Stela of Kdei Ang (K. 53), 589 Śaka

Editors: Kunthea Chhom, Auguste Barth, Dominic Goodall.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00053.

Hand description:

The lettering is characteristic of the seventh century CE.

Language: Sanskrit.

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-12-20 13:30 (9724a0f), last modified 2024-06-27 07:12 (25c6f3e).

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩jayaty ananya-sāmānya-

⟨Column b⟩⟨Column a⟩-mahimā parameśvaraḥ

⟨Column c⟩brahmopendrāñjali-nyāsa-

⟨Column d⟩-dvi-guṇāṅghri-yugāmvujaḥ

II. Anuṣṭubh

⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩rājā śrīrudravarmmāsī⟨Column b⟩t

trivikrama-parākramaḥ

⟨Column c⟩yasya saurājyam adyāpi

⟨Column d⟩dilīpasyeva viśrutam·

III. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasyābhūtāṁ bhiṣaṅ-mukhyau

⟨Column b⟩bhrātarāv aśvināv iva

⟨Column c⟩brahmadattas sa yo jyeṣṭho

⟨Column d⟩brahma-siṅhas sa yo ’nujaḥ

IV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tayor api mahā-bhāgyau

⟨Column b⟩bhāgineyau vabhūvatuḥ

⟨Column c⟩dharmmadevaḥ prathamajaḥ

⟨Column d⟩siṅhadevas tv anantaraḥ

V. Anuṣṭubh

⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩sva-śaktyākrānta-rājyasya

⟨Column b⟩rājñaś śrībhavavarmmaṇaḥ

⟨Column c⟩śrīgambhīreśvaro yasya

⟨Column d⟩rājya-kalpataroḥ phalaṁ

VI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasya tau mantriṇāv āstāṁ

⟨Column b⟩sanmatau kr̥ta-vedinau

⟨Column c⟩dharmma-śāstrārtha-śāstra-jñau

⟨Column d⟩dharmmārthāv iva rūpinau

VII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩mahendravarmmaṇo bhūya⟨Column b⟩ś

śrīmataḥ pr̥thivī-pateḥ

⟨Column c⟩tau cāpy amātyatāṁ prāptau

⟨Column d⟩pratyayau kr̥tya-vastuṣu

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩siṅhadevo ’nujo rājñā

⟨Column b⟩dūtatve sat-kr̥taḥ kr̥tī

⟨Column c⟩prītaye preṣitaḥ prem¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ā

⟨Column d⟩campādhipa-narādhipam·

IX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩dharmmadevasya tu punaḥ

⟨Column b⟩tanayo bhūd analpa-dhīḥ

⟨Column c⟩kula-kānana-siṅho ya⟨Column d⟩s

siṅhavīra Itīritaḥ

X. Anuṣṭubh

⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vidvān yo ’dyāpi vidvadbhi⟨Column b⟩r

āpīta-kavitā-rasaḥ

⟨Column c⟩śrīśānavarmma-nr̥-pate⟨Column d⟩r

abhavan mantri-sattamaḥ

XI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩nikāma-varadan devaṁ

⟨Column b⟩śrīnikāmeśvaraṁ haraṁ

⟨Column c⟩hariñ ca siddhi-saṅkalpa-

-svāminaṁ siddhi-dāyinam·

XII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yo ’tiṣṭhipad imau devau

⟨Column b⟩śraddhayā bhūri-dakṣiṇau

⟨Column c⟩kīrtti-stambhāv ivodagrau

⟨Column d⟩yau sthitāv ā bhuva sthiteḥ

XIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasya sūnur asūyādi-

⟨Column b⟩-doṣair aspr̥ṣṭamānasaḥ

⟨Column c⟩yo ’bhavad bhava-sa⟨ṁ⟩nyasta-

⟨Column d⟩-citta-vr̥ttir udāra-dhīḥ

XIV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vālye ’pi vinayopeto

⟨Column b⟩yauvane ’pi jitendriyaḥ

⟨Column c⟩tri-varggārambha-kāle ’pi

⟨Column d⟩dharmme yas tv adhikādaraḥ

XV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yasminn aidaṅyugīne ’pi

⟨Column b⟩sad-ācārā-valaṁvini

⟨Column c⟩kali-pracālito dharmmo

⟨Column d⟩na skhalaty ekapād api

XVI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śrīmato rāja-siṅhasya

⟨Column b⟩jayino jayavarmmaṇaḥ

⟨Column c⟩yo vaidyo veditavyānāṁ

⟨Column d⟩vettāpi nirahaṅkr̥tiḥ

XVII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩punas satkr̥tya yaṁ rājā

⟨Column b⟩prādāt sve rāja-mātule

⟨Column c⟩Ala¡p!⟨b⟩pdha-rāja-śa¡p!⟨b⟩de ’pi

⟨Column d⟩la¡p!⟨b⟩dha-rājārha-saṁpadi

XVIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩paścād āḍhyapurasyāsya

⟨Column b⟩yo ’ddhyakṣatve kula-kramāt·

⟨Column c⟩yogyo yam iti satkr̥tya

⟨Column d⟩svayaṁ rājñā niyojitaḥ

XIX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yasminn avati dharmmeṇa

⟨Column b⟩parābhyudaya-kāriṇi

⟨Column c⟩Anvartha-saṁjñāṁ saṁprāpta⟨Column d⟩m

idam āḍhyapuraṁ puram·

XX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Ucitaṁ yaḥ karādāna⟨Column b⟩m

