With Kūṭadanta 1.13

1.13

‘King Wide-realm was gifted in the following eight ways:
‘He was well born on both sides, on the mother’s side and on the father’s, of pure descent back through seven generations, and no slur was cast upon him, and no reproach, in respect of birth.
‘He was handsome, pleasant in appearance, inspiring trust, gifted with great beauty of complexion, fair in colour, fine in presence, stately to behold.
‘He was mighty, with great wealth, and large property, with stores of silver and gold, of aids to enjoyment, of goods and corn, with his treasure-houses and his garners full.
‘He was powerful, in command of an army, loyal and disciplined, in four divisions (of elephants, cavalry, chariots, and bowmen), burning up, methinks, his enemies by his very glory.
‘He was a believer, and generous, a noble giver, keeping open house, a welling spring whence Samaṇas and Brahmans, the poor and the wayfarers, beggars, and petitioners might draw, a doer of good deeds.
He was learned in all kinds of knowledge.
He knew the meaning of what had been said, and could explain: “This saying has such and such a meaning, and that such and such.”
‘He was intelligent, expert and wise, and able to think out things present or past or future.
‘And these eight gifts of his, too, became wherewithal to furnish forth that sacrifice.