[24] The King of Magadha, [who had] Soṇa [summoned],² lord over eighty thousand [villages];
Sāgata on Gijjhakūṭa displayed much that is superhuman.
Going forth, and [feet] burst through striving [too hard]; the lute [simile]; the single-layered [sandal];
blue, yellow, red, crimson, and black;
orange-dyed (mahāraṅga) and mahānāma-hued, and [ornamented] straps he rejected;
heel-coverings and boots; [sandals] stuffed with cotton, [patterned like] partridge[-wings], [with toe-points like] ram's horns and goat's horns;
[with toes curled like] scorpion[-tails], and embroidered with peacock[-feathers];¹
[sandals] trimmed with [the skins of] lion, tiger, and leopard,
antelope (ajina), otter, and cat,² black monkey (kāḷa) and owl.³
Split feet; corns (khīlā); washing [the feet]; stumps; the "khaṭa-khaṭa" [clatter of clogs];⁴
[clogs of] palm-leaf, bamboo, and grass, of muñja grass, pabbaja reed, and hintāla palm;⁵
of kamala grass, of wool, of gold,⁶ of silver, of gems, of beryl,⁷
of crystal, of bronze and of glass, of tin, of lead, and of copper.
The cow; the vehicle; and the sick [bhikkhu]; the man-drawn [conveyance] and the palanquin;
beds; great hides;⁸ and the evil [bhikkhu] with cow-hides.
The leather-bound [couches] of householders; they enter [the village with sandals on]; the ailing one;
Mahākaccāyana; Soṇa [recited] the Aṭṭhakavagga with intonation.
Ordination by [a group of] five; [sandals of] layer upon layer;⁹ constant bathing;
he allowed hide coverings; [robes] not yet subject to counting —
these five boons the Leader gave to the Elder Soṇa.
#1 M. Yu. moracitrā ca. #2 Sī. majjārā; M. mañjārī. #3 M. Yu. kāḷalu-aparikkhaṭā.
#4 Sī. dhotakhāṇukhaṭakhaṭaṃ. #5 M. muñca- -hintālā. #6 M. kampala-.
#7 M. Yu. veḷuriyā. #8 Sī. mahācamma. #9 M. upasampadaṃ pañcahi gaṇaṃ gaṇaṅgaṇādhuvasinā; Yu. upasampadaṃ pañcagaṇaṃ gaṇaṅgaṇā dhuvasinā.
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (The Chapter on Medicines)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.