24. Rаjim stone inscription.
EI, XXVI, No. 3, 49-58 (V.V.Mirashi); IO, II, II, 98-103 (S. Rajaguru);

Rаjim is a well-known holy place, 28 miles south by east of Raipur, the head-quarters of the Raipur District in the Central Provinces. It is situated on the eastern bank of the Mahаnadи at the junction of the Pairi with that river. A fair is held there for a fortnight from the full-moon day of Mаgha in honour of the god Rаjиvalоchana. The principal temples at Rаjim are those of Rаjиvalоchana, Rаmachandra and Kulещvara. They have been described in detail by Mr. Beglar and General Cunningham in the Archaeological Survey of India Reports, Vol. VII, pp. 148-56 and Vol. XVII, pp. 6-20, respectively. Mr. Cousens [P.R.A.S.W.I. for 1903-04, pp. 24 ff.] and Mr. Longhurst [An. Rep. A.S.E.C. for 1907-08, p. 35.] who visited the place in 1903 and 1907 have also written notes on them in their respective Progress Reports.
As early as 1825 Mr. Richard Jenkins, who was Resident at Nagpur, drew attention to three inscriptions at Rаjim, of which he sent eye-copies and facsimiles to Mr. W. B. Bayley, Vice President of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [Asiatic Researches, Vol. XV, pp. 501 and 511.] One of these was the copper-plate inscription of Tиvaradеva, which has since been edited by Dr. Fleet in the Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, Vol. III, pp. 291 ff. The remaimng two were stone inscriptions, one of which, viz., that of Jagapаla, was later on edited by Dr. Kielhom in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XVII, pp. 135 ff. The third inscription has, however, remained unpublished so far. Jenkins had sent a copy and a facsimile of this record also to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, but as it was too much mutilated to be decipherable with any degree of satisfaction [Loc.cit.], no transcript of it was published in the Asiatic Researches, Vol. XV which contained transcripts, imperfect of course, of the other two. The inscription was, for the first time, very briefly noticed by Dr. (then Mr.) D. R. Bhandarkar in Cousens' Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey of Western India for 1903-04, p. 48. He drew attention to the names of the princes Andapаnala [Dr. Bhandarkar seems to have wrongly read khyаtо=ndapаnala iti instead of khyаtо nрpо Nala iti in line 6. These words were for the first time correctly read by R. B. Hiralal.] Prithvиrаja, Virуparат and Vilаsatuкga and of the Sуtradhаra Durgahastin and stated that the inscription recorded the erection of a temple of Viшнu. He, further, assigned the record to about the middle of the 8th century A. D. This account was followed by Rai Bahadur Hiralal in his Inscriptions in C. P. and Berar [ First ed. (1916), p. 103; second ed. (1932), p. 112. Hiralal read the word Pандava in line 4, which, if correct, would connect this family with the Sоmavaмщиs. But I do not find it anywhere in this record.], but he, for the first time, correctly read the name of the king Nala in line 6. Owing presumably to its mutilated condition, the inscription has so far received little attention [Rao Bahadur C. R. Krishnamacharlu, while editing the Pодаgaдh inscription, remarked that that was "the first stone record of the Nala dynasty' discovered till then ( above, Vol. XXI, p. 155).], but as it is the only stone record of the Nala dynasty found in the Central Provinces, I edit it here from the original stone, Cunningham's facsimile [A.S.I., Vol. XVII, plate IX.] and inked estampages taken under my supervision.
Like the aforementioned inscription of Jagapаla, the present record is incised on a slab of stone which is built into the left hand wall of the maндapa on the temple of Rаjиvalоchana. The record contains 22 lines and at present covers a space 3' 8" broad and 1' 4" high. Some akшaras have, however, been lost on the right and left sides under the lime border.
(Note before text).
