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1drous Gem was the chief : ' Four and eighty thousand wives, of whom the Queen of Glory was the chief : the state of feeling described in the Gtenzs ; but they ought to be the constant companions of a good Buddhist (see Khaggavisftna Sutta 8; and compare also Tevi^a Sutta III, 7; G&taka, vol. i. p. 246; and the Araka Gataka, No. 169). II. mahA-sudassana sutta. 275 ' Four and eighty thousand yeomen, of whom the Wonderful Steward was the chief: * Four and eighty thousand nobles, of whom the Wonderful Adviser was the chief : i Four and eighty thousand cows, with jute trap- pings, and horns tipped with bronze : ' Four and eighty thousand myriads of garments, of delicate textures, of flax, and cotton, and silk, and wool : * Four and eighty thousand dishes, in which, in the evening and in the morning, rice was served 1 . 1 3. 1 Now at that time, Ananda, the four and eighty thousand state elephants used to come every evening and every morning to be of service to the Great King of Glory. 14. 'And this thought occurred to the Great King of Glory : ' " These eighty thousand elephants come every evening and every morning to be of service to me. Suppose, now, I were to let the elephants come in alternate forty thousands, once each, every alternate hundred years ! " 1 5. ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory said to the Great Adviser : iil O, my friend, the Great Adviser! these eighty thousand elephants come every evening and every morning to be of service to me. Now, let the elephants come, O my friend, the Great Adviser, in 1 Most of the trappings and cloths here mentioned are the same as those referred to in the Ma^g^ima Sila, §§ 5, 6, 7 recurring in the Tevig^a Sutta, and in the Brahma^ala Sutta. The whole paragraph is four times repeated below, §§ 29, 31, 33, 37. T 2 276 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. alternate forty thousands, once each, every alternate hundred years ! " ' " Even so, Lord ! " said the Wonderful Adviser, in assent, to the Great King of Glory. 16. ' From that time forth, Ananda, the elephants came in alternate forty thousands, once each, every alternate hundred years. 1 7. ' Now, Ananda, after the lapse of many years, of many hundred years, of many thousand years, there occurred to the Queen of Glory 1 this thought: 1 " Tis long since I have beheld the Great King of Glory. Suppose, now, I were to go and visit the Great King of Glory." 18. 'Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory said to the women of the harem : * "Arise now, dress your hair, and clad yourselves in fresh raiment. 'Tis long since we have beheld the Great King of Glory. Let us go and visit the Great King of Glory ! " 19. '"Even so, Lady!" said the women of the harem, Ananda, in assent, to the Queen of Glory. And they dressed their hair, and clad themselves in fresh raiment, and came near to the Queen of Glory. 20. ' Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory said to the Great Adviser: ' " Arrange, O Great Adviser, the fourfold army in array.
2said the women of the harem, Ananda, in assent, to the Queen of Glory. And they dressed their hair, and clad themselves in fresh raiment, and came near to the Queen of Glory. 20. ' Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory said to the Great Adviser: ' " Arrange, O Great Adviser, the fourfold army in array. 'Tis long since I have beheld the Great King of Glory. I am about to go to visit the Great King of Glory." 1 Subhadda* Devi. Subhadda, 'glorious, magnificent,' is a not uncommon name both for men and women in Buddhist and post-Buddhistic Hindu literature. II. *mahA-sudassana sutta. 277 21. '"Even so, O Queen !" said the Great Ad- viser, Ananda, in assent, to the Queen of Glory. And he set the fourfold army in array, and had the fact announced to the Queen of Glory in the words : ' " The fourfold army, O Queen, is set for thee in array. Do now whatever seemeth to thee fit." 22. ' Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory, with the fourfold army, repaired, with the women of the harem, to the Palace of Righteousness. And when she had arrived there she mounted up into the Palace of Righteousness, and went on to the chamber of the Great Complex. And when she had reached it, she stopped and leant against the side of the door. 23. 'When, Ananda, the Great King of Glory heard the noise he thought: ' " What, now, may this noise, as of a great multi- tude of people, mean ? " 24. 'And going out from the chamber of the Great Complex, he beheld the Queen of Glory stand- ing leaning up against the side of the door. And when he beheld her, he said to the Queen of Glory : "'Stop there, O Queen! Enter not!" 25. ' Then the Great King of Glory, Ananda, said to one of his attendants : ' " Arise, good man ! take the golden couch out of the chamber of the Great Complex, and make it ready under that grove of palm trees which is all of gold." 26. ' " Even so, Lord !" said the man, in assent, to the Great King of Glory. And he took the golden couch out of the chamber of the Great Complex, and made it ready under that grove of palm trees which was all of gold. 278 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. 27. ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory laid himself down in the dignified way a lion does ; and lay with one leg resting on the other, calm and self- possessed. 28. 'Then, Ananda, there occurred to the Queen of Glory this thought : ' " How calm are all the limbs of the Great King of Glory! How clear and bright is his appear- ance! O may it not be that the Great King of Glory is dead 1 ! " 29. ' And she said to the Great King of Glory : ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand cities, the chief of which is the royal city of Kusivatt. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! * " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand palaces, the chief of which is the Palace of Righteousness.
