Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Great Chapter - 24
sattāhaṁ ekapallaṅkena nisīdi vimuttisukhapaṭisaṁvedī.
he sat in one cross-legged posture for seven days experiencing the happiness of
liberation. 47
Tena kho pana samayena mahā akālamegho udapādi,
Then at that time a great cloud arose out of season,
sattāhavaddalikā sītavātaduddinī.
(bringing) seven days of rainy weather, cold winds, and overcast days.
Atha kho Mucalindo Nāgarājā sakabhavanā nikkhamitvā,
Then the Dagon King Mucalinda, 48 after leaving his domicile,
Bhagavato kāyaṁ sattakkhattuṁ bhogehi parikkhipitvā,
and surrounding the Gracious One’s body seven times with his coils,
upari muddhani mahantaṁ phaṇaṁ karitvā aṭṭhāsi:
stood having placed his great hood above his head, (thinking):
“Mā Bhagavantaṁ sītaṁ, mā Bhagavantaṁ uṇhaṁ,
“May the Gracious One not be cold, may the Gracious One not be hot,
mā Bhagavantaṁ ḍaṁsamakasavātātapasiriṁsapasamphasso” ti.
may the Gracious One not be affected by gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, the heat (of the
sun), and serpents.”
Atha kho Mucalindo Nāgarājā, sattāhassa accayena,
Then the Dagon King Mucalinda, with the passing of those seven days, 49
viddhaṁ vigatavalāhakaṁ devaṁ viditvā,
having understood that the sky 50 was now clear, without a cloud,
Bhagavato kāyā bhoge viniveṭhetvā,
after unravelling his coils from the Gracious One’s body,
sakavaṇṇaṁ paṭisaṁharitvā, māṇavakavaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā,
withdrawing his own form, 51 and creating the appearance of a young brāhmaṇa,
47 According to Jā Nid it is now the beginning of the 6th week.
48 Comm: tasseva Mucalindarukkhassa samīpe pokkharaṇiyā nibbatto mahānubhāvo
Nāgarājā; a powerful Dagon King who had been born in a lake near to that Mucalinda tree.
49 Udāna reads: Then with the passing of those seven days, the Gracious One arose
from that concentration. Then the Dagon King Mucalinda having understood... etc.
50 Comm: Devan-ti ākāsaṁ.
51 Comm: Sakavaṇṇan-ti attano rūpaṁ.