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mounted on a noble elephant; Going to Tissa Lake for a bath, on the main road. 113. He saw a great Nāga, afflicted with a stomach illness; Near the monastery of Puttabhāga, at an anthill. thake. 114. He showed the disease in his belly, called a tumor; Lying down, he then thought, "Therefore, he is sick," he concluded. 115. Then, having mounted the great Nāga, approaching the great Nāga; The great Nāga spoke thus, to the Nāga who had come. 116. "Your reason, great Nāga, is known to me upon your arrival; You are indeed of great power, quickly prone to anger. 117. Therefore, to touch that deed, it is not possible for me to do it for you; Without touching, it is also not possible, what then is to be done here?" 118. Thus spoken, that king of serpents, only his hood; Having inserted it into the hole, lay down composed. 119. Then approaching him, taking the knife That was in his lap, splitting open the belly of that serpent. 120. Having removed the impurity from there, and applied excellent medicine; He made that serpent well at that very moment. 121. He praised himself thus, "My great compassion; Even animals know it, well do they delight in what I have done. 122. Seeing himself well, that king of serpents, to the king; To honor him, gave his own precious gem. 123. For the stone image of the Fully Awakened One, he had it made; That gem as an eye, the king, in the Abhayuttara monastery. 124. One monk, begging for alms, in the village of Thusavitthika; Having received dry alms, wandered for milk alms. 125. Having received milk with living creatures, he consumed it in his belly; The creatures, becoming strong, ate his belly. 126. Then he approached, and reported it to the king; The king said, "This pain has arisen, when did you take it, what kind?" 127. He said, "In Thusavitthi, in the village, with milk as food; When eaten," the king understood, "the milk had living creatures." 128. At that very time, one horse, was to be treated by bloodletting; The king, having performed bloodletting on it, took the blood. 129. Having made the monk drink it, he said, "Pass a moment"; "It is horse blood," hearing that, the monk vomited. 130. The creatures, by the blood , he came out, happy he was; The king informed the monk, about his own belly thus. 131. "With a single stroke of the knife, the creatures, O monk, were removed; I was made healthy, truly, what a great medical act!" 132. One, while drinking water, swallowed a small snake unknowingly; he had swallowed it then, from that, a snake was born. 133. Inside, by its sharp beak, tormented by that pain; he went to the king, asking him the cause. 133. Inside, by its sharp beak, tormented by that pain; he went to the king, asking him the cause. 134. Knowing it was a snake inside, he fasted for seven days; well-bathed and anointed, on a well-spread bed. 135. Then he made him lie down, with his mouth open in sleep; having opened it, he slept then, then near his mouth. 136. A piece of meat was placed, with a string, it came out for him; biting it by its smell, it began to come out from inside. 137. Then taking it by the string, he pulled the creature out; having dropped it into water, he spoke these words. 138. "Jīvaka was indeed the physician of the Perfectly Enlightened One; he knows the work of the world, what is difficult for him to do? 139. Even such a difficult task, there is no doubt about this work; doing it with all diligence, oh, my merit and compassion! 140. Likewise, in Helloliga village, a Caṇḍāla woman with a difficult pregnancy; after seven days, he made her deliver happily. 141. One monk, by wind-sickness, was made to rise; he was gone to Gopānasī, the wise one released him from suffering. 142. Even for one drinking, a frog, quickly with life-giving water; going from the nostril hole, a seed grew on the head. 143. A frog had burst forth, that grown one went there; by the coming of the cloud, that youth was tormented. 144. The king, having split the head, removed that frog; having joined the skull bones, he made it normal in a moment. 145. For the welfare of the island dwellers, in village after village, the king; having built hospitals who appointed physicians there. 146. Having gathered the essence of all medical treatises, he established physicians in the island for future treatment; the king appointed one physician to every ten villages. 147. He gave reliable fields for the physicians' livelihood; he appointed physicians for elephants, horses, and the army. 148. He had rest houses built here and there for travelers, and also on the main roads, with provisions. 149. He constantly listened to the good Dhamma, honoring the Dhamma speakers; he established the custom for Dhamma speakers here and there. 150. Making a cloth into a bandage, the greatly compassionate one, released suffering people from their suffering, wherever he saw them. 151. Then one day, the king, adorned with royal ornaments, went with his army, like Vāsava with the devas. 