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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 114<br />
Dutiyaṁ Pāṭihāriyaṁ<br />
23: <strong>The</strong> Second Miracle<br />
(<strong>The</strong> Four <strong>Great</strong> Kings)<br />
Atha kho Bhagavā Uruvelakassapassa jaṭilassa assamassa avidūre,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One, not far from the yogi Uruvelakassapa’s ashram,<br />
aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe vihāsi.<br />
dwelt in a certain jungle thicket.<br />
Atha kho Cattāro Mahārājāno, abhikkantāya rattiyā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Four <strong>Great</strong> Kings, 175 towards the end of the night,<br />
abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ obhāsetvā,<br />
having lit up the whole of that jungle thicket with their surpassing beauty,<br />
yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu,<br />
approached the Gracious One,<br />
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā,<br />
and after approaching and worshipping the Gracious One,<br />
catuddisā aṭṭhaṁsu seyyathā pi mahantā aggikkhandhā.<br />
they stood at the four directions like a great mass of fire.<br />
Atha kho Uruvelakassapo jaṭilo, tassā rattiyā accayena,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the yogi Uruvelakassapa, with the passing of that night,<br />
yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkami,<br />
approached the Gracious One,<br />
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:<br />
and after approaching he said this to the Gracious One:<br />
“Kālo Mahāsamaṇa niṭṭhitaṁ bhattaṁ.<br />
“It is time, <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic, the meal is ready.<br />
Ke nu kho te Mahāsamaṇa abhikkantāya rattiyā,<br />
Who were those, <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic, towards the end of the night, who,<br />
abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ obhāsetvā,<br />
having lit up the whole of that jungle thicket with their surpassing beauty,<br />
yena tvaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu, upasaṅkamitvā taṁ abhivādetvā,<br />
approached you, and after approaching and worshipping you,<br />
175 <strong>The</strong>y live in the lowest of the deva realms directly above the human world, and have<br />
control over the yakkhas, nāgas, kumbhaṇḍas and gandhabbas.
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