ārāmebhyaḥ kuṭumvināṁ

⟨Column c⟩Anādadat prabhur api

⟨Column d⟩pūrṇṇāṁ vr̥ttim adād itaḥ

XXI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩roginām arthinām vāpi

⟨Column b⟩visraṁbhād ruṣitaṁ vacaḥ

⟨Column c⟩śr̥ṇvato yasya karuṇā

⟨Column d⟩dviguṇā samajāyata

XXII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yan madīyaṁ śubhan nāma

⟨Column b⟩janma-prabhr̥ti saṁbhr̥taṁ

⟨Column c⟩tad astu pitur eveti

⟨Column d⟩saṅkalpo yasya kīrttitaḥ

XXIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śiva-yajñena yo devā⟨Column b⟩n

munīn addhyayanena ca

⟨Column c⟩pitr̥̄ṁś cātarppayat toyai⟨Column d⟩s

sat-putra-kara-nissr̥taiḥ

XXIV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩teneha siṅhadattena

⟨Column b⟩datta-dātavya-vastunā

⟨Column c⟩sthāpito vijayasyāyaṁ

⟨Column d⟩dātā śrīvijayeśvaraḥ

XXV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨25⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Asmin tena ca yad dattaṁ

⟨Column b⟩dāsārāmādi kiñcana

⟨Column c⟩tad eva devasvam iti

⟨Column d⟩na haren nāpi nāśayet·

XXVI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨26⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vaiśākha-prathama-dvi-pañcaka-dine dvārāṣṭa-vāṇair yyute

