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And there he built a stupa, that king Utti. 55. All five of those great elders, and Elder Ariṭṭha and others; And also many thousands, of bhikkhus whose defilements were destroyed. 56. Saṅghamittā and other leading nuns, and those twelve elder nuns; Bhikkhunis whose defilements were destroyed, many thousands of them. 57. Learned and greatly wise, knowing the Vinaya and other scriptures; Having illuminated the teaching for a time, they passed into the sway of impermanence. 58. That king Utti reigned for ten years; Thus is this impermanence, destroyer of all worlds. 59. This extreme daring, this great power, a man cannot ward off; Even knowing impermanence, he becomes disgusted with existence; Disgusted, he does not cultivate detachment or attachment to evil or to merit; Such is the power of this great net of delusion, that even knowing, he is bewildered. In the Mahāvaṃsa, composed for the joy and spiritual urgency of good people, The Chapter on the Parinibbāna of the Elders, The Twentieth Chapter. The Twenty-first Chapter The Five Kings 1. Utti’s younger brother, Mahāsiva, after him, Reigned for ten years, a servant of good people. 2. Pleased with the elders at Bhaddasāla, he built a delightful monastery, Purimāyantu, in the city’s precincts. 3. Mahāsiva’s younger brother, Suratisso, after him, Reigned for ten years, devoted to meritorious deeds. 4. To the south, he built a monastery, Nagaraṃ Gaṇaṃ; And Purimāya Hatthikkhandha, and Gokaṇṇagiri. 5. On Vaṅguttara mountain, and Pācina Pabbata; Near Raheṇaka, and Koḷambakāḷaka. 6. Ariṭṭhapāda Maṃgulaka, Purimāya’ccha Gallaka; Girinelapanāyakaṇḍa, and to the north of the city. 7. Five hundred such monasteries, the lord of the earth built; On both sides of the Gaṅgā, and here and there on the island of Laṅkā. 8. Before his reign and during his reign, for sixty years, he admirably Reigned delightfully with righteousness, reverent towards the Triple Gem. 9. His name in the kingdom was Suvaṇṇapiṇḍatissa; But his name was Suratisso. , by her not having obtained a son. 10. Two sons of a horse-merchant, Damila chieftains; They took King Suratis, Those mighty ones. 11. For twenty-two years, They ruled with righteousness; Having taken them, Asela, The son of Mutasiva. 12. The ninth brother Among his siblings; Ruled in Anuradhapura For ten years. 13. Coming here from the Cola country, A Damila of noble birth, Named Elara, Having seized King Asela. 14. For forty-four years, He ruled; In matters of justice, He was impartial to friends and foes. 15. At the head of his bed, A bell with a very long rope; He hung it for those Who wished to proclaim justice. 16. One son and one daughter, Were there for that king; The king's son, going to Tissa-vapi By chariot. 17. A young calf on the road, Lying with its mother cow; He crushed its neck with the wheel, Unintentionally killing it. 18. The cow went and struck that bell, Having the intention to strike; The king cut off his son's head With that very wheel. 19. A snake devoured a bird's chick In a palm tree; The mother bird of that chick, Went and struck the bell. 20. The king commanded, And having split its belly; He had the chick removed, And the snake put on the palm tree. 21. That king, Though not knowing the excellence of the Triple Gem, Maintained his conduct. 22. Going to the Cetiya-dabba, Having invited the community of monks; Coming back in his chariot, With the tip of the chariot's yoke. 23. He caused A part of the Jinathupa to break; The ministers said to him, "O King, the Thupa has been broken by you." 24. Even though it was done unintentionally, That king dismounted from the chariot; And pleaded, "Cut off my head with the wheel." 25. "O great king, the Teacher does not wish for harm to others; Make the Thupa as it was, and ask for forgiveness," they told him. 26. To replace the fifteen Fallen stones, ahiṃ; Fifteen thousand kahāpaṇas he gave, being in the rainy season. 27. The old woman made rice, he threw the dam into the sun; The god rained out of season, and soaked her rice. 28. Taking the rice, she went, and struck that bell; Hearing of the unseasonal rain, he released that amount. 29. The king, practicing righteousness, (thought) "May I receive rain in season"; To decide her case, he lay down in fasting. 30. The divine collector of offerings, overwhelmed by the king's power; Went and reported it to the Four Great Kings. 31. They, taking it, went and reported to Sakka; Sakka, calling Pajjunna, arranged for rain in season. 32. The divine collector of offerings reported it to the king; From then on, in that kingdom, the god did not rain by day. 33. The god rained at night for seven days, in the middle of the watch; Everywhere, even the small enclosures, became full. 34. This one, merely freed from the fault of wrong-doing, even with wrong views, attained such power; How then should a wise person here not abandon the fault of wrong-doing, being equal to pure view? In the Mahāvaṃsa, made for the joy and spiritual urgency of good people, The chapter called "The Five Kings" The Twenty-first Chapter. The Twenty-second Chapter The Story of Gāmaṇī Kumāra 1. Having slain Eḷāra, Duṭṭhagāmaṇī became king; This is a sequential story to illustrate that matter. 