Original Text
1 (A) atikātaṁ aṁtaraṁ rājāno vihāra-yātāṁ ñayāsu (B) eta magavyā añāni ca etārisani
2 abhīramakāni ahuṁsu (C) so Devānaṁpriyo Piyadasi rājā dasa-varsābhisito saṁto ayāya Saṁbodhiṁ
3 (D) tenesā dhaṁma-yātā (E) etayaṁ hoti bāmhana-samaṇānaṁ dasaṇe ca dāne ca thairānaṁ dasaṇe c[a]
4 hiraṁṇa-paṭividhāno ca jānapadasa ca janasa daspanaṁ dhaṁmānus[a]sṭī ca dhama-paripuchā ca
5 tadopayā (F) esā bhuya rati bhavati Devānaṁpiyasa Priyadasino rāño bhā[g]e aṁñe
Translation
(A) In times past kings used to set out on 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 to Saṁbodhi.
(D) Therefore these tours of morality (were undertaken).
(E) On these (tours) the following takes place, (viz.) visiting Brāhmaṇas and Śramaṇas 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 Devānāṁpriya Priyadarśin becomes a pleasure in a higher degree.
