Divy 234.12
यावदशोकः कुमारः पाटलिपुत्रान्निर्गच्छन् भृत्यैर्विज्ञप्तह्--कुमार, नैवास्माकं सैन्यप्रहरणम्--केन वयं कम् युध्यामह्? ततह् अशोकेनाभिहितम्--यदि नाम राज्यविपाक्यं कुशलमस्ति, सैन्यं प्रहरणं च प्रादुर्भवतु।
yāvadaśokaḥ kumāraḥ pāṭaliputrānnirgacchan bhṛtyairvijñaptah--kumāra, naivāsmākaṃ sainyapraharaṇam--kena vayaṃ kam yudhyāmah? tatah aśokenābhihitam--yadi nāma rājyavipākyaṃ kuśalamasti, sainyaṃ praharaṇaṃ ca prādurbhavatu/
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.