Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

III. The Miracles at Uruvelā - 111
Bhagavā pi tejodhātuṁ samāpajjitvā pajjali,
The Gracious One, having attained the fire-element, also blazed forth,
ubhinnaṁ sajotibhūtānaṁ agyāgāraṁ ādittaṁ viya hoti,
and both of them burned so bright it was as if the sacrificial firehouse was on fire,
sampajjalitaṁ sajotibhūtaṁ.
in flames, was burning down.
Atha kho te jaṭilā agyāgāraṁ parivāretvā evam-āhaṁsu:
Then those yogis, having surrounded the sacrificial firehouse, said this:
“Abhirūpo vata bho Mahāsamaṇo Nāgena viheṭhiyatī.” ti
“The Great Ascetic is surely intelligent, 173 but he is harassed by the Dragon.”
Atha kho Bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena,
Then the Gracious One, with the passing of that night,
tassa Nāgassa anupahacca chaviñ-ca cammañ-ca,
without harming that Dragon’s tegument, skin,
maṁsañ-ca nhāruñ-ca aṭṭhiñ-ca aṭṭhimiñjañ-ca,
flesh, muscle, bone, or bone-marrow,
tejasā tejaṁ pariyādayitvā, patte pakkhipitvā,
after overcoming (the Dragon’s) power with (his own) power and dropping him into
his bowl,
Uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa dassesi:
showed (him) to the yogi Uruvelakassapa, (saying):
“Ayaṁ te Kassapa Nāgo pariyādinno assa tejasā tejo” ti.
“This is your Dragon, Kassapa, his power was overcome by (my) power.”
Atha kho Uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa etad-ahosi:
Then this occurred to the yogi Uruvelakassapa:
“Mahiddhiko kho Mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo,
“Powerful and majestic is this Great Ascetic,
yatra hi nāma caṇḍassa Nāgarājassa iddhimato āsīvisassa ghoravisassa
o since he can overcome this fierce, venomous, poisonous, Dragon-King’s
173 This meaning for abhirūpa is attested in Sanskrit, and seems much more appropriate than
handsome, beautiful in the context.