Dipavamsa, the Chronicle of the Island

The Chonicle of the Island - 188
3. Kassapa
49. dubbuṭṭhiyo tadā āsi dubbhikkhi āsi yonakā,
dubbhikkhadukkhite satte macche vappodake yathā 487 |
50. āgate lokavidumhi devo sammābhivassati,
khemo āsi janapado, assāsesi bahū jane. 488 |
49-50. At that time the island suffered from a drought; there was a famine ...
When the created beings were afflicted by the famine like fishes in shallow
water, abundant rain fell, when the Omniscient had arrived; the country became
prosperous; he brought consolation to many people.
51. Tissatalākasāmante nagare dakkhiṇāmukhe
vihāro Uttarārāmo kāyabandhanacetiyaṁ. 489 |
51. To the north of the town which was situated near the Tissatalāka, there was
the Uttarārāma monastery; (the Cetiya at that time was) the
Kāyabandhanacetiya (Cetiya where the girdle of the Buddha is preserved).
52. caturāsītisahassānaṁ dhammābhisamayo ahū. [83]
desite amate dhamme suriyo udito yathā 490 |
52. Eighty-four thousand men attained sanctification. When the Truth which
delivers from death, had been preached, –
53. bhikkhusahassaparivuto Mahāsumano patiṭṭhito
pakkanto ca mahāvīro sayam ev’ aggapuggalo ’ti. 491 |
53. Mahāsumana, similar to the rising sun, accompanied by one thousand
Bhikkhus, remained (there), and the great hero himself, the highest being,
departed.
487 dubbhikkhaṁ (°kkha A) setaṭṭhikaṁ A B G2, dubbhikkhi āsi yonakā G1 N,
dubbhikkhe bhayapīlite Z. dubbuṭṭhikā tadā āsi dubbhikkhaṁ āsi chātakaṁ? comp.
Cariyā Piṭaka: “avuṭṭhiko janapado dubbhikkho chātako mahā”; Sam. Pās.: “Varadīpe
dubbuṭṭhikā ahosi dubbikkhaṁ dussassaṁ, sattā chātakarogena anayavyasanaṁ
āpajanti.” – maccho N. – appodake? comp. Suttanipāta: “phandamānaṁ pajaṁ disvā
macche appodake yathā.”
488 janussavo A B G2, °ve Z, °do G1.
489 nagaradakkh° G1 N.
490 suriye Y. – udite Y (except G1)
491 ca Y, va N.