MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
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III. <strong>The</strong> Miracles at Uruvelā - 115<br />
catuddisā aṭṭhaṁsu seyyathā pi mahantā aggikkhandhā” ti<br />
stood at the four directions like a great mass of fire”<br />
“Ete kho Kassapa Cattāro Mahārājāno,<br />
“Those, Kassapa, were the Four <strong>Great</strong> Kings,<br />
yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu Dhammassavanāyā.” ti<br />
who approached me to listen to the Dhamma.” 177<br />
Atha kho Uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa etad-ahosi:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n this occurred to the yogi Uruvelakassapa:<br />
“Mahiddhiko kho Mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo,<br />
“Powerful and majestic is this <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic,<br />
yatra hi nāma Cattāro pi Mahārājāno upasaṅkamissanti Dhammassavanāya,<br />
since even the Four <strong>Great</strong> Kings will approach him to listen to the Dhamma,<br />
na tveva ca kho Arahā yathā ahan.”-ti<br />
but he is surely not a Worthy One like I am.”<br />
Atha kho Bhagavā Uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa bhattaṁ bhuñjitvā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One, having eaten the yogi Uruvelakassapa’s food,<br />
tasmiṁ yeva vanasaṇḍe vihāsi.<br />
dwelt on in that very jungle thicket.<br />
Dutiyaṁ Pāṭihāriyaṁ<br />
<strong>The</strong> Second Miracle (is Finished)<br />
177 This is the infinitive-like dative.