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1. yāvanti hatasya paśos
carmaṇi lomāni vidyanti
as-many of-killed-animals hairs
are-known
tāvanti varṣāṇi hantā narake vaset
that-many years
for-killing in-hell he-should-dwell
2. bhŗtyās balavantam rājānam āyuṣman iti vadantu
servants strong king long-live let-say
3. bhākhantam sūryam dine dine dvijātayas pūjayantu
(the)radiant sun
every-day Aryans let-honor
4. kiyatas māsān bhavān kābhyām nyavasat
how-many months
You in-Banares lived
5. ke cid yataya: bhasmanā bharīram mārjayanti
some ascetics with-ashes body smears
6. karma balavat iti matimata: daridrān paśyata:
me matis
karma powerful,
prudent poor of-seeing my
mind
( my insightful thought to the poor ones of shrewd minds is, fate
is powerful )
7. tvayi rājñi tiṣṭhati asmākam sarvāsām
ca prajānām
in-you
in-king stands and
of-all-our subjects
sukham na vinaśyet
happiness
no should-be-lost
8. ekasmin janmani ye śūdrā ajāyanta te ātmanām
in-whos-birth those śūdras were-born,
they of-souls
dharmān samyak anutiṣṭhantas dvitīye janmani dvijātayas bhaveyus
dharmas good, understanding, in-second-birth Aryans let-become
9. grāme parivrāṇga
tiṣṭhet vane paribhramanbrahma dhyāyet
in-village
wandering-ascetic should-stay
in-forest wandering-brāmin should-ponder
10.
etasyām puri śrīmatas rājños samāgamas ajāyata
in-this-city
celebrated of-2kings encounter
happened
11.
brahmā jagatas sraṣṭā vedeṣu śrūyate
Brahma of-2worlds
creator in-Vedas was-heard
10. yān pakṣiṇas vanasya sīmani vŗkṣāt utpatatas apaśyata
those birds of-forest
in-outskirts from-tree flying-up were-seen
te sarve mayā bhrātrā
ca pāśais jīvanta
they-all and
by-my-brother with-snares living
eva abadhyanta mātrā ca asmabhyam apacyanta
were-caught and
by-mother for-us cooked