Theragāthā 2.22
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 2.22
Dukanipāta
The Book of the Twos
Tatiyavagga
Chapter Three
Bhaddajittheragāthā
Bhaddaji
“Panādo nāma so rājā,
There was a king named Panāda
yassa yūpo suvaṇṇayo;
who had a sacrificial post all golden.
Tiriyaṁ soḷasubbedho,
Its height was sixteen times its width,
ubbhamāhu sahassadhā.
and the top was a thousand-fold.
Sahassakaṇḍo satageṇḍu,
It had a thousand panels and a hundred ball-caps,
dhajālu haritāmayo;
all adorned with banners, and made of gold.
Anaccuṁ tattha gandhabbā,
There danced the centaurs,
chasahassāni sattadhā”ti.
numbering seven times six thousand.
… Bhaddajitthero ….