Viyahapannatti 7.9.373

7.9.373

nāyameyaṃ arahayā, suvameyaṃ arahayā, viṇṇāyameyaṃ arahayā–rahamusale saṃgāme| rahamusale ṇaṃ bhaṃte! saṃgāme vaṭṭamāṇe ke jaitthā? ke parājaitthā?
goyamā! vajjī, videhaputte, camare asuriṃde asurakumārarāyā jaitthā; nava mallaī, nava lecchaī parājaitthā|
tae ṇaṃ se kūṇie rāyā rahamusalaṃ saṃgāmaṃ uvaṭṭhiyaṃ jāṇittā koḍuṃbiyapurise saddāvei, saddāvettā evaṃ vayāsī– khippāmeva bho devānuppiyā! bhūyānaṃdaṃ hatthirāyaṃ paḍikappeha, haya-gaya-raha-pavarajoha-kaliyaṃ cāuraṃgiṇiṃ senaṃ saṇṇāheha, saṇṇāhettā mama eyamāṇattiyaṃ khippāmeva paccappiṇaha|
tae ṇaṃ te koḍuṃbiyapurisā koṇieṇaṃ raṇṇā evaṃ vuttā samāṇā haṭṭhatuṭṭhacittamānaṃdiyā jāva matthae aṃjaliṃ kaṭṭu evaṃ sāmī! tahatti aṇāe vinaeṇaṃ vayaṇaṃ paḍisuṇaṃti, paḍisuṇittā khippāmeva cheyāyariyovaesa-mati-kappaṇā-vikappehiṃ suniuṇehiṃ ujjalaṇevattha-havvaparivacchiyaṃ susajjaṃ jāva bhīmaṃ saṃgāmiyaṃ aojjhaṃ bhūyānaṃdaṃ hatthirāyaṃ paḍikappeṃti, haya-gaya-raha-pavarajohakaliyaṃ cāuraṃgiṇiṃ senaṃ saṇṇāheṃti, saṇṇāhettā jeṇeva kūṇie rāyā teṇeva uvāgacchaṃti, uvāgacchittā karayalapariggahiyaṃ dasanahaṃ sirasāvattaṃ matthae aṃjaliṃ kaṭṭu kūṇiyassa ranno tamāṇattiyaṃ paccappiṇaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ se kūṇie rāyā jeṇeva majjaṇagharaṃ teṇeva uvāgacchati, uvāgacchittā majjaṇagharaṃ anuppavisai, anuppavisittā ṇhāe kayabalikamme kayakouya-maṃgala-pāyacchitte savvālaṃkāravibhū-sie sannaddha-baddha-vammiyakavae uppoliyasarāsaṇapaṭṭie piṇaddhagevejja-vimalavarabaddhaciṃdhapaṭṭe gahiyā uhappaharaṇe sakoreṃṭamalladāmeṇaṃ chatteṇaṃ dharijjamāṇeṇaṃ caucāmarabālavījiyaṃge, maṃgalajaya-sadda-kayāloe jāva jeṇeva bhūyānaṃde hatthirāyā teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā bhūyānaṃdaṃ hatthirāyaṃ durūḍhe|
tae ṇaṃ se kūṇie rāyā hārotthaya-sukaya-raiyavacche jāva seyavaracāmarāhiṃ uddhuvvamāṇīhiṃ-uddhuvvamāṇīhiṃ haya-gaya-raha-pavarajohakaliyāe cāuraṃgiṇīe senāe saddhiṃ saṃparivuḍe mahayā-bhaḍacaḍagaraviṃdaparikkhitte jeṇeva rahamusale saṃgāme teṇeva uvāga-cchai, uvāgacchittā rahamusalaṃ saṃgāmaṃ oyāe| purao ya se sakke deviṃde devarāyā egaṃ mahaṃ abhejjakavayaṃ vairapaḍirūvagaṃ viuvvittā ṇaṃ ciṭṭhai| maggao ya se camare asuriṃde asurakumārarāyā egaṃ mahaṃ āyasaṃ kiḍhiṇapaḍirūpagaṃ viuvvittā ṇaṃ ciṭṭhai| evaṃ khalu tao iṃdā saṃgāmaṃ saṃgāmeṃti, taṃ jahā–deviṃde ya, maṇuiṃde ya, asuriṃde ya| egahatthiṇā vi ṇaṃ pabhū kūṇie rāyā jaittae, egahatthiṇā vi ṇaṃ pabhū kūṇie rāyā parājiṇittae|
tae ṇaṃ se kūṇie rāyā rahamusalaṃ saṃgāmaṃ saṃgāmemāṇe nava mallaī, nava lecchaī–kāsī-kosalagā aṭṭhārasa vi gaṇa-rāyāṇo haya-mahiya-pavaravīra-ghāiya-vivaḍiyaciṃdha-ddhayapaḍāge kicchapāṇagae disodisiṃ paḍisehitthā|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–rahamusale saṃgāme?
goyamā! rahamusale ṇaṃ saṃgāme vaṭṭamāṇe ege rahe aṇāsae, asārahie, anārohae, samusale mahayā janakkhayaṃ, jaṇavahaṃ, janappamaddaṃ, janasaṃvaṭṭakappaṃ ruhirakaddamaṃ karemāṇe savvao samaṃtā paridhāvitthā| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–rahamusale saṃgāme|
rahamusale ṇaṃ bhaṃte! saṃgāme vaṭṭamāṇe kati jaṇasayasāhassīo vahiyāo?
goyamā! channautiṃ janasayasāhassīo vahiyāo|
te ṇaṃ bhaṃte! manuyā nissīlā nigguṇā nimmerā nippaccakkhāṇaposahovavāsā ruṭṭhā parikuviyā samaravahiyā anuvasaṃtā kālamāse kālaṃ kiccā kahiṃ gayā? kahiṃ uvavannā?
goyamā! tattha ṇaṃ dasasāhassīo egāe macchiyāe kucchiṃsi uvavannāo| ege devalogesu uvavanne| ege sukule paccāyāe| avasesā ussannaṃ naraga-tirikkhajoṇiesu uvavannā|

“This has been known by the Arhat, this has been heard by the Arhat, this has been specifically cognised by the Arhat—namely, the Rathamusala battle. Venerable Sir! When the Rathamusala battle was taking place, who won? Who was defeated?”
“Gautama! The Vajjī, the son of Videha, and Camara the Asura-king, king of the Asurakumāras, won; the nine Mallakis and the nine Licchavis were defeated.”
Then King Kūṇika, knowing that the Rathamusala battle had arrived, summoned his household servants, and having summoned them, spoke thus: “Quickly indeed, O beloved of the gods! Equip the royal elephant Bhūtānanda; armour the fourfold army consisting of horses, elephants, chariots, and excellent warriors; and having armoured them, report back this order of mine quickly!”
Then those household servants, having been spoken to thus by King Kūṇika, glad, delighted, joyous in mind, up to placing their cupped hands upon their heads, respectfully received the order with humility, saying: “Yes, Master! So be it!” Having received it, quickly, by very skilled methods, plans, and instructions of expert teachers, they equipped the royal elephant Bhūtānanda, adorned with bright costumes and articles of equipment, well prepared, up to formidable, suited for war, invincible; and they armoured the fourfold army consisting of horses, elephants, chariots, and excellent warriors. Having armoured them, they went to where King Kūṇika was, and having approached, holding their joined hands with ten fingers together on their heads, they reported back that order to King Kūṇika.
Then King Kūṇika went to where the bathhouse was, and having approached, entered the bathhouse. Having entered, bathed, performed the offerings, made propitiatory rites, auspicious ceremonies, and expiations, adorned with all ornaments, fully equipped, bound and armoured in coat of mail, with his bow-belt tightened, wearing neck ornaments, with the spotless, excellent crest-band tied, holding weapons in both hands, with an umbrella draped with Koreṇṭa flower garlands held over him, fanned by four chowries, accompanied by auspicious shouts of victory, up to went to where the royal elephant Bhūtānanda was, and having approached, mounted the royal elephant Bhūtānanda.
Then King Kūṇika, his chest adorned with garlands, well adorned, up to being continuously fanned with white, excellent chowries, accompanied by the fourfold army consisting of horses, elephants, chariots, and excellent warriors, surrounded by a great troop of bold warriors, went to where the Rathamusala battle was, and having arrived, descended into the Rathamusala battle. In front of him, Śakra, the king of the gods, the lord of gods, stood, having magically created a great impenetrable armour in the likeness of diamond. And behind him, Camara, the Asura-king, king of the Asurakumāras, stood, having magically created a great shield in the likeness of iron. Thus indeed three Indras fought the battle, namely: the lord of gods, the lord of humans, and the lord of Asuras. With just one elephant, King Kūṇika was able to conquer; with just one elephant, King Kūṇika was able to defeat [them].
Then King Kūṇika, fighting the Rathamusala battle, routed the nine Mallakis and the nine Licchavis—all eighteen confederate kings of Kāśī and Kośala—with their champions slain and crushed, their excellent heroes killed, their insignia, banners, and standards fallen, having barely escaped with their lives, fleeing in all directions.
“For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it called ‘the Rathamusala battle’?”
“Gautama! While the Rathamusala battle was taking place, a single chariot—without horses, without a charioteer, without a rider, [yet] mounted with a pestle—ran about in all directions, causing great destruction of people, slaughter of people, crushing of people, like a deluge upon humanity, making a mire of blood. For that reason, Gautama, it is called ‘the Rathamusala battle’.”
“Venerable Sir, while the Rathamusala battle was taking place, how many hundreds of thousands of people were killed?”
“Gautama! Ninety-six hundred thousand people were killed.”
“Venerable Sir, those men—devoid of moral discipline, devoid of virtues, unrestrained, devoid of renunciation and the fasting of pauṣadha, enraged, utterly furious, slain in battle, not pacified—having died when their time was completed, where did they go? Where were they reborn?”
“Gautama! Among them, ten thousand were reborn in the belly of a single fish. One was reborn in the heavenly realms. One was reborn in a noble family. The rest were predominantly reborn in hell and among animal destinies.”