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1eart 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. And as instantaneously as a strong man might stretch forth his folded arm, or draw in his arm again when it was stretched forth, so quickly did he vanish from the heaven of the Great Thirty-Three, and appeared before the Great King of Glory. 69. ' Then, Ananda, Vissakamma the god said to the Great King of Glory: ' " I would create for thee, O King, a mansion — a palace which shall be called ' Righteousness ! ' " * Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory signi- fied, by silence, his consent. 70. ' So Vissakamma the god, Ananda, created for the Great King of Glory a mansion — a palace to be called " Righteousness/* 71. * The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was on the east and on the west a league in length, and on the north and on the south half a league in breadth. 72. ' The ground-floor, Ananda, of the Palace of Righteousness 3 , in height as three times the height to which a man can reach, was built of bricks, of four kinds. One kind of brick was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 1 Vissakamma^ devaputta/ra, where devaputtaa* means not ' son of a god/ but ' belonging to, born into the class of, the gods/ 2 D ham maw nama Pasadaw. 3 Dhammassa pasadassa vatthu/ra. 266 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. 73. 'To the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, there were eighty-four thousand pillars of four kinds. One kind of pillar was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 74. ' The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was fitted up with seats of four kinds. One kind of seat was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 75. 4 In the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, there were twenty-four staircases of four kinds. One staircase was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. The staircase of gold had balustrades of gold, with the cross bars and the figure head of silver. The staircase of silver had balustrades of silver, with the cross bars and the figure head of gold. The staircase of beryl had balustrades of beryl, with the cross bars and the figure head of crystal. The staircase of crystal had balustrades of crystal, with cross bars and figure head of beryl. 76. 'In the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, there were eighty-four thousand chambers of four kinds. One kind of chamber was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. * In the golden chamber a silver couch was spread ; in the silver chamber a golden couch ; in the beryl chamber a couch of ivory ; and in the crystal cham- ber a couch of coral.
2housand chambers of four kinds. One kind of chamber was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. * In the golden chamber a silver couch was spread ; in the silver chamber a golden couch ; in the beryl chamber a couch of ivory ; and in the crystal cham- ber a couch of coral. * At the door of the golden chamber there stood a palm tree of silver ; and its trunk was of silver, and its leaves and fruits of gold. 1 At the door of the silver chamber there stood a palm tree of gold ; and its trunk was of gold, and its leaves and fruits of silver. I. mahA-sudassana sutta. 267 ' At the door of the beryl chamber there stood a palm tree of crystal ; and its trunk was of crystal, and its leaves and fruits of beryl. * At the door of the crystal chamber there stood a palm tree of beryl ; and its trunk was of beryl, and its leaves and fruits of crystal. 77. * Now there occurred, Ananda, to the Great King of Glory this thought : ' " Suppose, now, I were to make a grove of palm trees, all of gold, at the entrance to the chamber of the Great Complex 1 , under the shade of which ' I may pass the heat of the day." * Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory made a grove of palm trees, all of gold, at the entrance to the chamber of the Great Complex, under the shade of which he might pass the heat of the day. 78. * The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was surrounded by 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 figure head of silver. The silver railing had its posts of silver, and its cross bars and its figure head of gold 2 . 79. ' The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was hung round with two networks of bells. One net- work of bells was of gold, and one was of silver. 1 Mahavyuhassa ku/agarassa dvdre. The 'Great Com- plex ' contains a double allusion, in the same spirit in which the whole legend has been worked out: 1. To the Great Complex as a name of the Sun-God regarded as a unity of the four mytho- logical deities, Vasudeva, Sahkarshawa, Pra^umna, and Aniruddha; and 2. To the Great Complex as a name of a particular kind of deep religious meditation or speculation. 2 See above, § 60, and the note on § 54. 268 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. The golden network had bells of silver, and the silver network had bells of gold. 80. ' And when those networks of bells, Ananda, were shaken by the wind there arose a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating. ' Just, Ananda, as the seven kind of instruments yield, when well played upon, to the skilful man, a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating — just even so, Ananda, when those networks of bells were shaken by the wind, there arose a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating. 81.
