Those who fight all kinds of battles for the purpose of helping good and peace, like Bodhisattva Mahāsatha against the four teachers, and King Chollani Brahmadatta, who later became enlightened as a Buddha. Pali:
« Nes dhamma mahāsatha yohama senaiya dhāga senaiga parihābetva attanam parimuchaye».
So.Khu. Jeataka. Ph. 62 นนามอักสุดียา The Story of Mahosa (Part 1):
“Why was it named Mahosa?”
It is said that in a kingdom called Mithila, ruled by a king named Viteharacha, there were four teachers who were the teachers of the kingdom: 1-Senaka, 2-Kamen, 3-Devin, 4-Bako. One night, near dawn, the king dreamed that flames were burning in all four directions of the palace. Suddenly, a fire appeared in the middle of the palace, brighter than the flames in all four directions. When the king woke up, he called the four teachers to interpret the dream. The teachers said that a royal child who was wiser than the four teachers had been born.
In that kingdom, there was a rich man named Srivaddha and his wife Somna Devi. At that time, Somna Devi also became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When he was born, the child held a magic potion in his hand, which later cured many patients of all diseases, so his parents decided to name him Mahosatha from that time on. When he was 7 years old, Mahosatha asked his 1,010 friends to each give 1 tala of money to build 5 schools: 1- for merchants, 2- for Brahmin monks, 3- for the poor and pregnant women, 4- for meetings to recite verses, 5- for entertainment and games. (Still)
The Story of Preah Mahosat (Part 2):
“The Child Mahosat Uses Wisdom to Solve Problems”
One day, the four scholars left the palace to visit the villagers. They saw the five schools that Mahosat had built. They were surprised. They thought that if there were no wise men to lead them, they would not be able to build them. They also counted the number of hands and realized that it had been 7 years since the king had a dream until now, so the wise man was also 7 years old. Understanding the story, they went to the king to tell him the story. The king wanted the scholars to bring Mahosat to meet him, but for fear of losing their wealth and blessings, the scholars told the king that the wise man was still very young and had not yet come. The king was not satisfied and sent an eunuch to investigate the information from the child Mahosat.
One day, a poor man went to buy a cow. When he reached the middle of the road, he was tired. He tied the cow to eat grass and fell asleep. By chance, the thief stole the man's cow and left. When the man woke up, he saw his cow being taken away and ran to get it from the thief. The thief denied that it was his cow. The two went to Mahasatha to solve the problem. Mahasatha asked the thief what the cow ate. The thief replied that he fed it porridge. Mahasatha asked the owner of the cow what he fed the cow. The owner of the cow replied that it was fed grass. After asking, Mahasatha ordered him to take a tray of water and mix the rice with the water and give the cow to drink. The cow drank and vomited up all the grass. The thief realized what he had done and confessed to the crowd.
Later, a woman went to bathe. Before bathing, she took off her necklace and put it on the ground with her clothes. A little later, another woman came there. Seeing that her necklace was beautiful, she asked to wear it and take hers. The owner came out of the water and ran after her necklace, but the woman denied that it was hers. The dispute was brought to the court to settle again. The court asked the thief what flowers she had perfumed the necklace with. The woman replied that it was perfumed with chrysanthemums. The court then asked the owner of the necklace what flowers she had perfumed it with. She replied that she had no money to buy chrysanthemums. I only perfumed it with chrysanthemums. After listening, the court ordered a tray of water to be brought and the necklace to be soaked in. Then, the servant smelled the water. The servant replied that it smelled of chrysanthemums. The thief confessed in front of him.
In the past, there was a poor woman who was going to pick cotton to spin into yarn for weaving, putting cotton seeds at the bottom of the basket. When she returned home, she stopped to take a bath. While she was bathing, another woman passed by. She saw the clean cotton yarn and snatched it with her. The owner of the basket got out of the water and ran after it. He did not lose and took it to the master to solve the problem. The master asked the thief if there was anything in the basket besides cotton. The thief replied that it was cotton seeds. Then the master asked the owner of the basket what she had put in the basket. The woman said that there were cotton seeds. When asked, the master had the basket checked and found that the cotton seeds were indeed what the owner had said. Finally, the thief confessed her guilt. (Please note that in the story of Preah Mahosat, there are many other cases, but I will only quote a few because the story is too long. )(Still available)
Preah Mahosat Story (Part 3):
“The King Tests His Wisdom with Preah Mahosat”
Since it is known that the child Preah Mahosat was good at judging, the king also wanted to test Preah Mahosat’s wisdom and ordered Amath to go and tell Preah Mahosat’s father, Preah Mahosat, to find a cow with horns growing on its heels, to knock on its head three times a night. If he cannot find it, he will be punished. The people and Preah Mahosat’s father, having taken out the crow, went to ask Preah Mahosat. Preah Mahosat said that it was a rooster. The horns growing on its heels were the horns, and the horns growing on its head were the heads. They rang three times a night. The rooster crowed three times a night.
