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# King Mahāsudassana 1.24

Mahāsudassanasutta 1.24

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.1)

Atha kho, ānanda, brāhmaṇagahapatikā pahūtaṃ sāpateyyaṃ ādāya rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṃsu:

> Then the brahmins and householders came to the king bringing abundant wealth and said,  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.2)

‘idaṃ, deva, pahūtaṃ sāpateyyaṃ devaññeva uddissa ābhataṃ, taṃ devo paṭiggaṇhatū’ti.

> ‘Your Majesty, this abundant wealth is specially for you alone; may Your Majesty accept it!’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.3)

‘Alaṃ, bho, mamapidaṃ pahūtaṃ sāpateyyaṃ dhammikena balinā abhisaṅkhataṃ, tañca vo hotu, ito ca bhiyyo harathā’ti.

> ‘There’s enough raised for me through regular taxes. Let this be for you; and here, take even more!’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.4)

Te raññā paṭikkhittā ekamantaṃ apakkamma evaṃ samacintesuṃ:

> When the king turned them down, they withdrew to one side to think up a plan,  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.5)

‘na kho etaṃ amhākaṃ patirūpaṃ, yaṃ mayaṃ imāni sāpateyyāni punadeva sakāni gharāni paṭihareyyāma.

> ‘It wouldn’t be proper for us to take this abundant wealth back to our own homes.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.6)

Yannūna mayaṃ rañño mahāsudassanassa nivesanaṃ māpeyyāmā’ti.

> Why don’t we build a home for King Mahāsudassana?’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.7)

Te rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṃsu:

> They went up to the king and said,  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.8)

‘nivesanaṃ te, deva, māpessāmā’ti.

> ‘We shall have a home built for you, Your Majesty!’  
> — King Mahāsudassana

### [1.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17.1.24.9)

Adhivāsesi kho, ānanda, rājā mahāsudassano tuṇhībhāvena.

> King Mahāsudassana consented with silence.  
> — King Mahāsudassana

## Translations (4)

- [Kralj Mahasudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~sr-brankokovacevic.1.24.1) — sr
- [Der König Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~de-sabbamitta.1.24.1) — German
- [King Mahāsudassana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-sujato.1.24.1) — English
- [Legend of the Great King of Glory (Mahâ-sudassana-sutta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.17~en-rhysdavids1881.1.64) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.17.255) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.68.13) — Classical Chinese
- [Kūṭadantasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.5.19.2) — Pāli

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