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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA (II) During such (tours), hunting and other pastimes of the kind used to be (enjoyed by them). (III) Now, king Priydarśin, Beloved of the Gods, visited Sambodhi ten years after his coronation. (IV) Thence started these pilgrimages for Dharma. (V) During these (pilgrimages), the following take place, (viz.) visiting the Śramaṇas and Brāhmaṇas and making gifts (to them), meeting the aged and making provision of money (for them), and contacting the people of the countryside, instructing (them) in Dharma and discussing (with them) the principle of Dharma, this being conducive to the (above,i.e. their initiation into Dharma). (VI) This is the supreme delight to king Priyadarśin, Beloved of the Gods. (VII) (All his) other (pleasures) are inferior (to this).[1] Rock Edict X (at the bottom)
1 (I) Devānaṁpiye Piyadasi lāja yaso va kiṭi vā no mahaṭha-vahaṁ[2] manati aṁnata tadātaye
āyatiyā cha jane dhaṁma-s[u]sūsaṁ
TRANSLATION (I) King Priyadarśin, Beloved of the Gods, does not consider either glory (in this life) or fame (after death) as of great consequence, except (in regard to) the following, (viz.) that, at present as well as in future, the people (of his dominions) would practise obedience to Dharma (as instructed) by him[7] and also that they would act in accordance with the principles of Dharma.
(II) On this account (alone), king Priyadarśin, Beloved of the Gods, desires glory and
fame.
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[1] For this interpretation, see Select Inscriptions, p. 28 ; Ind. Cult., Vol. VII, p. 487.
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