Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The Chonicle of the Island - 122
25. Sakkassa vacanaṁ sutvā devaputto mahiddhiko
Laṅkādīpassa ārakkhaṁ sapariso paccupaṭṭhāti. 294 |
25. Having heard the command of Sakka that powerful Devaputta with his
attendant demons kept guard over the island.
26. tayo māse vasitvāna Vijayo Bhārukacchake
ujjhāyetvā janakāyaṁ tam eva nāvam āruhi. 295 |
26. Vijaya, having stopped three months at Bhārukaccha and exasperated the
inhabitants, went again on board his ship.
27. ārohitvā sakaṁ navaṁ pilavantā ’va sāgaraṁ
ukkhittavātavegena nadīmūḷhā mahājanā 296 |
27. That crowd of men having gone on board their ship, sailing over the sea,
were driven away by the violence of the wind, and lost their bearings.
28. Laṅkādīpam upāgamma orohitvā thale ṭhitā,
patiṭṭhitā dharaṇītale atijigacchitā have
pipāsitā kilantā ca, padasāgamanaṁ jāyati. 297 |
28. They came to Laṅkādīpa, where they disembarked and went on shore.
Standing on dry ground, being exhausted [162] by great hunger, thirst and
fatigue, they were unable (?) to walk on foot.
29. ubhopāṇīhi jannūhi yogaṁ katvā puthuviyaṁ
majjhe vuṭṭhāya ṭhatvāna pāṇī passanti sobhaṇā. 298 |
29. They crawled about on the ground with both hands and knees; afterwards,
when they rose and stood upright, they saw that their hands were resplendent
(copper-coloured).
294 sapariso (sapārūso G1) paccupaṭṭhāti A G1, sahadayo paccubandhati N, ṭhapesi
Vāsudevako Z; the whole stanza is wanting in B G2. supuriso paccupaṭṭhāti?
295 ujjhāyatāni kāyaṁ taṁ (kāyānaṁ A, kāyaṁ naṁ G2) A B G2, ujjhāyatāni kānaṁyaṁ
Z, ujjhāyetvā kāyaṁ G1, ujjhāyetvā janakāyaṁ N.
296 ukkhittā vāt°? – disāmūḷhā A B G2, d’Alwis (Attanag. 8); nadimūḷhā G1 n Z. Comp.
v. 15.
297 have A Z, bhave B G, vade N. – padasāgamanaṁ jāyati N, °gamanena jāyati G1 Z,
°gamanaṁ na jātayuṁ (jānayuṁ A) A B G2; padasāgamanena ca, d’Alwis. Dr. Bühler
proposes to read: padasāgamanaṁ jhāyati.
298 yogaṁ N, viyāgaṁ Y, viyātan d’Alwis. – majjhe G1 Z n, d’Alwis, pacchā A B G2 –
nahipassanti Y, d’Alwis.