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with an offering of a silken tunic. 68. Her son was Siddhattha by name, established in sovereignty; Known as Malayarāja, like the god of love in beauty. 69. When he died, the king made an excellent hall for bhikkhus; And establishing a charity, he then gave him merit. 70. While thus ruling the kingdom in the island of Lanka righteously; The Paṇḍu king, having fought with the Coḷa king, was defeated. 71. He sent many gifts, seeking an alliance; The king of Lanka, having consulted with his ministers. 72. Having arrayed his army, and making his Sakkasenāpati the leader of the army, he went to the great battle. 73. Recalling the victory of former kings, standing on the seashore, he… Having given birth, she caused the army to embark on a ship. 74. Taking the army, the Sakka general then, easily crossed the ocean, and reached the Pāṇḍu country. 75. Seeing that army, the Pāṇḍu king, delighted in mind, said, "I will make Jambudīpa under one parasol." 76. Taking both armies, that king of the Cola lineage, being unable to conquer, abandoned the battle and departed. 77. The Sakka general, having gone again, saying "I will fight", the Pāṇḍu (king) died, afflicted by a disease, due to his evil (karma). 78. The king of Laṅkā, hearing that the general of the army was killed by that disease, out of compassion, then commanded the army. 79. The position of Sakka general, he then gave to his son; he thus promoted that son, making him the leader of the army. 80. By the residents of the three fraternities, then a protective chant in the city was caused to be performed; he dispelled the fear of disease and drought for the people. 81. For the Dispensation and for the world, having made peace in many ways, that king, in his tenth year, happily went to heaven. 82. Having stood in the kingship of Laṅkā, he proclaimed the Tipiṭaka, a lamp of all knowledge; he was an eloquent speaker, a poet, pure in mindfulness and wisdom, a teacher and a meditator; endowed with wisdom, faith, and compassion, devoted to the welfare of others, knowing the world, skilled in speech. May all people be like this King Kassapa, pure in virtues. In the Mahāvaṃsa, made for the delight and emotional stir of good people, the Fiftieth Chapter, named "The Two Kings". Fifty-first Chapter named "The Five Kings" 1. Having been the crown prince then, King Dappula by name, he placed in the vice-regency a prince of his own name. 2. To the Maricavaṭṭi monastery, having given a village, then previously, having protected this earth, following the conduct of former kings. 3. Not having been (king) for a long time, by his own former karma, that king, in the seventh month, entered the mouth of death. 4. The vice-king became king, Dappula, immediately after; to Prince Udaya, he gave the position of crown prince. 5. Then, from fear of the Colas, the Pāṇḍu king, his own country having abandoned, having embarked on a ship, reached Mahātittha. 6. The king, having commanded him, seeing his mind content, gave him great wealth, and settled him outside the city. 7. Having fought with the Cola king, and taken two ports, "I will give them to the Pandu king," said the Lanka king, ready for battle. 8. For some reason, the Kshatriyas dwelling on the island, made a terrible quarrel, due to the evil karma of the Pandu. 9. Thinking, "There is no work for the Pandu king dwelling here," he left his crown and other regalia, and went to the Kerala region. 10. When the quarrel was finished, the king, then in the Great Cloud Forest, gave a village near the city to the Great Bodhi House. 11. His general, named Rakkhaka, made a dwelling, near the Thuparama, named Ilango Raja. 12. That which was made by former kings, that king protected, and having reached his twelfth year, he passed away according to his karma. 13. Udaya was the crown prince, lord of the inhabitants of Lanka; he consecrated Senanama Adipada to the sub-kingship. 14. The ministers, fearing the king, entered the ascetic grove; the king and sub-king went and cut off their heads. 15. Disgusted by that deed, the ascetics dwelling there, left the king's country, and then went to Rohana. 16. Then the country folk, and the city dwellers, and the armies, angered like the ocean by a fierce wind, trembled. 17. Having ascended the Gem Palace, in the Abhayuttara Vihara, they terrified the king, showing him frightful things. 18. They cut off the heads of the ministers who supported the quarrel in the ascetic grove, and threw them down through the window. 19. Hearing that, the crown prince, and the Adipada, his friend, leapt over the wall, and quickly went to Rohana. 20. The army pursued them as far as the bank of the Black River; due to the lack of boats, they crossed over and came to them. 21. The royal princes who had come there, in the Abhayabhedi forest, lay down before the ascetics, on their chests. 