Rewa Plate of Vijayasimha

Verse 1

Adoration to that reality, Brahman, which is attributeless, all-pervasive, eternal, and auspicious, the ultimate cause of the universe and the supreme light conceivable by the mind!

Verse 2 

Glorious is that speech on which the sages contemplate as a creeper planted in the pure field of their hearts, and which, though subtle, yields the great fruit of final emancipation.

Lines 2 and 3 

During the beneficial and victorious reign of the paramabhaṭṭāraka, mahārājādhirāja, and parameśvara, the illustrious Vijayadeva, the lord of Trikaliṅga, who by his own arm has acquired suzerainty over the three kings (namely, the lord of horses, the lord of elephants, and the lord of men), and who meditates on the feet of the paramabhaṭṭāraka, mahārājādhirāja, and parameśvara, the illustrious Vāmadeva, the devout worshipper of Maheśvara:

Lines 4 to 6 

There was a personage named Dhāhilla in the capital of Kakareḍī. He became venerable to all princes. From him were born in course of time Vājūka and Dandūka, and after them, Khojūka and Jayavarman. Afterwards was born Vatsarāja, a son of Jayavarmadeva and the crest-jewel of feudatory princes, from whom two sons were born. Of them, the elder son Kīrtivarman himself obtained his father’s throne, and the illustrious Salakhaṇavarmadeva also obtained the kingdom in course of time.

Line 7

I, Salakhaṇavarmadeva, being possessed of all the powers of the state, shining with the distinction of having obtained the pañca-mahāśabda, and being victorious, hereby command and inform all the subjects residing in the village Chiḍauḍā, situated in the pattalā (district) of Kūyīsambapālisa, and others established in their respective posts:

Lines 8 to 13

Be it known to you that, having bathed at the town of Kakareḍī and worshipped Śiva, we have given as a grant, on Friday, the seventh tithi of the dark fortnight of the month Mārgaśiras in the year 1253, for the increase of the religious merit and fame of our mother, our father, and ourselves, this village, divided into the following five padas, with its four boundaries well-determined, together with land and water, mango and madhūka trees, pits and barren lands, treasures and deposits, open spaces and products extending as far as its limits, along with woods, grass, birds, and mineral products; to the following Brāhmaṇas, two padas to the brāhmaṇa Rāmaśarman, son of Mahasoṇa and grandson of the ṭhakkura Mādhava, of the Kauśila gotra with the three pravaras Kauśila, Viśvāmitra, and Devarāta, the brāhmaṇa Gāṭheśarman, and the brāhmaṇa Dāmara; one pada to brāhmaṇa Pāṇḍuśarman, son of Cithu and grandson of the ṭhakkura Mādhava; one pada to brāhmaṇa Paiteśarman, son of Pīthana and grandson of the ṭhakkura Mādhava; one pada to brāhmaṇa Haridattaśarman, son of Śrīdhara and grandson of the ṭhakkura Mādhava.

Lines 14 to 17

Knowing this, you should pay all dues to them and obey their orders. What has been granted by me should be preserved and protected by future feudatory princes and others who submit to my commands.

And there are the following holy verses in this connection:

Here follow six benedictive and imprecatory verses.

The engravers were the illustrious Vināṇī Kūke and his son. The field requires two khāris of grain for seed.