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The Tham Vessantara-jAtaka - Khamkoo

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eautiful girl in the land. <strong>The</strong>n the great king of the Sivi brought her for his son, the<br />

prince SaGjaya whom he made a king and PhussadI was made the chief queen, the<br />

highest in rank of sixteen thousand women. So it is said: Tato cutA sA phussati khattiye<br />

upapajjatha jetutaramhi nagare saGjaye nasa mAgamIti : PhussadI came down from that<br />

state and was born in a royal family of Sivi, in the city of Jetuttara and she was married<br />

to SaGjaya. SA phussati : SaGjaya loved PhussadI, who was with a great group of<br />

attendants dearly. Atha sakko devarAjA : Sakka took note and saw that nine of the boons<br />

granted to PhussadI were fulfilled. But one, the promise of a son is not yet fulfilled. This<br />

I will fulfill for her. TadA bodhisatto : At that time the Great Being was living in the<br />

heaven of the thirty three gods, and his life span in the heaven was running out.<br />

Realizing this, Sakka approached him and said: Lord, it is high time for you to go to the<br />

world of men. You are to be conceived in the womb of PhussadI, chief queen of the<br />

king of Sivi. So Sakko : With these words, asking the consent of the Great Being and<br />

the sixty thousand sons of gods, who were due to fall from that heaven, he returned to<br />

his own dwelling.<br />

TadA : At that time, the Great Being came down and was conceived in<br />

PhussadI’s womb and the other gods were conceived in the homes of sixty thousand<br />

ministers. MahA satto : When the Great Being was conceived in her womb, PhussadI<br />

desired to have six alms-halls built, at the four gates of the city, in the middle of the city<br />

and at the gate of her palace. And each day she distributed six hundred thousand gold<br />

coins. When the king knew of her desire, he consulted the fortune-tellers. <strong>The</strong>y said:<br />

“Great king, the queen is pregnant with a being who is devoted to almsgiving. He will<br />

never be satisfied with giving.” TaM sutvA : Hearing this King SaGjaya was pleased<br />

and made a practice of giving as before said. Tato pathAya : From the time of the<br />

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