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# King Mahāsudassana 1.12: 2.2. Hatthiratana

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.12

- **Language:** Pāli

### 2.2. Hatthiratana

### [1.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.12.1)

Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi

> Next, the elephant-treasure appeared to King Mahāsudassana.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.12.2)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.12.3)

Taṃ disvā rañño mahāsudassanassa cittaṃ pasīdi:

> Seeing him, the king was impressed,  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.12.4)

‘bhaddakaṃ vata bho hatthiyānaṃ, sace damathaṃ upeyyā’ti.

> ‘This would truly be a fine elephant vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.12.5)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.12.6)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.12.7)

Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ hatthiratanaṃ pāturahosi.

> Such is the elephant-treasure that appeared to King Mahāsudassana.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.12.1) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.12.1) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.12.1) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.21) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.17.246) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.36.4) — Pāli

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