⟨Column b⟩jīvaś cāpayuto vr̥ṣe kavi-sutas siṅhārddhagaś candramāḥ

⟨27⟩ ⟨Column a⟩kaulīre vaṇijo ghaṭe ravi-sutaś śeṣās tu meṣa-sthitā⟨Column b⟩s

so ’yaṁ śrīvijayeśvaro vijayate yaḥ kīṭa-lagne sthitaḥ

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩jayaty ananya-sāmānya- ⟨Column b⟩⟨Column a⟩-mahimā parameśvaraḥ ⟨Column c⟩brahmopendrāñjali-nyāsa- ⟨Column d⟩-dvi-guṇāṅghri-yugāmvujaḥ   
⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩rājā śrīrudravarmmāsī⟨Column b⟩t trivikrama-parākramaḥ ⟨Column c⟩yasya saurājyam adyāpi ⟨Column d⟩dilīpasyeva viśrutam·   
⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasyābhūtāṁ bhiṣaṅ-mukhyau ⟨Column b⟩bhrātarāv aśvināv iva ⟨Column c⟩brahmadattas sa yo jyeṣṭho ⟨Column d⟩brahma-siṅhas sa yo ’nujaḥ   
⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tayor api mahā-bhāgyau ⟨Column b⟩bhāgineyau vabhūvatuḥ ⟨Column c⟩dharmmadevaḥ prathamajaḥ ⟨Column d⟩siṅhadevas tv anantaraḥ   
⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩sva-śaktyākrānta-rājyasya ⟨Column b⟩rājñaś śrībhavavarmmaṇaḥ ⟨Column c⟩śrīgambhīreśvaro yasya ⟨Column d⟩rājya-kalpataroḥ phalaṁ   
⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasya tau mantriṇāv āstāṁ ⟨Column b⟩sanmatau kr̥ta-vedinau ⟨Column c⟩dharmma-śāstrārtha-śāstra-jñau ⟨Column d⟩dharmmārthāv iva rūpinau   
⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩mahendravarmmaṇo bhūya⟨Column b⟩ś śrīmataḥ pr̥thivī-pateḥ ⟨Column c⟩tau cāpy amātyatāṁ prāptau ⟨Column d⟩pratyayau kr̥tya-vastuṣu   
⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩siṅhadevo ’nujo rājñā ⟨Column b⟩dūtatve sat-kr̥taḥ kr̥tī ⟨Column c⟩prītaye preṣitaḥ prem¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ā ⟨Column d⟩campādhipa-narādhipam·   
⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩dharmmadevasya tu punaḥ ⟨Column b⟩tanayo bhūd analpa-dhīḥ ⟨Column c⟩kula-kānana-siṅho ya⟨Column d⟩s siṅhavīra Itīritaḥ   
⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vidvān yo ’dyāpi vidvadbhi⟨Column b⟩r āpīta-kavitā-rasaḥ ⟨Column c⟩śrīśānavarmma-nr̥-pate⟨Column d⟩r abhavan mantri-sattamaḥ   
⟨11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩nikāma-varadan devaṁ ⟨Column b⟩śrīnikāmeśvaraṁ haraṁ ⟨Column c⟩hariñ ca siddhi-saṅkalpa- -svāminaṁ siddhi-dāyinam·   
⟨12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yo ’tiṣṭhipad imau devau ⟨Column b⟩śraddhayā bhūri-dakṣiṇau ⟨Column c⟩kīrtti-stambhāv ivodagrau ⟨Column d⟩yau sthitāv ā bhuva sthiteḥ   
⟨13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasya sūnur asūyādi- ⟨Column b⟩-doṣair aspr̥ṣṭamānasaḥ ⟨Column c⟩yo ’bhavad bhava-sa⟨ṁ⟩nyasta- ⟨Column d⟩-citta-vr̥ttir udāra-dhīḥ   
⟨14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vālye ’pi vinayopeto ⟨Column b⟩yauvane ’pi jitendriyaḥ ⟨Column c⟩tri-varggārambha-kāle ’pi ⟨Column d⟩dharmme yas tv adhikādaraḥ   
⟨15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yasminn aidaṅyugīne ’pi ⟨Column b⟩sad-ācārā-valaṁvini ⟨Column c⟩kali-pracālito dharmmo ⟨Column d⟩na skhalaty ekapād api   
⟨16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śrīmato rāja-siṅhasya ⟨Column b⟩jayino jayavarmmaṇaḥ ⟨Column c⟩yo vaidyo veditavyānāṁ ⟨Column d⟩vettāpi nirahaṅkr̥tiḥ   
⟨17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩punas satkr̥tya yaṁ rājā ⟨Column b⟩prādāt sve rāja-mātule ⟨Column c⟩Ala¡p!⟨b⟩pdha-rāja-śa¡p!⟨b⟩de ’pi ⟨Column d⟩la¡p!⟨b⟩dha-rājārha-saṁpadi   
⟨18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩paścād āḍhyapurasyāsya ⟨Column b⟩yo ’ddhyakṣatve kula-kramāt· ⟨Column c⟩yogyo yam iti satkr̥tya ⟨Column d⟩svayaṁ rājñā niyojitaḥ   
⟨19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yasminn avati dharmmeṇa ⟨Column b⟩parābhyudaya-kāriṇi ⟨Column c⟩Anvartha-saṁjñāṁ saṁprāpta⟨Column d⟩m idam āḍhyapuraṁ puram·   
⟨20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Ucitaṁ yaḥ karādāna⟨Column b⟩m ārāmebhyaḥ kuṭumvināṁ ⟨Column c⟩Anādadat prabhur api ⟨Column d⟩pūrṇṇāṁ vr̥ttim adād itaḥ   
⟨21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩roginām arthinām vāpi ⟨Column b⟩visraṁbhād ruṣitaṁ vacaḥ ⟨Column c⟩śr̥ṇvato yasya karuṇā ⟨Column d⟩dviguṇā samajāyata   
⟨22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yan madīyaṁ śubhan nāma ⟨Column b⟩janma-prabhr̥ti saṁbhr̥taṁ ⟨Column c⟩tad astu pitur eveti ⟨Column d⟩saṅkalpo yasya kīrttitaḥ   
⟨23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śiva-yajñena yo devā⟨Column b⟩n munīn addhyayanena ca ⟨Column c⟩pitr̥̄ṁś cātarppayat toyai⟨Column d⟩s sat-putra-kara-nissr̥taiḥ   
⟨24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩teneha siṅhadattena ⟨Column b⟩datta-dātavya-vastunā ⟨Column c⟩sthāpito vijayasyāyaṁ ⟨Column d⟩dātā śrīvijayeśvaraḥ   
⟨25⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Asmin tena ca yad dattaṁ ⟨Column b⟩dāsārāmādi kiñcana ⟨Column c⟩tad eva devasvam iti ⟨Column d⟩na haren nāpi nāśayet·   
⟨26⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vaiśākha-prathama-dvi-pañcaka-dine dvārāṣṭa-vāṇair yyute ⟨Column b⟩jīvaś cāpayuto vr̥ṣe kavi-sutas siṅhārddhagaś candramāḥ 
⟨27⟩ ⟨Column a⟩kaulīre vaṇijo ghaṭe ravi-sutaś śeṣās tu meṣa-sthitā⟨Column b⟩s so ’yaṁ śrīvijayeśvaro vijayate yaḥ kīṭa-lagne sthitaḥ  

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1⟩ ⟨Column a⟩jayaty ananya-sāmānya-

⟨Column b⟩⟨Column a⟩-mahimā parameśvaraḥ

⟨Column c⟩brahmopendrāñjali-nyāsa-

⟨Column d⟩-dvi-guṇāṅghri-yugāmvujaḥ

II. Anuṣṭubh

⟨2⟩ ⟨Column a⟩rājā śrīrudravarmmāsī⟨Column b⟩t

trivikrama-parākramaḥ

⟨Column c⟩yasya saurājyam adyāpi

⟨Column d⟩dilīpasyeva viśrutam·

III. Anuṣṭubh

⟨3⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasyābhūtāṁ bhiṣaṅ-mukhyau

⟨Column b⟩bhrātarāv aśvināv iva

⟨Column c⟩brahmadattas sa yo jyeṣṭho

⟨Column d⟩brahma-siṅhas sa yo ’nujaḥ

IV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨4⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tayor api mahā-bhāgyau

