Dighanikaya 2.150_10

2.150_10

Tato paṭṭhāya rañño āhāro natthi. Rājā maggaphalasukhena caṅkamena yāpeti. Ativiya assa attabhāvo virocati. So – ‘‘kathaṃ, me bhaṇe, pitā yāpetī’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘caṅkamena, deva, yāpeti; ativiya cassa attabhāvo virocatī’’ti sutvā ‘caṅkamaṃ dānissa hāressāmī’ti cintetvā – ‘‘mayhaṃ pitu pāde khurena phāletvā loṇatelena makkhetvā khadiraṅgārehi vītaccitehi pacathā’’ti nhāpite pesesi. Rājā te disvā – ‘‘nūna mayhaṃ putto kenaci saññatto bhavissati, ime mama massukaraṇatthāyāgatā’’ti cintesi. Te gantvā vanditvā aṭṭhaṃsu. ‘Kasmā āgatatthā’ti ca puṭṭhā taṃ sāsanaṃ ārocesuṃ. ‘‘Tumhākaṃ rañño manaṃ karothā’’ti ca vuttā ‘nisīda, devā’ti vatvā ca rājānaṃ vanditvā – ‘‘deva, mayaṃ rañño āṇaṃ karoma, mā amhākaṃ kujjhittha, nayidaṃ tumhādisānaṃ dhammarājūnaṃ anucchavika’’nti vatvā vāmahatthena gopphake gahetvā dakkhiṇahatthena khuraṃ gahetvā pādatalāni phāletvā loṇatelena makkhetvā khadiraṅgārehi vītaccitehi paciṃsu. Rājā kira pubbe cetiyaṅgaṇe saupāhano agamāsi, nisajjanatthāya paññattakaṭasārakañca adhotehi pādehi akkami, tassāyaṃ nissandoti vadanti. Rañño balavavedanā uppannā. So – ‘‘aho buddho, aho dhammo, aho saṅgho’’ti anussarantoyeva cetiyaṅgaṇe khittamālā viya milāyitvā cātumahārājikadevaloke vessavaṇassa paricārako janavasabho nāma yakkho hutvā nibbatti.

From then on, the king had no food. The king sustained himself with the bliss of the path and fruit and by walking up and down. His physical form shone exceedingly. He asked, “How, I say, does my father sustain himself?” and having heard, “He sustains himself by walking up and down, sire; and his physical form shines exceedingly,” he thought, ‘Now I will put an end to his walking up and down.’ Thinking thus, he sent barbers, saying, “Slit my father’s feet with a razor, rub them with salt and oil, and bake them over flameless charcoal of acacia wood.” Seeing them, the king thought, ‘Surely someone must have convinced my son; they have come to trim my beard.’ They went, paid homage, and stood there. When asked, ‘Why have you come?’, they reported that order. And being told, “Carry out your king’s wish,” they said, ‘Sit, sire,’ and having paid homage to the king, said, “Sire, we are carrying out the king’s command; do not be angry with us, for this is not fitting for righteous kings like you.” Having taken hold of the ankles with the left hand and taken a razor with the right hand, they slit the soles of his feet, rubbed them with salt and oil, and baked them over flameless charcoal of acacia wood. The king, it is said, had previously walked in a stupa courtyard wearing sandals, and had stepped with unwashed feet onto a woven mat laid out for sitting; they say this was the result of that. A severe pain arose in the king. While continuously recollecting, “Ah, the Buddha! Ah, the Dhamma! Ah, the Saṅgha!”, he withered away like a garland thrown onto a stupa courtyard, and was reborn in the heaven of the Four Great Kings as an attendant of Vessavaṇa named the yakkha Janavasabha.