Dighanikaya 2.159_2

2.159_2

Aparāpi soḷasasahassakhattiyanāṭakitthiyo rājānaṃ parivāresuṃ. Tāsaṃ pariyante khujjavāmanakakirātādayo. Tāsaṃ pariyante antepurapālakā vissāsikapurisā. Tesaṃ pariyante vicitravesavilāsino saṭṭhisahassamattā mahāmattā. Tesaṃ pariyante vividhālaṅkārapaṭimaṇḍitā nānappakāraāvudhahatthā vijjādharataruṇā viya navutisahassamattā raṭṭhiyaputtā. Tesaṃ pariyante satagghanikāni nivāsetvā pañcasatagghanikāni ekaṃsaṃ katvā sunhātā suvilittā kañcanamālādinānābharaṇasobhitā dasasahassamattā brāhmaṇā dakkhiṇahatthaṃ ussāpetvā jayasaddaṃ ghosantā gacchanti. Tesaṃ pariyante pañcaṅgikāni tūriyāni. Tesaṃ pariyante dhanupantiparikkhepo. Tassa pariyante hatthighaṭā. Hatthīnaṃ pariyante gīvāya gīvaṃ paharamānā assapanti. Assapariyante aññamaññaṃ saṅghaṭṭanarathā. Rathapariyante bāhāya bāhaṃ paharayamānā yodhā. Tesaṃ pariyante attano attano anurūpāya ābharaṇasampattiyā virocamānā aṭṭhārasa seniyo. Iti yathā pariyante ṭhatvā khitto saro rājānaṃ na pāpuṇāti, evaṃ jīvako komārabhacco rañño parisaṃ saṃvidahitvā attanā rañño avidūreneva gacchati – ‘‘sace koci upaddavo hoti, paṭhamatara rañño jīvitadānaṃ dassāmī’’ti. Ukkānaṃ pana ettakāni satāni vā sahassāni vāti paricchedo natthīti evarūpiṃ rājiddhiṃ sandhāya vuttaṃ – ‘‘mahaccarājānubhāvena yena jīvakassa komārabhaccassa ambavanaṃ, tena pāyāsī’’ti.

Another sixteen thousand royal dancing women surrounded the king. Around them were hunchbacks, dwarfs, Kirātas, and the like. Around them were trusted men who were guardians of the inner palace. Around them were about sixty thousand ministers resplendent in varied attire. Around them were about ninety thousand sons of the countryside, adorned with various ornaments, holding various kinds of weapons in their hands, like youthful Vidyādharas. Around them were about ten thousand brahmins, dressed in garments worth a hundred [kahāpaṇas], with outer shawls worth five hundred [kahāpaṇas] slung over one shoulder, well-bathed, well-anointed, adorned with various ornaments such as golden garlands, who walked raising their right hands and shouting cries of victory. Around them were five-pieced orchestras. Around them was an encircling line of archers. Around that was a troop of elephants. Around the elephants was a line of horses striking neck to neck. Around the horses were chariots clashing against one another. Around the chariots were warriors striking arm to arm. Around them were the eighteen guilds shining in the splendour of ornaments appropriate to each of them. Thus Jīvaka Komārabhacca arranged the king's retinue in such a way that an arrow shot while standing at the edge would not reach the king, and he himself walked not far from the king, thinking: 'If any adversity should occur, I will first give up my life for the king.' And as there was no limit—such as so many hundreds or thousands—of torches, it was in reference to such royal power that it was said: 'He set out with great royal majesty for the mango grove of Jīvaka Komārabhacca.'