%First plate of a Valabhī copper-plate grant of  the Maitraka  king Śīlāditya Ī,
%280 * 355 mm,  2 copper-plates inscribed on 2 sides with two holes for binding, 
%through one of these would originally have passed the oval Bull-seal of the Maitrakas,
%[For an example of this, see Epigraphia Indica XV p. 256 etc.]
%Gupta-Valabhī script, 681 AḌ.
%Typed by S.D.Vasudeva in Sam Fogg's gallery in London

1:  \orn svasti [vijayaskandhāpāra]  ...   [prasabhaṃ praṇatāmitrāṇāṃ maitrakāṇām  atulabalas] sa<ṃ>pannamaṇḍalābhogasaṃsaktaprahāraśatalabdhaprajā[pi] tatpra-

2: [*jāpopanatadānamānārjjavopārjjitānurāgo]... balāvāptarājyaśriyaḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīBhaṭṭārkād avyavachinnarājyavaṅśā-

3: [n mātṛpitṛccaraṇāravinda]praṇatipravidhautāśeṣaka[lma]ṣaḥ [śai]ṣavāt prabhṛti khaḍgadvitīyabāhur eva samadaparagajāghaṭasphoṭanaprakāśitasatvani-

4: kaṣas... saṃhatiḥ sakalasmritipraṇītamārggasamyakparipālanaprajāhṛdayarañjanānvarttha-

5: [rājaśabdo rūpakāntisthairyyabuddhisaṃpadbhiḥ smara]śasāṅkādrirājodadhitṛdasagurūdhaneśan atiśayānaḥ  śaraṇāgatābhayapradānaparatayā

6: tṛṇa[vad apāstā]śeṣasvakā[r]yyaphalaḥ prārttha[nā]dhikārtthapradānānanditavidvatsuhṛ<t>praṇayihṛdayaḥ pādacārīva sakalabhuvanamaṇḍalābhogapramo-

7: daḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ  śrīGuhasenas tasya sutas tatpādanakhamayūkhasantānavisritaJāhnavījalaughaprakṣālitāśeṣakalmaṣaḥ praṇayiśatasahasro-

8: pajīvyamānasa[mpa]drūpalobhād ivāsritaḥ sarabhasam ābhigamikaiḥ guṇai<ḥ>  sahajaśaktiśikṣāviśeṣavismāpi<tā>khiladhanu<r>dharaḥ prathamanarapatisamatisri-

9: ṣṭānām anupālayitā dharmmadāyānām apākarttā prajopaghātakāriṇ<ā>m upaplavānāḥ ÎrīśaitaÎ\footnote{The Palitānā copperplate of Śīlāditya I (EI xi:117 line 12) reads: \textit{upaplavānāṃ darśayitā}.} śrīS{v}arasvatyor ekādhivāsasya sa<ṃ>hatārābhi\footnote{em: \textit{#ārāti#}.}pakṣalakṣmīpari-

10: bhogadakṣavikramo vikramopasaṃprāptavimalapārtthivaśrīḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīDharasenas tasya sutas tatpādānuddhyāta<ḥ> sakalajagadānandanātyadbhutaguṇasa-

11: mudayasthagitasamagra[diṅma]ṇḍalaḥ samapā[ga]ta\footnote{The Palitānā copperplate of Śīlāditya I (EI xi:117) reads: \textit{#samaraśata#}.}vijaya[śo]bhāsanātthamaṇḍalāgradyutibhānura\footnote{The Palitānā copperplate of Śīlāditya I (EI xi:117 line 12) reads: \textit{#bhāsura#}.}tarā[ṃsu]pīṭhodūḍhagurumanoratthamahābhāraḥ sarvvavidyāparā-

12: ** vibhāgārigamavimala<mat>ir api sarvvata<ḥ> subhāṣitalavenāpi sukhopapādanīyaḥ paritoṣasa[mma?]gralokāgādhagāmbhīryyahridayo pi succaritāti-

13: [śaya]suvyaktaparamakalyāṇasvabhāvaḥ khilībhūtakritayuganṛpatipatthavisodhanādhigatodagrakīrtti<r> dharmmānuparodhojvalatīrīkṛitārtthasukhasamyad\footnote{em: \textit{#sampad#}.}upa-

14: sevānirūḍhaDharmādityadvitīyanāmā paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīŚīlādityas tasyānuja<ḥ>  tatpādānudhyāta<ḥ> svayam Upendragurūṇeva guruṇātyadaravatā samabhi-