⟨Column b⟩bhāgineyau vabhūvatuḥ

⟨Column c⟩dharmmadevaḥ prathamajaḥ

⟨Column d⟩siṅhadevas tv anantaraḥ

V. Anuṣṭubh

⟨5⟩ ⟨Column a⟩sva-śaktyākrānta-rājyasya

⟨Column b⟩rājñaś śrībhavavarmmaṇaḥ

⟨Column c⟩śrīgambhīreśvaro yasya

⟨Column d⟩rājya-kalpataroḥ phalaṁ

VI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨6⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasya tau mantriṇāv āstāṁ

⟨Column b⟩sanmatau kr̥ta-vedinau

⟨Column c⟩dharmma-śāstrārtha-śāstra-jñau

⟨Column d⟩dharmmārthāv iva rūpinau

VII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨7⟩ ⟨Column a⟩mahendravarmmaṇo bhūya⟨Column b⟩ś

śrīmataḥ pr̥thivī-pateḥ

⟨Column c⟩tau cāpy amātyatāṁ prāptau

⟨Column d⟩pratyayau kr̥tya-vastuṣu

VIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨8⟩ ⟨Column a⟩siṅhadevo ’nujo rājñā

⟨Column b⟩dūtatve sat-kr̥taḥ kr̥tī

⟨Column c⟩prītaye preṣitaḥ prem¡n!⟨ṇ⟩ā

⟨Column d⟩campādhipa-narādhipam·

IX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨9⟩ ⟨Column a⟩dharmmadevasya tu punaḥ

⟨Column b⟩tanayo bhūd analpa-dhīḥ

⟨Column c⟩kula-kānana-siṅho ya⟨Column d⟩s

siṅhavīra Itīritaḥ

X. Anuṣṭubh

⟨10⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vidvān yo ’dyāpi vidvadbhi⟨Column b⟩r

āpīta-kavitā-rasaḥ

⟨Column c⟩śrīśānavarmma-nr̥-pate⟨Column d⟩r

abhavan mantri-sattamaḥ

XI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨11⟩ ⟨Column a⟩nikāma-varadan devaṁ

⟨Column b⟩śrīnikāmeśvaraṁ haraṁ

⟨Column c⟩hariñ ca siddhi-saṅkalpa-

-svāminaṁ siddhi-dāyinam·

XII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨12⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yo ’tiṣṭhipad imau devau

⟨Column b⟩śraddhayā bhūri-dakṣiṇau

⟨Column c⟩kīrtti-stambhāv ivodagrau

⟨Column d⟩yau sthitāv ā bhuva sthiteḥ

XIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨13⟩ ⟨Column a⟩tasya sūnur asūyādi-

⟨Column b⟩-doṣair aspr̥ṣṭamānasaḥ

⟨Column c⟩yo ’bhavad bhava-sa⟨ṁ⟩nyasta-

⟨Column d⟩-citta-vr̥ttir udāra-dhīḥ

XIV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨14⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vālye ’pi vinayopeto

⟨Column b⟩yauvane ’pi jitendriyaḥ

⟨Column c⟩tri-varggārambha-kāle ’pi

⟨Column d⟩dharmme yas tv adhikādaraḥ

XV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨15⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yasminn aidaṅyugīne ’pi

⟨Column b⟩sad-ācārā-valaṁvini

⟨Column c⟩kali-pracālito dharmmo

⟨Column d⟩na skhalaty ekapād api

XVI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨16⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śrīmato rāja-siṅhasya

⟨Column b⟩jayino jayavarmmaṇaḥ

⟨Column c⟩yo vaidyo veditavyānāṁ

⟨Column d⟩vettāpi nirahaṅkr̥tiḥ

XVII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨17⟩ ⟨Column a⟩punas satkr̥tya yaṁ rājā

⟨Column b⟩prādāt sve rāja-mātule

⟨Column c⟩Ala¡p!⟨b⟩pdha-rāja-śa¡p!⟨b⟩de ’pi

⟨Column d⟩la¡p!⟨b⟩dha-rājārha-saṁpadi

XVIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨18⟩ ⟨Column a⟩paścād āḍhyapurasyāsya

⟨Column b⟩yo ’ddhyakṣatve kula-kramāt·

⟨Column c⟩yogyo yam iti satkr̥tya

⟨Column d⟩svayaṁ rājñā niyojitaḥ

XIX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨19⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yasminn avati dharmmeṇa

⟨Column b⟩parābhyudaya-kāriṇi

⟨Column c⟩Anvartha-saṁjñāṁ saṁprāpta⟨Column d⟩m

idam āḍhyapuraṁ puram·

XX. Anuṣṭubh

⟨20⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Ucitaṁ yaḥ karādāna⟨Column b⟩m

ārāmebhyaḥ kuṭumvināṁ

⟨Column c⟩Anādadat prabhur api

⟨Column d⟩pūrṇṇāṁ vr̥ttim adād itaḥ

XXI. Anuṣṭubh

⟨21⟩ ⟨Column a⟩roginām arthinām vāpi

⟨Column b⟩visraṁbhād ruṣitaṁ vacaḥ

⟨Column c⟩śr̥ṇvato yasya karuṇā

⟨Column d⟩dviguṇā samajāyata

XXII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨22⟩ ⟨Column a⟩yan madīyaṁ śubhan nāma

