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the prince's father." Having written a letter in this very manner, he handed it to him. Full-grown garments, And many gifts. 34. Having given and fed him, He sent him to his friend; He, in the increasing shade, Went to the king’s son. 35. He presented the letter and gifts To the prince; Pleased, he said, “Please him With a thousand.” 36. Others, servants of the prince, Were jealous of him; He pleased the boy With ten thousand. 37. Having had his hair cut, And bathed him in the Ganges; A pair of full-grown garments, And beautiful perfumes and garlands; Having dressed him, anointed him, And adorned him handsomely. 38. They wrapped his head with a silk band, And brought him; He had food given to him From his own portion. 39. His own auspicious couch, Worth ten thousand; The Khattiya gave that warrior For sleeping. 40. He gathered everything together, And took it to his parents; He gave ten thousand to his mother, And the couch to his father. 41. Coming that very night, He saw him at the guard post; In the morning, the prince, Hearing this, was delighted. 42. Having given him his belongings, And his retinue as well; Having given ten thousand, He sent him to his father. 43. The warrior, taking ten thousand To his parents; Having given it to them, the king Approached the three Kāka-vaṇṇa. 44. The king presented him To the chief’s son; Honored like a celestial being, The warrior lived with him. 45. In Kuṭumbarikaṇṇikā, And in the village of Hundarīvā; The eighth son of Tissa Was named Soṇa. 46. Even at seven years old, He pulled down palm trees; At ten years old, He pulled down palm trees with great strength. 47. At that time, that great Soṇa Had the strength of ten elephants; The king, hearing of such a one, Took him from his father. 48. He gave him to the chief’s son For his upbringing; Thus honored, the warrior Lived with him. 49. In the country named Giri, In the village of Nicchelaviṭṭhika; There was a Mahānāga With the strength of ten elephants. ajo. 50. Because of his small body, he was named Goṭṭhaka; His six elder brothers made fun of him. 51. They went to the bean field, cut down a great forest; Leaving his share aside, they went and told him. 52. He went at that very moment, to the trees called imbara; Having plucked and made it even, he went and told the earth. 53. His brothers went, saw the wondrous work; Praising his work, they came to him. 54. From that time on, he was named Goṭṭhayimbara; The king likewise sent him to the village headman. 55. Near Koṭipabbata, in the village of Kittigāma, A householder named Rohaṇa had a son of his own. 56. He gave him the same name as King Goṭṭhakāhaya; That boy was strong, twelve years old. 57. Unliftable stones, by four or five men; He threw them while playing, like play-balls. 58. When he was sixteen years old, his father had made for him; A club thirty-eight inches in circumference, and sixteen cubits long. 59. Of ripe coconuts, hitting their trunks with it; He felled them with that, he became known as Yo Dho. 60. The king likewise sent him to the village headman; He was the father of the attendant Mahāsumma Thera. 61. That householder, having heard the Dhamma from Mahāsumma Thera; Attained the fruit of stream-entry, in the monastery at Koḷapabbata. 62. Having felt a sense of urgency, he informed the king; Giving his household to his son, he went forth with the Thera. 63. Having practiced meditation, he attained arahantship; His son was therefore known as Theraputtābhayā. 64. In the village of Kappakandara, a son was born to Kumāra; Named Bharaṇa, when he was twelve years old. 65. Going to the forest with boys, he chased many hares; Kicking them with his foot, he threw them to the ground in two pieces. 66. Going to the forest with villagers, when he was sixteen; He likewise quickly felled , deer, gokaṇṇa, and wild boar. 67. Bharana, that great warrior, Became famous because of him; The king likewise settled him, Near the village headman. 68. In the mountain village, in the country, in the courtyard village of the householder; A householder named Vasabha, was esteemed there. 69. Vela was his country, Sumana the mountain chieftain; When sons were born to his friend, with gifts as a prelude. 70. Both went and gave a name to the child; The mountain chieftain settled him, when he grew up, in his own house. 71. His one Sindhu horse, did not allow anyone to ride it; But seeing Velusumana, "This one is suitable to ride for me." 72. Thinking, "He is suitable," He neighed with joy; Knowing that, the chieftain said to him, "Ride the horse." 73. He mounted the horse and quickly made it gallop in a circle; The horse was seen as if tied, in the entire circle. 74. He sat on its back, as if a rain cloud, while it galloped; He even loosened his upper garment, and tied it again carelessly. 