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1He who does, commits a dukkaéa offence.’ 15. At that time hunters had killed a tiger, &c., a panther, &c., a bear, &c., a hyena (&c., as in § 14, down to :) ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, eat a hyena’s flesh. He who does, commits a dukka/a offence.’ VI, 24, 3. ON MEDICAMENTS. 87 24. 1. And the Blessed One, after having dwelt at Benares as long as he thought fit, went forth to Andhakavinda, accompanied by a great number of Bhikkhus, by twelve hundred and fifty Bhikkhus. At that time the people in the country, after having loaded their carts with much salt and oil and rice and hard food, followed from behind the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head (thinking), ‘When our turn comes, we will make a meal for them ;’ and five hundred people who ate the remains of (the Bhikkhus’) food (followed on their way). And the Blessed One, wandering from place to place, came to Andhakavinda. 2. Nowa certain Brahmaza, whose turn did not come, thought: ‘Two months have elapsed while I have been following the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head, in order to make a meal for them when my turn comes, but my turn does not come. Iam alone here, and many household affairs of mine are going to ruin. What if I were to look into the provision-room, and what I should not see in the provision-room, to prepare that (for the Bhikkhus)!’ Then that Brahmaza looked into the provision-room and did not see there two (sorts of food), rice-milk and honey-lumps. 3. And that Braéhmaza went to the place where the venerable Ananda was; having approached him, he said to the venerable Ananda: ‘As my turn did not come, my dear Ananda, I thought: “ Two months have elapsed (&c., down to:). What if I were to look into the provision-room, and what I should not 88 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 24, 4. see in the provision-room, to prepare that!” Thus, my dear Ananda, I looked into the provision-room and did not see there two (sorts of food), rice-milk and honeylumps. If I were to prepare, my dear Ananda, ricemilk and honey-lumps (for the Bhikkhus), would the reverend Gotama accept it from me?’ - ‘Well, my good Brahmaza, I will ask the Blessed One.’ 4. And the venerable Ananda told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Well, Ananda, let him. prepare (those dishes).’ ‘Well, my good Brahmaza, you may prepare (those dishes),’ And when the night had elapsed, that Brahmaza had abundant rice-milk and honey-lumps prepared, and offered them to the Blessed One (in the words): ‘May the reverend Gotama accept from me this ricemilk and honey-lumps.’ ‘Well, my good Brahmama, give it to the Bhikkhus.’ The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, did not accept it. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, and eat it.’ Then that Bréhmama with his own hands served and offered abundant rice-milk and honey-lumps to the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head; and when the Blessed One had washen his hands, when he had cleansed his bow] and his hands, he sat down near him.
25. When he was seated near him, the Blessed One said to that Brahmaza: ‘Tenfold, O Brdahmama, is the merit attached to rice-milk. In what way is it tenfold? He who gives rice-milk, gives life; he gives colour; he gives joy; he gives strength; he gives readiness of mind; rice-milk when it is drunk removes hunger; dispels thirst ; VI, 25, 1. ON MEDICAMENTS. 89 sets right the humors of the body; purifies the bladder; and promotes the digestion. This tenfold merit, O Brahmaaa, is attached to rice-milk. 6. ‘He who attentively at the right time gives rice-milk to the self-possessed, who live on what others give to them, will benefit them in ten ways: life and colour, joy and strength (he gives to them);— ‘ Readiness of mind arises from it; it dispels hunger and thirst, and sets the humors right; it purifies the bladder, and brings the food to digestion. As medicine the Perfect One has praised it. ‘Therefore should rice-milk be continually given by a man who is longing for joy, who is desirous of heavenly joy, or who aspires to human prosperity.’ 7. And the Blessed One, having gladdened that Brahmaza by these stanzas, rose from his seat and went away. And in consequence of this event the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, (to partake of) rice-milk and honeylumps.’ 25. 1. Now the people heard: ‘The Blessed One has allowed (to the Bhikkhus to partake of) ricemilk and honey-lumps.’ They prepared early in the morning solid rice-milk! and honey-lumps. The Bhikkhus, having satiated themselves in the 1 Bhogga-y4gu, literally, eatable rice-milk, which seems opposed to the ordinary rice-milk which was drunk. Y4gu is the P4li word for what is called in Anglo-Indian terminology ‘congey.’ BhoggayAgu is ‘rice pudding made with milk.’ 90 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 25, 2. morning with solid rice-milk and with honey-lumps, (afterwards) did not dine in the dining-hall with good appetite. At that time a certain minister, who was but newly converted, had invited the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head for the next day. Now this newly converted minister thought: ‘What if I were to prepare for these twelve hundred and fifty Bhikkhus twelve hundred and fifty dishes of meat, and offer to each Bhikkhu one dish of meat!’ 2. And when that night had elapsed, that newly converted minister ordered excellent food, both hard and soft, and twelve hundred and fifty dishes of meat to be prepared, and had meal-time announced to the Blessed One in the words: ‘It is time, Lord, the meal is ready.’ And in the forenoon the Blessed One, having put on his under-robes, took his almsbowl, and, with his &tvara on, went to the house of that newly converted minister. When he had arrived there, he sat down with the Bhikkhus who followed him, on seats laid out for them.
