(Whem I am ) crowned twenty six years, these various animals are declared by me inviolable:

Parrots, mainas, aruna, ruddy geese, wild ducks, nandimukha, gelata, bats, amba-kapilika, small tortoises, boneless fish, vedaveyaka, Ganga puputaka, sankujafish, large tortoises and porcupines, squirrels, young deer, bulls, okapinda, wild asses, white pigeons, village pigeons, (and) all quadrupeds which are neither useful nor edible.

Cocks are not be caponised. Husks containing living being (i.e. insects) are not to be burnt. Forests are not to be burnt, either uselessly or for killing (animals)."