Then the king told another parable by taking a glass with a hole that turned like a snail’s tail and asking the rich man to put a string through the hole. If he cannot find it, he will be punished. The rich man and the people tried to do something but could not, so they went to ask the sage. The sage told them to apply honey to both sides of the glass, and to take a new silk thread and apply honey to the end of the silk, then put it in the glass, and put the glass in the anthill. The ants on one side of the glass, smelling the honey, would come and take the silk to the other side.
One day, the king The bull ate a lot of beans to make it bloated, and then ordered Amata to take the cow as a parable for Mahosat to milk, saying that the cow was pregnant until the day of giving birth but did not give birth, and if it was not resolved, it would be a punishment. After receiving the cow, Mahosat understood the situation and went back to the king, calling a man to go and cry near the palace, pretending to cry. If anyone asked him anything, do not say anything, except for the king. If the king asked, he said that he was pregnant until the day of giving birth but did not give birth, and asked the king to help resolve the matter. The man followed until he met the king as planned, and he said as Mahosat had told him. The king asked who sent him. The man replied, Mahosat, the king understood that Mahosat was really wise and good at chasing his feet.
Then the king ordered Amata to go and tell the rich man to ask the villagers to stretch a rope of sand and take it to an old man whose nails were broken. The rich man received the royal order and brought this information to Mahosath. Mahosath told him to find four or five people to ask the king to look at the broken sand rope, what it looked like, so that he could use it as a model, since it was not very large. When the king understood the matter, he understood Mahosath's wisdom.
(In the story, the king gave many other riddles for Mahosath to solve, but I will only quote some of them because it is too long). (Still available)
The story of Mahosath (Part 4):
"Mahosath, the Wise Man in Search of a Wife"
After testing Mahosath's wisdom and knowing that he was indeed a wise boy, the king was very pleased with Mahosath and asked Mahosath to be his adopted son. Many years later, when Mahasatha grew up, the king's wife wanted to find a wife for Mahasatha, but Mahasatha refused and asked to find a wife himself because he wanted a woman with intelligence. Mahasatha left the palace and went from one country to another in search of a wife, not satisfied with any woman. When he entered the country of Oddargram, he met a young woman, the daughter of a rich man, who was carrying rice to her father in the fields. Her name was Amara. Mahasatha asked her a question in parables. He held out his hand to show her Amara. Seeing this, he realized that Mahasatha wanted to ask if she was a virgin or had a husband. She showed him her palm. Mahasatha understood that Amara was indeed a smart woman, so he went to talk to her. Mahasatha asked her where she was carrying rice. She replied that she was taking it to the gods to take care of her every day. Mahasatha understood that she answered in parables that there were no gods, only her parents.
When they arrived at the foot of a lotus tree, the tree was full of ripe fruits. Amra climbed up and picked some lotus fruits. She asked the monk who was waiting on the ground, "What kind of lotus fruit do you want to eat, hot or cold?" The monk replied that he wanted hot lotus fruit. Amra threw the lotus fruit on the sand. The monk picked it from the sand and blew the sand to eat it. The monk thought to himself that he was truly wise. He had been deceived by hot things. He then told Amra to ask for cold lotus fruit again. Amra threw the lotus fruit on the grass. The monk picked it up, rubbed it, and ate it, thinking of her good intentions. After the meeting, Amra said goodbye to the monk. The monk asked where her house was, but she did not answer directly. She told him a parable, telling the monk that before she could reach her house, she had to cross a mountain of water and a volcano, and near her house there was a bird's nest.