3, as the seven kind of instruments yield, when well played upon, to the skilful man, a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating — just even so, Ananda, when those networks of bells were shaken by the wind, there arose a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating. 81. 'And whoever, Ananda, in the royal city KusAvatt were at that time gamblers, drunkards, and given to drink, they used to dance round toge- ther to the sound of those networks of bells when shaken by the wind. 82. 'When the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was finished it was hard to look at, destructive to the eyes. Just, Ananda, as in the last month of the rains in the autumn time, when the sky has become clear and the clouds have vanished away, the sun, springing up along the heavens, is hard to look at, and destructive to the eyes, — just so, Ananda, when the Palace of Righteousness was finished was it hard to look at, and destructive to the eyes. 83. ' Now there occurred, Ananda, to the Great King of Glory this thought : ' " Suppose, now, in front of the Palace of Right- eousness, I were to make a Lotus-lake to bear the name of ' Righteousness.' " ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory made a Lotus-lake to bear the name of " Righteousness." I. mahA-sudassana sutta. 269 84. * The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, was on the east and on the west a league in length, and on the north and on the south half a league in breadth. 85. * The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, was 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. 86. ' The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, had four and twenty 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. 87. ' Round the Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, there ran 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. 88. ' The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, was surrounded by seven rows of palm trees. One row was of palms of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal, and one of agate, and one of coral, and one of all kinds of gems. 89. ' And the golden palms had trunks of gold, and leaves and fruits of silver. And the silver palms had trunks of silver, and leaves and fruits of gold. And the palms of beryl had trunks of beryl, 27O THE GREAT KING OF GLORY.
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.
1eart 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. And as instantaneously as a strong man might stretch forth his folded arm, or draw in his arm again when it was stretched forth, so quickly did he vanish from the heaven of the Great Thirty-Three, and appeared before the Great King of Glory. 69. ' Then, Ananda, Vissakamma the god said to the Great King of Glory: ' " I would create for thee, O King, a mansion — a palace which shall be called ' Righteousness ! ' " * Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory signi- fied, by silence, his consent. 70. ' So Vissakamma the god, Ananda, created for the Great King of Glory a mansion — a palace to be called " Righteousness/* 71. * The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was on the east and on the west a league in length, and on the north and on the south half a league in breadth. 72. ' The ground-floor, Ananda, of the Palace of Righteousness 3 , in height as three times the height to which a man can reach, was built of bricks, of four kinds. One kind of brick was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 1 Vissakamma^ devaputta/ra, where devaputtaa* means not ' son of a god/ but ' belonging to, born into the class of, the gods/ 2 D ham maw nama Pasadaw. 3 Dhammassa pasadassa vatthu/ra. 266 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. 73. 'To the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, there were eighty-four thousand pillars of four kinds. One kind of pillar was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 74. ' The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was fitted up with seats of four kinds. One kind of seat was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. 75. 4 In the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, there were twenty-four staircases of four kinds. One staircase was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. The staircase of gold had balustrades of gold, with the cross bars and the figure head of silver. The staircase of silver had balustrades of silver, with the cross bars and the figure head of gold. The staircase of beryl had balustrades of beryl, with the cross bars and the figure head of crystal. The staircase of crystal had balustrades of crystal, with cross bars and figure head of beryl. 76. 'In the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, there were eighty-four thousand chambers of four kinds. One kind of chamber was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. * In the golden chamber a silver couch was spread ; in the silver chamber a golden couch ; in the beryl chamber a couch of ivory ; and in the crystal cham- ber a couch of coral.
