text: ᱣᱤ ᱭᱟᱱ ᱟᱝᱜᱽ ᱦᱚᱛᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱚᱞ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱚᱱᱚᱞ, ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱮᱱ ᱯᱷᱩᱨᱜᱟᱹᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱣᱮᱵᱽᱥᱟᱭᱤᱴ, ᱫᱟ ᱤᱨᱟᱣᱟᱫᱤ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ-ᱦᱟᱯᱟᱴᱤᱧ ᱵᱩᱯᱟᱹᱡᱷᱟᱹᱣ ᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱦᱚᱛᱮ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱚᱫᱚᱨ ᱫᱚᱦᱲᱟᱭᱮᱱᱟ।
   ᱵᱽᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱ ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱯᱷᱩᱨᱜᱟᱹᱞ ᱟᱱᱫᱚᱲ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱭᱩᱨᱤᱭᱟ ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱛᱢᱟ ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤ, ᱦᱮᱱᱰᱞᱩᱢ ᱮᱥᱚᱥᱤᱮᱥᱚᱱ ᱚᱯᱷ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱭᱟ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱡᱟᱨᱣᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱚᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶ ᱱᱤᱡᱟᱹᱨᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱱᱟᱹᱭᱠᱟᱹᱣ ᱦᱟᱯᱟᱴᱤᱧ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱗ ᱢᱟᱨᱪ ᱑᱙᱒᱙ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱥᱮᱴᱮᱨ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ।
   ᱩᱱ ᱚᱠᱛᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱨᱟᱝᱜᱩᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱩᱵᱽᱞᱤ ᱦᱳᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱷᱤᱪ ᱥᱠᱩᱣᱮᱨ (ᱡᱟᱸᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱤᱛᱚᱜ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱵᱚᱱᱰᱟᱞᱟ ᱯᱟᱨᱠ ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ) ᱨᱮ ᱦᱚᱲ ᱠᱚᱭ ᱢᱟᱱᱚᱛ ᱞᱮᱫ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ।  ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱣᱮᱰᱟᱜᱚᱱ ᱯᱟᱰᱚᱜᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱵᱩᱫᱽᱫᱷᱩ ᱵᱤᱠᱷᱠᱷᱩ ᱠᱚ ᱥᱟᱶᱮ ᱜᱟᱯᱟᱞ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱣ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ:
  I am glad to find you telling me that the hponegyis (Buddhist monks) are leading the political movement in Burma, but you have a serious responsibility upon your shoulders when you undertake leading a political battle.
   History shows that the clergy has not always interfered with the political matters to the benefit of mankind.  Very often unworthy ambition has moved the clergy of the world as it has moved unscrupulous men to take part in politics, and if now you hponegyis aspire to lead the political movement of this, one of the fairest lands on the face of the earth, you are shouldering a tremendous responsibility.
   ᱤᱧ ᱟᱯᱮ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱨᱟᱹᱥᱠᱟᱹᱧ ᱟᱴᱠᱟᱨ ᱮᱫᱟ, ᱡᱮ ᱵᱚᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱨᱤ ᱟᱱᱫᱚᱲ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱩᱫᱽᱫᱷᱩ ᱵᱤᱠᱷᱩᱠᱷᱩ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱭᱩᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱢᱮᱱ ᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱛᱤᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱯᱮ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱮᱱ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱱᱤᱛᱤ ᱟᱱᱫᱚᱲ ᱯᱮ ᱪᱟᱞᱟᱣ ᱮᱫᱟ, ᱛᱚᱵᱮ ᱟᱯᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱟᱨᱮᱱ ᱨᱮ ᱦᱟᱢᱟᱞ ᱫᱟᱭᱤᱠ ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ।
   ᱱᱟᱜᱟᱢ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱵᱚᱭ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱟᱵᱚᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱵᱟᱝᱢᱟ ᱯᱟᱫᱽᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱦᱤᱛ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱨᱤ ᱢᱟᱢᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱜᱟᱱᱰᱮ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱤᱥ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱢᱟᱱᱣᱟ ᱡᱟᱹᱛ ᱵᱷᱟᱹᱞᱟᱹᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱠᱚ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ।  ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱫᱷᱟᱣ ᱵᱤᱱ ᱜᱟᱜᱚᱡᱚᱜ-ᱚᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱜᱮ , ᱚᱱᱠᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱜᱮᱭᱮ ᱚᱨᱥᱩᱨ ᱞᱮᱫ ᱠᱚᱣᱟ ᱚᱠᱟ ᱱᱟᱠᱷᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱮᱭᱢᱟᱱ ᱦᱮᱨᱮᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱡᱩᱫᱤ ᱱᱤᱛ ᱟᱯᱮ ᱵᱤᱠᱷᱠᱷᱩ ᱠᱚ, ᱚᱠᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱷᱟᱹᱛᱨᱤ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱵᱤᱱ ᱯᱟᱦᱴᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱢᱩᱫᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱮᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱯᱮ, ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱮᱱ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱨᱤ ᱟᱹᱭᱩᱨ ᱞᱟᱹᱫᱤᱜ ᱯᱮ ᱜᱟᱜᱚᱡᱚᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱛᱚᱵᱮ ᱱᱚᱣᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱟᱯᱮ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱮᱱ ᱥᱚᱱᱚᱛ ᱫᱟᱭᱤᱠ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ-ᱟ।
   ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱦᱟᱯᱛᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱝᱜᱷᱟᱨ ᱨᱮ, ᱩᱱᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱛᱟᱞᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱱᱟᱝᱜᱽᱨᱨᱟᱦᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱮ ᱫᱟᱬᱟ ᱠᱮᱬᱟ।  ᱢᱟᱱᱰᱟᱞᱮ ᱨᱮ ᱩᱱᱤᱭᱮ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱠᱮᱫᱟ:
  In India it is a common saying that the way to swaraj (which means independence for India) is through Mandalay.  The British government has taught you too a great lesson by incarcerating one of India’s great sons here.
