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Translation 593 Vessantara-Jåtaka
[Fausbøll, Jåtaka, vol. VI, p. 593]
So King Vessantara set free all creatures, down to the very cats; and on the day that he
entered the city, in the evening, he thought: "When day dawns, the suitors who have
heard of my return will come, and what shall I give them?" At that moment Sakka's
throne grew hot: he considered, and saw the reason. He brought down a rain of the seven
kinds of jewels like a thundershower, filling the back and front of the palace with them
waist-high, and over all the city knee-deep. Next day, he allotted this or that place to
various families and let them pick up the jewels; the rest he made to be collected and
placed in his own dwelling with his treasure; and in his treasuries he had enough to
distribute always in future. This the Master explained as follows:
"When as Vessantara came back, Sivi's protector king,
The god a shower of precious gold upon the place did bring.
So when Vessantara the prince his generous gifts had given;
He died at last, and fully wise, he passed away to heaven."
* * * * *
When the Master had ended this discourse of Vessantara, with its thousand stanzas, he
identified the Birth:
"At that time, Devadatta was Jūjaka,
the lady Cincā was Amittatāpanī,
Channa was Cetaputta,
Sāriputta was the ascetic Accuta,
Anuruddha was Sakka,
King Suddhodana was King Sañjaya,
Mahāmāyā was Phusatī,
Rāhula's mother was Queen Maddī,
Rāhula was Prince Jāli,
Uppalavaṇṇā was Kaṇhājinā,
the followers of Buddha were the rest of the people,
and King Vessantara was I myself."
The Vessantara Commentary is ended.