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# King Mahāsudassana 1.14: 2.4. Maṇiratana

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.14

- **Language:** Pāli

### 2.4. Maṇiratana

### [1.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.14.1)

Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa maṇiratanaṃ pāturahosi.

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

### [1.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.14.2)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.14.3)

Tassa kho panānanda, maṇiratanassa ābhā samantā yojanaṃ phuṭā ahosi.

> And the radiance of that jewel spread all-round for a league.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.14.4)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.14.5)

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.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.14.6)

Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ maṇiratanaṃ pāturahosi.

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

## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.14.1) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.14.1) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.14.1) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.31) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.17.248) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.38.4) — Pāli

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