3O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand cities, the chief of which is the royal city of Kusivatt. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! * " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand palaces, the chief of which is the Palace of Righteousness. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand chambers, the chief of which is the chamber of the Great Complex. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! * " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand divans, of gold, and silver, and ivory, and sandal wood, spread with long-haired rugs, and cloths embroidered with flowers, and magnificent antelope skins; covered with lofty canopies; and provided at both ends with purple cushions. Arise, 1 The rather curious connexion between these clauses is worthy of notice in comparison with the legend of the ' Transfiguration 9 just before the Buddha's death (above, pp. 80-82). II. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 2 79 O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand state elephants, with trappings of gold, and gilded flags, and golden coverings of network, — of which the king of elephants, called 'the Changes of the Moon/ is chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand state horses, with trappings of gold, and gilded flags, and golden coverings of network, — of which ' Thunder-cloud/ the king of horses, is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand chariots, with coverings of the skins of lions, and of tigers, and of panthers, — of which the chariot called 'the Flag of Victory* is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand gems, of which the Wondrous Gem is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand wives, of whom the Queen of Glory is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand yeomen, of whom the Wonderful Steward is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand nobles, of whom the Wonderful Adviser is the 280 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! 1 " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand cows, with jute trappings, and horns tipped with bronze.
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.
1drous Gem was the chief : ' Four and eighty thousand wives, of whom the Queen of Glory was the chief : the state of feeling described in the Gtenzs ; but they ought to be the constant companions of a good Buddhist (see Khaggavisftna Sutta 8; and compare also Tevi^a Sutta III, 7; G&taka, vol. i. p. 246; and the Araka Gataka, No. 169). II. mahA-sudassana sutta. 275 ' Four and eighty thousand yeomen, of whom the Wonderful Steward was the chief: * Four and eighty thousand nobles, of whom the Wonderful Adviser was the chief : i Four and eighty thousand cows, with jute trap- pings, and horns tipped with bronze : ' Four and eighty thousand myriads of garments, of delicate textures, of flax, and cotton, and silk, and wool : * Four and eighty thousand dishes, in which, in the evening and in the morning, rice was served 1 . 1 3. 1 Now at that time, Ananda, the four and eighty thousand state elephants used to come every evening and every morning to be of service to the Great King of Glory. 14. 'And this thought occurred to the Great King of Glory : ' " These eighty thousand elephants come every evening and every morning to be of service to me. Suppose, now, I were to let the elephants come in alternate forty thousands, once each, every alternate hundred years ! " 1 5. ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory said to the Great Adviser : iil O, my friend, the Great Adviser! these eighty thousand elephants come every evening and every morning to be of service to me. Now, let the elephants come, O my friend, the Great Adviser, in 1 Most of the trappings and cloths here mentioned are the same as those referred to in the Ma^g^ima Sila, §§ 5, 6, 7 recurring in the Tevig^a Sutta, and in the Brahma^ala Sutta. The whole paragraph is four times repeated below, §§ 29, 31, 33, 37. T 2 276 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. alternate forty thousands, once each, every alternate hundred years ! " ' " Even so, Lord ! " said the Wonderful Adviser, in assent, to the Great King of Glory. 16. ' From that time forth, Ananda, the elephants came in alternate forty thousands, once each, every alternate hundred years. 1 7. ' Now, Ananda, after the lapse of many years, of many hundred years, of many thousand years, there occurred to the Queen of Glory 1 this thought: 1 " Tis long since I have beheld the Great King of Glory. Suppose, now, I were to go and visit the Great King of Glory." 18. 'Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory said to the women of the harem : * "Arise now, dress your hair, and clad yourselves in fresh raiment. 'Tis long since we have beheld the Great King of Glory. Let us go and visit the Great King of Glory ! " 19. '"Even so, Lady!" said the women of the harem, Ananda, in assent, to the Queen of Glory. And they dressed their hair, and clad themselves in fresh raiment, and came near to the Queen of Glory. 20. ' Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory said to the Great Adviser: ' " Arrange, O Great Adviser, the fourfold army in array.
