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1d, 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 same thing is said of Ra//£ap&la in the Ra/Mapala Sutta, where Gogerly renders the whole passage, 'Ra/Mapala is healthy, free from pain, having a good digestion and appetite, being troubled with no excess of either heat or cold' (Journal of the Ceylon Asiatic Society, 1847-1848, p. 98). The gahaai is a supposed particular organ or function situate at the junction of the stomach and intestines. MoggaMna explains it, udare tu tathd pa£analasmi/rc gahawi (Abhidhina-ppadtpiki, 972), where Subhuti's Sinhalese version is 'kukshi, p&k&gni/ and his English version, * the belly, the internal fire which pro- motes digestion/ Buddhaghosa explains samavipdkiyd kam- ma^d-te^o-dhdtuyi, and adds, 4 If a man's food is dissolved the moment he has eaten it, or if it remains like a lump, be has not the samavepdkini gaha/n, but he who has appetite (bhatta*- £^ando) when the time for food comes round again, he has the samavepdkini gahawi/ — which is delightfully naive. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 26l 4 The Great King of Glory, Ananda, was endowed with this Third Marvellous Gift. 53. * And besides that, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was beloved and popular with Br&hmans and with laymen alike 1 . Just, Ananda, as a father is near and dear to his own sons, just so, Ananda, was the Great King of Glory beloved and popular with Br£hmans and with laymen alike. And just, Ananda, as his sons are near and dear to a father, just so, Ananda, were Brfihmans and laymen alike near and dear to the Great King of Glory. 54. ' Once, Ananda, the Great King of Glory marched out with all his fourfold army to the pleasure ground. There, Ananda, the Br£hmans and laymen went up to the Great King of Glory, and said : ' " O King, pass slowly by, that we may look upon thee for a longer time ! " ' But the Great King of Glory, Ananda, addressed his charioteer, and said : 4 " Drive on the chariot slowly, charioteer, that I may look upon my people (Brihmans and laymen) for a longer time ! " 55. 'This was the Fourth Marvellous Gift, Ananda, with which the Great King of Glory was endowed. 56. ' These are the Four Marvellous Gifts, Ananda, with which the Great King of Glory was endowed. 57. * Now to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, there occurred the thought : 4 4 4 Suppose, now, I were to make Lotus-ponds 1 Brdhmawa-gahapatiMnaw. See the note on § 41. 262 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. in the spaces between these palms, at every hun- dred bow lengths." ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, in the spaces between those palms, at distances of a hun- dred bow lengths, made Lotus-ponds. 58. 1 And those Lotus-ponds, Ananda, were faced with tiles of four kinds.
2G OF GLORY. CH. in the spaces between these palms, at every hun- dred bow lengths." ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, in the spaces between those palms, at distances of a hun- dred bow lengths, made Lotus-ponds. 58. 1 And those Lotus-ponds, Ananda, were faced with tiles of four kinds. One kind of tile was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 59. ' And to each of those Lotus-ponds, Ananda, there were four flights of steps, of four different kinds. One flight of steps was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. The flight of golden steps had balustrades of gold, with the cross bars and the figure head of silver. The flight of silver steps had balustrades of silver, with the cross bars and the figure head of gold. The flight of beryl steps had balustrades of beryl, with the cross bars and the figure head of crystal. The flight of crystal steps had balustrades of crystal, with cross bars and figure head of beryl. 60. ' And round those Lotus-ponds there ran, Ananda, a double railing. One railing was of gold, and one was of silver. The golden railing had its posts of gold, and its cross bars and its capitals of silver. The silver railing had its posts of silver, and its cross bars and its capitals of gold 1 Pokkhara/n, the word translated Lotus-pond, is an artificial pool or small lake for water plants. There are some which are probably nearly as old as this passage still in good preservation in Anuradhapuru in Ceylon. Each is oblong, and has its tiles and its four flights of steps, and some had railings. The balustrades, cross bars, figure head, and railing are in Pali thambhi, su£iyo, unhisaw, and vedika, of the exact meaning of which I am not quite confident. They do not occur in the description I. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 263 61. ' Now, to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, there occurred the thought : 1 " Suppose, now, I were to have flowers of every season planted in those Lotus-ponds for the use of all the people— to wit, blue water lilies and blue lotuses, white lotuses and white water lilies." * Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory had flowers of every season planted in those Lotus- ponds for the use of all the people — to wit, blue water lilies and blue lotuses, white lotuses and white water lilies. 62. ' Now, to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, occurred the thought : * " Suppose, now, I were to place bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. ,, ' Then, Ananda, the Great. King of Glory placed bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. A 63.
