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he passed away after three years. 7. Then Yuvarāja Mahinda became king; Greatly meritorious, greatly glorious, with a great army, greatly renowned. 8. He made Lanka a single dominion, destroying the menace of robbers; They served him, the constant leader of the assembly. 9. Even though there were Khattiyas in Lanka, the lord of men; A princess born in the lineage of the Cakkavatti of Kalinga. 10. He commanded her and made her his chief queen; To her were born two sons, and one charming daughter. 11. He made his sons viceroys, and his daughter a sub-queen; Thus that lord of the earth established the Sinhala lineage. 12. The Vallabha, to crush the army of this country; Sent it to Nāgadīpa, hearing which, the king here. 13. Giving an army, he then sent Senāpati, named Sena; To fight there with the Vallabha's army. 14. Having gone there, the general, with the army of that king; Fought and destroyed him, and captured him in the battlefield. 15. Unable to conquer this one, the king, the Vallabha and others; Those kings made a friendly alliance with the lord of Lanka. 16. Thus the king's glory spread over Jambudīpa; Having spread in Lanka, it crossed the ocean. 17. Having properly done the best for those expounding the Saddhamma; That king, having heard the Dhamma, was pleased with the Buddha's teaching. 18. That king gathered the Pāṃsukūlika bhikkhus; Having invited them to his house, he commanded it to be well done. 19. Having arranged seats, and seated them, he gave food. abundant and pure, always as if it were one day. 20. Various dishes, for kings, royalty, and ascetics; He sent pure food, precious and abundant, always. 21. Having sent physicians, to the ailing ascetics; That compassionate one, had them treated constantly. 22. Solidly cooked jaggery, and garlic juices; Betel and mouth fresheners, he always gave after meals. 23. Filling the bowls, with garlic and pepper; Long pepper, ginger, jaggery, and three fruits. 24. Ghee, oil, and honey, and coverings for beds; To the rag-robe bhikkhus, he always gave individually. 25. All robes and other requisites, the king; Had made and given, to the rag-robe bhikkhus. 26. The king, in the great monastery, to each and every bhikkhu; Had nine new cloths, given for robes. 27. To the bhikkhus dwelling in the three Nikāyas, and those dwelling in gains; The great king gave a balance-load (of gifts), on two occasions. 28. That king, so that future wealth, from the Sangha's property; Kings should not take, had it inscribed on stones and deposited. 29. Having had the Buddha's refuges, and his virtues spoken of; He gave food and clothing, to the helpless and to them. 30. Having built a alms-hall, on the ground of the elephant stable; He gave alms to beggars, and also beds and seats to them. 31. In all hospitals, he provided medicine and beds; In the prisons for thieves, he constantly gave food. 32. To monkeys, wild boars, deer, and dogs; He gave food and cakes, that compassionate one, as they wished. 33. The king, having made heaps of rice, in the four monasteries; Had it given so that the helpless, might take as they wished. 34. Having honored with various offerings, and performed the highest blessings; He then had the Vinaya recited, by learned bhikkhus. 35. By the Elder Dhammamitta, who resided in Sitthagāma; Having honored him, he had, the Abhidhamma expounded. 36. By the Elder named Dāṭhānāga, who resided in the forest; by the ornament of Lanka, he had the Abhidhamma recited. 37. With offerings of cloth and robes, to the Golden-Garlanded Cetiya; with dance and song, with perfumes, and with various flowers. 38. With rows of lamps, with incense, having worshipped in many ways; he distributed their robes, and personally gave them to the bhikkhus. 39. Always in his kingdom, in gardens here and there; having ordered flowers, he worshipped the Triple Gem. 40. A palace named Candana, in Maricavaṭṭi, he began to build; and he gave villages for the bhikkhus' sustenance. 41. Having enshrined the hair relic, in a casket of jewels, he had it made and worshipped, the king having placed it there. 42. With gold and silver plates, the cetiya in Thūpārāma; having covered it as befits a king, the king performed worship. 43. In that relic-house, the king, made a golden door; shining like Mount Sineru, with the rays of the sun. 44. Burnt by the force of the Cola king, at Padalañchana; he made a beautiful house for the four cetiyas. 45. Burnt in the middle of the city, he made a Tooth Relic House; and a Dhammasaṅgaṇī House, and a Mahāpāḷi, the king. 46. Having made a betel-leaf pavilion, there the king, gave the income to the bhikkhus of the Thera-lineage for medicine. 47. Having built a monastery, named Mahāmaṅgala; he gave it to the bhikkhunis born in the Thera-lineage. 