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"Yathā, mahārāja, nagaravaḍḍhakī nagaraṃ māpetukāmo paṭhamaṃ tāva samaṃ anunnatamanonataṃ asakkharapāsāṇaṃ nirupaddavamanavajjaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ bhūmibhāgaṃ anuviloketvā yaṃ tattha visamaṃ, taṃ samaṃ kārāpetvā khāṇukaṇṭakaṃ visodhāpetvā tattha nagaraṃ māpeyya sobhanaṃ vibhattaṃ bhāgaso mitaṃ ukkiṇṇaparikhāpākāraṃ daḷhagopuraṭṭālakoṭṭakaṃ puthucaccaracatukkasandhisiṅghāṭakaṃ sucisamatalarājamaggaṃ suvibhattaantarāpaṇaṃ ārāmuyyānataḷākapokkharaṇiudapānasampannaṃ bahuvidhadevaṭṭhānappaṭimaṇḍitaṃ sabbadosavirahitaṃ, so tasmiṃ nagare sabbathā vepullattaṃ patte aññaṃ desaṃ upagaccheyya, atha taṃ nagaraṃ aparena samayena iddhaṃ bhaveyya phītaṃ subhikkhaṃ khemaṃ samiddhaṃ sivaṃ anītikaṃ nirupaddavaṃ nānājanasamākulaṃ, puthū khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā suddā hatthārohā assārohā rathikā pattikā dhanuggahā tharuggahā celakā calakā piṇḍadāyakā uggā rājaputtā pakkhandino mahānāgā sūrā vammino yodhino dāsikaputtā bhaṭiputtā [dāsaputtā bhaṭṭiputtā (sī. pī.)] mallakā gaṇakā āḷārikā sūdā kappakā nahāpakā cundā mālākārā suvaṇṇakārā sajjhukārā sīsakārā tipukārā lohakārā vaṭṭakārā ayokārā maṇikārā pesakārā kumbhakārā veṇukārā loṇakārā cammakārā rathakārā dantakārā rajjukārā kocchakārā suttakārā vilīvakārā dhanukārā jiyakārā usukārā cittakārā raṅgakārā rajakā tantavāyā tunnavāyā heraññikā dussikā gandhikā tiṇahārakā kaṭṭhahārakā bhatakā paṇṇikā phalikā [phallikā (sī. pī.)] mūlikā odanikā pūvikā macchikā maṃsikā majjikā naṭakā naccakā laṅghakā indajālikā vetālikā mallā chavaḍāhakā pupphachaḍḍakā venā nesādā gaṇikā lāsikā kumbhadāsiyo sakkayavanacīnavilātā ujjenakā bhārukacchakā kāsikosalā parantakā māgadhakā sāketakā soreyyakā [soraṭṭhakā (sī. pī.)] pāveyyakā koṭumbaramāthurakā alasandakasmīragandhārā taṃ nagaraṃ vāsāya upagatā nānāvisayino janā navaṃ suvibhattaṃ adosamanavajjaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ taṃ nagaraṃ passitvā anumānena jānanti 'cheko vata bho so nagaravaḍḍhakī, yo imassa nagarassa māpetā'ti.
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“As, sire, a city-architect, when he wants to build a city, first looks about for a district that is level, not elevated, not lowlying, free from gravel and stone, secure, irreproachable and delightful, and then when he has made level there what was not level and has had it cleared of stumps of trees and thorns, he might build a city there. It would be fine and regular, well planned, the moats and encircling walls dug deep, the city gates, the watch-towers and the ramparts strong, the crossroads, squares, junctions and the places where three or four roads meet numerous, the main-roads clean, level and even, the bazaar shops well laid out, the city full of parks, pleasances, lakes, lotus pools and wells, adorned with a wide variety of shrines to devas, the whole free from defects. When that city was fully developed, he might go away to another district. Then after a time that city might become rich and prosperous, well stocked with food, secure, successful, happy, without adversity, without accident, crowded with all kinds of people. When these people had seen the city, new, well laid out, without a defect, irreproachable, delightful, they would know by inference: ‘Clever indeed is that city-architect who was the builder of the city.’
