Major Rock Edict
(A) King Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin desires (that) all sects may reside everywhere. (B) For all these desire self-control and purity of mind. (C) And men possess various desires (and) various passions. (D) They will fulfil either the whole or (only) a portion (of their duties). (E)…
Dhauli's rock edicts — including the special Kalinga edicts — stand near the battlefield that transformed Ashoka's rule.
1 (A) [D]evānaṁ[p]iye Piy[a]dasī lājā savata ichat[i sava-p]āsaṁ[ḍā va]sevū ti (B) save h[i] t[e sa]yamaṁ [bh]āv[a]-sudhī ca ichaṁti (C) mun[i]sā c[a] 2 [u]c[ā]v[u]c[a-cha]ṁ[d]ā ucāvuca lāgā (D) te savaṁ va ek[a]-de[saṁ va kachaṁ]ti (E) vipul[e] pi ca dāne asa n[athi sa]yame [bh]āva-sudhī ca nīce bāḍhaṁ
