Mahāsudassanacariya

“Kusāvatimhi nagare, yadā āsiṁ mahīpati; Mahāsudassano nāma, cakkavattī mahabbalo.

“In the city of Kusāvatī, when I was Lord of the Earth, my name was Sudassana the Great, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.

Tatthāhaṁ divase tikkhattuṁ, ghosāpemi tahiṁ tahiṁ; ‘Ko kiṁ icchati pattheti, kassa kiṁ dīyatū dhanaṁ.

There, thrice a day, I declared in one place or another: ‘Who needs what? Who wants what? To whom ought riches be given?

Ko chātako ko tasito, ko mālaṁ ko vilepanaṁ; Nānārattāni vatthāni, ko naggo paridahissati.

Who needs an umbrella? Who is thirsty? Who a garland? Who some makeup? What person, being naked, and will put on colorful clothes?

Ko pathe chattamādeti, kopāhanā mudū subhā’; Iti sāyañca pāto ca, ghosāpemi tahiṁ tahiṁ.

Who will take an umbrella on a highway, who needs sandals, soft and pretty?’ Thus I had it proclaimed everywhere morning and night.

Na taṁ dasasu ṭhānesu, napi ṭhānasatesu vā; Anekasataṭhānesu, paṭiyattaṁ yācake dhanaṁ.

It was not just in ten places, or even a hundred, but in many hundreds of places riches were prepared for supplicants.

Divā vā yadi vā rattiṁ, yadi eti vanibbako; Laddhā yadicchakaṁ bhogaṁ, pūrahatthova gacchati.

By day or by night if a supplicant comes, then having gotten all he wants, he leaves with full hands.

Evarūpaṁ mahādānaṁ, Adāsiṁ yāvajīvikaṁ; Napāhaṁ dessaṁ dhanaṁ dammi, Napi natthi nicayo mayi.

I gave great gifts like this for my whole life. I did not give because I disliked riches, or because I had a store set aside.

Yathāpi āturo nāma, rogato parimuttiyā; Dhanena vejjaṁ tappetvā, rogato parimuccati.

Suppose a person is sick. In order to be free of sickness having compensated the doctor with money, they become freed from sickness.

Tathevāhaṁ jānamāno, paripūretumasesato; Ūnamanaṁ pūrayituṁ, demi dānaṁ vanibbake; Nirālayo apaccāso, sambodhimanupattiyā”ti.

Thus I, knowingly, in order to fulfill without remainder, to fulfill what is lacking, gave gifts to supplicants without clinging or reward, for the attainment of awakening.”

Mahāsudassanacariyaṁ catutthaṁ.