अथ राजा अशोकः कृतकरपुटः प्राणिशतसहस्रैः परिवृतः पुरस्कृतो गगनतलावसक्तदृष्टिरायुष्मन्तं वीतशोकं निरीक्षमाण उवाच--
atha rājā aśokaḥ kṛtakarapuṭaḥ prāṇiśatasahasraiḥ parivṛtaḥ puraskṛto gaganatalāvasaktadṛṣṭirāyuṣmantaṃ vītaśokaṃ nirīkṣamāṇa uvāca--
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.