Mahaparinibbanasutta 1.2

1.2.1

Atha kho rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto vassakāraṃ brāhmaṇaṃ magadhamahāmattaṃ āmantesi:

And then King Ajātasattu addressed Vassakāra the brahmin, a chief minister of Magadha,

1.2.2

“ehi tvaṃ, brāhmaṇa, yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandāhi, appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ puccha:

“Please, brahmin, go to the Buddha, and in my name bow with your head to his feet. Ask him if he is healthy and well, nimble, strong, and living comfortably.

1.2.3

‘rājā, bhante, māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati, appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchatī’ti.

1.2.4

Evañca vadehi:

And then say:

1.2.5

‘rājā, bhante, māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto vajjī abhiyātukāmo.

‘Sir, King Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, wants to invade the Vajjis.

1.2.6

So evamāha:

He says,

1.2.7

“ahaṃ hime vajjī evaṃmahiddhike evaṃmahānubhāve ucchecchāmi vajjī, vināsessāmi vajjī, anayabyasanaṃ āpādessāmī”’ti.

“I shall wipe out these Vajjis, so mighty and powerful! I shall destroy them, and lay ruin and devastation upon them!”’

1.2.8

Yathā te bhagavā byākaroti, taṃ sādhukaṃ uggahetvā mama āroceyyāsi.

Remember well how the Buddha answers and tell it to me.

1.2.9

Na hi tathāgatā vitathaṃ bhaṇantī”ti.

For Realized Ones say nothing that is not so.”