Original Text
1 (A) [atika]ṁ[ta]ṁ aṁt[ala]ṁ lāj[ā]n[e] v[i]h[ā]la yātaṁ nāma [n]i[kha]m[i]s[u] (B) . . [ta miga]viy[ā] a[ṁ]nāni c[a] edisāni a[bh]i[l]āmāni huvaṁti naṁ (C) se Devānaṁpiye
2 P[i]y[a]dasi lājā d[a]sa-[vas]ābhisi[t]e [n]ikhami Saṁbodh[i] (D) [t]e[na]ta dha[ṁma-yātā] (E) [tat]esa [ho]ti samana-bābhanānaṁ d[a]s[a]n[e] c[a] d[āne] ca v[u]ḍhānaṁ dasane ca
3 h[i]laṁna-p[a]ṭividhā[ne ca jāna]padasa janasa [dasa]ne ca dhaṁmānu[sath]ī [ca] . . . . . . [p]u[ch]ā ca [ta]d[o]payā (F) e[sā bhuy]e abhilāme hoti Devānaṁpiyasa Piyada[s]ine lājine bhāge [aṁ]ne
Translation
(A) In times past, kings used to set out on so-called pleasure-tours.
(B) On these (tours) hunting and other such pleasures were (enjoyed).
(C) But when king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin had been anointed ten years, he went out to Sambodhi.
(D) Therefore tours of morality (were undertaken) here.
(E) On these (tours) the following takes place, (viz.) visiting Śramaṇas and Brāhmaṇas and making gifts (to them), visiting the aged and supporting (them) with gold, visiting the people of the country, instructing (them) in morality, and questioning (them) about morality, as suitable for this (occasion).
(F) This second period (of the reign) of king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin becomes a pleasure in a higher degree.
