Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Atha kho Kosinārakā Mallā
Then the Mallas of Kusinārā,
The Sixth Chapter for Recitation - 225
Bhagavato sarīraṁ naccehi gītehi vāditehi mālehi gandhehi,
* through honouring, respecting, revering, and worshipping the Gracious One’s body,
sakkarontā garukarontā mānentā pūjentā,
with dance, song, music, garlands, and perfumes,
celavitānāni karontā maṇḍalamāle paṭiyādentā,
and making cloth canopies, and preparing circular pavillions,
dutiyam-pi divasaṁ vītināmesuṁ,
they made the second day pass,
tatiyam-pi divasaṁ vītināmesuṁ,
they made the third day pass,
catuttham-pi divasaṁ vītināmesuṁ,
they made the fourth day pass,
pañcamam-pi divasaṁ vītināmesuṁ,
they made the fifth day pass,
chaṭṭham-pi divasaṁ vītināmesuṁ.
they made the sixth day pass. 258
Atha kho sattamam-pi divasaṁ Kosinārakānaṁ Mallānaṁ etad-ahosi:
Then on the seventh day this occurred to the Mallas of Kusinārā:
“Mayaṁ Bhagavato sarīraṁ naccehi gītehi vāditehi mālehi gandhehi
* “While honouring, respecting, revering, and worshipping the Gracious One’s body,
sakkarontā garukarontā mānentā pūjentā,
with dance, song, music, garlands, and perfumes,
dakkhiṇena dakkhiṇaṁ Nagarassa haritvā,
after taking it out of the city by the South,
bāhirena bāhiraṁ dakkhiṇato Nagarassa Bhagavato sarīraṁ jhāpessāmā.” ti
on the outside of the City to the South we will burn the Gracious One’s body.”
Tena kho pana samayena aṭṭha Mallapāmokkhā,
Now at that time eight leaders of the Mallas,
258 Although this looks like a repetition passage, no ellipsis is marked in any of the editions.