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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1here a similar phrase is used of Kanthaka. 2 Assa-ratanaw. 8 Valahako. Compare the Valdhassa Gataka (FausbSll, No. 196, called in the Burmese MS. Valahakassa G&taka), of which the Chinese story translated by Mr. Beal at pp. 332-340 of his ' Romantic History/ &c, is an expanded and altered version. In the Valahaka Sawyutta of the Sa/rcyutta Nikaya the spirits of the skies are divided into U«ha-valahaka Deva, Sita-valahaki Devd, Abbha-valahaka Deva, Vata-valahaka Devd, and Vassa- valahaka Deva, that is, the cloud-spirits of cold, heat, air, wind, and rain respectively. 256 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. a fine horse of the best blood long since well trained — submitted to control. 29. ' When as before, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, to test that wondrous Horse, mounted on to it early in the morning, it passed over along the broad earth to its very ocean boundary, and then returned again, in time for the morning meal, to the royal city of Kusdvatl. 30. 4 Such, Ananda, was the wondrous Horse that appeared to the Great King of Glory. A 31. 'Now further, Ananda, there appeared to the Great King of Glory the Gem-Treasure 1 . That Gem was the Ve/uriya, bright, of the finest species, with eight facets, excellently wrought, clear, trans- parent, perfect in every way. 32. ' The splendour, Ananda, of that wondrous Gem spread round about a league on every side. 33. 'When as before, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, to test that wondrous Gem, set all his fourfold army in array and raised aloft the Gem upon his standard top, he was able to march out in the gloom and darkness of the night 34. 'And then too, Ananda, all the dwellers in the villages, round about, set about their daily work, thinking, " The daylight hath appeared." 35. * Such, Ananda, was the wondrous Gem that appeared to the Great King of Glory. 36. * Now further, Ananda, there appeared to the Great King of Glory the Woman-Treasure 8 , graceful in figure, beautiful in appearance, charming in manner, and of the most fine complexion ; neither 1 Ma«i-ratana/B. 2 Itthi-ratanam. I. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 257 very tall, nor very short; neither very stout, nor very slim ; neither very dark, nor very fair ; sur- passing human beauty, she had attained unto the beauty of the gods \ 37. 1 The touch too, Ananda, of the skin of that wondrous Woman was as the touch of cotton or of cotton wool : in the cold her limbs were warm, in the heat her limbs were cool ; while from her body was wafted the perfume of sandal wood and from her mouth the perfume of the lotus. 38. 1 That Pearl among Women too, Ananda, used to rise up before the Great King of Glory, and after him retire to rest ; pleasant was she in speech, and ever on the watch to hear what she might do in order so to act as to give him pleasure. 39. 4 That Pearl among Women too, Ananda, was never, even in thought, unfaithful to the Great King of Glory — how much less then could she be so with the body ! 40.
2ire to rest ; pleasant was she in speech, and ever on the watch to hear what she might do in order so to act as to give him pleasure. 39. 4 That Pearl among Women too, Ananda, was never, even in thought, unfaithful to the Great King of Glory — how much less then could she be so with the body ! 40. 1 Such, Ananda, was the Pearl among Women who appeared to the Great King of Glory. 41. * Now further, Ananda, there appeared unto the Great King of Glory a Wonderful Trea- surer 2 , possessed, through good deeds done in a 1 The above description of an ideally beautiful woman is of frequent occurrence. 2 Gahapati-ratana/rc. The word gahapati has been hitherto usually rendered 'householder/ but this may often, and would certainly here, convey a wrong impression. There is no single word in English which is an adequate rendering of the term, for it connotes a social condition now no longer known among us. The gahapati was the head of a family, the representative in a village community of a family, the pater familias. So the god of fire, with allusion to the sacred fire maintained in each house- hold, is called in the Rig-veda the gri hap ati, the pater familias, [11] S 258 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. former birth, of a marvellous power of vision by which he could discover treasure, whether it had an owner or whether it had not. 42. 