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In the southern direction, he lived in Paṇḍulagāma. 21. The prince went there, and saw the brahmin Paṇḍula; "You are Paṇḍukābhaya, my son," he asked and was told. 22. Having shown him respect, he said, "You will be king; For seventy years, you will rule the kingdom." 23. "Learn the crafts, my son," he said, and had him learn the crafts; With Canda, his son, the crafts were quickly mastered. 24. He gave a hundred thousand, for the purpose of gathering soldiers; When five hundred soldiers, were gathered by him. 25. "Let these be gathered, the leaves and the gold; The chief queen Canda, and my son the purohita." 26. Having said this and given wealth, he sent him forth with soldiers; Having made his name known, the meritorious one departed from there. 27. Having gained strength, in the town, he made near the mountain; seven hundred men, and food for all. 28. Then the prince, with a thousand and two hundred men; went to the mountain named Girikaṇḍa, surrounded. 29. Girikaṇḍasiva by name, Paṇḍukābhaya's maternal uncle; enjoyed that region, given by Paṇḍuvāsudeva. 30. That king then had a hundred karīsas of ripe (rice) reaped; His daughter, beautiful, was named Pālī, a khattiyā. 31. She, with a large retinue, having mounted a beautiful carriage; taking her father's meal and that for the reapers, went. 32. The prince's men, seeing the maiden there; reported to the prince, and the prince came quickly. 33. Having divided that assembly into two, he sent a hundred carriages; and with his retinue, he asked her, "Where are you going?" 34. When she had told everything, his mind was enamored of her; he asked the khattiyā to share (the meal) with him. 35. She, dismounting from the carriage, gave in a golden bowl; the meal to the prince, at the foot of a banyan tree. 36. He took banyan leaves to feed the remaining people; those leaves instantly became golden vessels. 37. Seeing them, the prince, remembering the brahmin's words; rejoiced, "I have found a maiden fit to be a chief queen!" 38. He fed all of them, yet that food was not exhausted; only a portion for one person seemed to have been taken from it. 39. Thus, the delicate maiden, endowed with meritorious qualities; was known as Suvaṇṇapālī from that time onwards. 40. The prince, taking her, and mounting the carriage; surrounded by a great army, departed without delay. 41. Hearing that, her father sent all his men; they went and fought, but being threatened by them, they returned. 42. A village named Kalahanagara was established there; hearing that, her five brothers came to fight. 43. The son of Paṇḍula slew all of them, like the moon; and their battlefield became known as Lohita Vāhakhaṇḍa. 44. With a great army Now listen, Then that Paṇḍukābhaya; On the far bank of the Gaṅgā, Went to Doḷapabbata. 45. There he lived four years, his uncles there; Having heard, ignoring the king, they came to him for battle. 46. Having set up camp, near Dhūmarakkha mountain; They fought with the nephew, but the nephew with the uncles. 47. He pursued them to this side of the Gaṅgā, having defeated them, he returned; And in their camp, he lived for two years. 48. Having gone to Upatissagāma, they told the king that matter; The king sent a secret letter to the prince. 49. "You settle on the far side of the Gaṅgā, do not come to this side"; Having heard that, the nine royal brothers were angry with him. 50. "You have been his supporter for a long time, but now; You give him the kingdom, therefore, we will kill you," they said. 51. He gave the kingdom to them, and they made their brother named Tissa; All together, the leader of the kingdom. 52. This Abhaya, the giver of safety, for twenty years; There in Upatissagāma, ruled as king. 53. Living on Dhūmarakkha mountain, at the Tumbariyaṅgaṇa lake; A mare-shaped Yakkhi, named Cetiyā, roamed. 54. One of the soldiers, having seen a beautiful, excellent mare; Reported to the prince, "There is such a mare." 55. The prince, taking a bridle, went to catch her; Seeing him coming from behind, she, frightened by his power, fled. 56. She ran, disappearing and reappearing, he pursued her as she ran; Running, she circled the lake seven times. 57. Having descended into the great Gaṅgā, and then having ascended from it; She circled that Dhūmarakkha mountain seven times. 58. She circled that lake again three times, and then again; He descended into the Gaṅgā at Kacchakatittha, there he was. 59. He seized her by the tail, and a palm leaf from the water; By the power of his merit, that became a great sword. 60. He raised the shining sword, "I will die!" she said to him; Having taken the kingdom, I will give it to you, Master, do not kill me. 61. Seizing her by the neck, and piercing her with the point of his sword, he bound her nose with a rope; she became submissive. 62. Going to that smoke-demon, he, the mighty one, mounted it; there he dwelt for four years in the smoke-demon's abode. 