⟨Column b⟩janma-prabhr̥ti saṁbhr̥taṁ

⟨Column c⟩tad astu pitur eveti

⟨Column d⟩saṅkalpo yasya kīrttitaḥ

XXIII. Anuṣṭubh

⟨23⟩ ⟨Column a⟩śiva-yajñena yo devā⟨Column b⟩n

munīn addhyayanena ca

⟨Column c⟩pitr̥̄ṁś cātarppayat toyai⟨Column d⟩s

sat-putra-kara-nissr̥taiḥ

XXIV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨24⟩ ⟨Column a⟩teneha siṅhadattena

⟨Column b⟩datta-dātavya-vastunā

⟨Column c⟩sthāpito vijayasyāyaṁ

⟨Column d⟩dātā śrīvijayeśvaraḥ

XXV. Anuṣṭubh

⟨25⟩ ⟨Column a⟩Asmin tena ca yad dattaṁ

⟨Column b⟩dāsārāmādi kiñcana

⟨Column c⟩tad eva devasvam iti

⟨Column d⟩na haren nāpi nāśayet·

XXVI. Śārdūlavikrīḍita

⟨26⟩ ⟨Column a⟩vaiśākha-prathama-dvi-pañcaka-dine dvārāṣṭa-vāṇair yyute

⟨Column b⟩jīvaś cāpayuto vr̥ṣe kavi-sutas siṅhārddhagaś candramāḥ

⟨27⟩ ⟨Column a⟩kaulīre vaṇijo ghaṭe ravi-sutaś śeṣās tu meṣa-sthitā⟨Column b⟩s

so ’yaṁ śrīvijayeśvaro vijayate yaḥ kīṭa-lagne sthitaḥ

Translation into French by Barth1885_01

I

Victorieux est Parameśvara, qui n’a point d’égal en majesté, dont les pieds (constamment honorés), par l’opposition des mains jointes de Brahmā et d’Upendra, présentent (ainsi) deux fois l’image d’un coup de lotus.

II

Il y eut un roi Śrī Rudravarman, invincible comme Trivikrama, dont l’heureux règne est d’aujourd’hui encore célébré à l’égal de celui de Dilīpa.

III

A son service, comme premiers médecins, furent deux frères, semblables aux Aśvins, Brahmadatta, qui (était) l’aîné, et Brahmasiṁha, qui (était) le cadet.

IV

Les deux, à leur tour, eurent deux neveux illustres, Dharmadeva, le premier né, et, immédiatement après lui, Siṁhadeva.

V

Le roi Śrī Bhavavarman ayant pris le pouvoir avec énergie, lui pour qui Śrī Gambhīreśvara fut le fruit de cet arbre des désirs qui est la royauté.

VI

Ces deux furent ses ministres, tous deux de bon conseil, reconnaissants de (ses) bienfaits, versés dans la science du juste et dans la science de l’utile, le juste et l’utile pour ainsi dire personnifiés.

VII

De Mahendravarman ensuite, le glorieux maître de la terre, ces deux furent également ministres, (ses) instruments (de succès) en toutes les affaires.

VIII

Le cadet, Siṁhadeva, bien honoré à sa pleine satisfaction par le roi des fonctions d’ambassadeur, fut, par bienveillance et pour (assurer) l’amitié (entre les deux princes), envoyé auprès du roi souverain de Campā.

IX

Quant à Dharmadeva, il eut un fils aus grands pensées, un lion dans forêt de sa race et appelé (pour cela) Siṁhavīra.

X

Savant, chez qui les savants vont aujourd’hui encore s’abreuver du suc de l’art poétique, il fut le ministre excellent du roi Śrī Īśānavarman.

XI

Le dieu qui donne l’accomplissement de tous les désirs, Hara Śrī Nikāmeśvara, et Hari, le maître de ceux qui aspirent à la perfection, (le dieu) qui donne la perfection.

XII

(Les images de) ces deux dieux furent par lui érigées avec foi, non sans de nombreuses libéralités (en faveur des prêtres), haut dressées comme deux piliers de (sa) gloire, destinées à rester debout tant que la terre sera debout.

XIII

Celui-ci eut un fils, dont le coeur demeura inaccessible à l’envie et aux autres défauts, qui, n’ayant que de hautes visées, maintint constamment sa pensée fixée sur Bhava.

XIV

Dans l’enfance même, il montra de la retenue; dans la jeunesse même, il sut dompter ses sens; au temps même de la poursuite des trois sortes (de biens), il donna (toujours) la préférence au devoir.

XV

Bien que vivant en cet âge (dégénéré), il reste ferme dans la bonne coutume, de sorte que Dharma, quoique harassé par Kali, ne bronche pas, bien qu’il n’ait plus qu’un seul pied.

XVI

Médecin du glorieux lion des rois, du victorieux Jayavarman, il fut sans orgueil, bien qu’il sût tout ce qu’il est possible de savoir.

XVII

Ensuite le roi, avec des marques d’honneur, le céda au royal frère de sa mère, lequel, sans savoir le titre de roi, jouissant d’une fortune digne d’un roi.

