द्वीपं ताम्राह्वयं चैव पर्वतं रामकं तथा ॥
तिमिंगिलं च नृपतिं वशे चक्रे महामतिः ॥
एकपादांश् च पुरुषान् केवलान् वनवासिनः ॥
नगरीं संजयन्तीं च पिच्छण्डं करहाटकम् ॥
दूतैर् एव वशे चक्रे करं चैनान् अदापयत् ॥
पाण्ड्यांश् च द्रविडांश् चैव सहितांश् चोड्रकेरलैः ॥
अन्ध्रांस् तलवनांश् चैव कलिङ्गान् ओष्ट्रकर्णिकान् ॥
अन्ताखीं चैव रोमां च यवनानां पुरं तथा ॥
दूतैर् एव वशे चक्रे करं चैनान् अदापयत् ॥
dvīpaṃ tāmrāhvayaṃ caiva parvataṃ rāmakaṃ tathā ||
timiṃgilaṃ ca nṛpatiṃ vaśe cakre mahāmatiḥ ||
ekapādāṃś ca puruṣān kevalān vanavāsinaḥ ||
nagarīṃ saṃjayantīṃ ca picchaṇḍaṃ karahāṭakam ||
dūtair eva vaśe cakre karaṃ cainān adāpayat ||
pāṇḍyāṃś ca draviḍāṃś caiva sahitāṃś coḍrakeralaiḥ ||
andhrāṃs talavanāṃś caiva kaliṅgān oṣṭrakarṇikān ||
antākhīṃ caiva romāṃ ca yavanānāṃ puraṃ tathā ||
dūtair eva vaśe cakre karaṃ cainān adāpayat ||
The most wise one subdued all of Kollagiri, Murachipattana, the island named Tamra, mount Ramaka, and king Timingila; the one-legged men, mere forest-dwellers, the city of Sanjayanti, Picchanda, Karahataka, the Pandyas and Dravidas together with the Odras and Keralas, the Andhras, the Talavanas, the Kalingas, the Oshtrakarnikas, Antakhi, Roma, and the city of the Yavanas — these he subdued by envoys alone and made them pay tribute.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Many of the distant peoples — the Pandyas, the Dravidas, the Yavanas, the overseas cities — submit 'by envoys alone,' without a single blow. It is significant that the fame of righteous strength reaches ahead of the army itself: where the conqueror's name carries weight, a message sent is enough. The verse teaches that supreme power acts not so much by the sword as by recognized authority; and a kingdom whose rightness and might are beyond doubt expands through report and consent, not through war alone. Submission won by word is both firmer and less bloody than submission wrested by siege.