   The way to swaraj is the way of suffering—indeed no country has come to its own without suffering.
   ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱯᱟᱹᱱᱟᱹᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱮᱱ ᱥᱟᱫᱷᱟᱨᱚᱱ ᱠᱟᱹᱦᱛᱩᱠ (ᱚᱠᱟ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱢᱮᱱᱮᱛ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱯᱷᱩᱨᱜᱟᱹᱞ) ᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱢᱟᱱᱰᱟᱞᱮ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱚᱨᱟ ᱛᱮ।  ᱵᱽᱨᱤᱴᱤᱥ ᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱢᱤᱫᱴᱮᱱ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱦᱚᱯᱚᱱ ᱞᱟᱜᱟ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱱᱚᱱᱰᱮ ᱟᱯᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱩᱫᱽᱜᱟᱹᱣᱱᱟᱭ ᱮᱢᱟ ᱯᱮ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ।
   ᱟᱹᱯᱟᱹᱱᱟᱹᱛ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱟᱨᱠᱮᱛ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱩᱛᱤ ᱨᱮᱺ ᱚᱠᱟᱴᱟᱜ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱵᱤᱱ ᱦᱟᱨᱠᱮᱛ ᱥᱟᱥᱮᱛ ᱛᱮ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱟᱠᱚ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ।
   ᱳᱣᱯᱚᱱᱤᱵᱮᱥᱤᱠ ᱥᱟᱥᱚᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱤᱨᱩᱫᱽ ᱠᱮᱫ ᱛᱮ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱨᱤ ᱱᱮᱛᱟ ᱥᱚᱵᱟᱥ ᱪᱚᱱᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱵᱚᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱚᱠᱴᱚᱵᱚᱨ ᱑᱙᱒᱔ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱟᱱᱰᱟᱞᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱹᱲᱟᱹᱭ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱠᱚ ᱦᱦᱟᱡᱚᱛ ᱞᱮᱫᱮᱭᱟ।  ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱝᱜᱷᱟᱨ ᱚᱠᱛᱮ, ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤᱭᱮ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ:
  I have no other and no better guidance to offer to you than to commend to your attention the general principle of non-violence, in other words, self-purification.
   ᱤᱧ ᱴᱷᱮᱱ ᱟᱯᱮ ᱠᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱱᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱢᱚᱡᱽ ᱟᱨ ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱦᱚᱸ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜ-ᱟᱡᱮ, ᱟᱯᱮ ᱟᱯᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱦᱩᱫᱤᱥ ᱵᱩᱱᱫᱤᱤᱥ ᱵᱮ-ᱦᱤᱱᱥᱟᱹ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱰᱟᱦᱟᱨ ᱨᱮ ᱛᱟᱲᱟᱢ ᱮᱫᱟ, ᱮᱴᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱭᱟᱹᱛ ᱛᱮ ᱢᱮᱱ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱣᱤ-ᱱᱤᱨᱟᱹᱭ ᱨᱮ ᱯᱮ ᱞᱞᱟᱜᱟᱣ ᱮᱫᱟ।
   ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱒᱔ ᱢᱟᱨᱪ ᱦᱤᱞᱚᱜ ᱟᱡᱟᱜ ᱛᱮᱥᱟᱨ ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱝᱜᱦᱟᱨᱮ ᱯᱩᱨᱟᱹᱣ ᱞᱮᱫᱟ।  ᱑᱙᱒᱙ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱟᱝᱜᱦᱟᱨ ᱢᱢᱟᱲᱟᱝ ᱨᱮ, ᱩᱱᱤ ᱰᱚ ᱑᱙᱐᱒ ᱟᱨ ᱑᱙᱑᱕ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨᱮ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ।
   ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤ ᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱮ-ᱦᱤᱤᱱᱥᱟᱹ ᱪᱮᱪᱮᱫ-ᱟᱜ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮ ᱩᱫᱽᱜᱟᱹᱣ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱛᱟᱭᱚᱢ ᱫᱟᱨᱟᱢ, ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱨᱟᱡᱚᱥᱴᱤ ᱠᱟᱣᱩᱥᱤᱞᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱣᱩᱫᱽ ᱟᱝᱜᱽ ᱥᱟᱱ ᱥᱩ ᱠᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱦᱚᱲ-ᱨᱟᱡᱽ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱞᱟᱹᱲᱦᱟᱹᱭ ᱨᱮ ᱮᱞᱟᱝ ᱚᱨᱥᱚᱝ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ।  ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤ ᱦᱚᱞ ᱟᱨ ᱜᱟᱱᱱᱫᱷᱤ ᱦᱟᱥᱯᱟᱛᱟᱞ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱨᱟᱡᱟᱨᱤ ᱟᱨ ᱱᱤᱯᱷᱩᱴ ᱦᱚᱲᱢᱚ ᱥᱮᱣᱟ ᱯᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱥᱮᱬᱟ ᱛᱷᱟᱺᱭᱮ ᱦᱟᱢᱮᱴ ᱟᱠᱟᱫᱟ।  ᱭᱩ ᱱᱩ, ᱚᱠᱚᱭ ᱫᱚ ᱢᱭᱟᱱᱢᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱ ᱯᱟᱹᱦᱤᱞ ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤᱭᱮ ᱵᱮᱱᱟᱣᱱᱟ, ᱑᱙᱔᱗ ᱥᱮᱨᱢᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱱᱟᱣᱟ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱦᱮᱡ ᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤ ᱥᱟᱶᱮ ᱧᱟᱯᱟᱢ ᱞᱮᱱᱟ। 