Janjirā Plates (Set II) of Aparājita

Success!

Verse 1
May he, Viṣṇu, whose navel-lotus Brahmā has made his abode, protect you, and also Śiva, whose head has been adorned by a lovely digit of the moon!

Verse 2
May the faces of Brahmā, sanctified as they are by the recitation of the Vedas, which are the abode of the names of all creatures and things in the creation of the movable and immovable worlds, secure your well-being completely!

Verse 3
There was the incomparable king Govindarāja I; thereafter, there was Karkarāja I. Then there was the king, the illustrious Indrarāja I, and thereafter his son Dantivarman. Then there was the well-known and illustrious king Kṛṣṇarāja I, the son of Karkarāja I, who exterminated his enemies. From him was born Govindarāja II, and thereafter reigned his younger brother, the illustrious Emperor Dhruva.

Verse 4
His son, eminent on account of his merits, named Jagattuṅga (Govinda III), reigned after him. Thereafter reigned his son Amoghavarṣa I, known as Vallabha, and thereafter reigned his son Kṛṣṇa II.

Verse 5
Thereafter, there reigned the illustrious Indradeva III, the son of Jagattuṅga, known as Nityavarṣa, the lord of the earth, who was feared on account of the eminence of his valour.

Verse 6
From him was born Amoghavarṣa II, who ruled only for a year, and who, to the delight of the people, poured forth large streams of gold even as a cloud pours large showers of water.

Verse 7
Then there sat on the throne his younger brother, the illustrious king Govindarāja IV, known as Suvarṇavarṣa, who rescued royal fortune even as Hari, in his Boar incarnation, lifted the earth, and who, being of great might and having an invincible and well-equipped army that delighted all good people, was Puruṣottama (Viṣṇu) himself, who bore the excellent Nandaka sword and the unfailing Sudarśaṇa discus.

Verse 8
Then there reigned for a long period Amoghavarṣa III, the uncle of Suvarṇavarṣa (Gold-rainer, i.e. Govinda IV), the younger brother of Nityavarṣa (i.e. Indra III), ridding his kingdom of troublesome people by his austerities and adventurous spirit.

Verse 9
The illustrious Amoghavarṣa III, having destroyed all wicked people—he who, looking resplendent, raised the bow of his elder brother Indra and with the sharp edge of his sword and the assistance of princes, put an end to the terrible battle in the capital of the illustrious Rāṣṭrakūṭa prince Karkara, caused by a conflict of wicked people—even as a beneficent cloud removes all dust and, with the rainbow appearing high up in the sky, extinguishes wild fire caused by the friction of bamboos by means of hail-stones and lightning.

Verse 10
Therefore, when that king Baddiga (Amoghavarṣa III) went to the abode of Śambhu to make it look brighter with his fame, though it was already very bright, the girl in the form of royal fortune went over to Kṛṣṇarāja III, having bathed, as it were, under the showers from golden vessels.

Verse 11
When he marched for victory, none of the princes looked bright—the Chola trembled through fear; the lord of elephants fled to the caves caused by the stream of the Gaṅgā; the lord of horses was overwhelmed with apprehension; and the Andhra king sought shelter in the cavity of a mountain. The Pāṇḍya king was deprived of his royal fortune, and the rulers of the islands disappeared in the waters of the ocean.

Verse 12
He, i.e. Kṛṣṇa III, the righteous king, whose fame was sung by the whole world, by the might of his sword, made the earth have only one royal umbrella—the earth stretching from the western mountain, the lands near which are familiar with the rushing waves of the ocean, to the eastern mountain, the peak of which is dug up by the hard hoofs of the horses of the rising Sun, and from Himālaya, the abode of the lord of wealth (Kubera), to the city of the ten-faced Rāvaṇa (i.e. Laṅkā).

Verse 13
When that lord, the Emperor, who overran the whole world, who delighted the people and who, being possessed of bright splendour, destroyed the enemies even as the moon of great brightness withers day-lotuses, disappeared and obtained heavenly abode by the decree of fate, the king known by the name of the illustrious Khoṭṭigadeva sat on the throne.

Verse 14
Thereafter, there was born Kakkaladeva, the son of Nirupama, who had the form of the god of love, whose spotless fame is well-known throughout the world, and who was waited upon by a multitude of princes.

Verse 15
When that king, the lord of the people, was destroyed through misfortune by the mighty Tailappa, even as a bright lamp is put out by a strong storm, the kingdom of the Raṭṭas was reduced to a tale of the past.

