North Indian Inscriptions

PAITHAN PLATES OF GOVINDA III.

3 nta-kîrttir=Ggôvindarâja iti rajasu raja-[ṅha]ḥ¹ || Dṛishṭvâ chamûm=abhimukhîṁ subhaṭ-âṭṭahâsâm=unnâ-
4 mitaṁ sapadi yê[na] raṇêshu nityaṁ | dashṭ-âdharêṇa² dadhatâ bhrukṭiṁ lalâṭê khaḍgaṁ kulaṁ cha hṛidayañ=cha
5 nijaṁ cha satvaṁ³ || Ga(kha)ḍgaṁ⁴ kar-âgrân=mukhata[sya(ś=cha)] śôbhâ mânô manastaḥ samam=êva yasya [|*] mabhâbhavê⁵ nâma
6 niśamya sadyas=trayaṁ ripûṇâṁ vigalaty=akâṇḍê || ⁶Tasy=âtmajô jagati viśruta-dîrggha- kîrttir-ârtt-â-
7 rtti-hâri-Hari-vikrama-dhâma-dhârî | bhûpas=trivishṭapa-nṛip-ânukṛitiḥ kṛitajñaḥ śrî- Karkkarâja iti gôtra-ma-
8 ṇir=vva(bba)bhûva |(||) Tasya prabhinna-ka[ra]ṭa-chyuta-dâna-danti-danta-prahâra- ruchir-ôllikhit-âṁsapîṭhaḥ | kshamâpaḥ kshi-
9 tau kshapita-śatrur=ahût=tanûjaḥ sad-Râshṭrakûṭa-kanakâdri(dri)r=iv=Êndrarâjaḥ || ⁷Tasy=ôpârjita-
10 mahasas=tanayaś=chaturudadhi-valaya-mâlinyâḥ | bhôktâ bhuvaḥ Śataktatu-sadṛiśaḥ śrî-
11 Dantidurggarâjô=bhût |(||) ⁸Kaṁchîśa-Kêralanarâdhi[pa]-Chôla-Pâṁḍya-śrî-Harsha-Vajraṭa-vibhêda-vidhâ-
12 na-dakshaṁ | Kârṇṇâṭakaṁ va(ba)lam=anantam⁹=ajêyam=ayair=bhṛityaiḥ kiyadbhir= api yaḥ sahasâ jigâya || [Sa]bhr[û]-¹⁰
13 vibhaṁgam=agṛihîta-niśâta-śastraṁm=¹¹aśrântam=apratihat-âjñam=apêta-yatnaṁ | yô Va- llabhaṁ sapadi da-
14 ṇḍa-va(va)lêna¹² jitvâ râjâdhirâjaparamêśvaratâm=avâpa || ¹³ sêtôr=vvipul-ôpal-âvali- lasal-lô-
15 l-ôrmmi-mâlâ-jalâd=â prâlêya-kalaṁkit-âmala-śilâ-jâlât=tuyâ(shâ)râchalât | â pûrvvâpara-¹⁴
16 vârirâśi-pulina-prânta-prasiddh-âvadhêr=yyên=êyaṁ jagatî sva-vikrama-va(ba)lên=aikâta- patrâ¹⁵ kṛitâ |(||)
17 ¹⁶Tasmin=ditanraṁ¹⁷ prayâtê Vallabharâjê kshata-prajâ-vâ(bâ)dhah [|*] śrî-Karkkarâja- sûnur=mmahîpatiḥ Kṛi[shṇa]-¹⁸

..Second Plate ; First Side.

18 râjô=bhût¹⁹ || Yasya svabhuja-parâkrama-niḥśêth(sh)-ôtsâdit-âri-dikchakraṁ | Kṛishṇasy= êv=âkṛishṇa[ṁ] charitaṁ śrî-Kṛipṇa(shṇa)-
19 râjasya || Śubhatuṁga-tuṁga-turaga-pravṛiddha-rêṇ-ûrdhva-ruddha-ravi-kiraṇaṁ [|*] grîshmê=pi nabhô nikhilaṁ prâvṛiṭkâ-
20 lâyatê spashṭaṁ || Dîn-ânâtha praṇayishu yathêshṭa-chê[shṭa]ṁ ma(sa)mîhitam=ajasraṁ | ta[tksha?]ṇam=Akâlava-
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......¹ Read -siṁhḥ.
......² Originally °rêṇî was engraved, but the sign of the vowel î has been struck out.
......³ Read sattvam.
......⁴ Metre : Upajâti.
......⁵ Read mahâhavê.
......⁶ Metre : Vasantatilakâ ; and of the next verse.
......⁷ Metre : Gîti.
......⁸ Metre : Vasantatilakâ ; and of the next verse.
......⁹ Originally °nantyam was engraved, but the sign for y has been struck out.
......¹⁰ The first akshara (sa) looks rather like a in the original.
......¹¹ Read °stram=.
......¹² The Sâmângaḍ plates (Ind. Ant. Vol. XI. p. 112) read daṁḍa-lakêna ; and this reading, the sense of which is not apparent, Professor Bühler has adopted for the Kâvî plates (ib. Vol. V. p. 146).
......¹³ Metre : Śârdûlavikṛîḍita.
......¹⁴ After this, va is engraved at the end of the line, but it looks as if it had been struck out again.
......¹⁵ Read °patrî-kṛitâ.
......¹⁶ Metre : Âryâ ; and of the three next verses.
......¹⁷ Read divaṁ.
......¹⁸ The aksharas actually engraved at the end of this line are kṛishakha ; and below them three other signs are engraved, the first of which looks like the figure 1, and the second and third of which are ḍa (or ḍu) and ksha.
......¹⁹ Above the akshara bhû, the sign of the vowel ê is engraved.