King Mahāsudassana 1.15: 2.5. Itthiratana
Mahāsudassanasutta 1.15
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2.5. Itthiratana
1.15.1
Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa itthiratanaṃ pāturahosi
Next, the woman-treasure appeared to King Mahāsudassana.
1.15.2
abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgatā nātidīghā nātirassā nātikisā nātithūlā nātikāḷikā nāccodātā atikkantā mānusivaṇṇaṃ appattā dibbavaṇṇaṃ.
She was attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. She was neither too tall nor too short; neither too thin nor too fat; neither too dark nor too light. She outdid human beauty without reaching heavenly beauty.
1.15.3
Tassa kho panānanda, itthiratanassa evarūpo kāyasamphasso hoti, seyyathāpi nāma tūlapicuno vā kappāsapicuno vā.
And her touch was like a tuft of cotton-wool or kapok.
1.15.4
Tassa kho panānanda, itthiratanassa sīte uṇhāni gattāni honti, uṇhe sītāni.
When it was cool her limbs were warm, and when it was warm her limbs were cool.
1.15.5
Tassa kho panānanda, itthiratanassa kāyato candanagandho vāyati, mukhato uppalagandho.
The fragrance of sandal floated from her body, and lotus from her mouth.
1.15.6
Taṃ kho panānanda, itthiratanaṃ rañño mahāsudassanassa pubbuṭṭhāyinī ahosi pacchānipātinī kiṅkārapaṭissāvinī manāpacārinī piyavādinī.
She got up before the king and went to bed after him, and was obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely.
1.15.7
Taṃ kho panānanda, itthiratanaṃ rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ manasāpi no aticari, kuto pana kāyena.
The woman-treasure did not betray the wheel-turning monarch even in thought, still less in deed.
1.15.8
Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ itthiratanaṃ pāturahosi.
Such is the woman-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