King Mahāsudassana 1.13: 2.3. Assaratana
Mahāsudassanasutta 1.13
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2.3. Assaratana
1.13.1
Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa assaratanaṃ pāturahosi
Next, the horse-treasure appeared to King Mahāsudassana.
1.13.2
sabbaseto kāḷasīso muñjakeso iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo valāhako nāma assarājā.
It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, with head of black and mane like woven reeds, a royal steed named Thundercloud.
1.13.3
Taṃ disvā rañño mahāsudassanassa cittaṃ pasīdi:
Seeing him, the king was impressed,
1.13.4
‘bhaddakaṃ vata bho assayānaṃ sace damathaṃ upeyyā’ti.
‘This would truly be a fine horse vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’
1.13.5
Atha kho taṃ, ānanda, assaratanaṃ seyyathāpi nāma bhaddo assājāniyo dīgharattaṃ suparidanto; evameva damathaṃ upagacchi.
Then the horse-treasure submitted to taming, as if he was a fine thoroughbred horse that had been tamed for a long time.
1.13.6
Bhūtapubbaṃ, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano tameva assaratanaṃ vīmaṃsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṃ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṃ pathaviṃ anuyāyitvā kusāvatiṃ rājadhāniṃ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi.
Once it so happened that King Mahāsudassana, testing that same horse-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.
1.13.7
Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ assaratanaṃ pāturahosi.
Such is the horse-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