1 He went up to the Great King of Glory, and said : ' " Do thou, O king, take thine ease ! I will deal with thy wealth even as wealth should be dealt with." 43. 4 Then, as before, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, to test that wonderful Treasurer, went on board a boat, and had it pushed out into the current in the midst of the river Ganges. Then he said to the wonderful steward : 4 44 1 have need, O Treasurer, of yellow gold !" 4 44 Let the ship then, O Great King, go alongside either of the banks." 4 44 It is here, O Treasurer, that I have need of yellow gold." 44. 4 Then the wonderful Treasurer reached down to the water with both his hands, and drew up a jar of the human race. Thence it is often used in opposition to br4h- ma«a very much as we might use 'yeoman' in opposition to 'clerk' (G&taka I, 83, and below, § 53) ; and the two combined are used in opposition to people of other ranks and callings held to be less honourable than that of clerk or yeoman (G&taka I, 218). In this respect the term gahapati is nearly equivalent, though from a different point of view, to the Kshatriyas and Vauyas of the Hindu caste division; but the compound brahma«a-gahapatik£ as a collective term comes to be about equivalent to ' priests and laymen ' (see, for instance, below, § 53, and Maha* Vagga I, 2% ; 3, 4, &c). Then again the gahapati is distinct from the subor- dinate members of the family, who had not the control and management of the common property (Samaflfca Phala Sutta, i33,=Tevi ! ^ r a Sutta I, 47); and it is this implication of the term that is emphasised in the text.
3aha* Vagga I, 2% ; 3, 4, &c). Then again the gahapati is distinct from the subor- dinate members of the family, who had not the control and management of the common property (Samaflfca Phala Sutta, i33,=Tevi ! ^ r a Sutta I, 47); and it is this implication of the term that is emphasised in the text. Buddhaghosa uses, as an expla- natory phrase, the words se/Mi-gahapati. See further the passages quoted in the index to the jSTulla Vagga (p. 354). I. mahA-sudassana sutta. 259 full of yellow gold, and said to the Great King of Glory : ' " Is that enough, O Great King ? Have I done enough, O Great King ? " * And the Great King of Glory replied : 4 4< It is enough, O Treasurer. You have done enough, O Treasurer. You have offered me enough, O Treasurer ! " 45. 4 Such was the wonderful Treasurer, Ananda, who appeared to the Great King of Glory. 46. ' Now further, Ananda, there appeared to the Great King of Glory a Wonderful Adviser 1 , learned, clever, and wise ; and qualified to lead the Great King of Glory to undertake what he ought to undertake, and to leave undone what he ought to leave undone. 47. ' He went up to the Great King of Glory, and said : 4 " Do thou, O King, take thine ease ! I will be thy guide." 48. 'Such, Ananda, was the wonderful Adviser who appeared to the Great King of Glory. 4 The Great King of Glory was possessed of these Seven Precious Things. 49. 4 Now further, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was gifted with Four Marvellous Gifts 2 / 4 What are the Four Marvellous Gifts ? ' 1 Pari«ayaka-ratana/H. Buddhaghosa says that he was the eldest son of the king ; but this is probably a mere putting back into the Sutta of a later idea derived from the summary in the G&taka. The Lalita Vistara makes him a general. 2 ^Tatuhi iddhthi. Here again, as elsewhere, it will be noticed that there is nothing supernatural about these fourlddhis. See S 2 26o THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. 50. ' In the first place, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was graceful in figure, handsome in ap- pearance, pleasing in manner, and of most beautiful complexion, beyond what other men are. ' The Great King of Glory, Ananda, was endowed with this First Marvellous Gift. 51. 'And besides that, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was of long life, and of many years, beyond those of other men. € The Great King of Glory, Ananda, was endowed with this Second Marvellous Gift. 52. ' And besides that, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was free from disease, and free from bodily suffering ; and his internal fire was neither too hot nor too cold, but such as to promote good digestion, beyond that of other men \ the notes above on the ' Book of the Great Decease/ I, 1 ; III, 2. They are merely attributes accompanying or forming part of the majesty (iddhi) of the Aakkavatti. 1 Samavepakiniya gaha/nya* samann&gato nfttisttSya n£££u«haya.