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1And the Blessed One, after having dwelt at Ragagaha as long as he thought fit, went forth to Paéaligama, accompanied by a great number of Bhikkhus, by twelve hundred and fifty Bhikkhus. Wandering from place to place the Blessed One came to PAsaligdma. 1 Chaps. 28~30 are, with a few unimportant variations, word for word the same as Mahfparinibbina Sutta I, 19-II, 3; II, 16-24. See Rh. D.’s Introduction to his translation of the Mah4parinibbéna Sutta, pp. xxxiv seq., and his note there at II, 16. {17} H 98 : MAHAVAGGA. VI, 28, 2. Now the lay-devotees at PAsaligama heard: ‘The Blessed One has arrived at P&/aligdma.’ And the Pasaligama lay-devotees went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, they sat down near him. When they were seated near him, the Blessed One taught, incited, animated, and gladdened the P4&/aligama lay-devotees by religious discourse. 2. And the Paéalig4ma lay-devotees, having been taught, incited, animated, and gladdened by the Blessed One by religious discourse, said to the Blessed One: ‘Might the Blessed One, Lord, consent to come to our rest house together with the fraternity of Bhikkhus.’ The Blessed One expressed his consent by remaining silent. Then the Pasaliga4ma lay-devotees, when they understood that the Blessed One had accepted their invitation, rose from their seats, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, and passing round him with their right side towards him, went away to the rest house. When they had arrived there, they strewed the whole floor of the rest house’, placed seats in it, set up a water-pot, and fixed an oil lamp. Then they went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, they stationed themselves near him. 3. Standing near him the P4/aliputta lay-devotees said to the Blessed One: ‘We have strewn the whole floor of the rest house, Lord, (with sand), we have placed seats in it, set up a water-pot, and 2 Perhaps we are to supply ‘with sand.’ Comp. Dipavamsa VI, 64; XII, 71, &c. VI, 28, 4. ON MEDICAMENTS. 99 fixed an oil lamp. May the Blessed One, Lord, do now what he thinks fit.’ And in the forenoon the Blessed One, having put on his under-robes, took his alms-bowl, and, with his Atvara on, went to the rest house together with the Bhikkhus who followed him. When he had arrived there, he washed his feet, entered the rest house, and took his seat against the centre pillar, with his face towards the east. And the Bhikkhus also washed their feet, entered the rest house, and took their seats against the western wall, with their faces towards the east, having the Blessed One before their eyes. And the P4saligdama lay-devotees also washed their feet, entered the rest house, and took their seats against the eastern wall, with their faces towards the west, having the Blessed One before their eyes.
2And the P4saligdama lay-devotees also washed their feet, entered the rest house, and took their seats against the eastern wall, with their faces towards the west, having the Blessed One before their eyes. 4. Then the Blessed One thus addressed the P4zaligama lay-devotees : ‘ Fivefold, O householders, is the loss of the wrong-doer through his want of rectitude. And which is this fivefold loss? In the first place, O householders, the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, falls into great poverty through sloth; this is the first loss of the wrong-doer through his want of rectitude. And again, O householders, of the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, evil repute gets noised abroad; this is the second &c. And again, O householders, whatever society the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, enters—whether of noblemen, Brahmazas, heads of houses, or Samazas—he enters shyly and confused; this is the third &c. And again, O householders, the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, is full of anxiety when he dies; this is the fourth &c. And again, O householders, the H 2 100 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 28, g. - wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, on the dissolution of his body, after death, is reborn into some state of distress and punishment, a state of woe, and hell; this is the fifth &c. This is the fivefold loss, O householders, of the wrong-doer through his want of rectitude. 5. ‘Fivefold, O householders, is the gain of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude. And which is this fivefold gain? In the first place, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, acquires great wealth through his industry; this is the first gain of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude. And again, O householders, of the well-doer, strong in rectitude, good reports are spread abroad; this is the second &c. And again, O householders, whatever society the well-doer, strong in rectitude, enters—whether of noblemen, Brahmazas, heads of houses, or Samazas—he enters confident and self-possessed; this is the third &c. And again, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, dies without anxiety; this is the fourth &c. And again, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, on the dissolution of his body, after death, is reborn into some happy state in heaven; this is the fifth &c. This is the fivefold gain, O householders, of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude.’ 6. When the Blessed One had thus taught, incited, animated, and gladdened the PA/alig4ma lay-devotees far into the night with religious discourse, he dismissed them, saying, ‘The night is far spent, O householders. May you do now what you think fit.’ The P&saligama lay-devotees accepted the Blessed One’s word by saying, ‘ Yes, Lord,’ rose from their VI, 28, 8. ON MEDICAMENTS. IOI seats, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, and passing round him with their right side towards him, went away.