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‘Just, O king, as the architect of a City, when he wants to build one, would first search out a pleasant spot of ground, with which no fault can be found, even, with no hills or gullies in it, free from rough ground and rocks, not open to the danger of attack. And then, when he has made plain any rough places there may still be on it, he would clear it thoroughly of all stumps and stakes, and would proceed to build there a city fine and regular, measured out into suitable quarters, with trenches and ramparts thrown up around it, with strong gateways, watch-towers, and battlements, with wide squares and open places and junctions (where two roads meet) and cross-ways (where four roads meet), with cleanly and even high roads, with regular lines of open shops (bazaars), well provided with parks, and gardens, and lakes, and lotus-ponds, and wells, adorned with many kinds of temples to the gods, free from every fault. And then when the city stood there in all its glory, he would go away to some other land. And in course of time that city might become mighty and prosperous, filled with stores of food, peaceful, glorious, happy, free from distress and calamity, the meeting-place of all sorts and conditions of men. Then nobles and brahmans, merchants and work-people; soldiers mounted on elephants, and on horses, and on chariots; infantry, and bowmen, and swordsmen; standard-bearers, officers, and camp-followers ; highborn warriors whose delight is in war, fighting champions, men mighty as elephants, heroes, men who fight in buckskin, devoted fighting-men born of slaves in great houses or of the privates in the royal army ; troops of professional wrestlers ; cooks and curry makers, barbers and bathing attendants, smiths and florists, workers in gold and silver and lead and tin and copper and brass and iron, and jewellers; messengers; potters, salt gatherers, tanners, carriage builders, carvers in ivory, rope makers, comb makers, cotton-thread spinners, basket makers, bow manufacturers, bowstring makers, arrow fletchers, painters, dye manufacturers, dyers, weavers, tailors, assayers of gold, cloth merchants, dealers in perfumes, grass cutters ` hewers of wood, hired servants, people who live by gathering flowers and fruits and roots in the woods, hawkers of boiled rice, sellers of cakes, fishmongers, butchers, dealers in strong drinks, play actors, dancers, acrobats, conjurors, professional bards, wrestlers (boxers), corpse burners, casters out of rotten flowers, savages, wild men of the woods, prostitutes, swingers and jumpers, and the slave girls of bullies—people of many countries, people from Scythia, Bactria, China, and Vilāta; people of Ujjeni, of Bhārukaccha, of Benares, of Kosala, and of the border lands; people from Magadha, and Sāketa, and Suraṭṭha, and the West; from Koṭumbara and Madhura, from Alexandria, Kashmīr, and Gandhāra—all these coming to take up their residence there, and finding the new city to be regular, faultless, perfect, and pleasant, would know: “Able indeed must that architect have been by whom this city was built! ”
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– Представь, государь, что некогда зодчий решил заложить город. Для начала он высмотрел место: не высокое, не низкое, не скалистое, не каменистое, лишенное каких-либо изъянов и пороков, радующее глаз; распорядился, чтобы на нем выровняли неровности, выкорчевали пни и колючие кусты, а затем заложил там город – великолепный, соразмерный, выверенный в частях, окруженный рвом и обводной стеной, с мощно укрепленными воротами и сторожевыми башнями, с множеством площадей, перекрестков, распутий и разъездов, с чистой и ровной царской дорогой, удобно расположенным базаром, обильный парками, садами, прудами, водоемами, колодцами, блистающий храмами многим богам, лишенный любых изъянов. Когда же все в этом городе наладилось, зодчий ушел в другую страну. А город спустя некоторое время стал богатым, цветущим, изобильным, уютным, благоденствующим, процветающим, безопасным