The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c16.152

v2.c16.152

“The eighth line is again but partially intelligible :—*ghātāpayiti rājā gabham upapīḍapayati : dhātinam cha kamupadāna pānādena pambatasena vāhayati : pammuchitamadhuram apanata .. mora dadāti* :‘(To) the prince who caused (its) destruction, he ordains the pain of the cavern (imprisons in one of the caves ?) and causes the murderer to labour (*dhātinam* for *ghātinam*) by a generous requital. (Pambātasea, the pandit would read *parbatāsanam*, ‘seated on the hill’) and lavishes bland speeches and obeisance.—”