3May you do now what you think fit.’ The P&saligama lay-devotees accepted the Blessed One’s word by saying, ‘ Yes, Lord,’ rose from their VI, 28, 8. ON MEDICAMENTS. IOI seats, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, and passing round him with their right side towards him, went away. 7. And the Blessed One, not long after the PA/aligama lay-devotees had departed thence, went to an empty place! (in order to give himself to meditation). At that time Suntdha and Vassak4ra, two ministers of Magadha, were building a (fortified) town at P&talig4ma in order to repel the Vaggis. And the Blessed One, rising up early in the morning, at dawn’s time, saw with his divine and clear vision, surpassing that of ordinary men, great numbers of fairies who haunted the ground there at P4éaligama. Now, wherever ground is occupied by powerful fairies, they bend the hearts of powerful kings and ministers to build dwelling-places there. Wherever ground is occupied by fairies of middling power, &c.; of inferior power, they bend the hearts of middling kings and ministers, &c., of inferior kings and ministers to build dwelling-places there. 8. And the Blessed.One said to the venerable Ananda : ‘ Who are they, Ananda, who are building a town at Pafaligama ?’ ‘Suntdha and Vassak4ra, Lord, the two ministers of Magadha, are building a town at Paéaligdma in order to repel the Vaggis.’ ‘As if they had consulted, Ananda, with the TAvatimsa gods, so (at the right place), Ananda, the Magadha ministers Suntdha and Vassak4ra build this town at PAéaligdma in order to repel the Vaggis. When I had risen up early in the morning, Ananda, at dawn’s time, I saw with my divine 1 Suamagara. Comp. I, 78, 5; Suttavibhanga, Parag. IV, 4,1. 102 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 28, g. and clear vision (&c., as in § 7, down to:) they bend the hearts of inferior kings and ministers to build dwelling-places there. As far, Ananda, as Aryan people dwell, as far as merchants travel, this will become the chief town, the city of PAéaliputta. But danger of destruction, Ananda, will hang over Pafaliputta in three ways, by fire, or by water, or by internal discord?.’ g. And the Magadha ministers Suntdha and Vassakara went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him, they exchanged greeting with the Blessed One; having exchanged with him greeting and complaisant words, they stationed themselves near him; then standing near him the Magadha ministers Suntdha and Vassak4ra said to the Blessed One: ‘Might the reverend Gotama consent to take his meal with us to-day together with the fraternity of Bhikkhus.’ The Blessed One expressed his consent by remaining silent. Then the Magadha ministers Sunidha and Vassakfra, when they understood that the Blessed One had accepted their invitation, went away.
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.
1And the Blessed One, after having dwelt at Ragagaha as long as he thought fit, went forth to Paéaligama, accompanied by a great number of Bhikkhus, by twelve hundred and fifty Bhikkhus. Wandering from place to place the Blessed One came to PAsaligdma. 1 Chaps. 28~30 are, with a few unimportant variations, word for word the same as Mahfparinibbina Sutta I, 19-II, 3; II, 16-24. See Rh. D.’s Introduction to his translation of the Mah4parinibbéna Sutta, pp. xxxiv seq., and his note there at II, 16. {17} H 98 : MAHAVAGGA. VI, 28, 2. Now the lay-devotees at PAsaligama heard: ‘The Blessed One has arrived at P&/aligdma.’ And the Pasaligama lay-devotees went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, they sat down near him. When they were seated near him, the Blessed One taught, incited, animated, and gladdened the P4&/aligama lay-devotees by religious discourse. 2. And the Paéalig4ma lay-devotees, having been taught, incited, animated, and gladdened by the Blessed One by religious discourse, said to the Blessed One: ‘Might the Blessed One, Lord, consent to come to our rest house together with the fraternity of Bhikkhus.’ The Blessed One expressed his consent by remaining silent. Then the Pasaliga4ma lay-devotees, when they understood that the Blessed One had accepted their invitation, rose from their seats, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, and passing round him with their right side towards him, went away to the rest house. When they had arrived there, they strewed the whole floor of the rest house’, placed seats in it, set up a water-pot, and fixed an oil lamp. Then they went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, they stationed themselves near him. 3. Standing near him the P4/aliputta lay-devotees said to the Blessed One: ‘We have strewn the whole floor of the rest house, Lord, (with sand), we have placed seats in it, set up a water-pot, and 2 Perhaps we are to supply ‘with sand.’ Comp. Dipavamsa VI, 64; XII, 71, &c. VI, 28, 4. ON MEDICAMENTS. 99 fixed an oil lamp. May the Blessed One, Lord, do now what he thinks fit.’ And in the forenoon the Blessed One, having put on his under-robes, took his alms-bowl, and, with his Atvara on, went to the rest house together with the Bhikkhus who followed him. When he had arrived there, he washed his feet, entered the rest house, and took his seat against the centre pillar, with his face towards the east. And the Bhikkhus also washed their feet, entered the rest house, and took their seats against the western wall, with their faces towards the east, having the Blessed One before their eyes. And the P4saligdama lay-devotees also washed their feet, entered the rest house, and took their seats against the eastern wall, with their faces towards the west, having the Blessed One before their eyes.
