1877.] R. Banerjea —Note on a Copper-plate from Cuttack. 157 
Let him not doubt of the fruit, thinking that they were presented by 
others. The merit is greater in preserving other’s gifts than in making 
one. 
The manes of fathers and grandfathers of the donor of lands are 
proud of him ; they clap their arms and dance with joy, (exclaiming) “ Such 
a son has been born in our family, and he will be the cause of our salvation.” 
He who receives lands and he who presents them, both are virtuous, 
and will ever remain in heaven. 
The sin of the resumer of grants is not atoned for even by the exca¬ 
vation of a thousand tanks, the celebration of a hundred Vaja-peya sacrifices, 
and the gift of ten millions of cows. If any man, through intoxication or by 
mistake, takes or induces another to take with force any land which had 
been presented by any other person, he takes his birth among beasts and 
birds, and is tied with the noose of Varuna. 
Should any man steal a single gold coin or resume land, even a square 
inch in area, he will dwell in hell until the dissolution of the world. 
He who takes by force land which had been given by him or by any 
other person, becomes a worm in ordure, and rots there with his ancestors. 
The sun, the moon, the god of water, the god the creator, the god the 
preserver, the destroyer and fire, praise the donor of lands. 
“ This common bridge of virtue ought to be preserved by you evermore” : 
Ramabhadra repeatedly begs this of you. 
It ought to be remembered that prosperity and life are as evanescent 
as a drop of water on a lotus leaf. And bearing this in mind let none destroy 
the glorious deeds of others. 
STi Chhinchati of Champati, the able statesman who excels the spiritual 
guides* of the kings of gods and demons in wisdom and knowledge, who 
easily bears the unequalled heavy burden of government placed on him by the 
king, who has both physical strength and knowledge in political science, who 
is a beloved friend of the king, renowned, and knows when to make war and 
peace (has assented to this). 
This was engraved by the learned Madhava on the 13th of the bright 
half of the month of Jyeshtha in the 9th year of the prosperous reign of 
Maharaja Yajati, king of the three Kalingas. 
* S'rihaspati and S'ukra, the regents of the Planets Jupiter and Venus. 
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