2said the women of the harem, Ananda, in assent, to the Queen of Glory. And they dressed their hair, and clad themselves in fresh raiment, and came near to the Queen of Glory. 20. ' Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory said to the Great Adviser: ' " Arrange, O Great Adviser, the fourfold army in array. 'Tis long since I have beheld the Great King of Glory. I am about to go to visit the Great King of Glory." 1 Subhadda* Devi. Subhadda, 'glorious, magnificent,' is a not uncommon name both for men and women in Buddhist and post-Buddhistic Hindu literature. II. *mahA-sudassana sutta. 277 21. '"Even so, O Queen !" said the Great Ad- viser, Ananda, in assent, to the Queen of Glory. And he set the fourfold army in array, and had the fact announced to the Queen of Glory in the words : ' " The fourfold army, O Queen, is set for thee in array. Do now whatever seemeth to thee fit." 22. ' Then, Ananda, the Queen of Glory, with the fourfold army, repaired, with the women of the harem, to the Palace of Righteousness. And when she had arrived there she mounted up into the Palace of Righteousness, and went on to the chamber of the Great Complex. And when she had reached it, she stopped and leant against the side of the door. 23. 'When, Ananda, the Great King of Glory heard the noise he thought: ' " What, now, may this noise, as of a great multi- tude of people, mean ? " 24. 'And going out from the chamber of the Great Complex, he beheld the Queen of Glory stand- ing leaning up against the side of the door. And when he beheld her, he said to the Queen of Glory : "'Stop there, O Queen! Enter not!" 25. ' Then the Great King of Glory, Ananda, said to one of his attendants : ' " Arise, good man ! take the golden couch out of the chamber of the Great Complex, and make it ready under that grove of palm trees which is all of gold." 26. ' " Even so, Lord !" said the man, in assent, to the Great King of Glory. And he took the golden couch out of the chamber of the Great Complex, and made it ready under that grove of palm trees which was all of gold. 278 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. 27. ' Then, Ananda, the Great King of Glory laid himself down in the dignified way a lion does ; and lay with one leg resting on the other, calm and self- possessed. 28. 'Then, Ananda, there occurred to the Queen of Glory this thought : ' " How calm are all the limbs of the Great King of Glory! How clear and bright is his appear- ance! O may it not be that the Great King of Glory is dead 1 ! " 29. ' And she said to the Great King of Glory : ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand cities, the chief of which is the royal city of Kusivatt. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! * " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand palaces, the chief of which is the Palace of Righteousness.
3O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand cities, the chief of which is the royal city of Kusivatt. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! * " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand palaces, the chief of which is the Palace of Righteousness. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand chambers, the chief of which is the chamber of the Great Complex. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! * " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand divans, of gold, and silver, and ivory, and sandal wood, spread with long-haired rugs, and cloths embroidered with flowers, and magnificent antelope skins; covered with lofty canopies; and provided at both ends with purple cushions. Arise, 1 The rather curious connexion between these clauses is worthy of notice in comparison with the legend of the ' Transfiguration 9 just before the Buddha's death (above, pp. 80-82). II. MAHA-SUDASSANA SUTTA. 2 79 O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand state elephants, with trappings of gold, and gilded flags, and golden coverings of network, — of which the king of elephants, called 'the Changes of the Moon/ is chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand state horses, with trappings of gold, and gilded flags, and golden coverings of network, — of which ' Thunder-cloud/ the king of horses, is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand chariots, with coverings of the skins of lions, and of tigers, and of panthers, — of which the chariot called 'the Flag of Victory* is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand gems, of which the Wondrous Gem is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand wives, of whom the Queen of Glory is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand yeomen, of whom the Wonderful Steward is the chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these ! quicken thy longing after life ! ' " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand nobles, of whom the Wonderful Adviser is the 280 THE GREAT KING OF GLORY. CH. chief. Arise, O King, re-awaken thy desire for these! quicken thy longing after life ! 1 " Thine, O King, are those four and eighty thou- sand cows, with jute trappings, and horns tipped with bronze.
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