Assaratanavaṇṇanā
247. Evaṃ pātubhūtahatthiratanassa pana cakkavattino amaccā pakatimaṅgalaassaṭṭhānaṃ sucisamatalaṃ kāretvā alaṅkaritvā ca purimanayeneva rañño tassa āgamanacintanatthaṃ ussāhaṃ janenti .
So purimanayeneva katadānamānanasakkāro samādinnasīlabbato pāsādatale sukhanisinno puññasampattiṃ samanussarati .
Athassa puññānubhāvacodito sindhavakulato vijjulatāvinaddhasaradakālasetavalāhakarāsisassirīko rattapādo rattatuṇḍo candappabhāpuñjasadisasuddhasiniddhaghanasaṃhatasarīro kākagīvā viya indanīlamaṇi viya ca kāḷavaṇṇena sīsena samannāgatattā kāḷasīsoti suṭṭhu kappetvā ṭhapitehi viya muñjasadisehi saṇhavaṭṭaujugatehi kesehi samannāgatattā muñjakeso vehāsaṅgamo valāhako nāma assarājā āgantvā tasmiṃ ṭhāne patiṭṭhāti .
Mahāsudassanassa panesa hatthiratanaṃ viya āgato .
Sesaṃ sabbaṃ hatthiratane
M2.218 vuttanayeneva veditabbaṃ .Evarūpaṃ assaratanaṃ sandhāya bhagavā –
‘‘ puna ca paran ’’ tiādimāha .