Verse 16
There appeared here Jīmūtavāhana, the son of Jīmūtaketu, well-known on the earth, the ornament of the Śīlāra family, who, the faultless one, by offering his own body, saved all serpents from Garuḍa.

Verse 17
In his family was born Kapardin I, the destroyer of enemies, who was greatly pleased with learned people, who was most praiseworthy and contented on the surface of the earth, who was fond of residing inside a water-fort, who pleased his favourite people, who caused consternation to the enemies’ cities and destroyed dreadful Nāga kings.

Verse 18
From him there was the mighty Pulaśakti, with his body horripilated, who, large-hearted as he was, was generous like Karṇa with his showers of gold. Then there was his son Kapardin II, the magnanimous one, who vanquished the armies of the enemies and was a saviour to the whole earth.

Verse 19
Then was born from him Vappuvanna, the saviour of the world, who exterminated with his long arms the mighty armies of his enemies and who, with his fame, adorned the entire circle of the earth.

Verse 20
From that Vappuvanna was born that well-known son named Jhañjha, who manifested the greater and greater rise of his family.

Verse 21
Even the four-faced Brahmā was not able to enumerate all his good qualities, white like autumnal clouds—what to say of persons who are not endowed with four faces!

Verse 22
Then there reigned his younger brother, the illustrious Goggirāja, who by his arms vanquished powerful enemies and whose power was well-known; who possessed in a double degree the good qualities of the illustrious Jhañjha by his liberality; who won a victory over the Nāgas and bore the name of Īrmaḍi Jhañjha.

Verse 23
Thereafter, the meritorious and illustrious king Vajjaḍadeva obtained the kingdom—he who had a multitude of merits and excellent fame acquired by the conquests of his enemies’ kingdoms.

Verse 24
To him was born a son, the illustrious Aparājita by name, who ruled his kingdom, who was in the habit of bestowing gifts unceasingly, who was valorous, proficient in political science and an abode of glory.

Verse 25
He, Aparājita, is the God of death to cruel foes; he is an abode of excellent splendour, the wish-fulfilling tree to suppliants, a source of delight to the eyes of the people, an ocean of courage, a sprouting root of good fortune, an abode of good learning and a store of artistic excellence. He is Bṛhaspati in respect of political wisdom; he is an excellent abode of religious merit; he has a clear intellect and exhibits the highest dalliance of the Goddess of prosperity.

Verse 26
Possessing the power of Hara (Śiva), he by his prowess rules impartially by his commands over the Saṁyāṇa country, which he has conquered, the large Puṇaka country which is submissive to him, the Sahya territory which has lovely surroundings, Saṅgameśvara won by his soldiers, and the Chipulaṇa territory which submitted to him the moment his name was mentioned.

Verse 27
His power of supremacy extends from the country of Lāṭa to that of Bhillama, and from the western ocean to Candrapura.

Verse 28
Joined with the mahāmātya and mantrin, the illustrious Keśapārya, he shines here like Indra united with Bṛhaspati.

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In the past, the Raṭṭa kingdom was overthrown and destroyed after the calamities that befell the illustrious paramabhaṭṭāraka, mahārājādhirāja, parameśvara Kakkaladeva, who meditated on the feet of the illustrious paramabhaṭṭāraka, mahārājādhirāja, parameśvara Khoṭṭigadeva, who meditated on the feet of the illustrious paramabhaṭṭāraka, mahārājādhirāja, parameśvara Kṛṣṇarāja in Mānyakheṭa.

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The mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the illustrious King Aparājitadeva, who is adorned with all royal titles obtained by his valour such as:
“he who has obtained the five mahāśabdas (the right to the five musical instruments),”
Mahāsāmantādhipati (the foremost among the Mahāsāmantas),
Tagarapuraparameśvara (the lord of the city of Tagara),
“he who is a Śīlāra king born in the family of Jimūṭavāhana,”
“he who has the banner of the Golden Eagle,”
“he who has the titles of Abhimānamahodadhi (the great ocean of pride), Vimala-gala-gaṇḍa (the hero with a spotless neck), Dīptimārtaṇḍa (the Sun of splendour), Gaṇḍa-ruddha-phoḍi (the rescuer of people captured by hostile warriors), Gaṇḍara-gaṇḍa (the hero of heroes), Paścimasamudrādhipati (the lord of the Western Ocean), Koṅkaṇa-vallabha (the lord of Koṅkaṇa), Rāja-gaṇḍa-kandarpa (Cupid in the form of the royal hero), Nanni-samudra (the ocean of truth), Birudaṇka-Rāma (Rāma among title-holders), Sahaja-Vidyādhara (Vidyādhara by birth), Kali-gal-āṇkusa (the goad of the neck of the Kali Age), Villa-viḍeṅga (clever in the use of the bow), and Maṇḍalikatrinetra (Śiva among Māṇḍalikas),”

