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The Chonicle of the Island - 189 54. ayaṁ passati sambuddho Kassapo lokanāyako vīsatibhikkhusahassehi sambuddho parivārito. 492 | 54. Here Sambuddha Kassapa, the ruler of the world, accompanied by twenty thousand Bhikkhus, looked (over the island). 55. Kassapo ca lokavidū voloketi sadevakaṁ visuddhabuddhacakkhunā bodhaneyye ca passati. | 55. Omniscient Kassapa looked down on the world of men and gods, and discerned by the pure vision of the Buddhas the beings who were to attain (supreme) knowledge. 56. Kassapo ca lokavidū āhutīnaṁ paṭiggaho pharanto mahākaruṇāya vivādaṁ passati kuppitaṁ | 56. Omniscient Kassapa, the receiver of offerings, diffusing (the rays of) his high compassion, perceived the furious contest (between king Jayanta and his brother Samiddha), – 57. Maṇḍadīpe bahū satte bodhaneyye ca passati buddharaṁsānubhāvena ādicco padumaṁ yathā. | 57. and by the power of the rays [190] of his Bodhi, as the sun (awakens) the lotuses, be saw many beings in the island of Maṇḍadīpa who were to attain (supreme) knowledge. 58. gacchissāmi Maṇḍadīpaṁ jotayissāmi sāsanaṁ patiṭṭhapemi sammābhaṁ andhakāre va candimā. 493 | 58. “I shall go to Maṇḍadīpa and cause the Religion to shine there; I shall produce there high splendour like that of the moon in the darkness (of the night)”. 59. bhikkhūgaṇehi parivuto ākāse pakkamī jino, patiṭṭhito Maṇḍadīpe suriyo abbhuṭṭhito yathā. 494 | 59. Surrounded by multitudes of Bhikkhus the Jina proceeded through the air; resembling the rising sun he repaired to Maṇḍadīpa. 492 sambuddho G1 n Z, tādīhi A B G2. 493 patiṭṭhissāmi A B G2, patiṭṭhapemi G Z, [patiṭṭhape]si N. – sammā A, sammābhā B, sammābhaṁ G2, sattānaṁ (°nnaṁ G1) G1 N, yaṁ dhātuṁ Z. 494 suriye (°yo R) abbhuṭṭhite yathā Y (except G1).
The Chonicle of the Island - 190 60. Kassapo sabbanando ca Subhakūṭo ca pabbato, Visālaṁ nāma nagaraṁ, Jayanto nāma khattiyo, | 60. (The Buddha’s name was) Kassapa, (that of the chief Thera) Sabbananda, the mountain (was called) Subhakūṭa, the name of the town was Visāla, that of the prince was Jayanta. 61. Khematalākasāmante nagare pacchime mukhe vihāro Pācānārāmo, cetiyaṁ dakasāṭikaṁ. 495 | 61. To the east of the town which was situated near the Khema tank, there was the Pācīnārāma monastery; (the Cetiya at that time was) the Dakasāṭika Cetiya (Cetiya where the rain-cloak of the Buddha is preserved). 62. assāsetvāna sambuddho samagge katvāna bhātuke desesi amataṁ dhammaṁ patiṭṭhapesi sāsanaṁ. 496 | 62. The Sambuddha, after having comforted and reconciled the (two) brothers, preached the Truth which delivers from death, and established the Faith. 63. desite amate dhamme patiṭṭhite jinasāsane caturāsītisahassānaṁ dhammābhisamayo ahū. | 63. When the Truth which delivers from death, had been preached, and the doctrine of the Jina had been established, eighty-four thousand men attained sanctification. 64. bhikkhusahassaparivuto Sabbanando mahāyaso patiṭṭhito Maṇḍadīpe, pakkanto lokanāyako ’ti. | 64. Glorious Sabbananda, surrounded by one thousand Bhikkhus, remained in Maṇḍadīpa; the ruler of the world departed. 495 pacchimāmukhe? comp. v. 83: uttarāmukho. – °sāṭakaṁ? Comp. 17, 10. 496 bhātuke A B G2 Z, bhāsite G1, tāsike N. Comp. Mahāv., p. 93, I. 13.
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