3se, now, I were to place bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. ,, ' Then, Ananda, the Great. King of Glory placed bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. A 63. ' Now, to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, occurred the thought : ' " Suppose, now, I were to establish a perpetual grant by the banks of those Lotus-ponds — to wit, food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked, means of conveyance for those who have need of it, couches for the tired, wives for of the Lotus-lakes in Sukhavati. General Cunningham says that the cross bars of the Buddhist railings are called su^iyo in the inscriptions at Bharhut (The Stupa of Bharhut, p. 127). Buddha- ghosa, who is good enough to tell us the exact number of the ponds — to wit, 84,000, has no explanation of these words, merely saying that of the two vedikas one was at the limit of the tiles and one at the limit of the parivewa. The phrases in the text are repeated below, §§ 73-87, of the Palace of Righteousness. 264 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. those who want wives, gold for the poor, and money for those who are in want." 4 Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory esta- blished a perpetual grant by the banks of those Lotus-ponds — to wit, food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked, means of con- veyance for those who needed it, couches for the tired, wives for those who wanted wives, gold for the poor, and money for those who were in want. A 64. * Now, Ananda, the people (Br&hmans and laymen) went to the Great King of Glory, taking with them much wealth. And they said : 4 " This abundant wealth, O King, have we brought here for the use of the King of Kings. Let the King accept it of us ! " * " I have enough wealth, my friends, laid up for myself, the produce of righteous taxation. Do you keep this, and take away more with you ! " 65. ' When those men were thus refused by the King they went aside and considered together, saying : * 44 It would not beseem us now, were we to take back this wealth to our own houses. Suppose, now, we were to build a mansion for the Great King of Glory. ,, 66. ' Then they went to the Great King of Glory, and said : '"A mansion would we build for thee, O King!"' * 44 Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory signi- fied, by silence, his consent. A 67. 4 Now, Ananda, when Sakka, the king of the gods, became aware in his mind of the thoughts that I. MAH A-SUDASS ANA SUTTA. 265 were in the heart of the Great King of Glory, he addressed Vissakamma the god \ and said : * " Come now, Vissakamma, create me a mansion for the Great King of Glory — a palace which shall be called * Righteousness V " 68. ' " Even so, Lord ! " said Vissakamma, in assent, Ananda, to Sakka, the king of the gods.
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.
1d, 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 same thing is said of Ra//£ap&la in the Ra/Mapala Sutta, where Gogerly renders the whole passage, 'Ra/Mapala is healthy, free from pain, having a good digestion and appetite, being troubled with no excess of either heat or cold' (Journal of the Ceylon Asiatic Society, 1847-1848, p. 98). The gahaai is a supposed particular organ or function situate at the junction of the stomach and intestines. MoggaMna explains it, udare tu tathd pa£analasmi/rc gahawi (Abhidhina-ppadtpiki, 972), where Subhuti's Sinhalese version is 'kukshi, p&k&gni/ and his English version, * the belly, the internal fire which pro- motes digestion/ Buddhaghosa explains samavipdkiyd kam- ma^d-te^o-dhdtuyi, and adds, 4 If a man's food is dissolved the moment he has eaten it, or if it remains like a lump, be has not the samavepdkini gaha/n, but he who has appetite (bhatta*- £^ando) when the time for food comes round again, he has the samavepdkini gahawi/ — which is delightfully naive. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 26l 4 The Great King of Glory, Ananda, was endowed with this Third Marvellous Gift. 53. * And besides that, Ananda, the Great King of Glory was beloved and popular with Br&hmans and with laymen alike 1 . Just, Ananda, as a father is near and dear to his own sons, just so, Ananda, was the Great King of Glory beloved and popular with Br£hmans and with laymen alike. And just, Ananda, as his sons are near and dear to a father, just so, Ananda, were Brfihmans and laymen alike near and dear to the Great King of Glory. 54. ' Once, Ananda, the Great King of Glory marched out with all his fourfold army to the pleasure ground. There, Ananda, the Br£hmans and laymen went up to the Great King of Glory, and said : ' " O King, pass slowly by, that we may look upon thee for a longer time ! " ' But the Great King of Glory, Ananda, addressed his charioteer, and said : 4 " Drive on the chariot slowly, charioteer, that I may look upon my people (Brihmans and laymen) for a longer time ! " 55. 'This was the Fourth Marvellous Gift, Ananda, with which the Great King of Glory was endowed. 56. ' These are the Four Marvellous Gifts, Ananda, with which the Great King of Glory was endowed. 57. * Now to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, there occurred the thought : 4 4 4 Suppose, now, I were to make Lotus-ponds 1 Brdhmawa-gahapatiMnaw. See the note on § 41. 262 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. in the spaces between these palms, at every hun- dred bow lengths." ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, in the spaces between those palms, at distances of a hun- dred bow lengths, made Lotus-ponds. 58. 1 And those Lotus-ponds, Ananda, were faced with tiles of four kinds.
