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Mahākhandhako 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.

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