K. 744. Doorjamb from Prasat Barmei, 10th-11th century

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⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dugdhāvdhi-tulye viśadānvavāye] ⟨Column b⟩ [jāto vadāto na] yathā [śaśāṅkaḥ]

⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [R̥ddhān dadhad veda-yama-grahair yyo] ⟨Column b⟩ v[i]śvambharām ājaladher vvabhāra

⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [vijātim āśritya hariḥ khage]ndr[aṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ rāmaḥ kapīndrañ ca ripūn mamardda

⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [svavāhum ājau viṣame] sujāti⟨Column b⟩m ajataroṣās tu ya Ekavīra[ḥ]

⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [dr̥ṣṭi-pradā]nena varāṅgaṇānā⟨Column b⟩m āptis sthiteḥ kevala-durla[bhāsyāḥ]

⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Ananya-pū]rvve⟨va⟩ mukhe tu yasya ⟨Column b⟩ kenāpy anāyāsam uvāsa vi[dyā]

⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yadāna]norvvīdhara-rājaśr̥ṅgād ⟨Column b⟩ vinissr̥tā mr̥ṣṭa-jagat-kalaṅk[ā]

⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [purāṇa]-rāmāyana-bhāratādi ⟨Column b⟩ -kathāvivakṣāmaradhāma-sindh[uḥ]

⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [vāhyopa]mānāsya vilāsa-kānti ⟨Column b⟩ -samānaśobhā kanakāndajā[ṇḍe]

⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Itīva kā]ntās svamanāṅsi ninyu⟨Column b⟩s samānayantyo yam anaṅga-[kāntyā]

⟨11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yasyāṅga]-lāvanyam ananya-lavdhañ ⟨Column b⟩ ced vīkṣya kāmāpadi kāma[kāntā]

⟨12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [svāṅgan didha]kṣuḥ kim u jātaharṣā ⟨Column b⟩ muñcet kathañ cin na nu vāṣpam[ātram·]

⟨13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [svānte ma]dīye vidadhātu nityaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ sthāsnusthitiṁ sthānur itīva samya[k·]

⟨14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [śubhra-vr̥ṣaṁ] sūkṣma-gati-pratītaṁ ⟨Column b⟩ yas sthāpayā[m] āsa manasy aja[s]ra[m·]

⟨15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [tathā pra]dānocita-mānasena ⟨Column b⟩ -dattāni yenānudinan dhanāni

⟨16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yathārthi]bhiḥ kr̥tsnaparigrahe ⟨’⟩py a ⟨Column b⟩ -samarthatāgr̥hyata śatru-[gr̥hyā]

⟨17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [sāmānya]vr̥tter api nur mr̥gākṣī ⟨Column b⟩ kṣudrātma-dhāmnaś capalā [na yuktā]

⟨18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [rājādhirā]jasya tu yasya kīrtti[ḥ] ⟨Column b⟩ priyā satī sarvva-[gatātra citram·]

⟨19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [nirantarākl]iṣṭanisr̥ṣṭayajñai⟨Column b⟩ś śatakrator yo bhuv[i tulya-vr̥ttiḥ]

⟨20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [kṣiti]ñ cakārāmaraviprakīrṇṇā⟨Column b⟩m adhyāsitāṁ punya-[janair iva dyām·]

⟨21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Utpatti]-nāśāmvu-ni[dhau jaganti] ⟨Column b⟩ [ma]jjanty ajasraṁ ka[ruṇārdracetāḥ]

⟨22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [samīkṣya śāstrārtha-vidhikriyāṁ ya]⟨Column b⟩ś śivsy pūjā[jananīñ cakāra]

⟨23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [yasyonnatiṁ rāja-guṇe ca dharmme] ⟨Column b⟩ kalir vvalī cā[layitun na śaktaḥ]

⟨24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩ [Utpātabhūtā Api ratnaraśmiṁ] ⟨Column b⟩ [vātū]la saṅ[ghā na hi kampayanti]

Commentary

The restitutions of this inscription are based on the stanzas VIII-XIX of the southern doorjamb of Prasat Sankhah K. 218.

Bibliography

Edited by George Cœdès (1954) without translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from the estampage EFEO n. 941.

Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1954. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VI. Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3.6. Hanoi, Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 216–217.