1837.] on the Columns of Delhi, Allahabad, Betiah, $<c. 589 



cruelly beating or slaughtering living things, having escaped mutila- 

 tion (through my clemency) shall give alms (as a cleodand) and shall 

 also undergo the penance of fasting. And thus it is my desire that 

 the protection of even the workers of opposition shall tend to 

 (the support of) the worship ; and (on the other hand) the people 

 whose righteousness increases in every respect, shall spontaneously 

 partake of my benevolence. 



18 ndsantam vd ni ripayitd ddnam dahanti 25 paritikam, 26* — upavdsaneva kachhanti 27. 



19 Ichhdhi me hevam nirodhasipi kdrasi palitam aradhaye vuti ; janasacha 



20 varhati vividha dhamma charane, sayame ddnasa vibhdgeti 28. 



"'ftfafM'^Tfa f°U° w the same idiomas above— the three days of (or for) the high- 

 way robbers or murderers : §j f my, generally placed before the verb or participle 

 (as me hate passim) inclines me to read yote as *r«[f?r or Vf^f^T though usually 

 written vule. 



23. Dine ndtikavakdni is transcribed by the pandit ^t^- •TTPsI^r^'T^Enf'r 



' among flie poor people, blasphemies, or atheistical words,' but this does not 

 connect with the next word ni rlpayihanti, where we recognize the 3rd plural of 

 the future tense of root ^gttf to hurt or injure ^fq^jf^ with the prohibitive 

 ■qj, not, prefixed. Perhaps it should be understood ^■^'ifT^ (jane) iKfff^Tf 

 * neither among the poor or the rich shall any whatever (criminals) be tortured 

 (or maimed).' 



24. Here are two other propositions coupled together "jf j«j iH^iffaT tdnam 



I think should be <fj^ beating, and ^rjjjr destroying— jivitayetdram, might 

 thus be cruelty to living things. But 1 adopt this correction only because I 

 see not how otherwise sense can be made. 



25. <ffT«f^^f% must be tne vernacular corruption of ^T«j ^T^?f% — 'they 

 shall pay a fine, or give an alms.' 



26. Trrcf^lf relating to the other world, just as we should say, a deodan'd 

 should be levied : ^tf^TS* -g-r Jp^f^FT, lit. ' or they shall go and fast.' 



27. A doubtful passage for which I venture thus: f^ffeii vM farTV^J 

 fa^vK^T Tnf%ff ^IKTOTO *PTf*T, ' lt is mv desire thus that the cherishing of 

 these workers of opposition shall be for the (benefit) of the worship,' meaning 

 fehat the fines shall be brought to credit in the vilidra treasury ? 



28» The wind-up is almost pure Sanskrit : 5f «T^qr ^ "^f ^" f^fW WH^d? 

 ^HTR^r*!"^! fWNTfw-"' ufc * and °f tfte people as increases in every respect the 

 walking in the path of virtue, so shall they of my charitable donations have 

 division ;' or perhaps jgq ' spontaneously.' 

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