Evaṃ patiṭṭhite pana tasmiṃ cakkaratane rājantepure ukkāhi vā dīpikāhi vā kiñci karaṇīyaṃ na hoti, cakkaratanobhāsoyeva rattiṃ andhakāraṃ vidhamati. Ye ca pana rattiṃ andhakāratthikā honti, tesaṃ andhakārameva hoti.

Evarūpaṃ cakkaratanaṃ pātubhavatīti.

Hatthiratanavaṇṇanā

[258] Evaṃ pātubhūtacakkaratanassa panassa cakkavattino amaccā pakatimaṅgalahatthiṭṭhānaṃ sucibhūmibhāgaṃ kāretvā haricandanādīhi surabhigandhehi upalimpāpetvā heṭṭhā vicittavaṇṇasurabhikusumasamākiṇṇaṃ upari suvaṇṇatārakānaṃ antarantarā samosaritamanuññakusumadāmappaṭimaṇḍitavitānaṃ 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 taṃ sakkāravisesaṃ anubhavitukāmo taruṇaravimaṇḍalābhirattacaraṇagīvamukhappaṭimaṇḍita- visuddhasetasarīro sattappatiṭṭho susaṇṭhitaṅgapaccaṅgasanniveso vikasitarattapaduma- cārupokkharo iddhimā yogī viya vehāsaṃ gamanasamattho manosilācuṇṇarañjitapariyanto viya rajatapabbato hatthiseṭṭho tasmiṃ padese patiṭṭhāti. So chaddantakulā āgacchanto sabbakaniṭṭho āgacchati, uposathakulā sabbaseṭṭho. Pāḷiyaṃ pana "uposatho nāgarājā"icceva āgacchati. Svāyaṃ pūritacakkavattivattānaṃ cakkavattīnaṃ sutte vuttanayeneva cintayantānaṃ āgacchati, na itaresaṃ. Sayameva pakatimaṅgalahatthiṭṭhānaṃ āgantvā maṅgalahatthiṃ apanetvā tattha tiṭṭhati. Tena vuttaṃ puna caparaṃ bhikkhave .pe. Nāgarājāti.