15: laṣaṇīyām api rājalakṣmī[ṃ] skandhāsaktāṃ paramabhadraiva dhuryyas [ta]dājñāsam[p]ādanaikarasatayaivodvahantīda\footnote{em: \textit{#khedasukha#}.}khedasukharatibhyāṃm anāyāsitasatvasaṃpatti<ḥ>

16:  prabhāvasampa<d>vaśīkṛitanṛ[pati]śataśiroratnacchāyopagūḍhapādapīṭho <'>pi parāvajñābhimānarasānoliṅgitamunovṛrttiḥ  praṇatim ekā<ṃ> parityajya pra-

17: khyātapauruṣābhimānai<r>{v} apy a[rā]tibhir a{k}nāsāditapantibhiyopiyakila\footnote{\vl: pratikriyopāyaḥ kṛta#} khilabhuvanāmodavimalagu{m}<ṇ>asa<ṃ>hati<ḥ> prasaṃmyasa bhuta\footnote{em: \textit{prasabhavighaṭita#.}}sakalakalivi-

18: lasitagatinnīnū[ḍ]ānādhi iharohibhir\footnote{em: \textit{#nīcajanādhirohibhir}.} aśeṣai[r] ddoṣair annā[sp]ṛṣṭ<ā>tyunnatahṛda{n}<yaḥ> prakhyātapaurusāstrakauśalābhimāna<ḥ>  gaṇatitthavipakṣakṣiti-

19:  patilakṣmīsvaya[ṃ]grahaprakāśi<ta>pravīrapuruṣaprathamasaṃkhyādhigama<ḥ> paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīKharagrahas tasya{s} tanayas tatpādānudhyāta<ḥ> sakalavidyādhigama-

20: vihita[ma?]nikhilavidvañjanamanaḥparitoṣotiśayaḥ satvasampadā tyāgaudāsyeṇa(em: audāryeṇa) ca vigatānusandhānāsamāhitārātipakṣamanoratho <'>kṣabhaṅgaḥ

21: samyagupalakṣitānekaśāstrakalālokacaritagahvaravibāto <'>pi paramabhadraprakṛtipi(em: #prakṛtir akṛtrima#)kṛtrimap<r>aśra<ṃ>yavinayaśobhāvibh[ū]ṣaṇasamara{g}<ś>atajayapa-

22: tākāharaṇapratyalodyagrabāhudaṇḍavidhvansitanikhilaprat[i]pakṣadarppodayaḥ svadhan[u]ḥprabhāvaparibhūtāstrakauśalābhimānaśakalāratimaṇḍalābhi-

23:  naṃdi[taśāsa]naḥ paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīDharasenas tasyānuja<s> tatpādānudhyātaḥ saccaritātiśayinasakalapūrvvanarapatir atidu<ḥ>sādhanām api

24:  prasādhānāviṣayā{j}<ṇ>ā<ṃ> mūrttiman iva puruṣakāraḥ parivi<d>dhaguṇānurāganibhūracintadhṛtivi manur iva svayam abhyupapannaḥ prakṛtibhir adhigata-

25:  kalākalāpaḥ kāntimān [nivyati]hetur akalaṃkakumudanātharajyapratāpasthagitadigantarāgapradhvansitadhvāntarāśisaśatoditasevitā prakṛtibhyaḥ paraṃ

26: pratyayam artthavantam atibahutithaprayojanānubandhanāgamaparipūrṇṇā[ṃ] vidadhānaḥ sandhivigrahasamāsaniścayanipuṇaḥ sthāne <'>nurūpa{p}<m> ādeśa<ṃ> dadya-

27: dguṇavidhividhānajanitasaṃskārasukhatā  rājyaśālāpuriyāṃn[t]urupayor(em: sūtrayor ubhayor) api niṣṇataḥ prakoṣtavikramo  vikaruṇāmṛduhṛdayaḥ

28: ś<r>utavān  apy agarvvitaḥ kānto <'pi> prasamī sthira{yo}<sau>hṛdayo <'>pi n[i]rasitā dosavatām udayasamayasamupajanitajanatānurāgaparivihita-

29: bhuvanasamakṣitaprathitaBālādityadvitīyasamāna[ḥ] paramamāheśvaraḥ śrīDhruvasenas tasya suta<s> tatpādakamalapraṇāmadharaṇīkaṣaṇajanita-}