Original Text
1 (A) iyaṁ dhaṁma-lipi Devānaṁpiyenā Piyadas[i]nā [lekhit]ā (B) [h]idā no kichi jive ālabhitu pajohitaviye
2 (C) no pi c[ā] samāje kaṭaviye (D) bahuk[ā] hi dosā samājasā Devān[aṁ]piye Pi[ya]dasī lājā dakhati (E) athi pi c[ā e]katiyā samājā sādh[u]-matā Devānaṁpiyasā Piyadasis[ā] lājine
3 (F) [p]ule mahānasasi Devānaṁpiyasā Piyadasisā lājin[e] anudivasaṁ bahuni pāta-sahasāni alaṁhiyisu supaṭhāy[e] (G) se i[d]āni ya[dā] iyaṁdhaṁma-lipi lekhitā tadā tiṁni yevā pānāni ālabhi[yaṁ]ti
4 duve majūl[ā] eke mige se pi [cū] mige no dhruve (H) e[t]āni pi c[u] tini pānā[n]i no alābhi[y]isa[ṁ]ti
Translation
(A) This rescript on morality has been caused to be written by Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin.
(B) Here no living being must be killed and sacrificed.
(C) And also no festival meeting must be held.
(D) For king Devānṁapriya Priyadarśin sees much evil in festival meetings.
(E) And there are also some festival meetings which are considered meritorious by king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin.
(F) Formerly in the kitchen of king Devānaṁpriya Priyadarśin many hundred thousands of animals were killed daily for the sake of curry.
(G) But now, when this rescript on morality is caused to be written, then only three animals are being killed (daily), (viz.) two peacocks (and) one deer, but even this deer not regularly.
(H) But even these three animals shall not be killed (in future).
