Dighanikaya 17.244_2

17.244_2

Rājayuttā pana janasaṅgahatthaṃ nagaravīthīsu bheriyo carāpenti – ‘‘tātā, amhākaṃ rañño cakkaratanaṃ nibbattaṃ, attano vibhavānurūpena maṇḍitapasādhikā sannipatathā’’ti. Mahājano pana pakatiyā cakkaratanasaddeneva sabbakiccāni pahāya gandhapupphādīni ādāya sannipatitova sopi sabbo vehāsaṃ abbhuggantvā rājānameva parivāreti. Yassa yassa hi raññā saddhiṃ gantukāmatācittaṃ uppajjati, so so ākāsagatova hoti. Evaṃ dvādasayojanāyāmavitthārā parisā hoti. Tattha ekapurisopi chinnabhinnasarīro vā kiliṭṭhavattho vā natthi. Suciparivāro hi rājā cakkavattī. Cakkavattiparisā nāma vijjādharapurisā viya ākāse gacchamānā indanīlamaṇitale vippakiṇṇaratanasadisā hoti. Mahāsudassanassāpi tatheva ahosi. Tena vuttaṃ – ‘‘anvadeva rājā mahāsudassano saddhiṃ caturaṅginiyā senāyā’’ti.

Royal officials, on the other hand, have drums sounded throughout the streets of the city to gather the people: "Dear friends, the wheel-treasure of our king has arisen! Gather together, adorned and embellished according to your means!" But the general public, having abandoned all chores simply at the sound of the wheel-treasure as is normal, and having gathered with perfumes, flowers, and the like, all rise into the sky and surround the king himself. For whenever the thought arose in anyone wishing to go with the king, that very person became airborne. Thus the assembly extended for twelve leagues in length and breadth. There was not a single person among them with a deformed or injured body, or wearing dirty clothes; for a wheel-turning king has a pure retinue. Moving in the sky like sky-roaming sorcerers, the wheel-turning king's retinue resembles gems scattered upon a surface of sapphire. For Mahāsudassana too it was just like that. Therefore it was said: "King Mahāsudassana immediately followed along with his fourfold army."