King Mahāsudassana 1.16: 2.6. Gahapatiratana

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.16

Language: Pāli

2.6. Gahapatiratana

1.16.1

Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa gahapatiratanaṃ pāturahosi.

Next, the householder-treasure appeared to King Mahāsudassana.
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.2

Tassa kammavipākajaṃ dibbacakkhu pāturahosi yena nidhiṃ passati sassāmikampi assāmikampi.

The power of clairvoyance manifested in him as a result of past deeds, by which he sees treasure troves, both owned and ownerless.
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.3

So rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāha:

He approached the king and said,
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.4

‘appossukko tvaṃ, deva, hohi, ahaṃ te dhanena dhanakaraṇīyaṃ karissāmī’ti.

‘Relax, Your Majesty. I will take care of the treasury.’
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.5

Bhūtapubbaṃ, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano tameva gahapatiratanaṃ vīmaṃsamāno nāvaṃ abhiruhitvā majjhe gaṅgāya nadiyā sotaṃ ogāhitvā gahapatiratanaṃ etadavoca:

Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same householder-treasure, boarded a boat and sailed to the middle of the Ganges River. Then he said to the householder-treasure,
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.6

‘attho me, gahapati, hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti.

‘Householder, I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.7

‘Tena hi, mahārāja, ekaṃ tīraṃ nāvā upetū’ti.

‘Well then, Great King, draw the boat up to one shore.’
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.8

‘Idheva me, gahapati, attho hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti.

‘It’s right here, householder, that I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’
King Mahāsudassana

1.16.9

Atha kho taṃ, ānanda, gahapatiratanaṃ ubhohi hatthehi udakaṃ omasitvā pūraṃ hiraññasuvaṇṇassa kumbhiṃ uddharitvā rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ etadavoca:

Then that householder-treasure, immersing both hands in the water, pulled up a pot full of gold, both coined and uncoined, and said to the king,
King Mahāsudassana