75. Seeing that, the entire assembly, raised a shout of applause; Giving ten thousand (coins), that mountain chieftain to him. 76. "This one is fit for the king," he joyfully gave him to the king; The king, Velusumana, near himself. 77. Having honored him, settled him with great respect; In the corner of Nakulanagara, in the village of Mahinda Doṇika. 78. At the end of Abhaya, there was a strong son named Deva; But being slightly lame, they knew him as Khañjadeva (Lame Deva). 79. Going with the villagers for deer meat, he then; Chasing buffaloes, large ones, standing up. 80. Seizing their legs with his hand, whirling them above his head; The youth crushed them to the ground, their bones. 81. Hearing that report, the king; Had Khañjadeva brought, and settled him near the village headman. 82. Near Cittalapabbata, in a village named Kapiṭṭha; There was a son of Uppala, named Phussadeva. 83. Going with the princes, that young prince to the monastery; Worshiping the Bodhi tree. Taking this conch, he blew it with force. 84. Like the sound of a thunderbolt, great was his sound; All the children were as if mad, terrified. 85. Thus he became known as Ummāda-phussa Deva; His father had him taught the art of archery, which was ancestral. 86. He was a sound-piercer, a lightning-piercer, a hair-piercer; A cart full of sand, a hundred tied bows, 87. A thunderbolt-wood of fig, eight or sixteen finger-breadths; And an iron plate, four finger-breadths thick, 88. He would pierce through with an arrow shot by his ear; On land it would go eight leagues, in water, one league. 89. Hearing this, the great king, the news from his father, Had him also summoned and settled him with the chieftain. 90. Near the city of Tulādhāra, in the village of Vihāravāpi, There was a son of Mattakuṭumbi, named Vasabha. 91. Because of his well-formed body, they called him Labhiya Vasabha; At the age of twenty, he was of great stature and strength. 92. Taking only a few men, he began to work; Wishing to make a field, he, being very strong, made a great tank. 93. Where ten or twelve men were needed to carry a load, He, carrying lumps of earth, quickly finished the tank. 94. Thus he became famous, and the king, taking him, After honoring him, gave him to the chieftain. 95. The field became known as Vasabhodakavāra; Thus Labhiya Vasabha lived with the chieftain. 96. The king then had these ten great warriors Honored with honors equal to those of his son. 97. Summoning the ten great warriors, the lord of the land said, “Let each of you seek out ten warriors.” 98. They brought warriors accordingly, and the king told them To seek out a thousand warriors in the same way. 99. They brought warriors accordingly, and the king told them Again to seek out a thousand warriors in the same way. 100. They brought warriors accordingly, and all of them combined Were eleven thousand and one hundred warriors. Thus ten. 101. All of them, having received honors, always from the king; They dwelt, surrounding that prince Gāmaṇi. 102. Thus, having heard of the marvel born of good conduct, A wise and fortunate man, averse to the path of evil, Should delight in the path of good, always. In the Mahāvaṃsa, composed for the joy and spiritual urgency of good people, The chapter named The Acquisition of Warriors, The twenty-third chapter. The twenty-fourth chapter The War of the Two Brothers 1. Skilled in elephant training, and in the use of weapons; That prince Gāmaṇi then dwelt in Mahāgāma. 2. The king settled Prince Tissa in Dīghavāpi; To protect the province, which was rich in forces and vehicles. 3. While Gāmaṇi was a prince, seeing his own strength; He told his royal father, "I will fight the Damila people." 4. The king, protecting him, said, "Enough, below the Gaṅgā!" He forbade him a third time, but he spoke likewise. 5. "My father, being a man, would not speak thus, therefore;" He sent him women's ornaments. 6. The king, angered by him, said, "Make a golden chain; With that I will bind him, for he cannot be protected otherwise." 7. Having fled to Malaya, angered by his father, he went; Because of his rebellious attitude towards his father, they called him Duṭṭhagāmaṇi. 8. The king then began to build the Mahāmaṅgala Cetiya; When the Cetiya was finished, the king assembled the Saṅgha. 9. Twelve thousand monks were from Cittala Mountain; From here and there, twelve thousand more assembled. 10. Having performed the Cetiya festival, the king, before the Saṅgha; Gathered all the warriors and made them take an oath then. 11. "We will not go to the place of conflict between the sons"; All took the oath, and so they did not go to that war. 12. That king built sixty-four monasteries; And having lived for that many years, he died there then. 13. Taking the king's body, the queen in a covered vehicle; Having taken it to Tissa Mahārāma, that to the Saṅgha. 14. Tissakumāra, hearing that, came from Dīghavāpi; He performed the funeral rites for his father respectfully, himself.