3When he had arrived there, he sat down with the Bhikkhus who followed him, on seats laid out for them. 3- Then that newly converted minister in his dininghall waited on the Bhikkhus. The Bhikkhus said to him: ‘ Give us little, friend ; give us little, friend.’ ‘Do not take little, reverend Sirs, because you think: “This minister is but newly converted.” Much food, both hard and soft, has been prepared by me, and twelve hundred and fifty dishes of meat ; I will offer to each Bhikkhu one dish of meat. Take, reverend Sirs, as much as you want.’ ‘This is not the reason, friend, for which we take little. But we have satiated ourselves in the morning with solid rice-milk and with honey-lumps ; therefore we take little.’ VI, 25, 5 ON MEDICAMENTS. gt 4. And that newly converted minister was annoyed, murmured, and became angry: ‘How can their reverences, when I have invited them, partake of solid rice-milk with other people, as if I were unable to give them as much as they want.’ (Thinking thus), he went around angry, displeased, and in an offensive temper, filling the bowls of the Bhikkhus (and saying), ‘Eat or take it away!’ And that newly converted minister served and offered with his own hands excellent food, both hard and soft, to the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head; and when the Blessed One had finished his meal and cleansed his bowl and his hands, he sat down near him. And the Blessed One, after having taught, incited, animated, and gladdened that newly converted minister, who was sitting near him, by religious discourse, rose from his seat and went away. 5. And soon after the Blessed One was gone, scruples and remorse befell that newly converted minister: ‘ Alas, it is evil to me, it is not good to me! Alas, it is loss to me, it is not gain to me that I went around (among the Bhikkhus) angry, displeased, and in an offensive temper, filling their bowls (and saying), “Eat or take it away!” What have I produced thereby, more merit or more demerit ?’ And that newly converted minister went to the place where the Blessed One was ; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him, that newly converted minister said to the Blessed One: ‘Lord, soon after the Blessed One was gone, scruples and remorse have befallen me: “Alas, it is evil to me 92 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 25, 6. (&c., down to:) more merit or more demerit?” Lord, what have I produced thereby, more merit or more demerit ?” 6. ‘The moment, friend, in which you invited the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head for the next day, that moment you acquired much merit. And the moment in which each Bhikkhu received one lump of rice from you, that moment you acquired much merit. You gained the inheritance of heaven.’
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1He who does, commits a dukkaéa offence.’ 15. At that time hunters had killed a tiger, &c., a panther, &c., a bear, &c., a hyena (&c., as in § 14, down to :) ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, eat a hyena’s flesh. He who does, commits a dukka/a offence.’ VI, 24, 3. ON MEDICAMENTS. 87 24. 1. And the Blessed One, after having dwelt at Benares as long as he thought fit, went forth to Andhakavinda, accompanied by a great number of Bhikkhus, by twelve hundred and fifty Bhikkhus. At that time the people in the country, after having loaded their carts with much salt and oil and rice and hard food, followed from behind the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head (thinking), ‘When our turn comes, we will make a meal for them ;’ and five hundred people who ate the remains of (the Bhikkhus’) food (followed on their way). And the Blessed One, wandering from place to place, came to Andhakavinda. 2. Nowa certain Brahmaza, whose turn did not come, thought: ‘Two months have elapsed while I have been following the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head, in order to make a meal for them when my turn comes, but my turn does not come. Iam alone here, and many household affairs of mine are going to ruin. What if I were to look into the provision-room, and what I should not see in the provision-room, to prepare that (for the Bhikkhus)!’ Then that Brahmaza looked into the provision-room and did not see there two (sorts of food), rice-milk and honey-lumps. 3. And that Braéhmaza went to the place where the venerable Ananda was; having approached him, he said to the venerable Ananda: ‘As my turn did not come, my dear Ananda, I thought: “ Two months have elapsed (&c., down to:). What if I were to look into the provision-room, and what I should not 88 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 24, 4. see in the provision-room, to prepare that!” Thus, my dear Ananda, I looked into the provision-room and did not see there two (sorts of food), rice-milk and honeylumps. If I were to prepare, my dear Ananda, ricemilk and honey-lumps (for the Bhikkhus), would the reverend Gotama accept it from me?’ - ‘Well, my good Brahmaza, I will ask the Blessed One.’ 4. And the venerable Ananda told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Well, Ananda, let him. prepare (those dishes).’ ‘Well, my good Brahmaza, you may prepare (those dishes),’ And when the night had elapsed, that Brahmaza had abundant rice-milk and honey-lumps prepared, and offered them to the Blessed One (in the words): ‘May the reverend Gotama accept from me this ricemilk and honey-lumps.’ ‘Well, my good Brahmama, give it to the Bhikkhus.’ The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, did not accept it. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, and eat it.’ Then that Bréhmama with his own hands served and offered abundant rice-milk and honey-lumps to the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head; and when the Blessed One had washen his hands, when he had cleansed his bow] and his hands, he sat down near him.