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1here a similar phrase is used of Kanthaka. 2 Assa-ratanaw. 8 Valahako. Compare the Valdhassa Gataka (FausbSll, No. 196, called in the Burmese MS. Valahakassa G&taka), of which the Chinese story translated by Mr. Beal at pp. 332-340 of his ' Romantic History/ &c, is an expanded and altered version. In the Valahaka Sawyutta of the Sa/rcyutta Nikaya the spirits of the skies are divided into U«ha-valahaka Deva, Sita-valahaki Devd, Abbha-valahaka Deva, Vata-valahaka Devd, and Vassa- valahaka Deva, that is, the cloud-spirits of cold, heat, air, wind, and rain respectively. 256 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. a fine horse of the best blood long since well trained — submitted to control. 29. ' When as before, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, to test that wondrous Horse, mounted on to it early in the morning, it passed over along the broad earth to its very ocean boundary, and then returned again, in time for the morning meal, to the royal city of Kusdvatl. 30. 4 Such, Ananda, was the wondrous Horse that appeared to the Great King of Glory. A 31. 'Now further, Ananda, there appeared to the Great King of Glory the Gem-Treasure 1 . That Gem was the Ve/uriya, bright, of the finest species, with eight facets, excellently wrought, clear, trans- parent, perfect in every way. 32. ' The splendour, Ananda, of that wondrous Gem spread round about a league on every side. 33. 'When as before, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, to test that wondrous Gem, set all his fourfold army in array and raised aloft the Gem upon his standard top, he was able to march out in the gloom and darkness of the night 34. 'And then too, Ananda, all the dwellers in the villages, round about, set about their daily work, thinking, " The daylight hath appeared." 35. * Such, Ananda, was the wondrous Gem that appeared to the Great King of Glory. 36. * Now further, Ananda, there appeared to the Great King of Glory the Woman-Treasure 8 , graceful in figure, beautiful in appearance, charming in manner, and of the most fine complexion ; neither 1 Ma«i-ratana/B. 2 Itthi-ratanam. I. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 257 very tall, nor very short; neither very stout, nor very slim ; neither very dark, nor very fair ; sur- passing human beauty, she had attained unto the beauty of the gods \ 37. 1 The touch too, Ananda, of the skin of that wondrous Woman was as the touch of cotton or of cotton wool : in the cold her limbs were warm, in the heat her limbs were cool ; while from her body was wafted the perfume of sandal wood and from her mouth the perfume of the lotus. 38. 1 That Pearl among Women too, Ananda, used to rise up before the Great King of Glory, and after him retire to rest ; pleasant was she in speech, and ever on the watch to hear what she might do in order so to act as to give him pleasure. 39. 4 That Pearl among Women too, Ananda, was never, even in thought, unfaithful to the Great King of Glory — how much less then could she be so with the body ! 40.
2ire to rest ; pleasant was she in speech, and ever on the watch to hear what she might do in order so to act as to give him pleasure. 39. 4 That Pearl among Women too, Ananda, was never, even in thought, unfaithful to the Great King of Glory — how much less then could she be so with the body ! 40. 1 Such, Ananda, was the Pearl among Women who appeared to the Great King of Glory. 41. * Now further, Ananda, there appeared unto the Great King of Glory a Wonderful Trea- surer 2 , possessed, through good deeds done in a 1 The above description of an ideally beautiful woman is of frequent occurrence. 2 Gahapati-ratana/rc. The word gahapati has been hitherto usually rendered 'householder/ but this may often, and would certainly here, convey a wrong impression. There is no single word in English which is an adequate rendering of the term, for it connotes a social condition now no longer known among us. The gahapati was the head of a family, the representative in a village community of a family, the pater familias. So the god of fire, with allusion to the sacred fire maintained in each house- hold, is called in the Rig-veda the gri hap ati, the pater familias, [11] S 258 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. former birth, of a marvellous power of vision by which he could discover treasure, whether it had an owner or whether it had not. 42. 