मम me, आर्येण by noble, मान्धात्रा by Mandhata, त्वया by you, यथा like that, पापम् sin, कृतम् was perpetrated, श्रमणेन by Sramana, पापे sin, कृते done, ईप्सितम् inflicted, घोरम् terrible, व्यसनम् punishment.

'In the past a similar sin was perpetrated by Sramana, a revered soul (mendicant) and Mandhata, a noble king of my race inflicted terrible punishment on him.