Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The Chonicle of the Island - 151
80. nisīdiṁsu yathāpaññatte āsane dussavārite,
nisinne udakaṁ datvā yāguṁ datvāna khajjakaṁ. 386 |
80. They sat down on the seats prepared for them which were covered with
cloth. When they had seated themselves, the king gave them water, rice-gruel
and food, –
81. paṇītaṁ bhojanaṁ rañño sahatthā sampavārayi.
bhuttāvibhojanaṁ theraṁ onītapattapāṇinaṁ 387 |
81. and served to them with his own hands a most excellent meal. When the
Thera had finished his meal and removed his hand from the bowl, –
82. āmantayi Anulādeviṁ saha antoghare jāne:
okāsañ jānātha devī, kālo te payirupāsituṁ. |
82. (the king) addressed queen Anulā together with the women of the interior
apartments: “You know the opportunity, queen; it is time to pay your respects to
them (the Theras).”
83. therānaṁ abhivādetvā pūjetvā yāvadicchakaṁ
Anulā nāma mahesī kaññāpañcasatāvatā 388 |
83. Queen Anulā, surrounded by five hundred girls, bowed to the Theras and
honoured them to her heart’s content.
84. upasaṅkamitvā therānaṁ abhivādetvā upāvisi.
tesaṁ dhammaṁ adesesi petavatthuṁ bhayānakaṁ 389 |
84. Having approached the Theras and saluted them, she sat down. (Mahinda)
preached to them the Dhamma; the great teacher exposed the fearful Peta
stories, –
386 yathābuḍḍhaṁ santhate dussapīṭhake A, yathāpaññatte āsane dussavārite (dussavirite
G1, dussasanthate B G2, dussapasārite Z) B G N Z.
387 rājā sahatthā? vv. 81. 82 give a fair specimem of the grammatical incorrectness
which prevails throughout the whole Dīpavaṁsa. I do not think we ought to make any
corrections, or that anything is wanting. The passage of the ancient Sinhalese
Aṭṭhakathā of which this is a metrical paraphrase, has been rendered thus in the
Samantap.: “rājā there paṇītena khādaniyena bhojaniyena sahatthā santappetvā
sampavāretvā Anulādevīpamukkhāni pañca itthisatāni therānaṁ abhivādanaṁ
pūjāsakkārañ ca karontū ’ti pakkosāpetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.”
388 This stanza is wanting in B G2. – °vatā A G1, ca tā Z n.
389 tāsaṁ?