63. Then, leaving with his army, he came to Ariṭṭha Mountain; awaiting an auspicious time, he dwelt there for seven years. 64. Leaving aside two uncles, his remaining eight uncles, ready for battle, approached that Ariṭṭha Mountain. 65. Having established a camp in the city, they appointed a general and surrounded Ariṭṭha Mountain on all sides. 66. Having consulted with the ogress, and by her advice, he gave royal regalia and young women as presents. 67. "Take all these things, I will reconcile with you"; saying this, the prince sent his army forward. 68. "I will seize them when they enter," but when they were released, he, mounted on the ogress-mare, preceded by a mighty force. 69. The ogress entered for battle, making a great terrifying roar; her army, both inside and out, made a great clamor. 70. All the prince's men, and many men of the enemy army, having slain the uncles there, made a pile of heads. 71. The general, having fled, entered the thicket; "The general's thicket" is what it is called because of that. 72. Seeing the pile of heads of the eight uncles, he desired it like a pile of gourds; therefore it became Lābugāmaka. 73. Thus, having conquered the battle, then that Paṇḍukābhaya came to the dwelling place of his grandfather Anurādha. 74. His grandfather, having given his own royal house to him, made his dwelling elsewhere; he, however, dwelt in that house. 75. Having caused a soothsayer to be asked, and also one skilled in land-science, he caused a splendid city to be built in that very village. 76. Because of Anurādha's dwelling, it became Anurādhapura; and because it was established under the Anurādha constellation. 77. Having commanded his uncles, a parasol in the Jātassara lake here. Having had it washed and held, he bathed in that very lake with water. 78. His own anointing, Paṇḍukābhaya performed; The queen Suvaṇṇapālī, he anointed as chief queen. 79. He gave the priesthood to Candakumāra, as was proper; And positions to the rest of his servants, as was fitting. 80. Because of his mother's help, and his own kingship; Without killing his elder maternal uncle, Abhaya. 81. He gave him the night kingship, he became the city guardian; From that time onwards, there was a city guardian in the city. 82. Without killing his father-in-law, Girikaṇḍasiva; He gave the Girikaṇṇa region to that same maternal uncle. 83. He had that lake dug, and made much water; By the taking of water for victory, it was called Jayavāpī (Victory Lake). 84. He settled Kālavela, the yakkha, to the east of the city; And the yakkha Cittarāja, below the Abhayavāpī. 85. That former helpful female slave, reborn in the yakkha realm; At the southern gate of the city, the grateful one settled her. 86. Inside the king's dwelling, the mare-faced yakkhiṇī; He settled her and gave offerings to them and others annually. 87. At festival times, he gave offerings with Cittarāja; Sitting on the same seat, a divine and human drama. 88. The king delighted in performing, filled with joy and sport; He also built four gate-villages and the Abhayavāpī. 89. The great cemetery slaughterhouse, and the western queen; The banyan tree of Vessavaṇa, the palm tree of the god of disease. 90. The Yona assembly place, and the great dwelling house; These he established in the direction of the western gate. 91. Five hundred Caṇḍāla men, city cleaners; Two hundred Caṇḍāla men, latrine cleaners. 92. One hundred and fifty Caṇḍālas, corpse removers; And Caṇḍālas guarding the cemetery, he appointed as such. 93. He settled their village, to the north-west of the cemetery; They always performed their appointed tasks. 94. To the north-east of that Caṇḍāla village, and in that direction, named Nīcasusānaka, he made for the Caṇḍālas. 95. To the north of that cemetery, amidst rocky mountains, the dwelling of the Pāli ascetics was then established. 96. In the northern part of that, as far as the Gāmaṇi tank, for many ascetics, a hermitage was built. 97. And to the east of that very cemetery, in the eastern direction, for the Nigaṇṭha Jotiyas, the king built a house. 98. In that very region, the Nigaṇṭha named Giri, and many ascetics of various sects resided. 99. And there too, a temple the king built; for the Nigaṇṭha Kubhaṇḍa, named after him, it was established. 100. Then in the western part, to the east of the ascetics' dwelling, for families of wrong views, five hundred resided there. 101. Beyond Jotiyas' house, and below the Gāmaṇi tank, he also had a park for wanderers built there. 102. And houses for Ājīvakas, and also for Brahmins, and palanquin-bearers' halls, he built here and there. 103. He, ten years after his anointing, established village boundaries; throughout the whole island of Laṅkā, the king of Laṅkā, Paṇḍukābhaya. 104. He, with Kālavelā and Cittarāja, appearing, the king; enjoyed prosperity together, with his Yakkha and Bhūta companions. 105.