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“ Oath of the Khmer King in the inscription of Prasat PhimeanAkas "
During the reign of King Suryavarman I, a time when Cambodia was in turmoil with a popular uprising in Battambang, and Mon-Khmer in Lopburi required the swearing in of members of all levels of its government. Due to the content he left on the inscription (k.292-ka 501), the meaning of the oath was revealed horizontally in the inscription , which has the following content:
“In the year 933. 9 born Sunday, it is our oath, which is still in the minority (Ek, To, Trini and Chatavi), this time we swear Hands dedicated to life with our pure devotion to King Suryavarman, we swear before the akki (god of fire) God All jewels and brahmins. We do not pay homage to any king other than him. We do not become his enemies.
“Any act that arises out of gratitude to King Suryavarman, we must strive to do. If there is a war that we fight fiercely with all our hearts, we don't care (save) our lives with our loyalty to He did not run away from war, even when there was no war. . If we die from a physical illness, we will ask for the blessings of loyalty to the King . If we can serve the government for the rest of our lives then we should die for some reason, we should die that way with loyalty.
“If during the reign of the Deva raja Suryavarman , he sent us far because he needs it, we will do our best to find out all the facts according to the wishes of each of us.
“If we don't obey this oath, we ask the future king to punish us. Not to miss anything.
“If we have betrayed this oath, let’s be born into 32 levels of hell until the sun and moon are gone.
"If we all keep our word with this oath, may the King issue a decree that I stay." Take care of the building up of his glory in our kingdom and may all our riches be to our families at peace. For the god king Suryavarman, who reigned fully from AD 924 (corresponding to AD 1002).
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