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The Chonicle of the Island - 85 5. āmalakaṁ osadhañ ca sugandhaṁ pabbateyyakaṁ mudusiniddhaṁ rasavantaṁ mahābhūteh’ upaṭṭhitaṁ tadā devasikaṁ niccaṁ devatābhiharanti te. 186 | 5. The Devas then constantly brought every day fragrant myrobalans, which were grown in the mountains, soft and smooth, endowed with flavour, desirable to great kings (?). 6. dibbapānaṁ ambapakkañ ca rasavantaṁ sugandhakaṁ tadā devasikaṁ niccaṁ devatābhiharanti te. | 6. The Devas then constantly brought every day divine drinks and ripe mangos endowed with flavour and fragrance. 7. Chandadahato va pañcavaṇṇaṁ pāpuraṇanivāsanaṁ tadā devasikaṁ niccaṁ devatābhiharanti te. 187 | 7. The Devas then constantly brought every day from the Chaddanta lake upper and under garments dyed with the five colours. 8. sīsanhānagandhacuṇṇaṁ tathā cānuvilepanaṁ mudukaṁ pārupattāya sumanadussaṁ asuttakaṁ. | 9. mahārahaṁ añjanañ ca sabban taṁ nāgalokato tadā devasikaṁ niccaṁ nāgarājāharanti te. | 8-9. The Nāga kings then constantly brought every day fragrant powder for washing the head, and also unguents, and fine seamless clothes to put on of the colour of jessamine, and precious collyrium; all these things (they brought) from the Nāga world. 10. ucchuyaṭṭhipūgamattaṁ pītakaṁ hatthapuñchanaṁ, tadā devasikaṁ niccaṁ devatābhiharanti te. | 10. The Devas then constantly brought every day sugar cane, quantities of Areca-nuts, yellow towels. 186 °hupaṭṭhite A, °hūpaṭṭhitaṁ B, °hupaṭṭhitaṁ G, °su paṭṭhitaṁ Z, °hi paṭṭhitaṁ N, °hi patiṭṭhitaṁ F, mahābhūpehi patthitaṁ? – vv. 6-10 are wanting in all Sinhalese MSS., vv. 6-9 in F also. 187 Chaddantato pañc°? – pārupanatthāya? Samantapās.: “pārupanatthāya asuttamayikaṁ sumanapupphapaṭaṁ.”
The Chonicle of the Island - 86 11. nava vāhasahassāni suvāharanti sāliyo undurehi visodhitā, makkhikā madhukaṁ karuṁ, acchā kūṭamhi koṭayuṁ, 188 | 11. The parrots brought nine thousand loads of hill paddy which was picked out by rats; the bees made honey; the bears forged with sledge-hammers. 12. sakuṇā suvaggajātā karavikā madhurassarā Asokapuññatejena sadā sāventi mānuse. | 12. Heaven-born birds, sweet-voiced cuckoos constantly sang to men, (attracted) by the splendour of Asoka’s merit. 13. kappāyuko mahānāgo catubuddhaparicārako suvaṇṇasaṅkhalikābaddho puññatejena āgato, | 13. The great Nāga whose age endures through a Kappa, the attendant of four Buddhas, wearing a golden chain, came, (attracted) by the splendour of (Asoka’s) merit. 14. pūjesi rattamālehi Piyadassi mahāyaso. vipāko piṇḍapātassa paṭiladdho sudassano. | 14. The glorious Piyadassi honoured him with garlands of jewels. Splendid rewards were received for alms (given to religious mendicants). 15. Candaguttassāyaṁ nattā Bindusārassa atrajo rājaputto tadā āsi Ujjenikaramolino anupubbena gacchanto Vedissanagaraṁ gato. 189 | 15. This grandson of Candagutta, the son of Bindusāra (king Asoka), whilst a mere prince, was sub-king of Ujjenī charged with collecting the revenue (of that province). During his progress he came to the town of Vedissa. 16. tatrāpi ca seṭṭhidhītā Devī nāmā ’ti vissutā tassa saṁvāsam anvāya ajāyi puttam uttamaṁ. 190 | 16. There the daughter of a Seṭṭhi, known by the name of Devi, having cohabited with him, gave birth to a most noble son. 188 kūṭehi koṭṭayuṁ? 189 Uccenikaramolino F. 190 tassā Y. – uttamo Y F.
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