dn19:34.1 In due course King Disampati passed away.
dn19:34.2 At his passing, the king-makers anointed Prince Reṇu as king.
dn19:34.3 But after being anointed, King Reṇu amused himself, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.
dn19:34.4 Then the Great Steward went to the six aristocrats and said,
dn19:34.5 “King Disampati has passed away.
dn19:34.6 But after being anointed, King Reṇu amused himself, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.
dn19:34.7 Who knows the intoxicating power of sensual pleasures?
dn19:34.8 Come, sirs, go to King Reṇu and say,
dn19:34.9 ‘Worthy sir, King Disampati has passed away, and you have been anointed as king. Do you remember what you said?’”
dn19:34.10 “Yes, worthy sir,” replied the six aristocrats. They went to King Reṇu and said,
dn19:34.11 “Worthy sir, King Disampati has passed away, and you have been anointed as king. Do you remember what you said?”
dn19:34.12 “I remember, sirs.
dn19:34.13 Who is able to neatly divide into seven equal parts this great land, so broad in the north and narrow as the front of a cart in the south?”
dn19:34.14 “Who else, sir, if not the Great Steward?”


