Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Sixth Chapter for Recitation - 230
sabbagandhānaṁ citakaṁ karitvā, Bhagavato sarīraṁ citakaṁ āropesuṁ.
and putting it on a scented funeral pyre, they put the Gracious One’s body on the funeral
pyre.
[43: Mahākassapakathā]
[The Story concerning Mahākassapa] 259
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā Mahākassapo
Now at that time venerable Mahākassapa
Pāvāya Kusināraṁ addhānamaggapaṭipanno hoti,
was travelling along the highway from Pāvā to Kusinārā,
mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatahi.
together with a great Community of monks, around five-hundred monks.
Atha kho āyasmā Mahākassapo maggā okkamma aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle nisīdi.
Then venerable Mahākassapa, after descending from the path, sat down at the root of a
certain tree.
Tena kho pana samayena aññataro Ājīvako
Now at that time a certain Ājīvaka 260
Kusinārāya Mandāravapupphaṁ gahetvā, Pāvaṁ addhānamaggapaṭipanno hoti.
while holding a Mandārava flower 261 from Kusinārā was travelling along the highway
to Pāvā.
Addasā kho āyasmā Mahākassapo taṁ Ājīvakaṁ dūrato va āgacchantaṁ,
Venerable Mahākassapa saw that Ājīvaka approaching from afar,
disvā taṁ Ājīvakaṁ etad-avoca:
and after seeing (him), he said this to that Ājīvaka:
“Apāvuso amhākaṁ Satthāraṁ jānāsī?” ti
“Do you know our Teacher, friend?”
“Āma āvuso jānāmi. Ajja sattāhaparinibbuto samaṇo Gotamo,
“Certainly, friend, I know. Today is seven days since the Final Emancipation of the
ascetic Gotama,
259 cf. Pañcasatikakkhandhakaṁ, opening (Cullavagga, 11).
260 Sometimes translated as naked ascetic. The Ājīvakas were followers of Makkhali Gosāla, and
held that there was no result of action (akriyavāda).
261 Mandārava flowers were believed to grow in the Tusita heaven and only fall on special
occasions.