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15. Taking his mother and the elephant Kaṇḍula, the mighty one, Out of fear of his brother, he quickly went to Dīghavāpi from there. 16. To report that news to Duṭṭhagāmaṇi, The assembled ministers sent a letter. 17. He came to Guttahāla, and sending out spies there, He went to Mahāgāma and himself consecrated the kingdom. 18. He sent a letter to his brother for his mother and Kaṇḍula; Not receiving them even after the third time, he came to war. 19. There was a great battle between the two at Cūḷaṅgaṇiyapiṭṭhi; There, many thousands of the king’s men fell. 20. The king and Tissāmacca and the mare Dīghutunikā, Only those three fled, as the prince pursued. 21. Between the two, the bhikkhus created a mountain; Seeing that, he turned back, saying, "This is the work of the Bhikkhu Saṅgha." 22. Near the Kappakandara river, having come to the Javamālī ford, The king said to Tissāmacca, "We are hungry." 23. The rice thrown into the golden bowl, he took it out; Giving it to the Saṅgha to eat, he made it into four portions. 24. "Announce the time!" he said. Tissa announced the time; Hearing with divine ear, the giver to the king's friend. 25. The Elder Piyaṅgu, dwelling on the island, appointed an Elder there; Tissa, the son of a householder, came there through the sky. 26. Tissa, taking the alms-bowl, gave it to the king; The king had his share for the Saṅgha put into the bowl. 27. Tissa put in his share, and the mare also put in her share; Tissa put the unwanted share into the bowl. 28. That full bowl of rice the king gave to the Elder; He quickly went through the sky and gave it to Gotama Thera. 29. The Elder, having given portions of food to the five hundred bhikkhus who were eating, was satisfied with what he received. tikā. 30. Filling the bowl with portions, he threw it into the air for the king; Seeing it come, he caught it, and fed the king Tissa. 31. After he himself had eaten, he also fed the mare; For seven days, making a head-pad, the king sent away the bowl. 32. Going to the great village, gathering his forces again; Sixty thousand for battle, he went and fought with his brothers. 33. The king mounted the mare, Tissa the elephant Kaṇḍūla; The two brothers met, fighting in battle then. 34. The king, having made a circle with the mare, could not find an opening; He decided to make it leap. 35. Leaping the mare, onto the brother's elephant; He threw a spear like a hide, so that it cut the back. 36. Many thousands of men fell there for the prince; Fighting in battle, the great army was broken. 37. "Due to the rider's weakness, a woman leaped over me!" The enraged elephant, shaking, approached a tree. 38. The prince climbed the tree, the elephant approached its master; Mounting it and fleeing, the prince pursued him. 39. Entering the monastery, he went to the great elder's dwelling; Lying down under the bed, the prince, fearing his brother. 40. The great elder spread a robe on the bed there; The king, following closely, asked, "Where is Tissa?" 41. "On the bed, great king," the elder told him; Knowing he was under the bed, the king then departed. 42. Around the monastery, he had guards placed; Lying down on a mat, with a robe placed over him. 43. Holding the bedposts, four young monks; By the custom for a dead nun, carried the prince out. 44. Knowing he was being carried out, the king said this: "Tissa, you are going out on the heads of the family deities. 45. There is no forcible capture by the family deities for me; You should remember the virtue of the family deities, always." 46. From that very place The king went to the great village; And there, respecting his mother, He gave orders to his mother. 47. [For sixty-eight years, He, with a mind firm in righteousness, stood; And the king had sixty-eight monasteries built.] 48. But Prince Tissa, expelled by the bhikkhus, Went to Dīghavāpi like any other. 49. The prince, whose body was like a monitor lizard, Said to the Elder Tissa: "I am at fault, venerable sir, I will ask my brother for forgiveness." 50. Taking five hundred bhikkhus, As attendants for Tissa, The Elder went to the king. 51. Leaving the prince at the top of the steps, The faithful Elder entered with the Saṅgha, And the king had them seated. 52. The Elder offered gruel and so forth, And the king said to Tissa, "Why have you come, taking it?" 53. When asked, "Where is the thief?" He revealed the place where he stood; Vihāradevī went and hid her son. 54. The king said to the Elder, "You know Our state of servitude now; Send me a seven-year-old novice. 55. Without loss of life, there will be no quarrel for us; The king will punish the Saṅgha for its fault in the breach." 56. "Your task will be accomplished, Take the gruel and so forth," he said; Giving it to the community of bhikkhus, He called his brother. 57. Seated there in the midst of the Saṅgha, Together with his brother, He ate and then dismissed the community of bhikkhus. 