152. Seeing that lord of the earth, who had attained the path of glorious beauty, shining with royal splendor, a leper, who had a grudge from a past existence, 153. became enraged and struck the ground with his hand, and striking it again and again, with a short stick. 154. He reviled him with many abusive words; seeing this outrage from afar, the king thought: 155. "I do not recall having done any harm to any being; this must be an old enemy; I will appease him." 156. He ordered a man nearby, "Go and find out the state of mind of that leper." So he then, 157. like a friend to the leper, sat down near him and asked, "Why are you angry, sir?" He told him everything. 158. "This king, Buddhadasa, is my slave by meritorious deeds; disregarding me, he rides past me on an elephant. 159. I will make myself known; if he comes into my power in a few days, I will inflict all kinds of punishment on my slaves. 160. If he does not come into my power, I will kill him and drink his throat blood, there is no doubt; you will see it soon." 161. He went and reported to the king. What did he report? "Former enemies are coming to me," the great wise one decided. To destroy them by a stratagem, "the enemies are my sons." " 'Well, take care of him,' " he instructed that man. He approached the leper, a dear friend, struck down. "To destroy that king, having thought for some time, not finding a helper for me, I could not kill him. Having found you, I will bring my wish to its culmination. Come, dwell in my house, be my followers. I myself will destroy his life in a few days." Having said this, he led that leper to his own house. Well-bathed, well-anointed, dressed in fine garments. Having eaten sweet food, with attention from young women, he made him sleep on a delightful bed, well-spread. In this very manner, having kept him for a few days, knowing him to be trusting, happy, with senses nourished. Saying, "Given by the king," he gave him food and drink. Having refused two or three times, being urged, he accepted it. By the king's order, he became very confident, like the king. Hearing "dead," his heart was split in two. Thus he cured diseases, the king, bodily and mental. He established physicians for the island, for future treatment. He built the great monastery called Morava Pariveṇa, twenty-five cubits high, not adorned like a palace. To the ascetic Goḷapāna, he gave two villages there. For the monks who recited the Dhamma, he provided suitable requisites. In monasteries and colleges, he provided the four requisites. He built tanks, alms-halls, and images. In the reign of that very king, a great Dhamma preacher translated the Suttas into the Sinhala language. Eighty sons he had, brave, heroic in form. Like the eighty disciples, showing their names. Surrounded by sons with names like Sāriputta and others, Buddhadāsa shone like a king with the Fully Awakened One. Having done thus, for the welfare of the island dwellers, he went to heaven, King Buddhadāsa, in his twenty-ninth year. Then his eldest son, Upatissa, became king; endowed with all royal virtues, ever virtuous, greatly compassionate. Abandoning ten unwholesome deeds, he undertook ten wholesome deeds; and fulfilled the royal duties, the ten royal perfections. He gathered the fourfold requisites from the four directions; and caused to be given great alms, food fit for kings, in the great alms-hall. In the northern direction, from the auspicious cetiya; he caused to be made a thūpa, an image house, and also an image platform. While the king was doing that, "Let the people not be wearied," thus; he caused it to be done by princes, having given them sweetmeats. The tank named Rājuppala, Gijjhakūṭa, Pokkharapāsa; Vālāhassa, Ambuṭṭhi, and the tank in Goṇḍigoma. The monastery of Khaṇḍarāji, and tanks with constant water; immeasurable meritorious deeds, he caused to be done here and there. Even when it rained, he, sitting on his couch; spent the entire night thinking, "The people are weary." Knowing this, his minister took him to the pleasure garden, to his house; thus, relying on himself, he caused no suffering to living beings. At that time, he was afflicted by the suffering of painful diseases; the island, the island, was plunged into evil darkness, but he was of good mind. He asked the bhikkhus, "What, venerable sirs, when afflicted by famine and other fears; is there nothing done for the welfare of the world by the great sage?" They recounted to him the origin of the Gaṅghārohaṇa Sutta; having heard that, a golden image of the relics of the Fully Enlightened One. Having made a stone bowl of the Master, with water in his cupped hands; having placed that image on a great chariot. Himself undertaking the precepts, and causing the great multitude to undertake them; having offered great alms, and granted safety to living beings.