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So tato paṭṭhāya gandhaseṭṭhīti paññāyi. Athassa bhaṇḍāgāriko dhanagabbhadvāraṃ vivaritvā, ‘‘sāmi, idaṃ te ettakaṃ pitu dhanaṃ, ettakaṃ pitāmahādīna’’nti nīharitvā dassesi. So taṃ dhanarāsiṃ oloketvā āha – ‘‘kiṃ pana te imaṃ dhanaṃ gahetvā na gamiṃsū’’ti. ‘‘Sāmi, dhanaṃ gahetvā gatā nāma natthi. Attanā kataṃ kusalākusalameva hi ādāya sattā gacchantī’’ti. So cintesi – ‘‘te bālatāya dhanaṃ saṇṭhāpetvā pahāya gatā, ahaṃ panetaṃ gahetvāva gamissāmī’’ti. Evaṃ pana cintento ‘‘dānaṃ vā dassāmi, pūjaṃ vā karissāmī’’ti acintetvā ‘‘idaṃ sabbaṃ khāditvāva gamissāmī’’ti cintesi. So satasahassaṃ vissajjetvā phalikamayaṃ nhānakoṭṭhakaṃ kāresi, satasahassaṃ datvā phalikamayameva nhānaphalakaṃ, satasahassaṃ datvā nisīdanapallaṅkaṃ, satasahassaṃ datvā bhojanapātiṃ, satasahassameva datvā bhojanaṭṭhāne maṇḍapaṃ kārāpesi, satasahassaṃ datvā bhojanapātiyā āsittakūpadhānaṃ kāresi, satasahasseneva gehe sīhapañjaraṃ saṇṭhāpesi, attano pātarāsatthāya sahassaṃ adāsi, sāyamāsatthāyapi sahassameva. Puṇṇamadivase pana bhojanatthāya satasahassaṃ dāpesi, taṃ bhattaṃ bhuñjanadivase satasahassaṃ vissajjetvā nagaraṃ alaṅkaritvā bheriṃ carāpesi – ‘‘gandhaseṭṭhissa kira bhattabhuñjanākāraṃ olokentū’’ti. > Once upon a time there lived in Benāres a youth named Gandha, and he was the son of the principal treasurer of the city. When his father died, the king sent for him, and after comforting him, bestowed high honor upon him, giving him the post of treasurer which his father had held before him. From that time on he was known as the treasurer Gandha. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > One day the steward of his property opened the door of his strong-room and said to him, “Master, now you are the possessor of all this wealth which once belonged to your father, and of all this wealth which once belonged to your grandfather and to those who went before him.” And when he had so said, he brought out store after store of treasure and showed them to him. The treasurer looked at the stores of treasure and said, “But why did they not take this treasure with them when they went to the other world?” “Master, there are none that can take their treasure with them when they go to the other world. All that men take with them when they die is their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil.” > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > When the treasurer heard this saying, he thought to himself, “What a piece of folly for them to amass all these treasures and then to go away and leave them! As for me, I will take them with me when I go.” This was the thought that passed through the treasurer’s mind. But instead of saying to himself, “I will give alms; I will render honor to whom honor is due,” he reflected, “I will eat up all this wealth before I go.” > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > Accordingly he spent a hundred thousand pieces of money in building a bath-house of crystal. At a cost of a hundred thousand pieces of money he had made a bath-seat of crystal. At a cost of a hundred thousand pieces of money he had made a couch whereon to > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > sit. At a cost of a hundred thousand pieces of money he had made a bowl for his food. At a cost of a hundred thousand pieces of money he caused to be erected a pavilion over his dining-hall. At a cost of a hundred thousand pieces of money he had made a copper-plated receptacle for his bowl. At a cost of a hundred thousand pieces of money he had a magnificent window built in his house. For his breakfast he spent a thousand pieces of money, and for his evening meal he spent a thousand pieces of money. And for the purpose of providing himself with food at midday on the day of full moon he spent a hundred thousand pieces of money. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > On the day when he intended to eat this food, he spent a hundred thousand pieces of money in decorating the city, caused a drum to be beaten and the following proclamation to be made, "Let all behold the manner in which the treasurer Gandha eats his meals." Straightway the populace assembled, bringing with them beds and couches. And the treasurer Gandha, having first bathed in his bath-house which had cost him a hundred thousand pieces of money, in perfumed water drawn from sixteen vessels, seated himself on his couch which had cost him a hundred thousand pieces of money. Having so done, he opened his magnificent window and displayed himself to view, seated on that couch. And his servants placed his bowl in that copper-plated receptacle and served him with food. In such splendor, surrounded by a company of dancers, did the treasurer Gandha enjoy that feast. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 10.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.10.11.p1) - [Next: 10.11.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.10.11.p3) - [Up: 10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.10.11) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.10.11.p3) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.145) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.10.11.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.10.11.p2) · Pramāṇa