[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17) › 1.16 # King Mahāsudassana 1.16: 2.6. Gahapatiratana Mahāsudassanasutta 1.16 - **Language:** Pāli ### 2.6. Gahapatiratana ### [1.16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.1) Puna caparaṃ, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa gahapatiratanaṃ pāturahosi. > Next, the householder-treasure appeared to King Mahāsudassana. > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.2) 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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.3) So rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāha: > He approached the king and said, > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.4) ‘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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.5) 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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.6) ‘attho me, gahapati, hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti. > ‘Householder, I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’ > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.7) ‘Tena hi, mahārāja, ekaṃ tīraṃ nāvā upetū’ti. > ‘Well then, Great King, draw the boat up to one shore.’ > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.8) ‘Idheva me, gahapati, attho hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti. > ‘It’s right here, householder, that I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’ > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.9) 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 ### [1.16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.10) ‘alamettāvatā, mahārāja, katamettāvatā, mahārāja, pūjitamettāvatā, mahārājā’ti? > ‘Is this sufficient, Great King? Has enough been done, Great King, enough offered?’ > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.11) Rājā mahāsudassano evamāha: > The king said, > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.12) ‘alamettāvatā, gahapati, katamettāvatā, gahapati, pūjitamettāvatā, gahapatī’ti. > ‘That is sufficient, householder. Enough has been done, enough offered.’ > — King Mahāsudassana ### [1.16.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16.13) Rañño, ānanda, mahāsudassanassa evarūpaṃ gahapatiratanaṃ pāturahosi. > Such is the householder-treasure that appeared to King Mahāsudassana. > — King Mahāsudassana ## Translations (4) - [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.16.1) — sr - [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.16.1) — German - [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.16.1) — English - [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.41) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.17.250) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (1) - [Bālapaṇḍitasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.129.40.4) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.16) · Pramāṇa