Saturday, June 23, 2012

The real pain of a King is the pain of his subjects - Jayavarman VII


"ទេហនាន្ទេហ រោគោ យ​​ន្មនោរោគោ រុជត្តរាម៑​ ​ រាឞ្ត្រទុះខំហិភត៌្ឫុណា​ ​ន្ទុះខន្ទុះខន្ទុនាត្មនះ "

"dehinām deha rogo yanmanorogo rujattarām
rāṣṭra duḥkham hi bharṛrnān duḥkhan duḥkhan tu Nātmanaḥ"

"the bodily pain of the diseased became in Him (the King) a mental agony more tormenting than the former. For the real pain of a King is the pain of his subjects, not that his own (body)" 


4 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:52 AM

    ជម្ងឺរាស្រ្តគង់ពិតជាបារម្មណ៍ទុក្ខនៃទ្រង់(ព្រះរាជា)

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  2. Anonymous12:13 PM

    Not that the current king or his courtiers know any such sentiment. Now it more like the people are made to feel the pains of the king.

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  3. Anonymous10:41 PM

    ព្រះបាទជ័យវរ្ម័នទី ៧ ជាព្រះមហាក្សត្រដ៏ប្រសើរ
    បំផុតនៅលើដែនដីមហានគរកម្ពុជា តែមកដល់
    សម័យនេះ ព្រះ ន.សីហមុនីជាស្ដេចទីងមោង
    ហើយមិនបានប្រហែលនឹងក្សត្រីអង្គម៉ីផង។
    អ្វីៗទាំងអស់គឺស្រេចនឹងយួន ហើយអា ហ៊ុន
    សែន ក៏មិនខុសពីសត្វទីងមោងដែរ បានក្លាតែ
    សម្ដីជិះជាន់រាស្ត្រខ្លួនឯង ឲ្យយួនសើចពីក្រោយ
    ខ្នង។ ហ៊ុន សែន ធ្វើបាបរាស្ត្រជិតដល់កហើយ។
    ដូច្នេះ ការគ្រប់គ្រងរវាងជ័យវរ្ម័នទី ៧ និង អា
    ហ៊ុន សែន ខុសគ្នាពីឋានខ្ពស់បំផុតទៅឋាន
    នរកមហាសែនជ្រៅទៅទៀត។

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  4. Anonymous1:23 PM

    How about a bit of critical thinking fellow khmers? this is a EULOGY by a poet/wordsmith for King J.VII. it doesn't necessarily mean that the King was such a character in real life. how could he control a vast empire without coercion, and violence? yeah you can say that he built hospitals, roads etc.. for the common man, but this reading of a pious king is overdone and was actually started by King Sihanouk to legitimise his own absolute rule and claiming himself equal ranking with J VII. Truth 0, Flattery 1.

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