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the full moon, had purified himself, and had gone up into the upper story of his palace to keep the sacred day, there then appeared to him the heavenly Treasure of the Wheel', with its nave, its tire, and all its thousand spokes complete.
12. 'When he beheld it the Great King of Glory thought:
THE GREAT KING OF GLORY.
"This saying have I heard, 'When a king of the warrior race, an anointed king, has purified himself on the Sabbath day, on the day of the full moon, and has gone up into the upper story of his palace to keep the sacred day; if there appear to him the heavenly Treasure of the Wheel, with its nave, its tire, and all its thousand spokes complete that king becomes a king of kings invincible.' May I, then, become a king of kings invincible?"
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13. 'Then, Ânanda, the Great King of Glory rose from his seat, and reverently uncovering from one shoulder his robe, he held in his left hand a pitcher, and with his right hand he sprinkled water up over the Wheel, as he said:
'Roll onward, O my Lord, the Wheel! O my Lord, go forth and overcome!"
14. Then the wondrous Wheel, Ânanda, rolled onwards towards the region of the East, and after it went the Great King of Glory 3, and with him his
1 Kakka-ratanam, where the kakka is the disk of the sun. 2 Kakkavattirâgâ.
Atha kho kakka-ratanam puratthimam disam pavatti anvad eva râgâ Mahâsudassano, &c. Here anvad must be the Sanskrit anvank. The Lalita Vistara has anveti in the corresponding passage, and the (Phayre Burmese) MS. here reads anud eva. The verb in the second clause must be supplied, as
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |