अशोक के शिलालेख- मानसेहरा

manasehara athava 'manasera', zila hajara, pashchimi pakistan mean sthit hai. yahaan se maury samrat ashok ke 'chaturdash shilalekh' (chaudah shilalekh) prapt hue haian.

• maury samrat ashok ke chaudah mukhy shilalekh is sthan par kharoshthi lipi mean ek chattan ke oopar aankit haian.

manasera shilalekh

kramaank	shilalekh	anuvad
1.	devananpriy priyadrashi raj evan ah [.] kalanan dukaran [.] ye adikare kayanase se dukaran karoti [.] tan may vahu kayane kate [.] tan ma putr	devoan ka priy priyadarshi raja is prakar kahata hai-kalyan dushkar hai. jo kalyan ka adikarta hai, vah dushkar [kary] karata hai. so mere dvara bahut kalyan kiya gaya hai.
2.	natare [ch] paran ten ye apatiye mean avakapan tathan anuvatishati se sukat kashit [.] ye chu atr desh pi hapeshati se dukat kashati [I]	isalie jo mere putr aur pautr haian tatha age unake dvara jo mere apaty (l dake, vanshaj) hoange [ve] yavatkalp (kalpaant tak) vaisa anusaran kareange, tab ve sukrit (puny) kareange. kiantu jo isamean jo (yahaan) [ek] desh (aansh) ko bhi hani pahuanchayega, vah dushkrit (pap) karega.
3.	pape hi nam supadare v [I] se atikrant aantaran n bhutapruv dhramamahamatr nam [I] se tredashavashabhisiten may dhramamahamatr kat [I] se savaprashadeshu	pap vastut: sahaj mean phailanevala (sukar) hai. bahut kal bit gaya, pahale dharmamahamatr nahian hote the. so terah varshoan se abhishikt mujh dvara dharmamahamatr (niyukt) kiye gaye.
4.	vaput dhramadhithanaye ch dhramavadhriy hidasukhaye ch dhramayut yon - kanboj - gadharan rathikapitinikan ye v pi ane aparat [I] bhatamaye-	ve sab pashandoan (panthoan) par dharmadhishthan aur dharmavriddhi ke lie niyukt haian. (ve) yavanoan, kaanbojoan, gaandharoan, rashtrikoan evan pitinikoan ke bich tatha any bhi jo aparaant (ke rahanevale) haian unake bich dharmayuktoan ya dharmayuktoan (dharm vibhag ke rajakarmachariyoan athava 'dharm' ke anusar acharan karane valoan) ke hit (aur) sukh ke lie [niyukt haian]
5.	shu bramanimyeshu anh‌dheshu vudhrashu- hidasukhaye dhramayut apalibodhaye viyaput te [.] badhanabadhas patividhanaye apalibodhase mochhaye ch iyan	ve bhrityoan (vetanabhogi naukaroan), aryoan (svamiyoan), brahmanoan, ibhyoan (grihapatiyoan, vaishyoan), anathoan aur vriddh (b doan) ke bich dharmayuktoan ke hitasukh evan aparibadha ke lie niyukt haian. ve bandhanabaddhoan (kaidiyoan) ke pratividhan (arthasahayy, apil) ke lie, aparibadha ke lie evan moksh ke lie niyukt haian, yadi ve [bandhanabaddh manushy] anubaddhaprajavan (anubraddhapraj) (santanoan mean anurakt, santanoan vale), kritabhikar (vipattigrast) athava mahallak (vayovriddh) hoan. ve yahaan (pataliputr mean) aur ab bahari nagaroan mean mere bhrataoan ke, [meri] bahanoan (bhaginiyoan) ke
6.	anubadh prajavati katrabhikar ti v mahal ke ti v viyaprat te [.] hidan bahireshu ch nagareshu savreshu orodhaneshu bhatan ch spasun ch	aur any jo [mere] sambandhi hoan unake avarodhanoan (aant:puroan) par sarvatr niyukt haian. ve dharmahamatr sarvatr mere vijit mean (samast prithvi par) dharmayuktoan par, yah nishchay karane ke lie ki [manushy] dharmanishrit haian athava dharmadhishthit haian athava danasanyukt haian, niyukt haian.
7.	yev pi ane natike savratr viyapat [.] e iyan dhramanishito ti v dhramadhithane ti v danasanyute ti v savrat vijitasi ma dhramayutasi viput te	is arth se yah dharmalipi likhavayi gayi [ki vah] chirasthit (chirasthayini) ho aur meri praja (usaka) vaisa anuvartan (anusaran) kare.
8.	dhramamahamatr [.] etaye athraye ayi dhramadipi likhit chir-thitik hotu tath ch praj anuvatatu [.]

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