2And the P4saligdama lay-devotees also washed their feet, entered the rest house, and took their seats against the eastern wall, with their faces towards the west, having the Blessed One before their eyes. 4. Then the Blessed One thus addressed the P4zaligama lay-devotees : ‘ Fivefold, O householders, is the loss of the wrong-doer through his want of rectitude. And which is this fivefold loss? In the first place, O householders, the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, falls into great poverty through sloth; this is the first loss of the wrong-doer through his want of rectitude. And again, O householders, of the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, evil repute gets noised abroad; this is the second &c. And again, O householders, whatever society the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, enters—whether of noblemen, Brahmazas, heads of houses, or Samazas—he enters shyly and confused; this is the third &c. And again, O householders, the wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, is full of anxiety when he dies; this is the fourth &c. And again, O householders, the H 2 100 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 28, g. - wrong-doer, devoid of rectitude, on the dissolution of his body, after death, is reborn into some state of distress and punishment, a state of woe, and hell; this is the fifth &c. This is the fivefold loss, O householders, of the wrong-doer through his want of rectitude. 5. ‘Fivefold, O householders, is the gain of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude. And which is this fivefold gain? In the first place, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, acquires great wealth through his industry; this is the first gain of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude. And again, O householders, of the well-doer, strong in rectitude, good reports are spread abroad; this is the second &c. And again, O householders, whatever society the well-doer, strong in rectitude, enters—whether of noblemen, Brahmazas, heads of houses, or Samazas—he enters confident and self-possessed; this is the third &c. And again, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, dies without anxiety; this is the fourth &c. And again, O householders, the well-doer, strong in rectitude, on the dissolution of his body, after death, is reborn into some happy state in heaven; this is the fifth &c. This is the fivefold gain, O householders, of the well-doer through his practice of rectitude.’ 6. When the Blessed One had thus taught, incited, animated, and gladdened the PA/alig4ma lay-devotees far into the night with religious discourse, he dismissed them, saying, ‘The night is far spent, O householders. May you do now what you think fit.’ The P&saligama lay-devotees accepted the Blessed One’s word by saying, ‘ Yes, Lord,’ rose from their VI, 28, 8. ON MEDICAMENTS. IOI seats, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, and passing round him with their right side towards him, went away.
3May you do now what you think fit.’ The P&saligama lay-devotees accepted the Blessed One’s word by saying, ‘ Yes, Lord,’ rose from their VI, 28, 8. ON MEDICAMENTS. IOI seats, respectfully saluted the Blessed One, and passing round him with their right side towards him, went away. 7. And the Blessed One, not long after the PA/aligama lay-devotees had departed thence, went to an empty place! (in order to give himself to meditation). At that time Suntdha and Vassak4ra, two ministers of Magadha, were building a (fortified) town at P&talig4ma in order to repel the Vaggis. And the Blessed One, rising up early in the morning, at dawn’s time, saw with his divine and clear vision, surpassing that of ordinary men, great numbers of fairies who haunted the ground there at P4éaligama. Now, wherever ground is occupied by powerful fairies, they bend the hearts of powerful kings and ministers to build dwelling-places there. Wherever ground is occupied by fairies of middling power, &c.; of inferior power, they bend the hearts of middling kings and ministers, &c., of inferior kings and ministers to build dwelling-places there. 8. And the Blessed.One said to the venerable Ananda : ‘ Who are they, Ananda, who are building a town at Pafaligama ?’ ‘Suntdha and Vassak4ra, Lord, the two ministers of Magadha, are building a town at Paéaligdma in order to repel the Vaggis.’ ‘As if they had consulted, Ananda, with the TAvatimsa gods, so (at the right place), Ananda, the Magadha ministers Suntdha and Vassak4ra build this town at PAéaligdma in order to repel the Vaggis. When I had risen up early in the morning, Ananda, at dawn’s time, I saw with my divine 1 Suamagara. Comp. I, 78, 5; Suttavibhanga, Parag. IV, 4,1. 102 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 28, g. and clear vision (&c., as in § 7, down to:) they bend the hearts of inferior kings and ministers to build dwelling-places there. As far, Ananda, as Aryan people dwell, as far as merchants travel, this will become the chief town, the city of PAéaliputta. But danger of destruction, Ananda, will hang over Pafaliputta in three ways, by fire, or by water, or by internal discord?.’ g. And the Magadha ministers Suntdha and Vassakara went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him, they exchanged greeting with the Blessed One; having exchanged with him greeting and complaisant words, they stationed themselves near him; then standing near him the Magadha ministers Suntdha and Vassak4ra said to the Blessed One: ‘Might the reverend Gotama consent to take his meal with us to-day together with the fraternity of Bhikkhus.’ The Blessed One expressed his consent by remaining silent. Then the Magadha ministers Sunidha and Vassakfra, when they understood that the Blessed One had accepted their invitation, went away.
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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