1 He went up to the Great King of Glory, and said : ' " Do thou, O king, take thine ease ! I will deal with thy wealth even as wealth should be dealt with." 43. 4 Then, as before, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, to test that wonderful Treasurer, went on board a boat, and had it pushed out into the current in the midst of the river Ganges. Then he said to the wonderful steward : 4 44 1 have need, O Treasurer, of yellow gold !" 4 44 Let the ship then, O Great King, go alongside either of the banks." 4 44 It is here, O Treasurer, that I have need of yellow gold." 44. 4 Then the wonderful Treasurer reached down to the water with both his hands, and drew up a jar of the human race. Thence it is often used in opposition to br4h- ma«a very much as we might use 'yeoman' in opposition to 'clerk' (G&taka I, 83, and below, § 53) ; and the two combined are used in opposition to people of other ranks and callings held to be less honourable than that of clerk or yeoman (G&taka I, 218). In this respect the term gahapati is nearly equivalent, though from a different point of view, to the Kshatriyas and Vauyas of the Hindu caste division; but the compound brahma«a-gahapatik£ as a collective term comes to be about equivalent to ' priests and laymen ' (see, for instance, below, § 53, and Maha* Vagga I, 2% ; 3, 4, &c). Then again the gahapati is distinct from the subor- dinate members of the family, who had not the control and management of the common property (Samaflfca Phala Sutta, i33,=Tevi ! ^ r a Sutta I, 47); and it is this implication of the term that is emphasised in the text.
3aha* Vagga I, 2% ; 3, 4, &c). Then again the gahapati is distinct from the subor- dinate members of the family, who had not the control and management of the common property (Samaflfca Phala Sutta, i33,=Tevi ! ^ r a Sutta I, 47); and it is this implication of the term that is emphasised in the text. Buddhaghosa uses, as an expla- natory phrase, the words se/Mi-gahapati. See further the passages quoted in the index to the jSTulla Vagga (p. 354). I. mahA-sudassana sutta. 259 full of yellow gold, and said to the Great King of Glory : ' " Is that enough, O Great King ? Have I done enough, O Great King ? " * And the Great King of Glory replied : 4 4< It is enough, O Treasurer. You have done enough, O Treasurer. You have offered me enough, O Treasurer ! " 45. 4 Such was the wonderful Treasurer, Ananda, who appeared to the Great King of Glory. 46. ' Now further, Ananda, there appeared to the Great King of Glory a Wonderful Adviser 1 , learned, clever, and wise ; and qualified to lead the Great King of Glory to undertake what he ought to undertake, and to leave undone what he ought to leave undone. 47. ' He went up to the Great King of Glory, and said : 4 " Do thou, O King, take thine ease ! I will be thy guide." 48. 'Such, Ananda, was the wonderful Adviser who appeared to the Great King of Glory. 4 The Great King of Glory was possessed of these Seven Precious Things. 49. 4 Now further, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was gifted with Four Marvellous Gifts 2 / 4 What are the Four Marvellous Gifts ? ' 1 Pari«ayaka-ratana/H. Buddhaghosa says that he was the eldest son of the king ; but this is probably a mere putting back into the Sutta of a later idea derived from the summary in the G&taka. The Lalita Vistara makes him a general. 2 ^Tatuhi iddhthi. Here again, as elsewhere, it will be noticed that there is nothing supernatural about these fourlddhis. See S 2 26o THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. 50. ' In the first place, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was graceful in figure, handsome in ap- pearance, pleasing in manner, and of most beautiful complexion, beyond what other men are. ' The Great King of Glory, Ananda, was endowed with this First Marvellous Gift. 51. 'And besides that, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was of long life, and of many years, beyond those of other men. € The Great King of Glory, Ananda, was endowed with this Second Marvellous Gift. 52. ' And besides that, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was free from disease, and free from bodily suffering ; and his internal fire was neither too hot nor too cold, but such as to promote good digestion, beyond that of other men \ the notes above on the ' Book of the Great Decease/ I, 1 ; III, 2. They are merely attributes accompanying or forming part of the majesty (iddhi) of the Aakkavatti. 1 Samavepakiniya gaha/nya* samann&gato nfttisttSya n£££u«haya.
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