2housand chambers of four kinds. One kind of chamber was of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal. * In the golden chamber a silver couch was spread ; in the silver chamber a golden couch ; in the beryl chamber a couch of ivory ; and in the crystal cham- ber a couch of coral. * At the door of the golden chamber there stood a palm tree of silver ; and its trunk was of silver, and its leaves and fruits of gold. 1 At the door of the silver chamber there stood a palm tree of gold ; and its trunk was of gold, and its leaves and fruits of silver. I. mahA-sudassana sutta. 267 ' At the door of the beryl chamber there stood a palm tree of crystal ; and its trunk was of crystal, and its leaves and fruits of beryl. * At the door of the crystal chamber there stood a palm tree of beryl ; and its trunk was of beryl, and its leaves and fruits of crystal. 77. * Now there occurred, Ananda, to the Great King of Glory this thought : ' " Suppose, now, I were to make a grove of palm trees, all of gold, at the entrance to the chamber of the Great Complex 1 , under the shade of which ' I may pass the heat of the day." * Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory made a grove of palm trees, all of gold, at the entrance to the chamber of the Great Complex, under the shade of which he might pass the heat of the day. 78. * The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was surrounded by 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 figure head of silver. The silver railing had its posts of silver, and its cross bars and its figure head of gold 2 . 79. ' The Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was hung round with two networks of bells. One net- work of bells was of gold, and one was of silver. 1 Mahavyuhassa ku/agarassa dvdre. The 'Great Com- plex ' contains a double allusion, in the same spirit in which the whole legend has been worked out: 1. To the Great Complex as a name of the Sun-God regarded as a unity of the four mytho- logical deities, Vasudeva, Sahkarshawa, Pra^umna, and Aniruddha; and 2. To the Great Complex as a name of a particular kind of deep religious meditation or speculation. 2 See above, § 60, and the note on § 54. 268 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. The golden network had bells of silver, and the silver network had bells of gold. 80. ' And when those networks of bells, Ananda, were shaken by the wind there arose a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating. ' Just, Ananda, as the seven kind of instruments yield, when well played upon, to the skilful man, a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating — just even so, Ananda, when those networks of bells were shaken by the wind, there arose a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating. 81.
3, as the seven kind of instruments yield, when well played upon, to the skilful man, a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating — just even so, Ananda, when those networks of bells were shaken by the wind, there arose a sound sweet, and pleasant, and charming, and intoxicating. 81. 'And whoever, Ananda, in the royal city KusAvatt were at that time gamblers, drunkards, and given to drink, they used to dance round toge- ther to the sound of those networks of bells when shaken by the wind. 82. 'When the Palace of Righteousness, Ananda, was finished it was hard to look at, destructive to the eyes. Just, Ananda, as in the last month of the rains in the autumn time, when the sky has become clear and the clouds have vanished away, the sun, springing up along the heavens, is hard to look at, and destructive to the eyes, — just so, Ananda, when the Palace of Righteousness was finished was it hard to look at, and destructive to the eyes. 83. ' Now there occurred, Ananda, to the Great King of Glory this thought : ' " Suppose, now, in front of the Palace of Right- eousness, I were to make a Lotus-lake to bear the name of ' Righteousness.' " ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory made a Lotus-lake to bear the name of " Righteousness." I. mahA-sudassana sutta. 269 84. * The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, was on the east and on the west a league in length, and on the north and on the south half a league in breadth. 85. * The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, was 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. 86. ' The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, had four and twenty 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. 87. ' Round the Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, there ran 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. 88. ' The Lake of Righteousness, Ananda, was surrounded by seven rows of palm trees. One row was of palms of gold, and one of silver, and one of beryl, and one of crystal, and one of agate, and one of coral, and one of all kinds of gems. 89. ' And the golden palms had trunks of gold, and leaves and fruits of silver. And the silver palms had trunks of silver, and leaves and fruits of gold. And the palms of beryl had trunks of beryl, 27O THE GREAT KING OF GLORY.
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