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A thousand men, and more women than that, from the families of Khattiyas alone, went forth, having left home. 37. Having gone to Mahāraṭṭha, the sage Mahādhammarakkhita preached the Mahānāradakassapa Jātaka there. 38. Eighty-four thousand attained the path and its fruit. Thirteen thousand went forth near him. 39. Having gone to the Yona country, the sage Mahādhammarakkhita preached the Kāḷakārāma Sutta in the midst of the people. 40. A hundred thousand beings, and seventy thousand, attained the path and its fruit. Ten thousand went forth. 41. Having gone with four other Elders, the Elder Majjhima preached the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta in the Himavanta region. 42. Eighty crores of beings attained the path and its fruit. These five Elders inspired five different countries. 43. A hundred thousand men near each one of them went forth with faith in the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. in the Dispensation. 44. With Uttarathera, the great powerful Sonathera; Went to Suvaṇṇabhūmi, at that very time. 45. Whenever a child was born in the royal household, A fierce ogress would emerge from the sea, And having devoured it, would go away. 46. At that moment, in the royal household, A prince was born; The people, seeing the Theras, Thought they were helpers of the ogresses. 47. Thinking thus, they approached the young woman to kill her; And asking, "What is this?" they said to the Thera. 48. "We are ascetics from the Himalayas, not helpers of ogresses"; That ogress with her retinue had emerged from the ocean. 49. Seeing her, the great multitude cried out with a loud roar; The Thera created double the number of terrifying ogresses. 50. He surrounded that ogress with her retinue on all sides; Thinking, "These are for us to eat," she was terrified and fled. 51. Having established protection for that region on all sides; At that assembly, the Thera preached the Brahmajāla Sutta. 52. Many people established themselves in the refuges and precepts; For sixty thousand, there was the realization of the Dhamma. 53. Thirty-five hundred sons of noble families went forth; Fifteen hundred daughters of noble families went forth. 54. From then on, when a prince was born in the royal household; The kings gave him the name Soṇuttara. 55. The great multitude, having drawn to the Victor, And having attained the deathless happiness, they did good for the world here and there; Who would be negligent in the welfare of the world? In the Mahāvaṃsa, made for the joy and emotion of good people, The Twelfth Chapter, named "The Spreading of the Dispensation in Various Countries." Thirteenth Chapter The Coming of Mahinda 1. The great Mahinda Thera, then twelve years old; Instructed by his preceptor, and by the great wise Saṅgha. 2. To gladden the island of Laṅkā, He considered, awaiting the time; "King Muṭasiva is old, Let his son be king." 3. In the meantime, desiring to see his relatives; And his preceptor and the Saṅgha, , having bowed, ask the king. 4. Taking the four elders, and Saṅghamittā's son; Sumana the novice, endowed with six supernormal powers, of great might. 5. To gather his relatives, he went to Dakkhiṇāgiri; Then, while he was wandering there, six months passed. 6. In due course to Vedisagiri, the city of the Queen Mother; Having arrived, he saw his mother, the Queen, seeing her dear son. 7. Having fed his retinue, he himself had it built; To the Cetiyagiri monastery, he led the venerable one auspiciously. 8. Ruling the Avanti kingdom, given to him by his father; That Prince Asoka, indeed, before going to Ujjenī. 9. Having taken up residence in the city of Vedisa, auspiciously there; Having obtained a maiden named Devī, the daughter of a merchant. 10. He lived together with her, and she conceived by him; In Ujjenī, she gave birth to that Prince Mahinda, auspiciously. 11. After two years had passed, and his daughter Saṅghamittā; At that time she lived, in the city of Vedisa, there. 12. The elder, sitting there, knowing the time, thus thought; The great festival of consecration, commanded by my father. 13. May that King Devānaṃpiyatissa also experience it; And having heard the qualities of the Triple Gem, may he know them from afar. 14. Let him ascend Missaka mountain, on the Uposatha of Jeṭṭha month; Then at that very time, we shall go to the excellent island of Laṅkā. 15. Mahinda approached, the supreme elder Mahinda; "Go to Laṅkā to gladden, you were declared by the Fully Awakened One." 16. "We too shall be supporters there," thus he spoke; Devī's sister's daughter's son, named Bhaṇḍuka. 17. By the elder, to Devī, the Dhamma, having heard it taught; Having attained the fruit of Non-returning, he dwelt near the elder. 18. Having dwelt there for a month, on the Uposatha of Jeṭṭha month; The elder with four elders, and Sumana, and then Bhaṇḍuka. 