Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v1.c9.s8: No. 9. Trà-kiêu Rock Inscription of Prakāśadharma

Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v1.c9.s8

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No. 9. Trà-kiêu Rock Inscription of Prakāśadharma

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The inscription was edited by M. Huber (B. E. F., Vol. XI, p. 263). It is engraved on one face of a cubic block of stone found at Trà-kiêu in the province of Qnang-Nam. It contains four lines of writing. The language is Sanskrit. The inscription is written throughout in verse, and contains 2 stanzas in Āryā metre.

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The inscription refers to some gifts of king Śrī Prakāśadharma, king of Champā, in honour of king Kandarpadharma, the father of his great-grandmother (grandfather's mother).

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(१) शक्तिः परस्य न रिपुं ज्ञपयति गमितापि दण्डभेदभयेन ।
(य)स्य त्वदण्डभेदा सकलमरिभभीर्भिनत्ति शक्तिभृत इव ॥
(२) स श्रीप्रकाशधर्मा नृपतिः कन्दर्पधर्म्मणो धरणिभुजः
प्रपितामहीपितुरिदं स्थापितवानर्चनाय हटकयुगलम् ॥

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TRANSLATION.

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(1) The power¹ (lance) of other (kings), even when aided by much dreaded political expedients like *daṇḍa* (punishment) and *bheda* (disunion)—(even when applied with such force as to make the staff of the lance liable to break)—is not able to crush the enemy. There is, however, a king, who, like Kumāra, breaks through all his enemies, without fear and unaided by the political expedients of *daṇḍa* (punishment), and *bheda* (disunion)—(without wielding the lance so powerfully as to break it).

Linked texts (1)

Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit