Jambuddivapannatti 3.61

3.61

tae ṇaṃ se divve cakkarayaṇe aṭṭhāhiyāe mahāmahimāe nivvattāe samāṇīe āuhagharasālāo paḍinikkhamai, paḍinikkhamittā aṃtalikkhapaḍivaṇṇe jakkhasahassasaṃparivuḍe divvatuḍiyasadda-sanni-nāeṇaṃ āpūreṃte ceva aṃbaratalaṃ vinīyāe rāyahānīe majjhaṃmajjheṇaṃ niggacchai, niggacchittā gaṃgāe mahānaīe dāhiṇilleṇaṃ kūleṇaṃ puratthimaṃ disiṃ māgahatitthābhimuhe payāte yāvi hotthā|
tae ṇaṃ se bharahe rāyā taṃ divvaṃ cakkarayaṇaṃ gaṃgāe mahānaīe dāhiṇilleṇaṃ kūleṇaṃ puratthimaṃ disiṃ māgahatitthābhimuhaṃ payātaṃ pāsai, pāsittā haṭṭhatuṭṭhacittamānaṃdie naṃdie pīimaṇe paramasomanassie harisavasavisappamāṇahiyae koḍuṃbiyapurise saddāvei, saddāvettā evaṃ vayāsī–
khippāmeva bho devānuppiyā! ābhisekkaṃ hatthirayaṇaṃ paḍikappeha, hayagayarahapavarajohakaliyaṃ cāuraṃgiṇiṃ sennaṃ sannāheha, etamāṇattiyaṃ paccappiṇaha|
tae ṇaṃ te koḍuṃbiyapurisā jāva paccappiṇaṃti|
tae ṇaṃ se bharahe rāyā jeṇeva majjanaghare teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā majjanagharaṃ anu-pavisai, anupavisittā samuttajālākulābhirāme taheva jāva dhavala mahāmeha niggae iva gahagaṇa dippaṃta rikkha tārāgaṇāṇa majjhe sasivva piyadaṃsaṇe naravaī majjanagharāo paḍinikkhamai, paḍinikkhamittā haya gaya raha pavaravāhaṇa bhaḍa caḍagara pahakarasaṃkulāe senāe pahiyakittī jeṇeva bāhiriyā uvaṭṭhāṇa-sālā jeṇeva ābhisekke hatthirayaṇe teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā aṃjanagirikaḍagasannibhaṃ gayavaiṃ naravaī duruḍhe|
tae ṇaṃ se bharahāhive nariṃde hārotthayasukayaraiyavacche kuṃḍalaujjoiyāṇaṇe mauḍadittasirae narasīhe naravaī nariṃde naravasabhe maruyarāyavasabhakappe abbhahiyarāyateyalacchīe dippamāṇe pasatthamaṃgala-saehiṃ saṃthuvvamāṇe jayasaddakayāloe hatthikhaṃdhavaragae sakoraṃṭamalladāmeṇaṃ chatteṇaṃ dharijjamāṇeṇaṃ seyavaracāmarāhiṃ uddhuvvamāṇīhiṃ–uddhuvvamāṇīhiṃ jakkhasahassasaṃparivuḍe vesamaṇe ceva dhanavaī amara-vaisannibhāe iḍḍhīe pahiyakittī gaṃgāe mahānaīe dāhiṇilleṇaṃ kūleṇaṃ gāmāgara nagara kheḍa kabbaḍa maḍaṃba doṇamuha paṭṭaṇāsama saṃbāha sahassamaṃḍiyaṃ thimiyameiṇīyaṃ vasuhaṃ abhijinamāṇe-abhijinamāṇe aggāiṃ varāiṃ rayaṇāiṃ paḍicchamāṇe-paḍicchamāṇe taṃ divvaṃ cakkarayaṇaṃ anugacchamāṇe-anugacchamāṇe joyaṇaṃtariyāhiṃ vasahīhiṃ vasamāṇe-vasamāṇe jeṇeva māgahatitthe teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā māgahatitthassa adūrasāmaṃte duvālasajoyaṇāyāmaṃ navajoyaṇavicchiṇṇaṃ varanagarasaricchaṃ vijayakhaṃdhā-vāranivesaṃ karei, karettā vaḍḍhairayaṇaṃ saddāvei, saddāvettā evaṃ vayāsī– khippāmeva bho devānuppiyā! mama āvāsaṃ posahasālaṃ ca karehi, karettā mameyamāṇattiyaṃ paccappiṇāhi|
tae ṇaṃ se vaḍḍhairayaṇe bharaheṇaṃ rannā evaṃ vutte samāṇe haṭṭhatuṭṭha-cittamānaṃdie naṃdie pīimaṇe paramasomaṇassie harisavasavisappamāṇahiyae karayalapariggahiyaṃ sirasāvattaṃ matthae aṃjaliṃ kaṭṭu evaṃ sāmī! tahatti āṇāe vinaeṇaṃ vayaṇaṃ paḍisunei, paḍi suṇettā bharahassa ranno āvasahaṃ posahasālaṃ ca karei, karettā eyamāṇattiyaṃ khippāmeva paccappiṇati|
tae ṇaṃ se bharahe rāyā ābhisekkāo hatthirayaṇāo paccoruhai, paccoruhittā jeṇeva posaha-sālā teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā posahasālaṃ anupavisai, anupavisittā posahasālaṃ pamajjai, pamajjittā dabbhasaṃthāragaṃ saṃtharai, saṃtharittā dabbhasaṃthāragaṃ duruhai, duruhittā māgahatitthakumārassa devassa aṭṭhamabhattaṃ pagiṇhai, pagiṇhittā posahasālāe posahie baṃbhayārī ummukkamaṇisuvaṇṇe vavagayamālāvaṇṇagavilevane ṇikkhittasatthamusale dabbhasaṃthārovagae ege abīe aṭṭhamabhattaṃ paḍijāgaramāṇe-paḍijāgaramāṇe viharai|
tae ṇaṃ se bharahe rāyā aṭṭhamabhattaṃsi pariṇamamāṇaṃsi posahasālāo paḍinikkhamai, paḍi-nikkhamittā jeṇeva bāhiriyā uvaṭṭhāṇasālā teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā koḍuṃbiyapurise saddāvei, saddāvettā evaṃ vayāsī– khippāmeva bho devānuppiyā! haya gaya raha pavarajohakaliyaṃ cāuraṃgiṇiṃ sennaṃ sannāhei, cāugghaṃṭaṃ assarahaṃ paḍikappehatti kaṭṭu majjanagharaṃ anupavisai, anupavisittā samuttajālā-kulābhirāme taheva jāva dhavala mahāmehaniggae iva gahagaṇa dippaṃta rikkha tārāgaṇāṇa majjhe sasivva piyadaṃsaṇe naravaī dhūvapupphagaṃdhamallahatthagae majjanagharāo paḍinikkhamai, paḍinikkhamittā haya gaya raha pavaravāhaṇa bhaḍa caḍagara pahakarasaṃkulāe senāe pahiyakitti jeṇeva bāhiriyā uvaṭṭhāṇasālā jeṇeva cāugghaṃṭe assarahe teṇeva uvāgacchai, uvāgacchittā cāugghaṃṭaṃ assarahaṃ duruḍhe|

Then, when the eight-day great celebration had concluded, that divine cakra-jewel set out from the armoury hall. Having set out, it ascended into the sky, surrounded by a thousand yakṣas, filling the vault of heaven with the sound and resonance of divine musical instruments, and departed through the very midst of the capital city Vinītā. Having departed, it proceeded along the southern bank of the great river Gaṅgā toward the eastern direction, facing Māgadhatīrtha.

Then King Bharata saw that divine cakra-jewel proceeding along the southern bank of the great river Gaṅgā toward the eastern direction, facing Māgadhatīrtha. Having seen it, his mind glad, delighted, joyful, pleased, in supreme good spirits, his heart expanding with the surge of joy, he summoned his family retainers and spoke thus:
“Quickly indeed, O beloved of the gods! Equip the anointed elephant-jewel, prepare the fourfold army endowed with horses, elephants, chariots, and excellent warriors, and report back when this command is done!”

Then those family retainers […] reported back.

Then King Bharata went to the bath-chamber. Having gone, he entered the bath-chamber. Having entered it, delightful with hanging nets of pearls and so forth up to the lord of men emerged from the bath-chamber, pleasant to behold like the moon emerging from a white great rain-cloud amidst blazing planets, asterisms, and stars. Having emerged, he whose renown had spread abroad amid the army thronged with horses, elephants, chariots, excellent mounts, soldiers, infantry, and path-clearers, went to the outer audience hall, to the anointed elephant-jewel. Having gone, the king mounted the lordly elephant resembling the peak of Mount Añjana.

Then that sovereign of Bharata, the lord of men—his chest covered and adorned with necklaces, his face illuminated by earrings, his head radiant with a diadem, a lion among men, a king of men, an Indra among men, a bull among men, like unto the bull-king of the Maruts, blazing with supreme royal splendour and majesty, praised with hundreds of auspicious blessings, greeted with cries of victory, mounted on the fine neck of the elephant, sheltered by an umbrella adorned with garlands of koraṇṭa flowers, fanned with fine white cāmaras, surrounded by a thousand yakṣas, like Vaiśramaṇa, the lord of wealth, endowed with splendour resembling that of the lord of the immortals, his fame widely known—subduing the earth with its settled lands adorned with thousands of villages, mines, towns, market towns, rural hamlets, isolated settlements, port-cities, coastal emporia, hermitages, and bustling marts along the southern bank of the great river Gaṅgā, receiving foremost and excellent jewels, following that divine cakra-jewel, halting at camps separated by a yojana at a time, arrived at Māgadhatīrtha.

Having arrived, near Māgadhatīrtha he laid out an encampment of victory twelve yojanas long and nine yojanas broad, resembling an excellent city. Having laid it out, he summoned the carpenter-jewel and spoke thus:
“Quickly indeed, O beloved of the gods! Construct for me a dwelling and a pauṣadha hall, and report back when this command is carried out!”

Then that carpenter-jewel, having been addressed thus by King Bharata, his mind glad, delighted, joyful, pleased, in supreme good spirits, his heart expanding with the surge of joy, joined his hands palm to palm, raised them to his head, and respectfully accepted his command, saying, “Yes, master, so be it!” Having accepted, he constructed the dwelling and the pauṣadha hall for King Bharata, and having constructed them, he quickly reported that this command was carried out.

Then King Bharata descended from the anointed elephant-jewel. Having descended, he went to the pauṣadha hall. Having gone, he entered the pauṣadha hall. Having entered, he swept the pauṣadha hall. Having swept it, he spread out a couch of darbha grass. Having spread out the couch of darbha grass, he sat upon the couch of darbha grass. Having sat, he undertook a three-day fast dedicated to the divine prince of Māgadhatīrtha. Having undertaken it, observing pauṣadha in the pauṣadha hall, celibate, having laid aside gems and gold, free of garlands, pigments, and unguents, having set down weapons and clubs, resting upon the couch of darbha grass, solitary, without a second, he dwelt keeping vigil through the three-day fast.

Then, when the three-day fast was drawing to a close, King Bharata came out from the pauṣadha hall. Having come out, he went to the outer audience hall. Having gone, he summoned his family retainers and spoke thus:
“Quickly indeed, O beloved of the gods! Equip the fourfold army endowed with horses, elephants, chariots, and excellent warriors, and prepare the four-belled horse-drawn chariot!”
Having spoken thus, he entered the bath-chamber. Having entered, delightful with hanging nets of pearls and so forth up to the king, pleasant to behold like the moon emerging from a white great rain-cloud amidst blazing planets, asterisms, and stars, bearing incense, flowers, perfumes, and garlands in his hand, came out of the bath-chamber. Having come out, he whose renown had spread abroad amid the army thronged with horses, elephants, chariots, excellent mounts, soldiers, infantry, and path-clearers, went to the outer audience hall, to the four-belled horse-drawn chariot. Having gone, he mounted the four-belled horse-drawn chariot.