Dighanikaya 20.331_3

20.331_3

Koliyakammakarā vadanti – ‘‘tumhe kapilavatthuvāsike gahetvā gajjatha, ye soṇasiṅgālādayo viya attano bhaginīhi saddhiṃ saṃvasiṃsu. Etesaṃ hatthino ca assā ca phalakāvudhāni ca amhākaṃ kiṃ karissantī’’ti? Sākiyakammakarāpi vadanti – ‘‘tumhe dāni kuṭṭhino dārake gahetvā gajjatha, ye anāthā niggatikā tiracchānā viya kolarukkhe vasiṃsu, etesaṃ hatthino ca assā ca phalakāvudhāni ca amhākaṃ kiṃ karissantī’’ti? Te gantvā tasmiṃ kamme niyuttaamaccānaṃ kathesuṃ, amaccā rājakulānaṃ kathesuṃ, tato sākiyā – ‘‘bhaginīhi saddhiṃ saṃvāsikānaṃ thāmañca balañca dassessāmā’’ti yuddhasajjā nikkhamiṃsu. Koliyāpi – ‘‘kolarukkhavāsīnaṃ thāmañca balañca dassessāmā’’ti yuddhasajjā nikkhamiṃsu.

The Koliyan laborers said: "Taking the side of the residents of Kapilavatthu, you roar—those who cohabited with their own sisters like dogs, jackals, and the like! What will their elephants, horses, and buckler-shields do to us?" The Sakyan laborers also said: "Now you roar, taking the side of the children of lepers, who, destitute, helpless, lived in jujube trees like animals! What will their elephants, horses, and buckler-shields do to us?" They went and told the ministers appointed to that work; the ministers told the royal families. Then the Sakyans, saying, "We will show the stamina and strength of those who cohabited with their sisters!", set out dressed for battle. The Koliyans too, saying, "We will show the stamina and strength of the jujube tree-dwellers!", set out dressed for battle.