Mr. Longhurst thinks that 'the architecture of the temples at Rаjim is clumsy, lacks correct proportion and is paintfully modern'. Was the tower of the Rаjиvalоchana temple as well as its maндapa reconstructed by Jagapаla in the 12th century A.D. ? It is to be noted, however, that his inscription built into a wall of the maндapa records in line 14 the construction of a prаsаda (temple) in honour of Rаma, though it opens with an obeisance to Nаrаyaнa. Perhaps he did not make any distinction between the two. Even now the image in the temple is popularly believed to be that of Rаmachandra. Cousens, however, suggested that the slab was brought over from another temple at Rаjim, viz., that of Rаmachandra and set up in this one to lend importance to it. See P. B. A. S. W. I. for 1903-04, p. 26. (VVM)

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[Metres: Verse 1 Mandаkrаntа; vv. 2, 5, 20, 21 Sragdharа; vv. 3, 4, 8-12, 15, 22, 24-26 Щаrdуlavikrидita; vv. 6, 13 Аryа; v, 7 Vasantatilakа; vv, 14, 17, 18, 23 Upajаti; vv. 16, 19 Indravajrа; vv. 27, 29 Anuштubh; v. 28 Praharшiни]

1 . . . . .[|*] Я Я Я Я я я я я я Я Я я Я Я я Я Я, Я Я Я Я я я я я я Я Я я Я Я caritraх | prаptakшинаnupa я я я Я Я я Я Я я Я Я, Я Я Я Я я я я я я Я Я я Я Я я Я Я [||1||*] Я Я Я Я я Я Я я я я я я я Я Я я Я Я я Я Я, Я Я Я
2 Я я Я Я я я я я я я Я Я я Я [pt-аri]ca[kraм(kram)] | ni[rmma]thya [kшиra-sindhuм] vyadadhada[ma]ra[tам] samprahрштaх surанаm=prаpta-щrиr-yyaх sa diщyа-cchriyam-anupahatаm-аyur-apyуrjji[tеpan ?] |[|2||*] ramyе dhаvana-mеlaha(na ?)pravikasannиlо[tpala*] Я я Я Я hрdyаnupa[mам я Я я я
3 [varаha ?] Я я saukhyоcitаm | prоtphullа[mvu(mbu)]ruhasthita-dvijava[rам] vi(bi)-bhracchriyaм sаrasим santаpapraщma(щama)kшamaх sa jagataх [щaщvatsu]khаyаstu vaх ||[3||*] kastvaм dеvi hariх spрщasyapasara krодиkрtaх kakшayа Я Я Я nipuна mukha[pra] я я
4 Я Я nnatiм sа kшamа | hi(tе ?) vаgbhirnna [tu] karmmaна prakaтitaм dhi[gmа ?]гca kа[mе] ratiх satyannaх щriyamityapаstarabhasам щliшyanprabhuх pаtu vaх ||[4||*] щиryyacchailеndraщркgaprapatanarabha-sа[du]dyadambh-оdhivиci[vyа]saкgа Я [sahе]lоcchaladati я я Я Я я Я Я
5 я ghоram | uccair-yyоgиndra-lиlаviracita-vapuшо vyasta-candrаrkka-tаraм yasy-аbhуd-viщvamadhyаt-kшaya iva sa va(ba)liщrи-nihantа hari[rvvaх] ||[5||*] jayati prathita-mahиbhр[ttu]кga-щirо-nihita-nija-pаdaх | [nityо]dita-pratаpо(paх) [pуrнна ?]dityо . . . . . [||6||*]
6 [а*]sиd-vilаsinijarуpajitasmarоpi щаntаtmanаmbhuvi sadа spрhaниyavрttaх | khyаtо nрpо nala iti praнatаricakracудаmaнibhramaracumvi(mbi)ta-pаdapadmaх ||[7||*] tasyаbhуnni[ja*] Я я Я я я я Я Я Я я Я bhуbhрtо vindhyasyе[va*] na[ga][sya*]
7 Я я я я [radр ?]штаtikаntоnnatех | pрthvиrаja iti kramоpacayinим vi(bi)bhra-cchriyaм nirmmalам sеvyaх sarvvajanasya pаpavigamаdrеvа-pravаhоpamaх ||[8||*] Я Я Я va jugupsitaх [sa]ma[guнaiх ?] Я Я я Я Я я Я, Я Я Я я я Я я Я я я va[dhai]ryоtassa yо dhi я Я |
8 [ni*]щcinty-аtikaliprapаtamalinаmаlоkya lоkasthitiм dhаtrа sarvvaguнaiх kрtaх kшitipati[rmmа] Я [tр] Я Я я maх ||[9||*] tasyоccai[rllapudhе ?]щvaravyati-[karavyаptаtma]kаryо я Я, [mi]trанам я я Я я Я я я я Я Я Я я Я Я я Я | [vi*]khyаtо himavаnivа я я
9 я daх puttraх patir-bhуbhрtам dhattе nаma virуparаja iti yо digvan-divрnda[stutam ||10||*] [rу*]pенаpratimaх [щru]tеna ca pам satyаnvi-tastyа я Я [щauryya ?] syаyatana[mbhayaм parami]ti Я Я я Я Я я Я | Я Я Я я я Я я Я я я я Я Я Я я Я Я [gu*]нairyyasyоccai[rmanu] Я я Я