25. When he was seated near him, the Blessed One said to that Brahmaza: ‘Tenfold, O Brdahmama, is the merit attached to rice-milk. In what way is it tenfold? He who gives rice-milk, gives life; he gives colour; he gives joy; he gives strength; he gives readiness of mind; rice-milk when it is drunk removes hunger; dispels thirst ; VI, 25, 1. ON MEDICAMENTS. 89 sets right the humors of the body; purifies the bladder; and promotes the digestion. This tenfold merit, O Brahmaaa, is attached to rice-milk. 6. ‘He who attentively at the right time gives rice-milk to the self-possessed, who live on what others give to them, will benefit them in ten ways: life and colour, joy and strength (he gives to them);— ‘ Readiness of mind arises from it; it dispels hunger and thirst, and sets the humors right; it purifies the bladder, and brings the food to digestion. As medicine the Perfect One has praised it. ‘Therefore should rice-milk be continually given by a man who is longing for joy, who is desirous of heavenly joy, or who aspires to human prosperity.’ 7. And the Blessed One, having gladdened that Brahmaza by these stanzas, rose from his seat and went away. And in consequence of this event the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, (to partake of) rice-milk and honeylumps.’ 25. 1. Now the people heard: ‘The Blessed One has allowed (to the Bhikkhus to partake of) ricemilk and honey-lumps.’ They prepared early in the morning solid rice-milk! and honey-lumps. The Bhikkhus, having satiated themselves in the 1 Bhogga-y4gu, literally, eatable rice-milk, which seems opposed to the ordinary rice-milk which was drunk. Y4gu is the P4li word for what is called in Anglo-Indian terminology ‘congey.’ BhoggayAgu is ‘rice pudding made with milk.’ 90 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 25, 2. morning with solid rice-milk and with honey-lumps, (afterwards) did not dine in the dining-hall with good appetite. At that time a certain minister, who was but newly converted, had invited the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head for the next day. Now this newly converted minister thought: ‘What if I were to prepare for these twelve hundred and fifty Bhikkhus twelve hundred and fifty dishes of meat, and offer to each Bhikkhu one dish of meat!’ 2. And when that night had elapsed, that newly converted minister ordered excellent food, both hard and soft, and twelve hundred and fifty dishes of meat to be prepared, and had meal-time announced to the Blessed One in the words: ‘It is time, Lord, the meal is ready.’ And in the forenoon the Blessed One, having put on his under-robes, took his almsbowl, and, with his &tvara on, went to the house of that newly converted minister. When he had arrived there, he sat down with the Bhikkhus who followed him, on seats laid out for them.
3When he had arrived there, he sat down with the Bhikkhus who followed him, on seats laid out for them. 3- Then that newly converted minister in his dininghall waited on the Bhikkhus. The Bhikkhus said to him: ‘ Give us little, friend ; give us little, friend.’ ‘Do not take little, reverend Sirs, because you think: “This minister is but newly converted.” Much food, both hard and soft, has been prepared by me, and twelve hundred and fifty dishes of meat ; I will offer to each Bhikkhu one dish of meat. Take, reverend Sirs, as much as you want.’ ‘This is not the reason, friend, for which we take little. But we have satiated ourselves in the morning with solid rice-milk and with honey-lumps ; therefore we take little.’ VI, 25, 5 ON MEDICAMENTS. gt 4. And that newly converted minister was annoyed, murmured, and became angry: ‘How can their reverences, when I have invited them, partake of solid rice-milk with other people, as if I were unable to give them as much as they want.’ (Thinking thus), he went around angry, displeased, and in an offensive temper, filling the bowls of the Bhikkhus (and saying), ‘Eat or take it away!’ And that newly converted minister served and offered with his own hands excellent food, both hard and soft, to the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head; and when the Blessed One had finished his meal and cleansed his bowl and his hands, he sat down near him. And the Blessed One, after having taught, incited, animated, and gladdened that newly converted minister, who was sitting near him, by religious discourse, rose from his seat and went away. 5. And soon after the Blessed One was gone, scruples and remorse befell that newly converted minister: ‘ Alas, it is evil to me, it is not good to me! Alas, it is loss to me, it is not gain to me that I went around (among the Bhikkhus) angry, displeased, and in an offensive temper, filling their bowls (and saying), “Eat or take it away!” What have I produced thereby, more merit or more demerit ?’ And that newly converted minister went to the place where the Blessed One was ; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him, that newly converted minister said to the Blessed One: ‘Lord, soon after the Blessed One was gone, scruples and remorse have befallen me: “Alas, it is evil to me 92 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 25, 6. (&c., down to:) more merit or more demerit?” Lord, what have I produced thereby, more merit or more demerit ?” 6. ‘The moment, friend, in which you invited the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head for the next day, that moment you acquired much merit. And the moment in which each Bhikkhu received one lump of rice from you, that moment you acquired much merit. You gained the inheritance of heaven.’
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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