и благополучным, привлекающим разный люд. И вот множество кшатриев, брахманов, вайшьев, шудр, сражающихся на слонах воинов, конников, колесничих, пехотинцев, лучников, меченосцев, знаменосцев, командиров, обозной прислуги, удалых раджпутов, лихих и неистовых витязей, бьющихся в броне, отрядов из сыновей рабов и наемных слуг, отрядов борцов, поваров, кухарей; цирюльников, банщиков, кузнецов, цветочников, мастеров по золоту, серебру, свинцу, по олову, по меди, по бронзе, по железу, ювелиров, мельников, гончаров, солеваров, кожевников, тележников, мастеров по слоновой кости, канатчиков, изготовителей гребней, прядильщиков хлопка, корзинщиков, мастеров, делающих луки, тетивы, стрелы, художников, изготовителей красок, красильщиков, ткачей, портных, пробирщиков, торговцев тканями, парфюмеров, травоносов, дровоносов, наемных слуг, собирателей листьев, плодов, кореньев, продавцов рисовой каши вразнос, пирожников, рыбников, мясников, винокуров, актеров, плясунов, акробатов, фокусников, борцов, сжигателей трупов, выбрасывателей увядших цветов, гадальщиков, нишадов, блудниц, храмовых танцовщиц, распутниц, стихотворцев – множество людей из страны шаков, греков, Китая и Вилаты, из Уджайна, Бхригукаччхи, Каши, Кошалы с прилегающими областями, из Магадхи, Сакеты, Саураштры, из. Патхеи, из Котумбары и Матхуры, из Александрии, Кашмира, Гандхары794 приехали жить в этот город из разных мест и видят, что город новый, построен хорошо, лишен каких-либо изъянов и недостатков, радует глаз, и могут поэтому заключить: «А умелым был, должно быть, зодчий, что город этот построил».
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Evameva kho, mahārāja, so bhagavā asamo asamasamo appaṭisamo asadiso atulo asaṅkhyeyo appameyyo aparimeyyo amitaguṇo guṇapāramippatto anantadhiti anantatejo anantavīriyo anantabalo buddhabalapāramiṃ gato sasenamāraṃ parājetvā diṭṭhijālaṃ padāletvā avijjaṃ khepetvā vijjaṃ uppādetvā dhammukkaṃ dhārayitvā sabbaññutaṃ pāpuṇitvā vijitasaṅgāmo dhammanagaraṃ māpesi.
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“Even so, sire, that Blessed One is without an equal, equal to the unequalled, equal to the matchless ones, unique, incomparable, boundless, immeasurable, of unmeasured special qualities, attained to perfection in special qualities, of infinite steadfastness, infinite incandescence, infinite energy, infinite power, gone to perfection in the powers of a Buddha; having overthrown Māra and his army, burst asunder the net of false views, made ignorance to be cast out and knowledge arise, borne aloft the torch of Dhamma; and having attained omniscience, unvanquished and victorious in the battle, he built the City of Dhamma.
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[The City of Righteousness, and its architect] ‘Just so, O king that Blessed One, peerless, unequalled, unapproached, incomparable, admirable beyond all measure by weight or calculation, of infinite virtue, full of virtue and perfection, boundless in wisdom and glory and zeal and power, who, when he had attained to the summit of all the perfections of the Buddhas, overthrew Māra and all his hosts—he, bursting asunder the net of heresy, and casting aside ignorance, and causing wisdom to arise, and bearing aloft the torch of Truth, reached forward to Buddhahood itself, and so, unconquered and unconquerable in the fight, built this city of Righteousness.
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И вот, государь, точно так же Блаженный – бесподобный, ни равного, ни подобного себе не имеющий, несравненный, неисповедимый, неисчислимый, неохватный, неизмеримый, бесконечно достойный, достигший пределов достоинств просветленного, обладающий безмерной стойкостью, безмерным духовным жаром, безмерным усилием, безмерной силой, обретший запредельность силы просветленного – развеял Мару с его воинством, прорвал сети лжемудрия, попрал неведение, породил ведение, воздел светоч Учения, обрел всезнание и, в битве непобедимый и победивший, воздвиг град Учения.
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