XVIII

Puis, selon d’ordre de succession dans la famille, le roi ayant reconnu qu’il était l’homme convenable, l’établit avec honneur dans le gouvernement de cette (ville d’)Āḍhyapura.

XIX

Alors seulement qu’il la protégea avec justice, procurant sans cesse la prospérité d’autrui, cette ville d’Āḍhyapura justifia vraiment son nom.

XX

Renonçant à prendre des chefs de maison la juste redevance de leurs jardins, encore qu’il en fût le maître, il leur donna par là la peine aisance.

XXI

Quand, de la part des malades ou des indigents, par suite même de leur confiance (en lui), il entendait une parole impatiente, sa pitié en était doublée.

XXII

"Que ce que j’ai amassé de mérite depuis ma naissance soit à mon père," telle est la résolution qu’on célèbre de lui.

XXIII

Avec l’offrande à Śiva, il rassasia les dieux; par l’étude (du veda), les munis; ses ancêtres, avec l’eau versée pieusement de ses mains filiales.

XXIV

C’est par lui, Siṁhadatta, que fut érigé ici, avec toutes les donations appropriées, ce donneur de victoire, Śrī Vijayeśvara.

XXV

Et ce qu’il lui a donné en fait de serviteurs, de jardins et d’autres biens, que tout cela soit tenu pour propriété du dieu, et que (nul) ne le ravisse ou ne le détruise.

XXVI

Le jour de la première décade (révolue du mois) de Vaiśākha, (l’année révolue) étant désignée par les portes, le chiffre 8 et les flèches; Jīva est logé dans le Sagittaire, le fils de Kavi est dans le Taureau, la Lune est arrivée au milieu du Lion, le fils de la Terre est dans le Cancer, le fils du Soleil dans le Verseau, et les autres se tiennent dans le Bélier. Ainsi triomphe ce Śrī Vijayeśvara érigé au moment où le Scorpion se trouvait à l’horizon.

Translation by Goodall 2019

XVI

(Continuation of previous stanza)who was the physician of the glorious victorious lion among kings, Jayavarman; devoid of pride, even though he knew [all] that could be known;

XVII

whom the king honoured further and bestowed [as personal physician?] upon his own royal maternal uncle, a man who, although he had not attained the title “king”, had attained the success worthy of a king;

XVIII

who was subsequently appointed by the king himself as regent of Āḍhyapura here (asya), [a role he inherited] from his family’s lineage, once [the king] had honoured him [with the judgement] that (iti) he was suitable(continuated to the next stanza)

XX

who, in not taking [even] the appropriate taxes from the gardens of householders, even though he was their master, bestowed upon them thenceforth a full livelihood.

Translation by Goodall 2023

II

There was a king Śrī Rudravarman, with the valour of Trivikrama-Viṣṇu, whose excellent rule is as famous even today as that of Dilīpa.

III

He had two principal physicians, brothers like the Aśvins. The elder was Brahmadatta; the younger Brahmasiṅha.

IV

And they had two illustrious sororal nephews: the elder was Dharmadeva; the other Siṅhadeva.

Commentary

Handsome 7th-century lettering (589 ṡaka = 668 AD), but, as Barth notes (p. 66), the jihvāmūlīya and upadhmānīya appear no longer to be in use !

The space of the pādas a and c of the last stanza corresponds to that of the pādas a and b of the earlier stanzas. Similarly, the space of the pādas b and d of the last stanza corresponds to that of the pādas c and d of the earlier stanzas.

(6) Barth reads the last word as rupinau with a note that we must understand rūpiṇau. The estampage appears clearly to have rūpinau.

(12) In pāda d, he sandhi-option (bhuva sthiteḥ = bhuvaḥ sthiteḥ) seems to be only rather rarely followed in Cambodia.

(25) The regular sandhi at the beginning of the stanza would be asmiṁs tena.

(27) In pāda c, Barth proposes to understand kaulīre vaṇijo as kaulīre avanijo instead.

Bibliography

First edited by Auguste Barth (Barth1885_01); reedited partly by Dominic Goodall (2019, p. 60) and (2023, p. 21) with an English translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from estampage EFEO n. 1161.

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Barth1885_01

[DG] Goodall, Dominic. 2019. “Nobles, bureaucrats or strongmen? On the “vassal kings” or “hereditary governors” of pre-Angkorian city-states: Two Sanskrit inscriptions of Vidyāviśeṣa, seventh-century governor of Tamandarapura (K. 1235 and K. 604), and an inscription of Śivadatta (K. 1150), previously considered a son of Īśānavarman I.” UJKS 14, pp. 23–85. [URL]. Page 60.

[DG] Goodall, Dominic. 2023. Kālidāsa’s Kingship among the Khmers. Gonda Lecture 29. Amsterdam: Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. [URL]. Page 21.

