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No. 33] HOWRAGHAT PLATES OF BALAVARMAN III OF KAMARUPA, YEAR 5 289 6 yên-pahritani yado Mahendrasya | Aditaḥ kundala-yugalam Kapo[la-dolayitam harată || [4] Tā
7 mvi(mbu)la-valli parinaddha-pügam1 krishy-a[gu]ru-skandha-nivěsit-ailam | sa Kāmarūpē jita-Kama
8 rūpaḥ Pragjyōtisa (sh-a)khyam puram-adhyuvasa || [5] Mad-andha-gandha-dvipa-karnnatäla-nrityan-ma
9 yur-ōpavane sa tasmin (smin) | vasan-samāsadya Murari-chakram rane ran-aishī divam-ā10 rurōha || [6] Bhūpāla-mauli-maņi-chumvi(mbi)ta1-pada-pīṭha[s]=tasy=ātmajō-bhūd=Bhagadatta-nāmā rājā praja-ramjana-la
11 vdha (bdha)-varno varnn-asramānāṁn gurur-eka-viraḥ || [7*] Upagatavati sura-lōkan= tasminta(smiths-tasy-'nujo-bhavad-bhümeḥ | [patir-a]
12 mala-bhaktir-Ise yam prahur-Vajradatta iti kavayaḥ [8] Tad-vamse vana-vaprām parikhikṛita-sagarain' mahim bh[u]ktvā | asta
13 n-gateshu rājasu Sālastambho-bhava[n*]=nripati[h*] ]] [ 9*] Palaha(ka)-Vijayaḥ(ya)prabhritishuḥ(shu) samatikrantēshu3 [tasya] vam[syē]
14 shu | abhavad-bhuvi nripa-chandro dvishaj-jvarō Harjjarō nāma || [10*] Aham-ahamikayā vivandiśu (shu)ņām samsadi yasya nakha
Second Plate, First Side
15 prabha-pratānaiḥ na muku[ta-ma]nayo vibhānti rājñā[m] rav[i]-kara-samva (samva)[lita i]va pradipaḥ [] [11] Tasy-atmajaḥ śrī-Va
16 [na]māladēvō rājā chiram bhakti-paro Bhavē-bhūt visala-vakshas-tanu-vri[t]ta-[ma]dhyaḥ pinaddha]-kanthaḥ pari[gh-bha
17 va(ba)hu[h*] || [12*] Na kruddham vikṛit-asyaṁ na cha na hasitam na cha vachaḥ śrutam nichāt na cha kiñchid-uktam-ahita[m*] mahitam si
18 lam sad-aiva yasy-abhut ! [13*] Yen-ātul-āpi sa-tulā jagati visal-api bhūri-kṛita-śālā | panktiḥ prāsādānā
19 m-akrita (kāri) vichitr-api sach-chitra | [14] Tasy-atmajaḥ śri-Jayamaladeva[ḥ*] kshir amvu(mbu)rāśēr-iva sita-raśmiḥ | va(ba)bhūva ya
1 Cf. Raghuvamia, VI, 64: tambula-valli-parinaddha-pugāsv-ēlā-lat-alingita-chandanāsu.
Read érita or some other suitable word in the place of mani-chumbita to bring this foot in Vasantatilaka in line with the three other feet in Indravajra.
Cf. Raghuvamsa, VI, 21: rājā prajā-rañjana-labdha-varṇaḥ Parantapō năma yath-ärtha-nāmā; V, 19: varnūsramāṇām gurave sa varni vichakshanam prastulam-achachakshē.
Cf. ibid., I, 30: sa vēla-vapra-valayam parikhikrita-sāgarām.
The word samatikrāntēshu could not be fully read in the Nowgong plates.
The seven aksharas samsadi yasya nakha could not be read in the Nowgong plates. Bhattacharya conjes turally restored them as yad-aruna-pada-nakha.
7 Cf. Raghuvamsa, VI, 32: Avanti-natho-yam-udagra-běhur-vitala- vakshas-tanu-vritta madhyaḥ. This word is not noticed in the stanza as found in the Nowgong plates.
