥ [10] 47 Bahubhir lyvasudha bhukt& råjabhiḥ Sagar-Adibhiḥ yasya yasya yada
bhAmis-tasya tasya tada phalam [ll] 48 Shashtim varsha-sahasråņi svargge tishțhati bhumi-daḥ achchhettá ch=
Anumanta cha tany=va Darake vased=iti [ll] Om (11) 49 Likhitam maya lekhaka-Krishņēna Nanna-putréņa I(II)
TRANSLATION Om ! In seven centuries, increased by thirty-five (years), of the years that have gone by from the time of the Saka king (or kings), on the seventh tithi in the bright fortnight of (the month) Pausha; or, in figures, the centuries of years 785, in the Nandana samvatsara, (the month) Pausha, the tithi 7 of the bright fortnight; on this tithi), specified as above by the year (or samvatsara) and month and fortnight and day:
(Line 3.)-(There is), the Paramabhaftáraka, Maharajadhiraja, and Paramêtvara, Prabhûtavarsha, the king of favourites of fortune, by name Govindaraja (III.),- an enjoyer of the young woman the Earth, who is veiled by a mantle, which is (his) fame, that is as spotless as the rays of the autumn moon. Even in the hot weather, the whole sky, in which the rays of the sun are obscured on high by the dense dust (raised) by the tall steeds of Jagattunga, distinotly looks as if the rainy season had come. (And) the greatest possible joy is produced in the hearts of men, through the manner in which he righteously rules the whole kingdom, together with the four ooeans.
(L. 8.)- His brother, Indraraja,- equal in valour to the god) Indra; a glorious king on the earth; the source of the production of wondrous fame, became the ruler of the province of the lord of Lata, which was bestowed by him (Govinda III.).
(L. 10.)- His son was one of great dignity, with a mind that revelled in the pleasure of learning the meaning of the Sastras, who bore aloft, in the first place, the auspicious appellation of “illustrious Karkaraja," accompanied by a secondary name.
(L. 11.)- His younger brother is the king Govindaraja, - verily like another (god) Sarnbhu personified,- who abides in good morality, just as the god sits on the excellent bull (Nandi), (and) who is always worshipped by learned people, just as the god is by (the other) gode. His mind is never dalled, either in the height of battle by the arrows, tipped with sharp) points, which, discharged from afar on all sides, graze the (very) string of (his) bow and the feathers (of his arrow), or in the rite of charity by suppliants, on the look out for rewards, who assail (him) from afar on all sides through partiality for (his) virtues.
(L. 15.)- At the estate (called) the Siharakkhi Twelve, conferred by him, this person, the illustrions Buddhavarasa, & Mahdsamanta who has attained all the mahasabdas, who has been born in the spotless Salukika race; who has been anointed on the forehead; who is the cause of an unequalled fever, hard to be cured, among the wives of (his) enemies; who is & wind that breaks down numerotus trees, which are (his) enemies, inflated with pride; whose pure fame (is) like the white colour of the rays of the autumn moon, or of a jasmine flower, or of a piece of crystal; who is the son's son of the illustrious Maninaga; who is
1 Metre: śloka (Anushtabh); and in the following verse.
Bepresented by a symbol which is identical with one of the forms of the l' merical symbol for 90. The context is in line 19, -"This person, the illustrious Buddhavarasa, informs all fature kings," ato. Or, perhaps "aiming at (his) shield."
prablwjy andma. In the construction in which it stands, the word is not a very easy one to translate literally