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<l n="a"><lb n="5"/><milestone unit="column" n="a"/>sva-śaktyākrānta-rājyasya</l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="6"/><milestone unit="column" n="a"/>tasya tau mantriṇāv āstāṁ</l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="24"/><milestone unit="column" n="a"/>teneha siṅhadattena</l>

<l n="b"><milestone unit="column" n="b"/>datta-dātavya-vastunā</l>

<l n="c"><milestone unit="column" n="c"/>sthāpito vijayasyāyaṁ</l>

<l n="d"><milestone unit="column" n="d"/>dātā śrīvijayeśvaraḥ</l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="25"/><milestone unit="column" n="a"/>Asmin tena ca yad dattaṁ</l>

<l n="b"><milestone unit="column" n="b"/>dāsārāmādi kiñcana</l>

<l n="c"><milestone unit="column" n="c"/>tad eva devasvam iti</l>

<l n="d"><milestone unit="column" n="d"/>na haren nāpi nāśayet·</l>

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<l n="a"><lb n="26"/><milestone unit="column" n="a"/>vaiśākha-prathama-dvi-pañcaka-dine dvārāṣṭa-vāṇair yyute</l>

<l n="b"><milestone unit="column" n="b"/>jīvaś cāpayuto vr̥ṣe kavi-sutas siṅhārddhagaś candramāḥ</l>

<l n="c"><lb n="27"/><milestone unit="column" n="a"/>kaulīre vaṇijo ghaṭe ravi-sutaś śeṣās tu meṣa-sthitā<milestone unit="column" n="b" break="no"/>s</l>

<l n="d">so 'yaṁ śrīvijayeśvaro vijayate yaḥ kīṭa-lagne sthitaḥ</l>

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Victorieux est Parameśvara, qui n'a point d'égal en majesté, dont les pieds <supplied reason="explanation">constamment honorés</supplied>, par l'opposition des mains jointes de Brahmā et d'Upendra, présentent <supplied reason="explanation">ainsi</supplied> deux fois l'image d'un coup de lotus.

Il y eut un roi Śrī Rudravarman, invincible comme Trivikrama, dont l'heureux règne est d'aujourd'hui encore célébré à l'égal de celui de Dilīpa.

A son service, comme premiers médecins, furent deux frères, semblables aux Aśvins, Brahmadatta, qui <supplied reason="explanation">était</supplied> l'aîné, et Brahmasiṁha, qui <supplied reason="explanation">était</supplied> le cadet.

Les deux, à leur tour, eurent deux neveux illustres, Dharmadeva, le premier né, et, immédiatement après lui, Siṁhadeva.

Le roi Śrī Bhavavarman ayant pris le pouvoir avec énergie, lui pour qui Śrī Gambhīreśvara fut le fruit de cet arbre des désirs qui est la royauté.

Ces deux furent ses ministres, tous deux de bon conseil, reconnaissants de <supplied reason="explanation">ses</supplied> bienfaits, versés dans la science du juste et dans la science de l'utile, le juste et l'utile pour ainsi dire personnifiés.

De Mahendravarman ensuite, le glorieux maître de la terre, ces deux furent également ministres, <supplied reason="explanation">ses</supplied> instruments <supplied reason="explanation">de succès</supplied> en toutes les affaires.

Le cadet, Siṁhadeva, bien honoré à sa pleine satisfaction par le roi des fonctions d'ambassadeur, fut, par bienveillance et pour <supplied reason="explanation">assurer</supplied> l'amitié <supplied reason="explanation">entre les deux princes</supplied>, envoyé auprès du roi souverain de Campā.

Quant à Dharmadeva, il eut un fils aus grands pensées, un lion dans forêt de sa race et appelé <supplied reason="explanation">pour cela</supplied> Siṁhavīra.

Savant, chez qui les savants vont aujourd'hui encore s'abreuver du suc de l'art poétique, il fut le ministre excellent du roi Śrī Īśānavarman.

Le dieu qui donne l'accomplissement de tous les désirs, Hara Śrī Nikāmeśvara, et Hari, le maître de ceux qui aspirent à la perfection, <supplied reason="explanation">le dieu</supplied> qui donne la perfection.

<supplied reason="explanation">Les images de</supplied> ces deux dieux furent par lui érigées avec foi, non sans de nombreuses libéralités <supplied reason="explanation">en faveur des prêtres</supplied>, haut dressées comme deux piliers de <supplied reason="explanation">sa</supplied> gloire, destinées à rester debout tant que la terre sera debout.

Celui-ci eut un fils, dont le coeur demeura inaccessible à l'envie et aux autres défauts, qui, n'ayant que de hautes visées, maintint constamment sa pensée fixée sur Bhava.

Dans l'enfance même, il montra de la retenue; dans la jeunesse même, il sut dompter ses sens; au temps même de la poursuite des trois sortes <supplied reason="explanation">de biens</supplied>, il donna <supplied reason="explanation">toujours</supplied> la préférence au devoir.

Bien que vivant en cet âge <supplied reason="explanation">dégénéré</supplied>, il reste ferme dans la bonne coutume, de sorte que Dharma, quoique harassé par Kali, ne bronche pas, bien qu'il n'ait plus qu'un seul pied.

Médecin du glorieux lion des rois, du victorieux Jayavarman, il fut sans orgueil, bien qu'il sût tout ce qu'il est possible de savoir.

Ensuite le roi, avec des marques d'honneur, le céda au royal frère de sa mère, lequel, sans savoir le titre de roi, jouissant d'une fortune digne d'un roi.

