Dighanikaya 17.244

17.244

Tattha uṭṭhāyāsanāti nisinnāsanato uṭṭhahitvā cakkaratanasamīpaṃ āgantvā. Suvaṇṇabhiṅkāraṃ gahetvāti hatthisoṇḍasadisapanāḷiṃ suvaṇṇabhiṅkāraṃ ukkhipitvā. Anvadeva rājā mahāsudassano saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāyāti sabbacakkavattīnañhi udakena abbhukkiritvā – ‘‘abhivijinātu bhavaṃ cakkaratana’’nti vacanasamanantarameva vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā cakkaratanaṃ pavattati. Yassa pavatti samakālameva so rājā cakkavattī nāma hoti. Pavatte pana cakkaratane taṃ anubandhamānova rājā cakkavattiyānavaraṃ āruyha vehāsaṃ abbhuggacchati. Athassa chattacāmarādihattho parijano ceva antepurajano ca tato nānākārakañcukakavacādisannāhavibhūsitena vividhābharaṇappabhāsamujjalena samussitaddhajapaṭākapaṭimaṇḍitena attano attano balakāyena saddhiṃ uparājasenāpatipabhutayopi vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā rājānameva parivārenti.

Here, "having risen from his seat" means having gotten up from the seat on which he was sitting and come near the wheel-treasure. "Having taken a golden pitcher" means having lifted up a golden pitcher whose spout was like an elephant's trunk. "King Mahāsudassana immediately followed along with his fourfold army" means: for all wheel-turning kings, immediately upon sprinkling it with water and uttering the words, "Let the good wheel-treasure conquer!", the wheel-treasure rises into the air and rolls forth. At the very same moment it rolls forth, that king is called a "wheel-turning king." But when the wheel-treasure rolls forth, the king, following after it, mounts his noble wheel-turner's vehicle and rises into the sky. Then his retinue and the women of his royal chambers, with parasols, yak-tail chowries, and the like in hand, and also the viceroys, generals, and others, accompanied by their own respective military hosts—adorned with mail-coats and armor of various sorts, brilliant with the splendor of diverse ornaments, decorated with raised flags and banners—likewise rise into the sky and surround the king himself.