dn32:7.1 Where the lovely land north of Kuru is,
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dn32:7.2 and the beautiful Mount Meru,
dn32:7.3 humans born there
dn32:7.4 are unselfish, without possessions.
dn32:7.5 They do not sow the seed,
dn32:7.6 nor do they draw the plough.
dn32:7.7 The rice eaten by people
dn32:7.8 ripens in untilled soil,
dn32:7.9 free of powder or husk, pure,
dn32:7.10 fragrant, with only the rice-grain.
dn32:7.11 After cooking in a tandoor oven,
dn32:7.12 they enjoy eating that food.
dn32:7.13 Having prepared a cow with hooves uncloven,
dn32:7.14 they’re drawn about from place to place.
dn32:7.15 Having prepared a beast with hooves uncloven,
dn32:7.16 they’re drawn about from place to place.
dn32:7.17 Having prepared a woman-drawn carriage,
dn32:7.18 they’re drawn about from place to place.
dn32:7.19 Having prepared a man-drawn carriage,
dn32:7.20 they’re drawn about from place to place.
dn32:7.21 Having prepared a girl-drawn carriage,
dn32:7.22 they’re drawn about from place to place.
dn32:7.23 Having prepared a boy-drawn carriage,
dn32:7.24 they’re drawn about from place to place.
dn32:7.25 Having ascended their vehicle,
dn32:7.26 that king’s servants
dn32:7.27 tour about in every quarter,
dn32:7.28 provided with heavenly vehicles
dn32:7.29 of elephant and of horse.
dn32:7.30 And there are palaces and palanquins
dn32:7.31 for that great and glorious king.
dn32:7.32 And he has cities, too,
dn32:7.33 well-built in the sky:
dn32:7.34 Āṭānāṭā, Kusināṭā, Parakusināṭā,
dn32:7.35 Nāṭapuriyā, and Parakusiṭanāṭā.
dn32:7.36 To the north is Kapīvanta,
dn32:7.37 and Janogha lies beyond.
dn32:7.38 And there’s Navanavutiya, Ambara-ambaravatiya,
dn32:7.39 and the royal capital named Āḷakamandā.
dn32:7.40 The Great King Kuvera, dear sir,
dn32:7.41 has a capital named Visāṇā,
dn32:7.42 which is why the great king
dn32:7.43 is called ‘Vessavaṇa’.
dn32:7.44 Searching, they shine:
dn32:7.45 Tatolā, Tattalā, Tatotalā,
dn32:7.46 Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasi,
dn32:7.47 Sūra, Rājā, Ariṭṭha, and Nemi.
dn32:7.48 There is a lake there too named Dharaṇī,
dn32:7.49 whence the clouds rain forth,
dn32:7.50 and the rains disperse.
dn32:7.51 There is a hall there too named Sālavatī,
dn32:7.52 where the spirits frequent.
dn32:7.53 There the trees are ever in fruit,
dn32:7.54 with many different flocks of birds.
dn32:7.55 Peacocks and herons call out there,
dn32:7.56 and the sweet cuckoos too.
dn32:7.57 One bird cries out ‘Live, live!’,
dn32:7.58 another ‘Lift up your heart!’
dn32:7.59 There are cocks and kookaburras,
dn32:7.60 and in the wood the woodpeckers.
dn32:7.61 The parrots and mynah cry out there,
dn32:7.62 and the ‘little stick-boy’ birds.
dn32:7.63 Kuvera’s pond of rushes
dn32:7.64 is lovely all the time.
dn32:7.65 From here that is the northern quarter,
dn32:7.66 so the people say.
dn32:7.67 That quarter is warded
dn32:7.68 by a great king, glorious,
dn32:7.69 the lord of spirits;
dn32:7.70 his name is Kuvera.
dn32:7.71 He delights in song and dance,
dn32:7.72 honored by the spirits.
dn32:7.73 And he has many mighty sons
dn32:7.74 all of one name, so I’ve heard.
dn32:7.75 Eighty, and ten, and one—
dn32:7.76 all of them named Indra.
dn32:7.77 After seeing the Awakened One,
dn32:7.78 the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun,
dn32:7.79 they revere him from afar,
dn32:7.80 the one great of heart and intrepid.
dn32:7.81 Homage to you, O thoroughbred!
dn32:7.82 Homage to you, supreme among men!
dn32:7.83 You examine us skillfully;
dn32:7.84 the non-humans bow to you.
dn32:7.85 We’ve been asked many a time,
dn32:7.86 ‘Do you bow to Gotama the victor?’
dn32:7.87 And so we ought to declare:
dn32:7.88 ‘We bow to Gotama the victor,
dn32:7.89 accomplished in knowledge and conduct!
dn32:7.90 We bow to Gotama the awakened!’