When the Buddha walked towards it, he did not see any mountains of water or volcanoes. He concluded that the hill of Kantraey was a mountain of water because when we walk, we have to wear our clothes and pants so that they do not get caught. The volcano was a hill of rudraksha trees because when the rudraksha flowers fall to the ground, they are red and bright, like they are scattered on fire. The sparrow's nest was nothing more than a market because there were people there who were happy like sparrows entering their nests. The Buddha understood the story of Amra and went to Amra's house and saw her, and asked to stay there for a while to observe Amra's behavior. When he saw that Amra was a beautiful woman, intelligent, capable of doing household chores, and respectful to her parents, he was very pleased with Amra. He sent his parents to ask for Amra's wife to come and live with him. (End in brief)
Story summary (final part): The Ten Books
(War Strategy)
The Supreme Bodhisattva is the Buddha, fulfilling his duties. Pannabarami means the quality of nature that is the means to Nirvana, which is wisdom. This wisdom is the enlightenment of the simple and special nature of the dhammas that the Bodhisattva has determined to hold with the mind of understanding in the way of compassion for all beings, called pannabarami. Pannabarami is divided into three types: withdrawing the mind from the tools and the children and the wife and making a judgment about the benefit and the harm to all beings, called pannabarami 1. Withdrawing the mind from the limbs and making a judgment is called pannabarami 1. Withdrawing the mind from the life of the Bodhisattva and making a judgment about the benefit and the harm to all beings, called pannaparamatthabarami 1.
When the great sage, the great sage, was sitting in Jetavana, he was preaching the Dhamma of the great sages, saying, "The fivefold path, the whole army, etc." The Blessed One said, "Monks, in the past there was a king named Vidhehara, who ruled in the kingdom of Mithila, in the land of Vidhehara.
He had four wise men named Senaka, Bokkasa, Kaminda, and Devinda.
One day the king had a vision near dawn, saying, "There were four piles of fire in the four corners of the palace, burning as brightly as the great wall. In the middle of the four piles of fire, a fire the size of a lamp burned brighter than the four piles of fire, and its light spread to the four continents, so that all the gods and people, carrying their offerings, stepped on the pile and did not get burned." He called the four sages to ask. The four sages predicted that the fifth sage would be born today. At that time, in a country called Bachenvaya, east of the city of Mithila, there lived a wealthy man named Srivadha and his wife named Somna Devi. The Bodhisattva, having left the realm of the Buddha, came to Born into a wealthy family. When he was born, the goddess Indra took a magic potion and put it in the baby's hand. Somna Devi took the medicine to her husband, who had been ill for 7 years, and when he tasted it, he was cured of the disease. That is why his parents named him Mahosath.
Building a beautiful public place When Mahosath was 7 years old, seeing the difficulties of children's entertainment in general, including the difficulties of the locals, everywhere during the rainy season and during the dry season, there was no clean water to use. Mahosath, the child, asked 1,000 children to donate 1 dolmen each to build a beautiful public place. After having sufficient construction resources, the king drew up a plan to rent land to the merchants and people to build five guesthouses: one for merchants from near and far to stay, one for Brahmin teachers to teach their students, one for destitute women to give birth and for the general public to rest and heal, one for public meetings to discuss public affairs to serve the development of society, and one for children to play all kinds of games. All the guesthouses were equipped with all the necessary equipment, including beautiful paintings and statues that were worth seeing. At the same time, the king ordered 1,000 ponds to be dug, with ramps and dams to protect the surrounding area. In the pond, there were four kinds of lotuses, white lotuses, black lotuses, lotuses, lotuses, and lotuses, all of which were very beautiful and fruitful. In addition, the king ordered that a garden be prepared, with flowers and trees, giving off a sweet fragrance and a soft shade, like heaven, with places to sit and relax, and where the monks and brahmins could receive the Dharma in peace and harmony. After the construction of the temple, the place where the water source was provided, and the garden, people flocked to take advantage of it, and they praised the king as the supreme human being and as the one who gave all kinds of blessings every day and night. Even the animals benefited, which made the gods in the heavenly world also express their great blessings to the king.
