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so taṁ mā viheṭhesī.” ti<br />
he should not (be allowed to) harass you.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 110<br />
“Appeva maṁ na viheṭheyya iṅgha tvaṁ Kassapa anujānāhi agyāgāran”.-ti<br />
“It is all right, he will not harass me, come now, Kassapa, allow me the sacrificial<br />
firehouse.”<br />
“Vihara Mahāsamaṇa yathāsukhan.”-ti<br />
“Dwell (there), <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic, according to your pleasure.”<br />
Atha kho Bhagavā agyāgāraṁ pavisitvā tiṇasantharakaṁ paññāpetvā, nisīdi,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One, after entering the sacrificial firehouse and preparing a grass<br />
covering, sat down,<br />
pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā, ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya, parimukhaṁ satiṁ upaṭṭhapetvā.<br />
folded his legs crosswise, set his body straight, and established mindfulness at the<br />
front.<br />
Atha kho so Nāgo addasa Bhagavantaṁ paviṭṭhaṁ,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Dragon saw that the Gracious One had entered,<br />
disvāna dukkhī dummano padhūpāsi.<br />
and after seeing (him), pained, depressed, he belched out smoke.<br />
Atha kho Bhagavato etad-ahosi:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n this occurred to the Gracious One:<br />
“Yan-nūnāhaṁ imassa Nāgassa anupahacca chaviñ-ca cammañ-ca<br />
“Now what if I, without having destroyed 170 this Dragon’s tegument, skin,<br />
maṁsañ-ca nhāruñ-ca aṭṭhiñ-ca aṭṭhimiñjañ-ca<br />
flesh, muscle, bone, or bone-marrow,<br />
tejasā tejaṁ pariyādiyeyyan?”-ti<br />
were to overcome (the Dragon’s) power with (my) power?” 171<br />
Atha kho Bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāritvā padhūpāsi.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One so arranged it with his psychic powers that he (also) belched<br />
out smoke.<br />
Atha kho so Nāgo makkhaṁ asahamāno pajjali.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n that Dragon, unbearably angry, blazed forth.<br />
170 Comm: anupahaccā ti avināsetvā.<br />
171 Comm: tejasā tejan-ti attano tejena nāgassa tejaṁ.