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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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Atha kho tesaṁ jaṭilānaṁ etad-ahosi:<br />

<strong>The</strong>n this occurred to those yogis:<br />

III. <strong>The</strong> Miracles at Uruvelā - 139<br />

“Nissaṁsayaṁ kho Mahāsamaṇassa iddhānubhāvo<br />

“No doubt it is because of the <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic’s psychic power<br />

yathā mayaṁ na sakkoma aggī vijjhāpetun.”-ti<br />

that we are not able to put out the sacred fires.”<br />

Atha kho Bhagavā Uruvelakassapaṁ jaṭilaṁ etad-avoca:<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One said this to the yogi Uruvelakassapa:<br />

“Vijjhāyantu Kassapa aggī.” ti<br />

“Let the sacred fires be put out, Kassapa.”<br />

“Vijjhāyantu Mahāsamaṇā,” ti<br />

“Let them be put out, <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic,”<br />

sakid-eva pañca aggisatāni vijjhāyiṁsu.<br />

and more than five hundred sacred fires were put out.<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 aggī pi vijjhāyissanti,<br />

since (on his say so) sacred fires can be put out,<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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