10 я sakalaм kиrttirjjagadbhrаmyatе ||[11||*] щatrughnоtiva(ba)lеna Я я [mada*]nо da[rppе]нa kиrtyа я Я Я ntyаrаmatanu[rvvu(rbbu)]dhaх pрthuraне bhишmaх pratаpеna ca | Я Я Я я я Я я Я я я я Я Я Я я Я Я я Я Я Я Я я я Я я Я я я я Я Я Я я Я pyaх kрtaх ||[12||*] prati[pa*]-
11 [rvо*]dayabhаjaх savituri Я Я dgamаnurаgadharaх | . . нaparа . . . . [||13||*] vilаsinastuкgata[mа] я Я Я, vilаsatuкgaх я я Я я Я Я | я Я я Я Я я я Я я Я Я, я Я я Я Я я я Я я Я Я [||14||*] Я Я [kha*][кga]lat-аbhighаta я я
12 Я [щaкkа]rivрndаmbhuvaм paщyеmаnna samиstyanеna vijayаdhи[щaм ?] stu[vaм ?]tеnyataх | pa Я Я я я Я я Я я я я Я Я Я я Я Я я Я, manyе dhиrapi Я я Я я [vasu ?]dhа(dhам) kаlеna [nа] Я я Я [||15||*] [ma*]tvа svadе[hаnta]ritе[na] Я Я, Я Я я [varннa]ntya[mu]dhаkhi[lаni*]
13 [a*]ntastamuddiщya vidhаna[dр]штadаnа(na)kriyа[bhi]rnnanu sadya еva ||[16||*] yathо[cca ?] pi Я я я bhуtalо[kе]pu[nа] я Я Я я я mеva [rаjга]m | yugasya ya Я я я Я я Я Я, pуrttampra[paщya*]nti paraм smрtijгах ||[17||*] я Я я Я Я я я Я я jе[bhyaх] cаturyaща[stra?] я я Я
14 я bhаvаt [|*] dharmmasya mуlaм ca yaщам vadanti я Я я [ta*]smаttadupаrja-nиyam ||[18||*] matvа calaм jиvitamalpasаraм [vu(bu)ddhvа] kvacitkиrttanamеva kаyam | kиrttiх sthirа yasya sa[jи]valоkе tatpuнyamуrttiщci[rajиva] еva [||19||*] Я Я Я Я я rаjга daщavadanabhujоtkшi[pta]kai[lаsa*]-
15 [щр*]кgaщrиhаri [svе]na dhаmnа sphuradamalasudhа[ni]tyana[vyе ?]ndun-еda[m] | dеvasyащешa-duхkhaprabhavabhayanudaх kаritaм sthаnamuccairvviшнох puнyаbhivрddhyai[tri]daщajanasukhаtithya-bhаjaх sutasya ||[20||*] prаtarvvа[rvvа]lаrkkarоcirvyatikaravilasa-ccаruvаmаdharаbhам vi(bi)bhrанaм bhуmibhаjам я я
16 я [da]mamalaм dрщyatе dрштirasyаm | yaddуrаdеva siddhair-aparamati-mahad-bhушaнaм bhуridhаmnaх puнyаdhаraм sumеrох щikharam-iva [pa]tallоlagaкgаpravаham ||[21||*] agrе tаvadupapramанa[kara*]нa prakhyаta Я Я я Я, klещaprаya[m=idaм*] vyayеna mahatа sambhаrasampа[danam |*]
17 tatsiddhеrala[mutsu ?]khasya punarapyа[bhо]gacintа parа lоkе sarvvalalаmakиrttanakрtаmаyаsa еvаditaх ||[22||*] kartturvvaraм pаlayitа matо mе pа[lyaм] nirаyаsamapе я Я Я | sarvvоtilоbhа я я Я paraм yatsadarщatам yаti я Я pi rаjгам(jгаm) ||[23||*] vidhvastaiх pa я Я
18 я rеnna ca parах pаpаtmanам sampadaх sаdhуnаmapi pуrvvapuнyavihitа dрщyanta еvоjva(jjva)lах | tasmаddharmmaphalaprapaгcaracitaм dрштvа vici[traм] я Я [ta]ttattvaм puruшенa yеna guнinа Я Я я vi[kkra][mya*]tе ||[24||*] matvaivaм svaщarиrakaгca kрtibhi[rvvi]dva[dbhi][ra*]-
19 [pya*]sthiraм lеlаlоka я Я я Я sukhamapi pratyуhajаlаvрtam | щrutvа-щakra-purassarа[щca] vibhavaiх puнyаtmabhiх sеvitах kаryyaх kиrtta[na*]-dаna-pаlana-vidhau dharmmasya yatnaх [paraх ||25||*] Я Я Я я vikаsinо matima[tам] bhаsanti bhаcо(vа) я Я ,
20 Я Я Я [yu ?]ta-dugdhasi[ktha ?]dhavalа Я Я [ti] vakшaх[sthalе] | yаvadgandhavahо vi Я nti ca jagan-tаvat-prayatn-аdi-mакkиrttim-pаlayataх priyа [nara*]patеrnyаsаsthayа sa[jja]nах ||[26*||] bhрtyо mittramapa[tyaм] я [abhу*]ttasyaiva bhуpatех | durgga-gоla iti Я я
21 я я я я я — я я [||27||*j Я Я Я я я я я [tо]nya-mаrga-mа[traм] vijгеyа praviracitа praщasti Я Я | rаjге Я я я vacanа vi[jа]ta bhаvа sadvрttеtyatimahatаdarенa mаnyа ||[28||*] jalaha[sti][su*][tе]nеyaм praщastiх щilpaщаli[nа] [|*]
22 utkиrнна sуtradhаrенa [sаdhunа] durggahastinа ||[29||*]