(A) 5 Devanaṃpriyo Priyadraśi raja ahati
(B) badaya-vaśabh[i]si[tena] …… [a]ṇapi[taṃ]
(C) savatra ma[a] 6 vijite yuta rajuko pradesi[ka paṃca]śu paṃcaśu 5 vaśeśu anusaṃyanaṃ nik[r]amatu etisa vo karaṇa imisa dhraṃmanuśastiye [tha] añaye pi kraṃmaye
(D) sadhu mata-pituśu suśruśa mitra-saṃst[u]ta-ñatikanaṃ bramaṇa-[śra]maṇa[naṃ] ........ [pra]ṇanaṃ [anaraṃ]bho sadhu 7 apa-vayata apa-bhaṃḍata sadhu
(E) pari [pi] yutani [ga]ṇanasi aṇapeśaṃti hetuto ca vaṃñanato ca
(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 Rajuka, (and) the Prādesika shall set out on a complete tour (throughout their charges) every five–5–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, to Brāhmaṇas and Śramaṇas [is meritorious]. Abstention from killing animals is meritorious. Moderation in expenditure (and) moderation in possessions are meritorious.’
(E) The councils (of Mahāmātras) also shall order the Yuktas to register (these rules) both with (the addition of) reasons and according to the letter.