After that, the king remembered the prophecy that the four wise men had given him, so he sent the amatra to go to the king. The king called the monk Senaka to ask, "Is it enough to go to the great sage to be a scholar?" The monk was jealous and afraid of losing his wealth, so he replied that people who knew how to build schools were not enough to be scholars. The king ordered the monk to continue testing the scholars. The monk accepted the king's invitation to test him 19 times, and in each test, he asked the king to bring the great sage to be a scholar, but the four monks kept opposing him. After a while, the king took the great sage to be the wisest in the kingdom and considered him his son. One day, the king saw a monkey hanging on the gate of the palace. He asked the great sage what this monkey was doing. The king said that it respected him. The king wanted Amata to buy meat for the elephant to eat every day. One day, it was a day of virtue. Amata searched for meat and could not find it, so he took the equivalent value of the meat and tied it around the neck of the elephant. The elephant was wearing jewelry and was arrogant and did not respect the king. The king was surprised and asked the Buddha. The Bodhisattva replied that it was disrespecting him. Hearing this, he became angry and ordered Amata to drive the elephant away from there. One day, the king went to the forest and saw a girl stuck in the top of a fig tree and could not get down because her husband, a Kalakanni, had taken a thorn from the pond and run away. The king was pleased, chose her and anointed her as his wife and named her Utumpura Devi. One day, he buried her on the royal chariot. She saw Bingkuttaramanapa clearing the grass and she smiled. The king asked her why she was laughing. She replied that she was laughing with her ex-husband. The king asked the monk Senaka, and the monk replied that this woman had a secret problem. The king was angry and asked the Bodhisattva Mahasatha. The Bodhisattva replied that normally the unlucky do not share the same fate as the lucky ones. The king was pleased. At the same time, Princess Udumpur Devi also asked to take Mahasatha as a younger brother to share the same fate. The king also tested the wisdom of the four monks by creating a parable about animals: a goat whose back was broken and a dog whose leg was broken, which they considered friends, to ask the four wise men: What are the two animals that have seven legs and one back? The four monks were not satisfied and went to ask to learn from Mahasatha. The Bodhisattva had the teacher Senaka memorize the goats, the teacher Kaminda memorize the dog, the teacher Devinda memorize the two friends, the teacher Bhokkosa memorize the two eat grass and meat without understanding the truth. The next morning, the king heard the answers of the four teachers, but they did not know the truth, and he asked the Buddha. The Buddha told him the story of the goat and the dog. Then he appointed the five as sages in the kingdom. Udumpur Devi objected, saying that these four teachers should go and learn to solve the riddles from the Buddha, who cannot have a status equal to the Buddha, and is not worthy of it. Then the king raised other problems and questioned the four teachers and the Buddha to solve them and test their wisdom. The Buddha defeated all the teachers. The king also appointed Mahasatha, the great scholar and the chief minister at that time, and sacrificed 1,000 oxen, 10,000 elephants, horses, and 16 pieces of land to Mahasatha. Princess Udumpur Devi thought that Mahasatha was 16 years old and should be given as a wife to Mahasatha, but the Bodhisattva asked her to go and find a wife for herself. He saw Amarajya, the daughter of the Panchapithakalyan, and asked her about her wisdom. He came to her and asked her to be his wife as he wished. The wealth that Amarajya received as a dowry, which was a great wealth, she divided into two: one part was given to the people and the other part Stored in the royal treasury. As for the four teachers, they were constantly trying to find various ways to harm the king, but because the Bodhisattva and the Queen Amara were equally intelligent, they were able to solve all the problems of the four teachers and were happy to meet them. The king was the general, and the Bodhisattva tried to organize the kingdom to be prosperous. The king ordered them to build a two-tiered wall around the kingdom. He sent officials to work with the kings of 101 kingdoms to gather information in case any king wanted to invade other kingdoms. The king hired a monk named Madhur: very intelligent. He sent this monk to spy and learned that the Brahmin priest Kevadda and the Chollani king Brahmadatta of the kingdom of Uddharapura intended to conquer the kings of 101 kingdoms and bring his entourage to capture the king of Viteharacha of the kingdom of Mithila, but this plan failed. The Chollani king sent a request to meet with the Buddha Mahasatha to ask and debate the Dharma. The Buddha Mahasatha agreed and led a thousand soldiers to the battle site. The Bodhisattva knew that the Brahmin priest Kevadda wanted to be bowed down to declare his surrender, so he gave the Buddha a glass of precious jewels. The Brahmin priest Kevadda bowed down to receive the glass, but the Buddha Mahasatha grabbed his neck and pushed