Dighanikaya 19.306

19.306

Yena te cha khattiyāti ye te ‘‘sahāyā’’ti vuttā cha khattiyā, te kira reṇussa ekapitikā kaniṭṭhabhātaro, tasmā mahāgovindo ‘‘ayaṃ abhisitto etesaṃ rajjasaṃvibhāgaṃ kareyya vā na vā, yaṃnūnāhaṃ te paṭikacceva reṇussa santikaṃ pesetvā paṭiññaṃ gaṇhāpeyya’’nti cintento yena te cha khattiyā tenupasaṅkami. Rājakattāroti rājakārakā amaccā.

"Where those six khattiyas were": those six khattiyas who were called "companions" were, it is said, Reṇu's younger brothers by the same father. Therefore Mahāgovinda, thinking, "Now that this one is consecrated, he may or may not divide the kingdom among them; what if I were to send them beforehand into the presence of Reṇu and have him make a promise?", approached the place where those six khattiyas were. "Kingmakers" means the ministers who make a king.