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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 144<br />
yathā bhavanto maññanti tathā karontū.” ti<br />
you, dear friends, can do whatever you are thinking.”<br />
“Cirapaṭikā mayaṁ bho Mahāsamaṇe abhippasannā,<br />
[<strong>The</strong>y replied:] “For a long time, friend, we have had confidence in the <strong>Great</strong><br />
Ascetic,<br />
sace bhavaṁ Mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṁ carissati,<br />
if you, friend, will live the spiritual life under the <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic,<br />
sabbe va mayaṁ Mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṁ carissāmā.” ti<br />
all of us will live the spiritual life under the <strong>Great</strong> Ascetic.”<br />
Atha kho te jaṭilā, kesamissaṁ jaṭāmissaṁ,<br />
o <strong>The</strong>n those yogis, after throwing their hair, 185 locks,<br />
khārikājamissaṁ aggihuttamissaṁ udake pavāhetvā,<br />
pole and basket and sacred fire equipment into the water,<br />
yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu,<br />
approached the Gracious One,<br />
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā,<br />
and after approaching and falling with their heads at the feet of the Gracious One,<br />
Bhagavantaṁ etad-avocuṁ:<br />
they said this to the Gracious One:<br />
“Labheyyāma mayaṁ Bhante Bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ,<br />
“May we receive the going-forth, venerable Sir, in the presence of the Gracious One,<br />
labheyyāma upasampadan.”-ti<br />
may we receive the full ordination.”<br />
“Etha bhikkhavo” ti Bhagavā avoca “svākkhāto Dhammo,<br />
“Come, monks,” said the Gracious One, “the Dhamma has been well-proclaimed,<br />
caratha brahmacariyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā.” ti<br />
live the spiritual life for the complete ending of suffering.”<br />
Sā va tesaṁ āyasmantānaṁ upasampadā ahosi.<br />
That was these venerable ones’ full ordination.<br />
185 Lit: mixing their hair, mixing their locks, etc. in the water, which sounds odd, even in Pāḷi.