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## Dashami Dasha
**With Hindi Commentary**
**Translation:**
Then, after this, he did the following: He joined his hands and said, "Jāv-yāvat" (as long as) and "vayāsi" (in this way), "Sami" (O Master!), "Te" (Your) "Dhammie jāṇappvaram" (religious knowledge) "Shreshtha dharmik yān" (best religious vehicle) "jutte" (is appropriate), "Ādidvān" (as the great one) "jaise" (as) "Shrimān" (the Lord) "ne ājñā ki thi" (had commanded), "vah pūrṇ ki gai hai" (it has been fulfilled), "Bhaddant" (O Venerable one!), "yān par chaṛhne vālon kā kalyāṇ ho" (may those who ride this vehicle be blessed). The king accepted this blessing with "vagguhin" (words).
**Original Meaning:** He went to the place where the vehicle-shed was, entered the vehicle-shed, saw the vehicles, cleaned them, patted them with his hands, then took them out and removed their coverings. He adorned them with beautiful and excellent ornaments. Then he attached them to the chariots and stood them on the road, placing a whip on top of each one. He seated a man to hold each whip and, driving them along the "rathya" (road), he came to where the Shrenik king was. He joined his hands and said humbly, "O Master! As you commanded, your chief religious chariot is ready. May those who ride the vehicles be blessed." The king also accepted these blessings.
**Commentary:** This sutra is connected to the previous sutra. The "yān-shālik" (vehicle-keeper) adorned the chariots and went to the vehicle-shed. He decorated the "vṛṣhabhādi" (bull, etc.) vehicles well and attached them to the chariots. He took them to the king and said, "O Master! The well-equipped vehicles are ready as you commanded."
There are many variations in the reading of "Vattmaggam gāheti." For example, "Vadum gāhiti," "Vaduṁ gāhiti," and in the "Aupapātikasūtra," "Vattmaggam gāheti" and "Chaḍumaggam gāheti." But the commentator has accepted the last word and explained it as follows: "Chaḍu-maggam gāheti" - "Vartma grāhayati" - "Yānāni mārge sthāpayati" (meaning, he places the vehicles on the road). "Pradodayaṣṭi" refers to the whip. "Antarāsam-padansi" - in some places, the reading is "Antarāpatoḍansitti." You should also know about other words like this.