48. Begun by King Mātulodaya, the good one at that time; the king completed, the palace named Maṇi. 49. Four cloisters, in that Jetavana at that time; were built by four, ministers of that king. 50. The king's queen, Kittisamādevī, named Kitti, delightful; made a cloister and a park, behind the Thūpārāma. 51. She in that cloister, and in Kappāsagāma; and in Cīvaracetiya, made three clean ponds. 52. A banner twelve cubits long, and made of gold, she; worshipped, accumulating merit, at the Golden-Garlanded Cetiya. 53. A hall for lay people's instruction, her son previously he did. The chief of the army, Guṇavāsa, for the bhikkhus, both inside and outside. 54. The king, in four kinds of dwellings, resembling divine palaces, having built pavilions, performed many kinds of relic worship. 55. Having passed one year, the great king had them built, and carefully maintained the customs of former kings. 56. Having performed such and many other noble merits, in his sixteenth year, that king went to the heavens. 57. Born after that king, the twelve-year-old Senā, son of the queen of Kaliṅga, then attained the kingship. 58. To Udaya, his younger brother, he gave the position of crown prince; Sena, his father's general, became his general. 59. When the general had gone, taking the border forces, his younger brother, who was with his mother, 60. having killed the great wrestler, he then made Udaya, an official named Udaya, his own obedient servant, general. 61. Hearing that, Sena, the general, became angry then; he came with his forces, thinking, "I will seize the enemies." 62. Hearing that, the great king, having made his own statement, "I will protect that official," went forth and departed for Rohaṇa. 63. His trick having turned back, the crown prince and the queen, angered by him, commanded the army chief. 64. Supported by her, he gathered the Damila people; giving them the country, he resided in Puḷatthinagara. 65. To fight with him, that king sent forces from Rohaṇa; the general destroyed all those royal forces. 66. Those Damila people, oppressing the country like ogres, plundered and seized the possessions of the people then. 67. The afflicted people went to Rohaṇa, to the king; they reported that news, and he, having consulted with his ministers, 68. to protect the Dispensation and the country, abandoning that army chief, made a treaty with Sena, and went to Puḷatthinagara. 69. Having made his own daughter the chief queen, to perpetuate his own lineage, he begot an excellent son named Kassapa. 70. While the lord of Laṅkā was residing there, the hostile beloved ones, ja na; Unable to drink liquor, they went to him. 71. Speaking of the virtues of drink, they made that king drink; Having drunk the liquor, he became a mad elephant at that time. 72. Having reached the end of his provisions, having abandoned his difficult position, He died in his tenth year, that king, while still young. 73. Knowing from this that being under the sway of evil friends is a cause of ruin, those who desire happiness, whether here or hereafter, should abandon them as a fool abandons deadly poison. The Fifty-second Chapter, named "The King," in the Mahāvaṃsa, composed for the pleasure and emotion of good people. The Fifty-third Chapter, named "The Plundering of Laṅkā." 1. His younger brother, Mahinda, after his demise, raised the white parasol in the excellent Anurādhapura. 2. He resided there with difficulty for ten years, with his army and commanders, and people from other lands in his household. 3. The people of the country at that time did not pay the share of produce to him, who had abandoned the path of policy and was utterly gentle. 4. Extremely disheartened, that lord in his tenth year was unable to maintain his forces by providing sustenance. 5. All the Keraḷas, having received no sustenance, then gathered and said: "Until we receive sustenance, let the mother eat!" 6. Thus, at the king's palace gate, full of fierce courage, they sat down, armed with drawn daggers. 7. Taking his elephant, the king deceived them, left the main road, and quickly went to Rohaṇa. 8. Establishing a camp in the village of Sīdupabbata, he resided there, placing his brother's wife in the position of queen. 9. Not long after, that king, Yasa, died; he installed his brother's daughter in the position of queen. 10. When a son named Kassapa was born to that queen, the king then left the camp he had occupied. 11. Having built a city in the village of Kappagallaka, he ruled as sovereign and resided in Rohaṇa for a long time. 12. Then, in the remaining places, the Keraḷas and the Sīhaḷas, and the Kaṇṇāṭas, each according to their desire, took dominion. they made a great stir. 13. Then a certain merchant, who had come here from the other shore, went and reported the news of Lanka to the Cola king. 14. Hearing that news, the powerful one sent (an army) with the intention of seizing Lanka; a great force quickly landed in Lanka. 15. Starting from three places, harassing many people, that Cola army gradually reached Rohana. 16.