The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Fifth Chapter for Recitation
“Do not say that, Ānanda, do not say that, Ānanda: ‘(This) small town,
this barren town, this branch town’. Formerly, Ānanda, there was a
King by the name of Mahāsudassana, a Righteous Monarch, a
Righteous King, who was victorious over the four quarters, one who
had established a stable country, endowed with the seven jewels. 159
This Kusinārā, was then named Kusāvatī, and was King
Mahāsudassana's capital city. Stretching for twelve leagues from East
to West, and seven leagues from North to South, the capital city
Kusāvatī was prosperous, Ānanda, successful, populous, full of people,
with much food, just as, Ānanda, the capital city of the Divinities
named Āḷakamandā is prosperous, successful, populous, full of people,
with much food, so the capital city Kusāvatī was prosperous, Ānanda,
successful, populous, full of people, with much food.
The capital city Kusāvatī was never separated from the ten sounds, by
day or by night, that is to say: the sound of elephants, the sound of
horses, the sound of chariots, the sound of drums, the sound of tabours,
the sound of lutes, the sound of songs, the sound of cymbals, the sound
of hand bells, (and with) ‘eat, drink, chew!’ as the tenth sound.
159 Gold, silver, pearls, jewels, lapis lazuli, diamonds, and coral.
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