328 R&jendralala Mitra— Two Copper Plate Inscriptions. [No. 4 , 
with their four abuttals well defined, and within their boundaries, on the Brahman 
Thakkura, Devapala S'arma, son of Thakkura Udai; and grandson of Thakkura Yogi, of 
the Kas'yapa clan ( gotra ) and Kasyapasara-naidhu sept ( jpravara ). Knowing this 
you should comply with his orders, and render unto him all dues, shares, rents, tri¬ 
butes, quadrivial tolls, &c., whatever have to be given. 
On this subject are the following s'lokas : 
1. (The same as the 4th s'loka of the first grant.) 
2. A conch shell, a throne, an umbrella, choice horses, and excellent elephants, 
Purandara, are the royal insignia, which constitute the reward of giving away land. 
3. Ramachandra repeatedly intreats all present and future lords of earth (to 
bear in mind) that this bridge of virtue (the granting of lands) is common to all 
sovereigns, and should be preserved by you at all times. 
4. (Is the same as the 2nd of the first grant). 
5. He who robs a gold piece (suvaima), a cow, or a finger’s breadth of land, dwells 
in hell until the dissolution of the universe. 
6. (The same as the 5th of the first grant.) 
7. The same as the 3rd of the first grant. 
8. The donor of land dwells in heaven for the space of sixty thousand years ; 
the resumer, and the abettor thereof, are doomed to abide in hell for a like period. 
9. The resumers of lands dedicated to Gods and Brahmans, become dwellers in 
arid wastes devoid of water, and dry hollows in trees, and are born as black serpents. 
19. All the gifts of former kings are productive of virtue, wealth, and fame,—how 
an he, who claims the name of goodness, resume them which are to them but as 
emblems of vomited food ? 
11. Sovereignty is like unto clouds impelled by wind, (i . e. inconstant), worldly 
pleasures are sweet only for the moment, the life of man is but a drop of water at the 
point of a blade of grass ; virtue verily is the only great frie: I for translation to a 
future world. 
By the Kayastha Thakkura S'ri— 