Puis, selon d'ordre de succession dans la famille, le roi ayant reconnu qu'il était l'homme convenable, l'établit avec honneur dans le gouvernement de cette <supplied reason="explanation">ville d'</supplied>Āḍhyapura.

Alors seulement qu'il la protégea avec justice, procurant sans cesse la prospérité d'autrui, cette ville d'Āḍhyapura justifia vraiment son nom.

Renonçant à prendre des chefs de maison la juste redevance de leurs jardins, encore qu'il en fût le maître, il leur donna par là la peine aisance.

Quand, de la part des malades ou des indigents, par suite même de leur confiance <supplied reason="explanation">en lui</supplied>, il entendait une parole impatiente, sa pitié en était doublée.

"Que ce que j'ai amassé de mérite depuis ma naissance soit à mon père," telle est la résolution qu'on célèbre de lui.

Avec l'offrande à Śiva, il rassasia les dieux; par l'étude <supplied reason="explanation">du veda</supplied>, les munis; ses ancêtres, avec l'eau versée pieusement de ses mains filiales.

C'est par lui, Siṁhadatta, que fut érigé ici, avec toutes les donations appropriées, ce donneur de victoire, Śrī Vijayeśvara.

Et ce qu'il lui a donné en fait de serviteurs, de jardins et d'autres biens, que tout cela soit tenu pour propriété du dieu, et que <supplied reason="explanation">nul</supplied> ne le ravisse ou ne le détruise.

Le jour de la première décade <supplied reason="explanation">révolue du mois</supplied> de Vaiśākha, <supplied reason="explanation">l'année révolue</supplied> étant désignée par les portes, le chiffre 8 et les flèches; Jīva est logé dans le Sagittaire, le fils de Kavi est dans le Taureau, la Lune est arrivée au milieu du Lion, le fils de la Terre est dans le Cancer, le fils du Soleil dans le Verseau, et les autres se tiennent dans le Bélier. Ainsi triomphe ce Śrī Vijayeśvara érigé au moment où le Scorpion se trouvait à l'horizon.

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<supplied reason="explanation">Continuation of previous stanza</supplied>who was the physician of the glorious victorious lion among kings, Jayavarman; devoid of pride, even though he knew <supplied reason="subaudible">all</supplied> that could be known;

whom the king honoured further and bestowed <supplied reason="subaudible" cert="low">as personal physician</supplied> upon his own royal maternal uncle, a man who, although he had not attained the title “king”, had attained the success worthy of a king;

who was subsequently appointed by the king himself as regent of Āḍhyapura here <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>asya</foreign></supplied>, <supplied reason="subaudible">a role he inherited</supplied> from his family’s lineage, once <supplied reason="subaudible">the king</supplied> had honoured him <supplied reason="subaudible">with the judgement</supplied> that <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>iti</foreign></supplied> he was suitable<supplied reason="explanation">continuated to the next stanza</supplied>

who, in not taking <supplied reason="subaudible">even</supplied> the appropriate taxes from the gardens of householders, even though he was their master, bestowed upon them thenceforth a full livelihood.

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There was a king Śrī Rudravarman, with the valour of Trivikrama-Viṣṇu, whose excellent rule is as famous even today as that of Dilīpa.

He had two principal physicians, brothers like the Aśvins. The elder was Brahmadatta; the younger Brahmasiṅha.

And they had two illustrious sororal nephews: the elder was Dharmadeva; the other Siṅhadeva.

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Handsome 7th-century lettering <supplied reason="explanation">589 <foreign>ṡaka</foreign> = 668 AD</supplied>, but, as Barth notes <supplied reason="explanation">p. 66</supplied>, the <foreign>jihvāmūlīya</foreign> and <foreign>upadhmānīya</foreign> appear no longer to be in use !

The space of the <foreign>pāda</foreign>s a and c of the last stanza corresponds to that of the <foreign>pāda</foreign>s a and b of the earlier stanzas. Similarly, the space of the <foreign>pāda</foreign>s b and d of the last stanza corresponds to that of the <foreign>pāda</foreign>s c and d of the earlier stanzas.

Barth reads the last word as <foreign>rupinau</foreign> with a note that we must understand <foreign>rūpiṇau</foreign>. The estampage appears clearly to have <foreign>rūpinau</foreign>.

In <foreign>pāda</foreign> d, he sandhi-option <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>bhuva sthiteḥ</foreign> = <foreign>bhuvaḥ sthiteḥ</foreign></supplied> seems to be only rather rarely followed in Cambodia.

The regular sandhi at the beginning of the stanza would be <foreign>asmiṁs tena</foreign>.

In <foreign>pāda</foreign> c, Barth proposes to understand <foreign>kaulīre vaṇijo</foreign> as <foreign>kaulīre avanijo</foreign> instead.

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First edited by Auguste Barth (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Barth1885_01"/><citedRange unit="page">66-72</citedRange></bibl>); reedited partly by Dominic Goodall (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Goodall2019_01"/><citedRange unit="page">60</citedRange></bibl>) and (<bibl rend="omitname"><ptr target="bib:Goodall2023_02"/><citedRange unit="page">21</citedRange></bibl>) with an English translation; re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom from estampage EFEO n. 1161.

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