(A) 6 De[vā]naṃpiye Piyadasi lājā h[e]vaṃ āhā
(B) 7 du[v]āḍasa-v[a]sābhisitena me iyaṃ ānapayite
(C) savata vijitasi [mama] yutā laj[ū]k[e] pādesike pa[ṃ]ca[s]u paṃcasu vasesu [a]nusa[ṃ]yānaṃ nikham[aṃ]tu etāye vā a[ṭh]āye imāya dhaṃmanusathiyā yathā aṃ[nāye] pi kaṃmāye
(D) sādhu 8 māta-pitisu sususā mita-saṃthuta-nātikyan[aṃ] cā baṃbhana-sama[nā]naṃ [ca] sādhu d[ā]ne pānānaṃ anālaṃbh[e] sādhu [a]pa-v[i]yātā [a]pa-[bha]ṃ[ḍa]t[ā] sādhu
(E) palisā pi ca yutāni [ga]nanasi anap[a]yisaṃti hetuvatā cā viyaṃjanat[e] cā
(A) King Devānāṁpriya Priyadarśin speaks thus.
(B) (When I had been) anointed twelve years, the following was ordered by me.
(C) Everywhere · in my dominions the Yuktas, the Lajūka, (and) the Prādeśika shall set out on a complete tour (throughout their charges) every five years for this very purpose, (viz.) for the following instruction in morality as well as for other business.
(D) ‘Meritorious is obedience to mother and father. Liberality to friends, acquaintances, and relatives, and to Brāhmaṇas and Śramaṇas is meritorious. Abstention from killing animals is meritorious. Moderation in expenditure (and) moderation in possessions are meritorious.’
(E) And the councils (of Mahāmātras) also shall order the Yuktas to register (these rules) both with (the addition of) reasons and according to the letter.
