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288. The Bodhisatta At The Deathbed Of King

After coming down from the palace of Truth, Sudassana, the king was lying hard on the couch prepared for him in the Palm grove which was all of gold and jewels. Subhadda said to her husband, “”Eighty four thousand cities, chief of which is the royal city of Kusavati, own your sovereignty, sir. Set your heart on them.”

Sudassana told Subhadda, his wife, “Don’t say like that, my queen; rather tell me, saying, ‘Keep your heart set on this town, and yearn not after those others’.”