2G OF GLORY. CH. in the spaces between these palms, at every hun- dred bow lengths." ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory, in the spaces between those palms, at distances of a hun- dred bow lengths, made Lotus-ponds. 58. 1 And those Lotus-ponds, Ananda, were faced with tiles of four kinds. One kind of tile was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 59. ' And to each of those Lotus-ponds, Ananda, there were four flights of steps, of four different kinds. One flight of steps was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. The flight of golden steps had balustrades of gold, with the cross bars and the figure head of silver. The flight of silver steps had balustrades of silver, with the cross bars and the figure head of gold. The flight of beryl steps had balustrades of beryl, with the cross bars and the figure head of crystal. The flight of crystal steps had balustrades of crystal, with cross bars and figure head of beryl. 60. ' And round those Lotus-ponds there ran, Ananda, a double railing. One railing was of gold, and one was of silver. The golden railing had its posts of gold, and its cross bars and its capitals of silver. The silver railing had its posts of silver, and its cross bars and its capitals of gold 1 Pokkhara/n, the word translated Lotus-pond, is an artificial pool or small lake for water plants. There are some which are probably nearly as old as this passage still in good preservation in Anuradhapuru in Ceylon. Each is oblong, and has its tiles and its four flights of steps, and some had railings. The balustrades, cross bars, figure head, and railing are in Pali thambhi, su£iyo, unhisaw, and vedika, of the exact meaning of which I am not quite confident. They do not occur in the description I. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 263 61. ' Now, to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, there occurred the thought : 1 " Suppose, now, I were to have flowers of every season planted in those Lotus-ponds for the use of all the people— to wit, blue water lilies and blue lotuses, white lotuses and white water lilies." * Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory had flowers of every season planted in those Lotus- ponds for the use of all the people — to wit, blue water lilies and blue lotuses, white lotuses and white water lilies. 62. ' Now, to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, occurred the thought : * " Suppose, now, I were to place bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. ,, ' Then, Ananda, the Great. King of Glory placed bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. A 63.
3se, now, I were to place bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. ,, ' Then, Ananda, the Great. King of Glory placed bathing-men on the banks of those Lotus-ponds, to bathe such of the people as come there from time to time. A 63. ' Now, to the Great King of Glory, Ananda, occurred the thought : ' " Suppose, now, I were to establish a perpetual grant by the banks of those Lotus-ponds — to wit, food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked, means of conveyance for those who have need of it, couches for the tired, wives for of the Lotus-lakes in Sukhavati. General Cunningham says that the cross bars of the Buddhist railings are called su^iyo in the inscriptions at Bharhut (The Stupa of Bharhut, p. 127). Buddha- ghosa, who is good enough to tell us the exact number of the ponds — to wit, 84,000, has no explanation of these words, merely saying that of the two vedikas one was at the limit of the tiles and one at the limit of the parivewa. The phrases in the text are repeated below, §§ 73-87, of the Palace of Righteousness. 264 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. those who want wives, gold for the poor, and money for those who are in want." 4 Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory esta- blished a perpetual grant by the banks of those Lotus-ponds — to wit, food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked, means of con- veyance for those who needed it, couches for the tired, wives for those who wanted wives, gold for the poor, and money for those who were in want. A 64. * Now, Ananda, the people (Br&hmans and laymen) went to the Great King of Glory, taking with them much wealth. And they said : 4 " This abundant wealth, O King, have we brought here for the use of the King of Kings. Let the King accept it of us ! " * " I have enough wealth, my friends, laid up for myself, the produce of righteous taxation. Do you keep this, and take away more with you ! " 65. ' When those men were thus refused by the King they went aside and considered together, saying : * 44 It would not beseem us now, were we to take back this wealth to our own houses. Suppose, now, we were to build a mansion for the Great King of Glory. ,, 66. ' Then they went to the Great King of Glory, and said : '"A mansion would we build for thee, O King!"' * 44 Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory signi- fied, by silence, his consent. A 67. 4 Now, Ananda, when Sakka, the king of the gods, became aware in his mind of the thoughts that I. MAH A-SUDASS ANA SUTTA. 265 were in the heart of the Great King of Glory, he addressed Vissakamma the god \ and said : * " Come now, Vissakamma, create me a mansion for the Great King of Glory — a palace which shall be called * Righteousness V " 68. ' " Even so, Lord ! " said Vissakamma, in assent, Ananda, to Sakka, the king of the gods.
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