King Mahāsudassana 2.7: 7. Subhaddādeviupasaṅkamana
Mahāsudassanasutta 2.7
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- Pāli
7. Subhaddādeviupasaṅkamana
2.7.1
Atha kho, ānanda, subhaddāya deviyā bahunnaṃ vassānaṃ bahunnaṃ vassasatānaṃ bahunnaṃ vassasahassānaṃ accayena etadahosi:
Then, after many years, many hundred years, many thousand years had passed, Queen Subhaddā thought,
2.7.2
‘ciraṃ diṭṭho kho me rājā mahāsudassano. Yannūnāhaṃ rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyan’ti.
‘It is long since I have seen the king. Why don’t I go to see him?’
2.7.3
Atha kho, ānanda, subhaddā devī itthāgāraṃ āmantesi:
So the queen addressed the ladies of the harem,
2.7.4
‘etha tumhe sīsāni nhāyatha pītāni vatthāni pārupatha.
‘Come, bathe your heads and dress in yellow.
2.7.5
Ciraṃ diṭṭho no rājā mahāsudassano, rājānaṃ mahāsudassanaṃ dassanāya upasaṅkamissāmā’ti.
It is long since we saw the king, and we shall go to see him.’
2.7.6
‘Evaṃ, ayye’ti kho, ānanda, itthāgāraṃ subhaddāya deviyā paṭissutvā sīsāni nhāyitvā pītāni vatthāni pārupitvā yena subhaddā devī tenupasaṅkami.
‘Yes, ma’am,’ replied the ladies of the harem. They did as she asked and returned to the queen.
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)
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese