Original Text
1 (A) ayaṁ dhaṁma-lipī Devānaṁpriyena Priyadasinā r[ā]ñā l[e]khāpitā asti eva
2 saṁkhit[e]na asti majhamena asti vistatana (B) na ca sarvaṁ [sa]rvata ghaṭitaṁ
3 (C) mahālake hi vijitaṁ bahu ca likhitaṁ likhāpayisaṁ ceva (D) asti ca eta kaṁ
4 puna puna vutaṁ tasa tasa athasa mādhūratāya kiṁti jano tathā paṭipajetha
5 (E) tatra ekadā asamāt[a]ṁ likhita[ṁ] asa desaṁ va sachāya [kā]raṇaṁ va
6 [a]locetpā lipikarāparadhena va
Translation
(A) These rescripts on morality have been caused to be written by king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin either in an abridged (form), or of middle (size), or at full length.
(B) And the whole was not suitable everywhere.
(C) For (my) dominions are wide, and much has been written, and I shall cause still (more) to be written.
(D) And some of this has been stated again and again because of the charm of certain topics, (and) in order that men should act accordingly.
(E) In some instances (some) of this may have been written incompletely, either on account of the locality, or because (my) motive was not liked, or by the fault of the writer.
