Hatthiratanavaṇṇanā
258. Evaṃ
M4.159 pātubhūtacakkaratanassa panassa cakkavattino amaccā pakatimaṅgalahatthiṭṭhānaṃ sucibhūmibhāgaṃ kāretvā haricandanādīhi surabhigandhehi upalimpāpetvā heṭṭhā vicittavaṇṇasurabhikusumasamākiṇṇaṃ upari suvaṇṇatārakānaṃ antarantarā samosaritamanuñña-kusumadāmappaṭimaṇḍitavitānaṃ devavimānaṃ viya abhisaṅkharitvā ‘‘ evarūpassa nāma deva hatthiratanassa āgamanaṃ cintethā ’’ ti vadanti .So pubbe vuttanayeneva mahādānaṃ datvā sīlāni samādāya taṃ puññasampattiṃ āvajjanto nisīdati , athassa puññānubhāvacodito chaddantakulā vā uposathakulā vā taṃ sakkāravisesaṃ anubhavitukāmo taruṇaravimaṇḍalābhirattacaraṇa-gīvamukhappaṭimaṇḍitavisuddhasetasarīro sattappatiṭṭho susaṇṭhitaṅgapaccaṅgasanniveso vikasitaratta-padumacārupokkharo iddhimā yogī viya vehāsaṃ gamanasamattho manosilācuṇṇarañjitapariyanto viya rajatapabbato hatthiseṭṭho tasmiṃ padese patiṭṭhāti .
So chaddantakulā āgacchanto sabbakaniṭṭho āgacchati , uposathakulā sabbajeṭṭho .
Pāḷiyaṃ pana ‘‘ uposatho nāgarājā ’’ icceva āgacchati .
Svāyaṃ
P4.225 pūritacakkavattivattānaṃ cakkavattīnaṃ sutte vuttanayeneva cintayantānaṃ āgacchati , na itaresaṃ .Sayameva pakatimaṅgalahatthiṭṭhānaṃ āgantvā maṅgalahatthiṃ apanetvā tattha tiṭṭhati .
Tena vuttaṃ puna caparaṃ , bhikkhave … pe … nāgarājāti .
Evaṃ pātubhūtaṃ pana taṃ hatthiratanaṃ disvā hatthigopakādayo haṭṭhatuṭṭhā vegena gantvā rañño ārocenti .
Rājā turitaturitaṃ āgantvā taṃ disvā pasannacitto ‘‘ bhaddakaṃ vata bho hatthiyānaṃ , sace damathaṃ upeyyā ’’ ti cintayanto hatthaṃ pasāreti .
Atha so gharadhenuvacchako viya kaṇṇe olambetvā sūratabhāvaṃ dassento rājānaṃ upasaṅkamati , rājā taṃ abhiruhitukāmo hoti .
Athassa
V4.165 parijanā adhippāyaṃ ñatvā taṃ hatthiratanaṃ sovaṇṇaddhajaṃ sovaṇṇālaṅkāraṃ hemajālapaṭicchannaṃ katvā upanenti .Rājā taṃ anisīdāpetvāva sattaratanamayāya nisseṇiyā abhiruyha ākāsaṃ gamananinnacitto hoti .
Tassa saha cittuppādeneva so hatthirājā rājahaṃso viya indanīlamaṇippabhājālanīlagaganatalaṃ abhilaṅghati , tato cakkacārikāya vuttanayeneva
M4.160 sakalarājaparisā .Iti sapariso rājā antopātarāseyeva sakalapathaviṃ anusaṃyāyitvā rājadhāniṃ paccāgacchati , evaṃ mahiddhikaṃ cakkavattino hatthiratanaṃ hoti .
Tena vuttaṃ disvāna rañño cakkavattissa … pe … evarūpaṃ hatthiratanaṃ pātubhavatīti .