him, causing his face to bleed profusely. The Chollani, on the other hand, was scattered by the Buddha Mahasatha, who threw down their weapons and fled. The king sent a brahmin named Anukevadda to learn the secret magic and trick the soldiers of King Chollani Brahmadatta into wearing the seal of the king. The king then accused them of being traitors to him. The brahmin Anukevadda took King Chollanilapa on a horse and fled at night, abandoned him in a secluded forest, and returned to the kingdom of Mithila. After that, the brahmin Kevadda devised a plan to kill King Vitehara and the king also instructed King Chollani to make a promise that he would offer Princess Utthi Chanthi as a royal daughter to King Vitehara. The king, knowing this plan, received intelligence from the bodhisattva Sarika and ordered the preparation of a city called Upkarana in the province of Kapila on the banks of the Ganges. The king asked the king to prepare a pavilion in the kingdom of Utthi for the royal consecration ceremony. King Chollani agreed to let Mahasatha prepare the kingdom, which was an opportunity to prepare a secret place in the kingdom. The main thing was to dig a hole to climb the steps of King Chollani's temple, which he had worked on secretly for four months. Mahasatha also asked King Vitehara to come and wait at the royal city of Upkar near the Ganges River with four monks. At this time, King Chollani thought that there was an opportunity to cut off the king's voice and Mahasatha, so he sent his army out of the kingdom to besiege the city of Upkar. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the soldiers of the king who were hiding in a secret place (most Khmer people probably used to say the word "trench" to refer to a pit, ditch, or other cave. "Trench" is a loanword from the French word tranchée. Tranchée in French means a pit or a cave dug to hide in when bombed. In Khmer, there is also a word instead of the word "trench". The word is "trench" which means a cave that is built in a mountain, a cave, a place to hide, a cave. A cave, a place to hide, a cave dug to hide oneself in to protect oneself from danger. For example: The soldiers ran and hid in a trench.) They quietly rose up and captured the four royal family members: Nanda Devi, the great queen of King Chollani, 1 Princess Intrench, 1 daughter Intrench, 1 son Salaka Devi, the mother of King Chola, was taken and kept inside the walls of the palace of Upkara. King Chola, standing outside the walls, heard Nanda Devi crying and was deeply troubled. He wondered why she had come to cry in the kingdom of King Vitehara. When the army was at night, King Chola beat his drums and shouted loudly. King Vitehara and the four priests, not knowing what was happening, were terrified and begged the king to help them. The king ordered his soldiers to take King Vitehara and the four priests, as well as the four royal family members of King Chola, through the land to the Mahavisala, the large hall, where he performed a royal consecration ceremony. After that, he had her taken on board 100 ships to the other side and continued on to the kingdom of Mithila. In the morning, King Chollani entered the new palace and saw that Mahasatha was still alone and had a fresh face. He ordered his soldiers to seize Mahasatha by the hands, feet, nose, and ears. Mahasatha said, "If you let me hold your hands, feet, ears, and nose, King Viteharaja will let you hold the hands, feet, ears, and noses of the goddesses of the moon and The kings of the 101 kingdoms also paid homage to the Bodhisattva for giving them life. The Bodhisattva told the kings of the 101 kingdoms stories from the past, stating that he had saved the lives of these kings many times, and that on one occasion, he had people smash the dishes and glasses at a banquet where the Chollani king, who believed, according to the Brahman Kevadda, wanted to eliminate all the kings in the universe by poisoning them. The Chollani king also acknowledged his mistake to the kings of the 101 kingdoms. The Chollani king agreed to give all his royal property to the Bodhisattva, but the Bodhisattva refused. Then all the kings presented gifts to the Bodhisattva and took him to the kingdom of Mithila. The princess, who was with the king of Vitehara, had a son. When the son of the king, Napodhana, was born, After 10 years, the king died.
The king appointed the young prince to succeed his father and asked to live in the kingdom of Uttarwet under his care. He made a promise to the princess named Pheree, and then Nanda Devi, with a grudge, brought her to her husband. After the king inquired about the relationship between the king and Pheree, he granted her the title of Bodhisattva and the Supreme Commander. Pheree also asked the king about his sincere love for the king. King Chollani said, "Since the king came here, he has done many good things for the kingdom. If I die first, the king will make my children happy. The king knows all kinds of good things, both present and future." King Chollani was willing to sacrifice the lives of his family, his own life, and the lives of six people to the water demon, as a threat, but he absolutely did not let the water demon take the life of King Mahosa, because King Mahosa was the embodiment of peace in the entire world.
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