2. The second brother of King Devānaṃpiyatissa, the viceroy Mahānāga by name, was dear to his brother. 3. The king's queen, with her son, a foolish woman desirous of the kingdom; Continuously harbored the thought to kill the viceroy. 4. She sent (a message) to him while he was having the Taraccha tank built; Having poisoned a mango, she placed it on top of the mangoes. 5. Her son, a child, who had gone with the viceroy; As soon as the vessel was opened, ate that mango and died. 6. From that very place, the viceroy, with his wife, army, and vehicles; To protect himself, went towards Rohaṇa. 7. In the Yaṭṭhālaya monastery, ma she, being pregnant, laughed. He begot a son for her, and named him Bhātu. 8. Then, going to Rohaṇa, That lord, all-powerful in Rohaṇa, A great chief in a great village, The khattiya ruled the kingdom. 9. He built the Nāgamahāvihāra, named after himself; And many other vihāras, such as Uddhakandarakā. 10. Yaṭṭhālaya Tissa, his son, after his demise, Ruled the kingdom; likewise, his son Abhaya. 11. Goṭṭhābhaya’s son, known as Kāka-vaṇṇa Tissa, After his demise, that khattiya ruled the kingdom there. 12. Vihāradevi was the name of that king’s chief queen; A daughter of the devout and faithful King Kalyāṇi. 13. In Kalyāṇi, the king was a khattiya named Tissa; The younger brother of the prince born from the union with Devi. 14. Frightened, he fled from there, named Ayyauttiya; He lived elsewhere, and that place was named after him. 15. Giving a secret letter, he sent a man disguised as a bhikkhu; He went to the queen and stood at the royal gate. 16. In the king’s house, always eating with the Arahant; Unrecognized by the elder, he approached the king’s house. 17. Having eaten with the elder, as the king was leaving; He dropped the letter on the ground, while the queen was watching. 18. By that sound, the king turned back and looked; Knowing the message of the letter, the foolish one was angry with the elder. 19. He angrily had that elder and that man killed; And cast them into the sea, at which the deity was enraged. 20. The deity, the lord of the earth, had that region covered by the sea; And his own beautiful daughter, named Devi, was sent to battle. 21. Having quickly written “King’s Daughter” on a golden casket; He placed her in it and released her into the sea. 22. She landed in Laṅkā, and the king Kāka-vaṇṇa; Anointed her, and from that came the name Vihāropapada. 23. Tissa Mahāvihāra, and also Cittala Pabbata; Gamitthavāli, Kuṭāli, and other such vihāras. . 24. Having made with a very pure, mind in the Triple Gem; He then attended the Saṅgha, with the four requisites. 25. In the monastery named Koṭipabbata, He was then a novice, always doing various merits. 26. For easy ascent, in the cetiya courtyard, He placed three stones, stone slabs, he did. 27. He gave a drink offering, and performed service for the Saṅgha; Always for his body, weary, a great awakening occurred. 28. Bringing by palanquin, the grateful bhikkhus; In the Silāpassaya monastery, in Tissārāma, they attended. 29. Always the queen of the monastery, in the well-prepared royal house; Before meal, a great offering, having given to the restrained Saṅgha. 30. After meal, perfumes and garlands, medicines and robes; Having taken, she went to the monastery, honoring them as appropriate. 31. Then having done likewise, she, near the elder of the Saṅgha; Sat down, the elder, teaching the Dhamma, said this to her. 32. “This great prosperity, you have obtained through meritorious deeds; Diligence should be done, in meritorious deeds even now.” 33. When this was said, she said, “What prosperity is this here? For we have no children, so it is barren prosperity for us.” 34. The great elder, with six supernormal powers, seeing the gain of a son; “See that sick novice, O queen,” he said. 35. She went and spoke to that novice, who was near death; “Wish to be my son, for our prosperity is great.” 36. Knowing he did not wish, for that great auspicious purpose; Having made a flower offering, the wise one again pleaded. 37. Even so, to him unwilling, skilled in means for his benefit; Having given various medicines and robes to the Saṅgha, then she pleaded. 38. He wished for the royal family, she, that place in many ways; Having adorned and worshipped, she mounted a vehicle and departed. 39. Then, having passed away, the novice, while the queen was going; Was reborn in her womb, knowing that, she returned. 40. Having given that message to the king, with the king again, from the village. Having performed the funeral rites,