King Mahāsudassana 1.14: 2.4. Maṇiratana
Mahāsudassanasutta 1.14
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- Pāli
2.4. Maṇiratana
1.14.1
Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa maṇiratanaṃ pāturahosi.
Next, the jewel-treasure appeared to King Mahāsudassana.
1.14.2
So ahosi maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭhaṃso suparikammakato accho vippasanno anāvilo sabbākārasampanno.
It was a beryl gem that was naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked, transparent, clear, and unclouded, endowed with all good qualities.
1.14.3
Tassa kho panānanda, maṇiratanassa ābhā samantā yojanaṃ phuṭā ahosi.
And the radiance of that jewel spread all-round for a league.
1.14.4
Bhūtapubbaṃ, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano tameva maṇiratanaṃ vīmaṃsamāno caturaṅginiṃ senaṃ sannayhitvā maṇiṃ dhajaggaṃ āropetvā rattandhakāratimisāya pāyāsi.
Once it so happened that King Mahāsudassana, testing that same jewel-treasure, mobilized his army of four divisions and, with the jewel hoisted on his banner, set out in the dark of the night.
1.14.5
Ye kho panānanda, samantā gāmā ahesuṃ, te tenobhāsena kammante payojesuṃ divāti maññamānā.
Then the villagers around them set off to work, thinking that it was day.
1.14.6
Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ maṇiratanaṃ pāturahosi.
Such is the jewel-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