The inscription is engraved on a series of slabs originally built into an inside wall of the so-called Häṭa-dā-gē, ‘the Shrine of Sixty Relics’, at Poḷonnaruva. It was discovered by S. M. Burrows in 1885, along with another inscription in the vestibule of the shrine (IN03079) and one in the adjoining portico (IN03078). Consisting of eight lines, the inscription dates from the reign of Kīrti-Niśśaṅka-Malla (1187-1196 A.D.) and provides a tactfully worded exhortation to Buddhist monks to exercise care in the selection of persons for admission to the priesthood and to desist from doing things contrary to the teaching of the Buddha.
[line 1] Śrī Siri-San̆gabo Vīra-rāja Niśśaṁka-Malla Kālin̆ga Parākrama-Bāhu Cakra[varttīn-vahansē]
[line 2] sasun pasvā-dahas pavatnā san̆dahā śarddhā buddhi pūrbban̆gama-vä supiḷi[pan saṁghayā-vahan-]
[line 3] -sē dharmma-vinaya-vū paridden purana piḷivet äta-da śāsana rakṣāva Lakdivä ra-
[line 4] -jun ayäti heyin śāsana rakṣāvaṭa sudusu avavāda mese vadārana seyeki a(ta)
[line 5] .. (dun) ācāryya upādhyāya-vä siṭinā vahansē-varun-dǟ śaṭha kūṭa kairāṭi
[line 6] [ka] .. .. nuvaṇa näti pāpa satvayan no vicārā mahaṇa no kaṭayutu Budun vadāḷa ā
[line 7] .. .. .. .. tu (no) manāvak no kaṭayutu guṇa nä(ti-vä) gat mahaṇa-ves (tävu) .. .. .. ..
[line 8] .. .. yä duśśīlavā (parā) piḷibad ahara vaḷandanu narakayehi .. .. .. ..
[line 1] Śrī Siri-San̆gabo Vīra-rāja Niśśaṁka-Malla Kālin̆ga Parākrama-Bāhu Cakra[varttīn-vahansē]
[line 2] sasun pasvā-dahas pavatnā san̆dahā śarddhā buddhi pūrbban̆gama-vä supiḷi[pan saṁghayā-vahan-]
[line 3] -sē dharmma-vinaya-vū paridden purana piḷivet äta-da śāsana rakṣāva Lakdivä ra-
[line 4] -jun ayäti heyin śāsana rakṣāvaṭa sudusu avavāda mese vadārana seyeki a(ta)
[line 5] .. (dun) ācāryya upādhyāya-vä siṭinā vahansē-varun-dǟ śaṭha kūṭa kairāṭi
[line 6] [ka] .. .. nuvaṇa näti pāpa satvayan no vicārā mahaṇa no kaṭayutu Budun vadāḷa ā
[line 7] .. .. .. .. tu (no) manāvak no kaṭayutu guṇa nä(ti-vä) gat mahaṇa-ves (tävu) .. .. .. ..
[line 8] .. .. yä duśśīlavā (parā) piḷibad ahara vaḷandanu narakayehi .. .. .. ..