Anjaneri Plates (First Set) of Bhogaśakti

Success!

Verse 1 

Victorious is Viṣṇu’s manifested boar-form, which agitated the ocean and which had the world resting on the tip of its projecting right tusk!

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In the family of the illustrious Cālukyas, who are of the Mānavya gotra which is being praised by the whole world; who are the sons i.e., descendants of Hārītī; who were brought up by the Seven Mothers who are the mothers of the seven worlds; who obtained continuous prosperity through the protection of Kārttikeya; who have all kings submitting to them the moment they see the boar-emblem which was obtained by the favour of the divine god Nārāyaṇa, there was the mahārājādhirāja, parameśvara, the illustrious Vikramāditya-vallabha, the sole forehead-mark of the whole earth. Dependent on the favour of his feet and treated by him in no way different from his own son, there was a king named the illustrious Svāmicandra, an ornament of the family of Hariścandra, who caused delight to the people like the moon whose orb has become clear on the advent of autumn, and by whom this entire Koṅkaṇa country with Purī as the chief city, the villages in which number fourteen thousand, was governed. A son of that king, the illustrious Svāmicandra, was the illustrious king Siṃhavarman of great strength and prowess.

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Again, a son of that illustrious king Simhavarman viz. the king, the illustrious Bhogaśakti, who having, like the moon, well-known splendour on the earth embraced by the waves of the water of the four oceans, had the second name of pṛthivīcandra (the Moon on the Earth); who, even as a boy, had knowledge spontaneously produced through the discipline of his previous life; who is always engaged in the worship of the divine god Vāsudeva, and is devoted to sacred knowledge; who, like Yudhiṣṭhira, is adorned by excellences such as political wisdom, humility, compassion, charity and courteousness, and always speaks the truth; who, like Bhīmaśena, has brought under his rule the whole territory of his dominions by his displayed valour, and is possessed of great strength; who, like Arjuna, acts in accordance with the knowledge and teaching imparted by Janārdana, and is skilled in fighting; who, like Balarāma, is eagerly engaged in the enjoyment of the pleasures of dancing, singing, laughing, dallying, and sporting, and is also valiant in a moment; who, though, like Pradyumna, is possessed of a charming form attractive to the minds of all young women, has no desire for the enjoyment of another’s wife; who, like the leader of a herd of wild elephants which has his trunk always moistened with the continuously flowing rut, has his hand always wet through making gifts continuously; who, like a reservoir of sweet water beautified with clusters of day-lotuses, blue lotuses and night lotuses, which quenches the thirst of animals, destroys the greed of living beings; who, like a large assemblage of lotuses, made to bloom by the rays of the rising sun which becomes an abode of beauty, is the place of resort for Fortune; who, like the ocean that always keeps itself within bounds, is engaged in giving protection to several mountains, is very deep, and contains large aquatic animals, has maintained established customs, is intent on giving protection to many princes, and is possessed of great serenity and courage; who is always occupied with the construction of religious works, such as temples, tanks, charitable feeding-houses and watersheds, and is intent on meditating on Nārāyaṇa; who is an ornament of Konkan with Purī (as the capital), even as the Kaustubha jewel is of Viṣṇu; who is proficient in understanding the import and principles of the Bhārata, the Rāmāyaṇa and the works on the science of politics; who is wise, clever, learned and intelligent; whose strength, prowess and powers derived from personal energy, counsel and royal position, are unimpeded; and who is the goad i.e., the controller of the three worlds, addresses the following command to all his sons, sons’ sons and sons’ sons' sons and so forth, as well as all people living in the viṣayas of Goparāṣṭra, eastern Trikūṭa, Āmrarājī, Mairikā, both the Mahāgirihāras and Pallusūḍhāmbaka, extending as far as Pretahrada, which have been acquired by the might of his arms and valour:

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Be it known to you that realising that there is no pre-eminent god except the divine Vāsudeva, the lord of both gods and demons, the supreme god of gods, the cause of the creation, preservation and destruction of the world, I have donated for the increase of the religious merit of my mother and father and of myself, the following eight villages and rights to the divine god Nārāyaṇa, the primeval Being and Supreme Spirit called Bhogeśvara installed in Jayapura, for providing perfume, flowers, incense, light, bathing, and anointing of the god, for symphonic entertainment combined with dancing, singing and music, for maintaining a charitable feeding-house, and for repairing what may be damaged or broken. The names of them i.e., the villages are as follows: Jayagrāma, Ambe-Avaṅgaṇa, Pālittapāṭaka, Kokilākṣaka, Kalahaka, Mudgāhitaka, Kṣemagiraka and Ānnagrāma. And the rights are as stated below: stalls in market places; kovera in a written document; a rūpaka to be paid for each cart of the caravan on ingress and egress at Jayapura at the time of the yātrā festival of the god; a basket of corn and an offering of ghee in the principal villages in the viṣayas of Goparāṣṭra, Āmrarājī and Mairikā; in the same manner in other villages of the aforementioned districts; in the viṣaya of eastern Trikūṭa, a hundred rūpakas of Kṛṣṇarāja, in figures 100; in the western Mahāgirihāra, two hundred rūpakas of Kṛṣṇarāja, in figures 200; in the eastern Mahāgirihāra, one hundred rūpakas, (in figures) 100; in the viṣaya of Pallūḍhamba, fifty rūpakas of Kṛṣṇarāja, in figures 50. As for the eight villages, they are all to be exempt from all dues, forced labour and special rights; they are not to be entered by cāṭas and bhaṭas, are to be self-contained, and are to continue as donated villages as long as the moon, the sun, the ocean and the earth will endure.

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Wherefore, our descendants, seeing that the living world is fickle like the waves of the ocean-water agitated by strong wind, should consent to and preserve this our gift. And the merchants of the town Jayapura, five or even ten in number, should celebrate the yātrā festival of the god Viṣṇu for a whole fortnight in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa. But he, who, with his mind shrouded in the darkness of ignorance, would confiscate it or allow it to be confiscated, would incur the five great sins. As for this temple, it is entrusted to the town of merchants. They should all perform the service and take care of the property of the god. The following regulation is laid down for the town: The merchants residing at this place will never have to pay the octroi duty, or to provide for the boarding of royal officers. He, who will violate this regulation, shall incur the five great sins.

(Here follow four benedictive and imprecatory verses.)

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In the year four hundred increased by sixty-one, this charter was written by Bharatasvāmin, a resident of Kallivana.

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Success! Hail! The illustrious Tejavarmarāja has relinquished a pasture-land in Pālittapāṭaka to the south of Jayapura. And in evidence of it, stone sculptures of cows, together with the image of the goddess Durgā, have been put up in all the four directions to mark its boundary. That is the defining limit of the pasture-land. For purchasing land in honour of the god Bhogeśvara, a hundred rūpakas have been deposited with the merchant town of Jayapura. The interest on the hundred rupees should be paid by the guild of merchants in the town as the price of bdellium for the worship of the god Bhogeśvara, year after year, as long as the moon, the sun and the stars will endure. He who will do otherwise, shall incur the five great sins.