King Aparājitadeva informs, by salutation, honour and order, all people, whether prominent or otherwise, according as they may be concerned—such as future village-headmen, sāmantas, princes, officers, heads of towns, the three classes of townsmen, and local guilds—as follows:

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“Be it known to you—

Verse 29
Prosperity is unstable, youth is momentary, life is, as it were, in the jaws of the God of Death. Notwithstanding this, people are indifferent as regards the acquisition of the other world. Oh! How astonishing is this action of men!

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Having realised that all this is unsubstantial and transitory by nature and that religious merit is the only real and eternal friend, We have donated, for the acquisition of the reward by our parents in this world and the next, and for the increase of our own religious merit and fame, here at our residence in the prosperous sthānaka, today, on Sunday, the 15th tithi of the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa in the cyclic year Vijaya and the expired year nine hundred increased by fifteen, in figures 915, of the era of the Śaka king, on the very holy occasion of a solar eclipse, which is effective in dispelling the mass of darkness in the form of all sins, and leads to the attainment of heaven and liberation by the accumulation of great religious merit—

—to the celibate Brāhmaṇa Kolama, who has mastered the Krama recension of the Vedas, who is of the Kāśyapa gotra and the Ṛgveda śākhā, who is a son of the Brāhmaṇa Haradeva, proficient in the Sāmaveda, who hails from Karahāṭa and is a resident of Khēṭaka in the deśa (territorial division) of Puṇaka, and who has come here for some purpose—

—for the performance of the obligatory rites such as bali, caru, vaiśvadeva, agnihotra, reception of guests who may come, and also to his descendants for the performance of the appropriate religious rites—for the acquisition of religious merit, fame and welfare of ourselves and also of our parents—

—the ārāmaka (orchard) in the Chammēlēvā-khāḍī situated in the village Sālaṇaka, comprised in the viṣaya (district) of Pāṇāda in the maṇḍala (country) of Purī-Koṅkaṇa, consisting of fourteen hundred villages, the boundaries of which are as follows:—
on the east, a royal road;
on the south, the ārāmaka of the Brāhmaṇa Upādhyāya Rudra;
on the west, the ārāmaka of the Brāhmaṇa Sīhapā-iya;
on the north, a royal road.

The ārāmaka, thus defined with its four boundaries, together with udraṅga and uparikara, together with clusters of trees in it, extending to its boundaries, together with wood, grass, and water, together with the right to levy fines for the ten offences, but exclusive of principal deposits, together with the right to fines levied for crimes against unmarried girls and the right to the property of sonless persons, together with all sources of income and the right to all produce, but excluding the previously made grants to gods and Brāhmaṇas, and free from obstruction and from the entrance of cāṭas and bhaṭas.

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Therefore, this gift of the ārāmaka, with its four boundaries well determined, should be protected and agreed to as long as the moon and the sun is endured by us and by future rulers, who should be afraid of falling into the deep vale of evil deeds, apprehensive of the agonies caused by falling into the hell of Avīci, terrible with the masses of thousands of sparks of burning fire.

Whoever, with his mind clouded by the mass of darkness of ignorance, would confiscate this gift or would allow it to be confiscated, would incur all five major sins together with the minor ones.

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And it has been said by the holy Vedavyāsa:—

(Here follow eleven benedictory and imprecatory verses.)

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Besides, he who has granted this charter, though he knows writing, records his approval here by the hand of the scribe:

“This has been approved by Me, the mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the illustrious King Aparājitadeva, the son of the illustrious Vajjaḍadeva. Whatever is explicitly stated or not stated, whatever is written or not written, whatever is deficient or redundant in syllables—all that is authoritative.”

Verse 34

To those future rulers on the earth, whether born in our family or in the families of other kings, who with their minds turned away from sin will protect this religious gift of mine—I fold my hands on my head in salutation.

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While the illustrious Keśapārya is acting as Amātya and the illustrious Jhañjhamaiya is occupying the post of the Minister for Peace and War, by the order of the illustrious King Aparājitadeva, who is the hero of heroes, this charter has indeed been written correctly by the son of Cakkaiya, named Uddāma, born in a Kāyastha family, for the sake of the Brāhmaṇa Kolama.

May there be well-being!