‘When supplicants come to me it is unbefitting to refuse. Let not my vow be broken, I shall give the mighty elephant.’

Taking the elephant by the trunk, and a bejeweled ceremonial vessel, I sprinkled water on the hand, and gave the elephant to the brahmins.

When I had given the elephant, my ministers said, ‘Why did you give the noble elephant to the supplicants?

He was lucky and endowed with the auspicious, supreme victor in battle. Now you have given the elephant, how shall you govern the realm?’

‘I would give the entire realm and my physical body as well. Omniscience is precious to me, which is why I gave away the elephant.’”

The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood The Chapter With Akitti The Perfection of Giving (4th) Mahāsudassana’s Conduct

“In the city of Kusāvatī, when I was Lord of the Earth, my name was Sudassana the Great, a wheel-turning monarch of great power.

There, thrice a day, I declared in one place or another: ‘Who needs what? Who wants what? To whom ought riches be given?

Who needs an umbrella? Who is thirsty? Who a garland? Who some makeup? What person, being naked, and will put on colorful clothes?