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Standing there, the lord of men, the lord of sages, made an aspiration: “May all humans on the Mandadīpa island see me today. 133. May all humans who wish to come to me come without difficulty, and quickly!” said the Great Sage. 134. Seeing that illuminating Sage, and the illuminating mountain, the king and the citizens quickly approached. 135. Many people, for the victory of their own side, and deities for making offerings, came to that mountain. 136. The deities thought it was a god, the Lord of the World with his Sangha; the king and the prince, amazed, abandoned the battle. 137. The king, greatly delighted, saluted that King of Sages; having invited him for a meal, he brought him near the city. 138. Thinking, “This place is pleasant and unobstructed, most suitable for the Sangha of the Lord of Sages to sit.” 139. In a charming pavilion that was built, on excellent seats, the king seated the Sambuddha with his Sangha here. 140. Seeing the Lord of the World with his Sangha seated here, people from the island brought offerings from all sides. 141. With their own food and drinks, and those brought from various places, the king satisfied that Lord of the World with his Sangha. 142. Here, after the meal, to the Victor seated there, the king gave the great Sāgara garden as an excellent offering. 143. In the great Sāgara forest, adorned with unseasonal flowers, when accepted by the Buddha, the great earth trembled. 144. Seated right there, the Leader taught the Dhamma; then twenty thousand people attained the fruit of stream-entry. . 145. Having stayed during the day, in the great ocean forest; In the evening the Fortunate One went, to the land where the first Bodhi stood. 146. Seated there, having entered, and risen from concentration; Thus thought the Fully Enlightened One, for the welfare of the island dwellers. 147. "Bringing the southern branch, of my Nigrodha Bodhi; Let Bhikkhunī Sudhammā come, now with bhikkhunīs." 148. Knowing his thought, that elder nun immediately; Taking the king there, approached that tree. 149. Having caused a mark to be made on the southern branch, she of great psychic power; That which was cut with red arsenic, stood in a golden bowl. 150. Taking the Bodhi by psychic power, with five hundred bhikkhunīs; Having brought it here, great king, surrounded by deities. 151. That golden bowl, extended by the Buddha; She placed it in his right hand, the Tathāgata took it. 152. To establish it, he gave it to the king, to Jayanta, there; In the Mahāsāgara garden, the king established it. 153. Then having gone, the Fully Enlightened One, to the north of the Nāgamāḷaka; Taught the Dhamma to Dhana, seated in the Asoka pavilion. 154. Having heard that Dhamma discourse, the realization of Dhamma there; Occurred for four thousand beings, O lord of men. 155. That place where the former Buddhas sat, having gone there again to the north; Seated there, having entered, and risen from concentration. 156. The Fully Enlightened One taught the Dhamma, to the assembly there; Ten thousand beings, attained the highest fruits. 157. That water-strainer relic, for men to venerate; Having given it with its retinue; Having placed the bhikkhunī here. 158. With a thousand bhikkhus, and the disciple Sabbanandi; Having placed them beyond the river, from the Sudassana pavilion. 159. In the Somanassa pavilion, having instructed the people; With the Saṅgha, having risen into the sky, the Conqueror went to Jambudīpa. 160. In this eon, the fourth Conqueror was Gotama; The Teacher, knower of all dhammas, compassionate to all worlds. 161. First he came here Oh, he expelled the yakkhas; A second time, having come again, he tamed the nāgas. In Kalyāṇī, invited by a nāga with jewel-eyes; A third time, having come again with the Saṅgha, he ate there. The place where the former Bodhi stood, and this stupa-place; And the place of relics of use, he enjoyed by sitting. From the places where former Buddhas stood, having gone down, the Great Sage; The Lamp of the World in the island of Laṅkā, because there were no humans then. He instructed the assembly of devas dwelling on the island, and the nāgas; With the Saṅgha, having risen into the sky, the Conqueror went to Jambudīpa. Thus, this place, O King, was resorted to by four Buddhas; In that place, O Great King, a stupa will be in the future. Containing a doṇa of the Buddha's bodily relics; A hundred and twenty cubits high, renowned as Hemamālī. "I myself will have it built," wished the lord of the earth; "Here are many other tasks for you, O protector of the earth." "Have those done by your grandson, but this one will be built by; The son of your brother Mahānāga, the viceroy." "He will be a king in the future, named Yaṭṭhālayatissa; A king named Goṭṭhābhaya will be his son." "His son will be named Kākaṇṇatissa; The son of that king, O King, will be a great king." "Known by the name