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SEPTEMBER, 1892.]
MUNGIR GRANT OF DEVAPALADEVA
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47 bhyo bhûyah prarthayaty-esha Ramah sâmányo=yam dharma-sêturenţipâņam
kald kalé pâlaniyah kramênah | Va(tu)hubhirvasudhả 48 dattâ râjabhiḥ Sagar-adibhiḥ [i*] yasya yasya yadân bhậmiḥte tasya tasya tada
phalam il Sva-dattam-para-dattâm=vâ7 yo haréta vasu. 49 ndharâm [*] sa vishthâyâm krimir=bhûtva pitsibhis-saha pâchyata [11*] Iti49
kamala-dal-imvu(mbu) vindu-lôlam 50 śriyam-anuchintya manushya50 jîvitan=cha sakalam-idam=udahệitan=cha vu(buddhvá na hi purusbaih para
karttayo vilopyâ[h] # 'Srêyê-vidha y52--ubhaya-(va*]osa63.vi. 51 suddhi-bhajam râj=îkarêd=adhigatâtma-guņam gana-jõahi âtm-knurûpa charitam sthira
yanvarajyam sri-Rajyapalam=i. 52 ha dûtakam=åtma-putram TRANSLATION OF LINES 1-24 AND 50-52.
Om! May it be well! May the perfection of that venerable being, whose objects are accomplished, whose mind is steadfast in the cause of others, and who is ever treading the path of virtue, procure for his people unsurpassed perfection, that being who, a Sugata54 and in all things a lord of the earth, having excelled the ways of perfection of the creatures of the three worlds by the display of his awful might, has attained unto bliss !
(Line 4.) Possessed of matchless prosperity, Gopala was the husband of Fortune as well as the lord of the earth. While he, the type of a well conducted (king), carried on his beneficent rule, even (kings) like Prithu and Sagara came to be believed in.
When he had conquered the earth as far as the sea, he set free his elephants, regarding them a useless train; and they with tears (of joy) saw again in the forests their kindred whose eyes became filled with tears.
When his innumerable forces were marching, the sky continually was so filled with the dust of the earth that the birds of the air could walk upon it.
(L. 8.) He paid his debt to his forefathers in heaven by begetting the illustrious Dharmapala, who, conversant with the precepts of the Sastras, by restraining those who swerved from the right course, made the castes conform to their proper tenets.
By the elephants of this prince, who were moving about like walking mountains, the earth was so tormented that, in the guise of the dust, it took refuge in the peaceful heavens.
With ease uprooting all the wicked and subduing this world, he at the same time secured for his followers the blessings of the world to come ; for (on his expeditions) they bathed according to precept at Kêdâra (and)56 where the ocean is joined by the Ganges, and performed holy rites at Gokarna and other sacred shrines,
When he had completed the conquest of the regions, he released the princes (ichom he had made captive); and they, made to forget all their distress by the various great honours shown to them, and having each returned to his own country, pondered upon his generous deeds, and
48 Read nripandu.
+ Read kraména.
6 Metre, Slóka (Anushtubh); and of the next verse. +6 Read bhamis-tasya.
7 Read - dattoris vi.
Read pachyata. 49 Metre, Pashpitågrå.
60 Read .25141f śriyam.
61 The lithograph omits this visarga. 52 Metre, Vasantatilaka
" Read -vamia- 64.e. either a Buddha or, applied to the king, a follower of Buddha, a Buddhist. For, like the verse at the commencement of the Dinajpur, Bhagalpur, and Amgachhi plates, this verse is applicable both to the founder of the Buddhist religion (Siddhartha, Sugata, Sarvarthasiddhi) and to the king, in this case Devapaladiva, who issued this grant.
65 Literally, 'Gópála was a lord of the Earth who was the fellow-wife of the goddess of fortune.'
56 It appears necessary to add this particle, because, so far as I know, there is only one kiira, which is situated in the Himalaya mountains. Gökarna is in the North Kanara District of the Bombay Presidency; it is even now a place of pilgrimage frequented by Hindu devotees from all parts of India.
