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1. acāryam labhasva prāyścittam samācara iti
teacher let-you-obtain, penance
let-commit
pāpam dvijātayas ādiśanti
to-sinners aryans instructs
2. kāvyāni racayāma kīrtim vindāma nŗpatīn
poems let-us-compose, fame
let-us-find to-kings
aśrayāmahai śriyam labhāmahā iti kavayas vadanti
let-us-take-refuge
Good-Fortune let-us-obtain, poets
say
3. svasus gŗhe kanye ni avasatām
in-sister’s-house 2daughters let-inhabit
4. nŗpe rakşitari sukhena prajā vasanti
(when king protects) in-king
in-protector, with-happiness subjects
dwell
5. dharmāya devān yajāvahai arthāya kīrtaye ca
for-dharma Gods
let-us-sacrifice for-profit and
fame
sabhāsu paņḑatais saha vivadāvahai iti brāhmaņasya putrayos nişcayas
in-meetings with-pundit
let-us2-argue brahman’s
2sons discision
6. muktaye īśvaras sŗşţes kartā manuşyais bhaktyā sevyatām
for-liveration God of-creation
maker by-men with-devotion let-served
7. nŗpatayas prajānām rakşitāras
durjanānām ca śātstāras vartantām
kings of-subjects protectors
and of-bad-men governors let-exist
8. śāstrasya kartre pāņinaye namas
of-book maker
O Panini salute
9. lokasya sraşţŗbhyas
vasūnā dātŗbhyas devebhya:s nama: namas
of-people of-creators of-wealth to-givers to-Gods
salute