Abhaya, with the appellation Duṭṭhagāmaṇī; He will have this stupa built here, of great power, psychic might, and valor." So said the elder. At the elder's words, the king; Erected a stone pillar, having caused that event to be inscribed. The delightful Great Meghavana, the Tissārāma, the great earth; The great elder Mahinda, having received it, mighty in power. Unshaken, having shaken the earth in eight places; Having entered the city, like the ocean, for alms. Having performed the meal-duty in the king's house, having left the mansion; Sitting in the Nandanavana, like a mass of fire there. Having taught the discourse to the people, a thousand humans there; Having caused them to attain the path and its fruit, great... dwelt in the Great Cloud Park. 178. On the third day, the Elder, having eaten in the king's house; Seated in the pleasure grove, preached on the cobra-like. 179. Having brought a thousand men to comprehension there; The Elder went to Tissārāma, and the king, having heard the teaching. 180. Seating himself near the Elder, he asked about the Buddha's Dispensation; "Is it established, Bhante?" "Not yet, O lord of men." 181. "For the purpose of Uposatha and other acts, by the Buddha's command, O lord of men; When a boundary is established here, the Dispensation will be established." 182. Thus spoke the Great Elder, and the king said to him; "By the Buddha's command, I will establish it within, O glorious one." 183. "Therefore, make the city a boundary within, quickly establish it;" Thus spoke the great king, the Elder said to him. 184. "If so, you yourself, O lord of the earth, decide; The place for the boundary, we will establish it for your welfare." 185. Saying "So be it," the lord of the earth, like the lord of devas in Nandana; From the Great Cloud Park, entered his own palace. 186. On the fourth day, the Elder, having eaten in the king's house; Seated in the pleasure grove, preached on the fireless. 187. Having given the drink of immortality to a thousand men there; The Great Elder approached the Great Cloud Park. 188. In the morning, having had the drum beaten, and adorned the excellent city; And the path to the monastery village, and the monastery all around. 189. The best of chariots, seated in a chariot, adorned with all ornaments; With ministers, with the harem, with his army and vehicles. 190. With a great retinue, he approached his own park; There, having approached the Elders, and worshipped those worthy of worship. 191. Having gone with the Elders to the upper ford of the river; Then he went plowing, taking a golden plow. 192. Mahāpaduma and Kuñjara, both auspicious elephants; Harnessed to golden plows, at the first Kuntamālaka. 193. The great four-fold army, the king with the Elders; Taking the plow handle, the subduer of enemies, showing. 194. An adorned full pot, a beautiful flag of various colors. A bowl of sandalwood powder, And a staff of gold and silver. A mirror full of flowers, A casket of flower offerings; Surrounded by women carrying Arches, plantains, umbrellas, and so forth. Resounding with various instruments, Surrounded by a multitude of forces; Filling the four directions With songs of praise and good fortune. He made the sound of "Sādhu!" And with hundreds of thrown garments; The king went forth, Performing a great festival and offering. Circumambulating the monastery And also the city; Reaching the river, He completed the boundary-marking journey. "By which marks Did the boundary reach here?" If you wish to know The places the boundary reached, understand thus. At the stone ford of the river, At the stone wall-enclosure; From there, to the Kumbala-enclosure, From there, he went to the great Nipa tree. From there, to the Kukudha-pāḷiṅga, From there, to the great courtyard; From there, to the Khujjamadhula, From there, to the Marutta pond. In the Vijayārāma garden, He went to the northern gatehouse; To the Gajakumbhaka stone, In the middle of the Thusavaṭṭhika. In Abhaya, to the Balāka stone, In the middle of the great cemetery; Having gone to the Dīghapāsāṇa, From the village of Kammāradeva. Having gone to the Nigrodha maṅgaṇa, Near Hiyagalla; To the shrine of Diyāvasa the brahmin, To the southeast. From there, to the Telumapāliṅga, From there, to the Tāla crossroads; To the left of the horse-circle, Two Kadamba trees grew. From there, to the Marumba ford, From there, he went upstream; To the east of the first cetiya, Two Kadamba trees grew. In the reign of Senindagutta, The Damiḷas, for water purification; Diverted the river far away, And brought it near the city. The living Kadamba tree Was within the boundary; By the bank of the dead Kadamba, The boundary went to the upstream Kadamba. Rising from the Sīhasinā ford, Going along the bank; Having gone to the stone ford, The sage struck the boundary mark. And when this boundary mark Was struck, gods and humans; Uttered "Sādhu!", "The Dispensation is well-established!"