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:

Anonymous said...

ជម្ងឺរាស្រ្តគង់ពិតជាបារម្មណ៍ទុក្ខនៃទ្រង់(ព្រះរាជា)

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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។

Anonymous said...

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.