अशकवदनाव, बियो बेबादि खालामनायाव फेलें जादोंमोन मानोना बियो नागफोरनि सिबिनायजों फेरफाथिनो हाया, जाय रेलिक हमो, बबेखानि महाबंशआव, बियो बेबादि खालामनायाव फैमाल जायो मानोना बुद्धआ रेलिकखौ श्रीलंकानि राजा दत्तगमणिनि गेजेरजों गायसनदोंमोन।
In Ashokavadana, he fails to do so because he cannot match the devotion of the Nagas who hold the relic; however, in the Mahavamsa, he fails to do so because the Buddha had destined the relic to be enshrined by King Dutthagamani of Sri Lanka.