King Mahāsudassana 1.12: 2.2. Hatthiratana
Mahāsudassanasutta 1.12
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2.2. Hatthiratana
1.12.1
Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi
Next, the elephant-treasure appeared to King Mahāsudassana.
1.12.2
sabbaseto sattappatiṭṭho iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo uposatho nāma nāgarājā.
It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, touching the ground in seven places, a king of elephants named Sabbath.
1.12.3
Taṃ disvā rañño mahāsudassanassa cittaṃ pasīdi:
Seeing him, the king was impressed,
1.12.4
‘bhaddakaṃ vata bho hatthiyānaṃ, sace damathaṃ upeyyā’ti.
‘This would truly be a fine elephant vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’
1.12.5
Atha kho taṃ, ānanda, hatthiratanaṃ—seyyathāpi nāma gandhahatthājāniyo dīgharattaṃ suparidanto; evameva damathaṃ upagacchi.
Then the elephant-treasure submitted to taming, as if he was a fine thoroughbred elephant that had been tamed for a long time.
1.12.6
Bhūtapubbaṃ, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano tameva hatthiratanaṃ vīmaṃsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṃ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṃ pathaviṃ anuyāyitvā kusāvatiṃ rājadhāniṃ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi.
Once it so happened that King Mahāsudassana, testing that same elephant-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.
1.12.7
Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi.
Such is the elephant-treasure that appeared to King Mahāsudassana.
Translations (4)
- Kralj Mahasudassana — sr
- Der König Mahāsudassana — German
- King Mahāsudassana — English
- Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (1)
- Bālapaṇḍitasutta — Pāli