अथ राजा अशोको वीतशोकं कण्ठे परिष्वज्योवाच--न त्वं मया परित्यक्तः, अपि तु बुद्धशासनाभिप्रसादार्थं तव मया एष उपायः प्रदर्शितः।
atha rājā aśoko vītaśokaṃ kaṇṭhe pariṣvajyovāca--na tvaṃ mayā parityaktaḥ, api tu buddhaśāsanābhiprasādārthaṃ tava mayā eṣa upāyaḥ pradarśitaḥ/
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.