Dighanikaya 4.304_4

4.304_4

Bhūmigatañca vehāsaṭṭhañcāti ettha rājaṅgaṇe ceva uyyāne ca sudhāmaṭṭhapokkharaṇiyo sattaratanānaṃ pūretvā bhūmiyaṃ ṭhapitaṃ dhanaṃ bhūmigataṃ nāma. Pāsādaniyūhādayo paripūretvā ṭhapitaṃ vehāsaṭṭhaṃ nāma. Etaṃ tāva kulapariyāyena āgataṃ. Tathāgatassa pana jātadivaseyeva saṅkho, elo, uppalo, puṇḍarīkoti cattāro nidhayo uggatā. Tesu saṅkho gāvutiko, elo aḍḍhayojaniko, uppalo tigāvutiko, puṇḍarīko yojaniko. Tesupi gahitaṃ gahitaṃ pūratiyeva, iti bhagavā pahūtaṃ hiraññasuvaṇṇaṃ ohāya pabbajitoti veditabbo.

"Both underground and aboveground": here, wealth stored in the ground having filled lotus pools smoothed with plaster in the royal courtyard and in the pleasure grove with the seven treasures is called "underground." Wealth kept having filled the upper towers of the palaces and so on is called "aboveground." This, indeed, came to him through his family lineage. Moreover, on the very day of the Tathāgata's birth, four treasure urns arose: Saṅkha, Ela, Uppala, and Puṇḍarīka. Among them, Saṅkha was a gāvuta in extent, Ela was half a yojana, Uppala was three gāvutas, and Puṇḍarīka was a yojana. In these too, whatever was taken out refilled immediately; thus it should be understood that the Blessed One went forth having abandoned abundant coin and gold.