22. With wet clothes and wet hair, they lamented in many ways; weeping and crying, they begged forgiveness from the ascetics. 23. Patience By this power, of those lords of the Dispensation; A rise of merit occurred for them, for both lords of the island. 24. And the strength of the crown prince, and those dwelling in the three fraternities; Went to bring them, who were peaceful and of great power. 25. Both royal princes, skilled, wise, wearing rag-robes; Having requested and taken them, went to their own city. 26. The king, having come, apologized before the bhikkhus on the road; Having taken them from the forest, he led them to the royal palace. 27. From that time onwards, having protected the custom of the former kings; That king, in his third year, passed away according to his karma. 28. Having attained the anointing of Lanka, that wise Sena then; Made Udaya, the Adipada, his crown prince and friend. 29. He gave a thousand kahāpaṇas to the poor on Uposatha days; The king, having given, became an Uposatha observer for life. 30. The lord of the earth gave images, food, and robes to the bhikkhus; He gave excellent gifts to beggars and artisans. 31. In some places, for artisans, in delightful palaces; The great-minded one had dwelling-villages built and given. 32. Giving a thousand kahāpaṇas or five hundred; He had new work done in dilapidated monasteries in Lanka. 33. Forty thousand (kahāpaṇas) for the Abhayuttara Cetiya; The king also had them given for paving with stone. 34. In the great reservoirs of Lanka, he carried out repairs; And new work, and embankments with stone and earth. 35. He made a delightful, very valuable flower-house in the royal palace; And properly continued the alms established by former kings. 36. The Naga Sala monastery, built by the Malaya king, the chief minister Bodhi; Seeing it, he then gave a village (to it). 37. Having properly made images in the four monasteries; And delightful pavilions, he always performed relic worship. 38. Such and many other kinds of merits; Having performed them, he passed away in his ninth year, according to his karma. 39. Having attained the anointing of Lanka, Crown Prince Udaya then; Anointed the Adipada named Sena to the sub-kingship. 40. The king was sleepy and a drunkard, by evil j of the ants. The Cola, hearing of his carelessness, was pleased in mind. 41. He sent messengers here, desiring to obtain the excess wealth of Pandu, which had been stored by Pandu for the purpose of crowns and other ornaments. 42. That king did not give them. Therefore, the mighty Cola, gathering his army, sent it to seize them by force. 43. At that time, the general here had gone to the rebellious border region. The king, having summoned him, sent him to fight. 44. The general was killed there, he did not die fighting in battle. The king, taking the crowns and other items, went to Rohana. 45. The Cola army, having gone there, and being unable to enter, returned to its own country, fearing what was here. 46. Then, in the place of the general, the king of Lanka appointed the wise and great-minded leader, Viduragga. 47. That commander, having destroyed the border region of the Cola king, ordered that what had been taken from here be shown as a terrifying display. 48. Then he gave all the very valuable requisites to all the rag-robe bhikkhus dwelling in the island. 49. In the Great Monastery, the king of Lanka then made a crest-jewel for the Buddha's image, shining with radiant gems. 50. His queens, Vidura and others, worshipped that stone image with foot-nets blazing with gems. 51. He began to build the palace called Mani, which had been burnt by the Cola king's army, and passed away in the eighth year. 52. These five rulers of the earth, having enjoyed the earth marked by a single parasol, and having brought the whole world under their sway by suppression and collection, they, along with their sons, wives, ministers, and friends, came under the sway of death. Thus, may good people constantly remember this to abandon heedlessness and pride. In the Mahāvaṃsa, composed for the joy and spiritual urgency of good people, The Chapter called "The Five Kings" is the Fifty-first. Fifty-second Chapter Called "The Three Kings" 1. Then Sena, having attained the anointing of Lanka, bestowed the position of viceroy, which had come down in succession, upon Mahinda, the Adipada. 2. Wise, a great poet, eloquent, impartial to friends and foes, endowed with compassion and loving-kindness, the king who was always so. 3. The god, not missing the time, rained down properly; Those dwelling in that kingdom were happy, always fearless. 4. He then expounded the Suttanta while seated in the Lohapāsāda; That king was surrounded by residents of the three Nikāyas. 5. He made the tooth relic casket adorned with various gems; And performed relic worship in many ways in the four monasteries. 6. Having built the Pariveṇa Sitthagāma, where he himself had resided; Protecting the world as if his son,