19. Together with that layman, not bound by family ties; Therefore, from the monastery into the sky, having risen, he, of great might. 20. In an instant, having come here, to the delightful M on the Issaka mountain; He stood on the beautiful Ambaththala, on the Vilukūṭa. 21. He was described by the virtues of the Laṅkā palace; For the good of Laṅkā, by the Sage who lay down at the end; He, like the Master of Laṅkā, for her welfare; Was honored by the gods of Laṅkā and sat there. In the Mahāvaṃsa, made for the joy and emotion of good people, The Arrival of Mahinda, The Thirteenth Chapter. Fourteenth Chapter Entry into the City 1. King Devānaṃpiyatissa, having granted Water sports to the city dwellers, went to hunt deer. 2. Surrounded by forty thousand men, Running on foot, he went to the Missaka mountain. 3. Wishing to show the Elder to the god on that mountain, As if devouring a bush, he stood in the form of a gokaṇṇa (elk). 4. The king, seeing it, thought, "It is not right to shoot this heedless one"; He made the sound of a bowstring, but the gokaṇṇa went into the mountain. 5. The king pursued it, and reaching the Elders, When the Elders were seen by the king, he (the gokaṇṇa) vanished by himself. 6. The Elder, thinking, "If many are seen, he will be too afraid," Showed only himself, seeing that king. 7. Frightened, he stood; the Elder said to him, "Come, Tissa!" By the very word "Tissa," the king thought, "This is a yakkha!" 8. "We are ascetics, great king, disciples of the King of Dhamma; Out of compassion for you, we have come here from Jambudīpa." 9. Thus spoke the Elder; hearing that, the king became fearless; Recalling his friend's message, he was convinced, "They are ascetics." 10. Laying aside his bow and arrow, he approached that sage; Conversing with the Elder, he sat near him. 11. Then his men came and surrounded him; Then the Great Elder showed the other six who had come with him. 12. Seeing them, the king asked, "When did they arrive?" When the Elder said, "With me," he asked this again: 13. "Are there other such ascetics in Jambudīpa?" He said, "Jambudīpa is adorned with yellow robes there. 14. Those with the three knowledges, those with psychic power who have attained the mind-reading knowledge; “Divine-eared Arahants, many are the Buddha’s disciples.” 15. He asked, “By what have you come?” Not by land, not by water; When told, “We have come,” he understood their arrival by air. 16. The greatly wise one, testing, asked a difficult question; Being asked, the king, being asked, answered each question. 17. “This tree, O King, what is its name? This other tree has a name; Leaving this mango, there are many other mango trees.” 18. “Leaving this mango and those mangoes, there are other trees; Venerable Sir, there are many trees, but they are not mango trees.” 19. “Leaving other mangoes and non-mangoes, there are other trees; Venerable Sir, this is a mango tree, you are wise, O ruler of men.” 20. “Are there your relatives, O King?” “Venerable Sir, there are many people; Are there strangers, O King?” “There are many beyond your relatives.” 21. “Leaving your relatives and others, are there still others?” “Venerable Sir, you alone are good, you are wise, O ruler of men.” 22. Knowing him to be wise, the Elder taught the Cūḷahatthipadopama Sutta to the great-minded king. 23. At the end of the discourse, he, together with those men, Forty thousand, became established in the refuges. 24. Food was brought to the king in the evening then; “I will not eat now,” said the king to the people. 25. It is proper to ask, so when the sage was asked about the food; When told, “We do not eat now,” he asked about the time. 26. When the time was told, he said, “Let us go to the city”; “You go, O great king, we will stay here.” 27. “If so, let this prince go with us; For he has come to fruition, O King, he has understood the teaching.” 28. “Desiring ordination, let him stay with us; We will ordain him now, you go, O ruler of the earth.” 29. “I will send a chariot in the morning, you, standing there, to the city Go,” and having bowed to the Elders, he took his belongings and went. 30. He asked about the Elder’s authority, the king’s entire He did not speak. Knowing him to be a Thera, he was pleased, and thought, "These are gains for me." 31. Because of the layman's state of Bhandu, the king's doubt was gone; He knew his human state, thinking, "Let us ordain him." 32. The Thera, at that very moment, in that village boundary, Performed the ordination and higher ordination of the young Bhanduka. 33. At that very moment, he attained Arahantship; The Thera then addressed the novice Sumana. 34. "You announce the time for hearing Dhamma," he asked; "How far, venerable sir, should I announce it?" 35. When the Thera said, "The whole of Tambapaṇṇī," by his psychic power, Announcing throughout the whole of Lanka, he proclaimed the time for Dhamma. 36. The king, with four Nāgas, sitting by the golden side,