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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 142<br />

Addasā kho Uruvelakassapo jaṭilo Bhagavantaṁ, samantā udakaṁ ussādetvā,<br />

<strong>The</strong> yogi Uruvelakassapa saw that the Gracious One, having risen above the water on<br />

all sides,<br />

majjhe reṇuhatāya bhūmiyā caṅkamantaṁ,<br />

was walking (on an island) in the middle of dusty ground,<br />

disvāna Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:<br />

and after seeing (it), he said this to the Gracious One:<br />

“Idha nu tvaṁ Mahāsamaṇā” ti<br />

“Are you here, <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic”<br />

“Ayam-aham-asmi Kassapā,” ti<br />

“It is I, Kassapa,”<br />

Bhagavā vehāsaṁ abbhuggantvā, nāvāya paccuṭṭhāsi.<br />

and after rising up into the sky, he reappeared in the boat.<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 udakaṁ pi na pavāhissati,<br />

since even the water cannot carry him away,<br />

na tveva ca kho Arahā yathā ahan.”-ti<br />

but he is surely not a Worthy One like I am.”<br />

[Uruvelakassapayogupasampadā]<br />

[36: <strong>The</strong> Ordination of Kassapa and his Followers]<br />

Atha kho Bhagavato etad-ahosi:<br />

<strong>The</strong>n this occurred to the Gracious One:<br />

“Ciraṁ pi kho imassa moghapurisassa evaṁ bhavissati:<br />

“For a long time this will occur to that foolish fellow:<br />

‘Mahiddhiko kho Mahāsamaṇo mahānubhāvo,<br />

‘Powerful and majestic is this <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic,<br />

na tveva ca kho Arahā yathā ahan.’-ti<br />

but he is surely not a Worthy One like I am.’

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