58. He sent Tissa there to do agricultural work; He himself, having sounded the drum, also did agricultural work. 59. Thus, who among wise men Would not have a mind well-calmed towards others, Thinking, "Thus, good people Quell many accumulated enmities"? Here ends the twenty-fourth chapter, Called "The War of the Two Brothers," In the Mahāvaṃsa, composed for the serene joy and emotion of the good. Chapter Twenty-Five The Victory of Duṭṭhagāmaṇi 1. Then King Duṭṭhagāmaṇi, Having gathered the people, Placed the relic in his spear, having yoked, with his yoked strong vehicles. 2. Having gone to the great Tissa monastery, having saluted, he spoke to the Sangha: “I shall go across the river, to illuminate the Dispensation. 3. Give me bhikkhus to honor, to go with us; For auspiciousness and protection, the sight of bhikkhus is beneficial.” 4. The Sangha gave five hundred ascetics for the purpose of the deed; Having taken the assembly of bhikkhus, then the king departed. 5. Having cleared the path of approach here in Malaya, Mounted on the elephant Kaṇḍula, surrounded by warriors. 6. With a great army, he set out for battle; The army, connected with Mahāgāma, went to Guttahālaka. 7. Having reached Mahiyaṅgaṇa, he seized the Damiḷa umbrella; Having slain the Damiḷas there, having come to Ambatitthaka. 8. The Damiḷa of Ambatittha, endowed with the Gaṅgā as a moat, He fought for four months, a skilled and mighty one. 9. Having shown his mother, he seized it by that stratagem; Then having descended upon the Damiḷas, seven mighty kings. 10. Having seized them in one day, the mighty one made it safe; He gave wealth to the army, therefore it is called Khemārāma. 11. In the great Koṭṭha ravine, he seized Doṇa Gavara; In Hālakola, Issariya; in Nāḷisobha, Nāḷika. 12. In Dīghābhayagallaka, he seized Dīghābhaya; At Kacchipiṭṭha, Kapisīsa, he seized in four months. 13. In Koṭanagara, Koṭa; then Hālavahāṇaka; In Vahiṭṭha, Vahiṭṭhadamiḷa; in Gāmaṇi, Gāmaṇi. 14. In Kumbhagāma, Kumbha; in Nandigāma, Nandika; He seized Khāṇu in Khāṇugāma; and two in Tambuṇṇama. 15. The maternal uncle and the nephew, in the place called Tambauṇṇama; He seized Jambuka, and that village was called by that name. 16. “Without knowing, my own army slays its own people,” thus; Having heard, the king made an act of truth there. 17. “This striving is never for the joy of kingship for me; This is for the establishment of the Dispensation of the Perfectly Enlightened One. 18. By that truth, may my army-body be victorious.” a ball; "Let it be the color of a net!" And so it was. 19. The Tamils, all who escaped slaughter, entered the city named Vijita, for refuge, by the bank of the Gaṅgā. 20. In a convenient courtyard, he established a camp; That camp became known by the name of... 21. The king, contemplating how to capture Vijita city, seeing Nandimitta approaching, sent Kaṇḍula forth. 22. Nandimitta, with his hands, seized the elephant that came to take him; He pressed both tusks, and made it kneel. 23. Since Nandimitta fought with the elephant at that very place, from that time, that village is called Hatthipora. 24. Having considered both, the king went to Vijita city; At the southern gate, for the warriors, the battle was terrible. 25. At the eastern gate, Veḷusumana, slaughtered many thousands of mounted Tamils. 26. The Tamils closed the gate, the king dispatched his warriors; Kaṇṇula and Nandimitta, and Suranimila at the south. 27. Mahāsoṇa and Goṭṭha, and the son of Thera, those three; At the three gates, they performed their deeds then. 28. That city, with three moats, protected by high walls; Its gates made of iron, impregnable to enemies. 29. Kneeling, with its tusks, breaking the stone weapons; That elephant, with bricks, approached the iron gate. 30. The Tamils on the gate-tower threw various weapons; Heated iron balls, and sticky resin. 31. When the sticky resin, smoking, was thrown on its back, Kaṇḍula, afflicted with pain, went to a water place, and plunged into it there. 32. "This is not a drinking bout for you, but the breaking of the iron gate; Go and break the gate!" Thus spoke Goṭṭhayimbara. 33. Generating pride, the excellent elephant trumpeted; Rising from the water, it stood on land, full of might. 34. Removing the elephant's harness, he applied medicine to the resin; The king, mounting that elephant, with his hand touched its temples. "In the whole island of Lanka, I give you the kingdom, dear Kaṇḍula." Having thus pleased him, And fed him excellent food, Having wrapped him in a cloth, And made him well-armored, Sevenfold buffalo hide, Was bound to his back. And having given him an oiled hide, He sent him forth. Roaring like thunder, He took the obstacles with him. He pierced the plank with his tusks, Struck the threshold with his foot. That door, with its supporting beams, Fell with a crash to the ground.