Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

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XIII. [The Earthquakes]
1. Adiṭṭhapubbā gaṇā sabbe janakāyā samāgatā
rājanivesanadvāre mahāsadd’ ānusāvayuṁ. 392 |
1. The whole crowd, the multitude of people who had not seen the Theras
before, assembled at the gate of the royal palace and set up a great shout.
2. sutvā rājā mahāsaddaṁ upayuttamakaṁpuraṁ:
kimatthāya puthū sabbe mahāsenā samāgatā? 393 |
2. The king hearing the great noise … (asked:) “For what reason have [175] all
these numerous people, has this great crowd, assembled?”
3. ayaṁ deva mahāsenā saṅghadassanam āgatā,
dassanaṁ alabhamānā mahāsaddaṁ akaṁsu te. |
3. (The ministers said:) “This great crowd, Sire, has assembled for seeing the
Fraternity; as they did not obtain a sight (of them), they set up that great shout.”
4. antepuraṁ susambādhaṁ janakāyā patiṭṭhituṁ,
hatthisālaṁ asambādhaṁ, theraṁ passantu te janā. |
4. (The king replied:) “The palace is much too small for this multitude to place
themselves therein; the elephant stables are not too small; (there) these crowds
may see the Thera.”
5. bhuttāvi anumodetvā uṭṭhahitvāna āsanā
rājagharā nikkhamitvā hatthisālaṁ upāgami. |
5. When (Mahinda) had finished his meal and gladdened (the king by preaching
the Dhamma), he rose from his seat, left the royal palace, and went to the
elephant stables.
6. hatthisālamhi pallaṅkaṁ paññāpesuṁ mahārahaṁ,
nisīdi pallaṅkavare Mahindo dīpajotako. |
6. In the elephant stables they prepared a magnificent couch; on that excellent
couch Mahinda, the enlightener of the island, sat down.
392 gaṇā N, vanā G2, te Y.
393 upasaṅkamma kāritaṁ G2, upayuttam akaṁpuraṁ N, upayuttanakaṁ mayaṁ G1. I
refrian from offering any conjecture.