The King of Magadha,

Soṇa, the leader of 80,000

Sāgata, on Vulture Peak,

displayed many marvels.

Acceptance, exerting, they split,

a vīṇa, single-soled,

blue/green, yellow, blood-red,

crimson, and black.

Orange and beige,

and with straps: He prohibited them.

Heel-coverings, boots, and shoes.

cotton, partridge, rams, and goats.

Scorpion, peacock, decorated,

lion, tiger, and leopard,

black antelope, otter, and cat,

squirrel and flying fox —

they were embellished.

Split, leather footwear, and corns,

(un-)washed, stumps, clacking,

palmyra, bamboo, and also grass:

muñja, reeds, and marshy date-palm.

Kamala grass, wool, and gold,

silver, gems, lapis lazuli,

crystal, bronze, and glass,

tin, lead, and copper.

A cow, a vehicle, and a sick (monk),

yoked by a man [with a bull], a sedan chair,

furnishings for reclining, large skins,

with cow-hide, the evil (monk).

Householders’ (furnishings), with leather straps,

they entered, the sick one.

Mahā Kaccāna, Soṇa,

the Aṭṭhaka Vagga, chanted,

Acceptance with the fifth,

multi-soled, regular bathing.

He allowed hide-coverings,

no counting of the time-span until.

The leader granted these five requests

to the Elder Soṇa.