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# King Mahāsudassana 1.13: 2.3. Assaratana

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.13

- **Language:** Pāli

### 2.3. Assaratana

### [1.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.13.1)

Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa assaratanaṃ pāturahosi

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

### [1.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.13.2)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.13.3)

Taṃ disvā rañño mahāsudassanassa cittaṃ pasīdi:

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

### [1.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.13.4)

‘bhaddakaṃ vata bho assayānaṃ sace damathaṃ upeyyā’ti.

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

### [1.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.13.5)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.13.6)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.13.7)

Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ assaratanaṃ pāturahosi.

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

## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.13.1) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.13.1) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.13.1) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.26) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.17.247) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.37.2) — Pāli

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