The Life Stories of the Monks – 1920
Also, at a time when the crop was put into the storehouse, they let the door of
the storehouse be touched by the hand of the princess. When removing the crop,
the place from where it was taken out became full as before. This was because of
the glorious deeds done in the past by the princess. Besides, when ladling the
cooked rice from the full pot and uttering: “This is the fortune of the princess,”
and distributing the food to all visitors, their supplies never ran short. While
these strange events were happening the child remained in the mother’s womb,
and seven years passed by.
When the foetus became mature on the completion of seven years, the princess
suffered severely from a fainting owing to her pregnancy (
gabbha-mūḷha-
dukkha
). The princess endured the serious agony without a sound, but by
reflecting on the attributes of the Buddha, the Saṅgha and Nibbāna as follows
(Ud 2.8):
Sammā-sambuddho vata so Bhagavā,
yo imassa evarūpassa dukkhassa pahānāya Dhammaṁ deseti.
He, that master of ours, the Fortunate One, taught us the abandoning of
all kinds of suffering; that master of ours has been perfectly Self-
Awakened indeed by attaining omniscience and knowing the truths and
all that is to be known!
Suppaṭipanno vata tassa Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,
yo imassa evarūpassa dukkhassa pahānāya paṭippanno.
The Saṅgha, who are the disciples of the Fortunate One, work hard for
abandoning all kinds of such suffering, these disciples of the exalted
Buddha underwent the threefold training very well indeed!
Susukhaṁ vata taṁ Nibbānaṁ,
yatthidaṁ evarūpaṁ dukkhaṁ na saṁvijjati.
That state in which the slightest tinge of suffering is absent, that Nibbāna
is indeed extremely happy!
Through reflecting on the attributes of the three entities: The attributes of the
Buddha, the Saṅgha, and the peaceful happiness of Nibbāna, the Princess bore
the pains.
On the seventh day, the Koliyan Princess Suppavāsā called her husband the
Koliyan prince and thinking she would like to give alms, she said: “Go my lord!