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114. At that time the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisd4ra suffered from a fistula; his garments were stained with blood. When the queens saw that, N 2 180 MAHAVAGGA. VII, 1, 1g. they ridiculed (the king, and said): ‘ His Majesty ‘is having his courses. His Majesty will bring forth!’ The king was annoyed at that. And the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra said to the royal prince Abhaya: ‘I am suffering, my dear Abhaya, from such a disease that my garments are stained with blood; and the queens, when they see it, ridicule (me by saying), “His Majesty is, &c.” Pray, my dear Abhaya, find a physician for me, able to cure me.’ ‘This excellent young physician of ours, Sire, Givaka, he will cure Your Majesty.’ ‘Then pray, my dear Abhaya, give orders to the physician Givaka, and he shall cure me.’ 15. Then the royal prince Abhaya gave orders to Gtvaka Komarabhaééa (saying), ‘Go, my dear Givaka, and cure the king.’ Gtvaka KomférabhaZéa accepted this order of the royal prince Abhaya (by saying), ‘Yes, Your Highness,’ took some medicament in his nail, and went to the place where the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisfra was. Having approached him, he said to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra: ‘Let us see your disease, Your Majesty. And Gtvaka Komarabhaféa healed the fistula of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisdra by one anointing. Then the Magadha king Seniya Bimbis4ra, having been restored to health, ordered his five hundred wives to put on all their ornaments ; then he ordered them to take their ornaments off and to make a heap of them, and he said to Givaka KomAarabhaééa : ‘All these ornaments, my dear Givaka, of my five hundred wives shall be thine.’ ‘Nay, Sire, may Your Majesty remember my office.’ VINI, 1,17. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS, 181 ‘Very well, my dear Gtvaka, you can wait upon me and my seraglio and the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head.’ Gtvaka Komérabha#éa accepted this order of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisdra (by saying), ‘ Yes, Your Majesty.’ 16. At that time the se¢/Ai at Ragagaha had been suffering for seven years from a disease in the head. Many very great and world-renowned physicians came, and were not able to restore him to health; they received much gold and went away. And a prognostication had been made by the physicians to him, to wit: Some of the physicians said: ‘The se¢thi, the householder, will die on the fifth day ;’ other physicians said : ‘The se¢¢Ai, the householder, will die on the seventh day.’ Now (a certain) Ragagaha merchant thought: ‘This se¢¢hi, this householder, does good ‘service both to the king and to the merchants’ guild. Now the physicians have made prognostication to him(&c., as above). There is Givaka, the royal physician, an excellent young doctor. What if we were to ask the king for his physician Givaka to cure the se¢thi, the householder ?’
2Now the physicians have made prognostication to him(&c., as above). There is Givaka, the royal physician, an excellent young doctor. What if we were to ask the king for his physician Givaka to cure the se¢thi, the householder ?’ 17. And the Ragagaha merchant went to the place where the Magadha king Seniya Bimbis4ra was ; having approached him, he said to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra: ‘That se¢¢hi, Sire, that householder, does good service both to Your Majesty and to the merchants’ guild. Now the physicians have made prognostication to him, &c. May it please Your Majesty to order the physician Gtvaka to cure the seZ¢Ai, the householder.’ Then the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra gave 182 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 18. orders to Givaka Komiarabhaéa (saying), ‘Go, my dear Givaka, and cure the se¢¢hi, the householder.’ Gtvaka Komérabhaééa accepted this order of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisdra (by saying), ‘ Yes, Your Majesty,’ went to the place where the se/thi, the householder, was, and having approached him, and having carefully observed the change in his appearance, he said to the seé¢hi, the householder : ‘If I restore you to health, my good householder, what fee will you give me ?’ ‘All that I possess shall be yours, doctor, and I will be your slave.’ 18. ‘Well, my good householder, will you be able to lie down on one side for seven months ?’ ‘I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on one side for seven months.’ ‘And will you be able, my good householder, to lie down on the other side for seven months ?’ ‘I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on the other side for seven months.’ ‘And will you be able, my.good householder, to lie down on your back for seven months ?’ ‘I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on my back for seven months.’ Then Gtvaka Komérabhaféa ordered the se#thi, the householder, to lie down on his bed, tied him fast to his bed, cut through the skin of the head, drew apart the flesh on each side of the incision, pulled two worms out (of the wound), and showed them to the people (saying), ‘See, Sirs, these two worms, a small one and a big one. The doctors who said, “On the fifth day the se/¢si, the householder, will die,” have seen this big worm, and how it would penetrate on the fifth day to the brain of VIII, 1, 19. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 183 the se¢thi, the householder, and that when it had penetrated to the brain, the se¢¢4i, the householder, would die. Those doctors have seen it quite rightly. And the doctors who said, “ On the seventh day the se/thi, the householder, will die,” have seen this small worm, and how it would penetrate on the seventh day to the brain of the se¢¢i, the householder, and that when it had penetrated to the brain, the se¢¢i, the householder, would die. Those doctors have seen it quite rightly.’ (Speaking thus) he closed up the sides of the wound, stitched up the skin on the head, and anointed it with salve.
3Those doctors have seen it quite rightly.’ (Speaking thus) he closed up the sides of the wound, stitched up the skin on the head, and anointed it with salve. 19. And when seven days had elapsed, the se¢¢4i, the householder, said to Givaka Komérabhaééa : ‘I am not able, doctor, to lie down on one side for seven months.’ ‘Did you not tell me, my good householder: “I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on one side for seven months ?”’ ‘It is true, doctor, I told you so indeed, but I shall die (if I do); I cannot lie down on one side for seven months.’ ‘Well, my good householder, then you must lie down on the other side for seven months.’ And when seven days had elapsed, the se/¢Ai, the householder, said to Gitvaka KomAérabhaééa : ‘I am not able, doctor, to lie down on the other side for seven months.’ ‘Did you not tell me, &c.’ ‘It is true, doctor, I told you so indeed, &c.’ ‘Well, my good householder, then you must lie down on your back for seven months.’ And when seven days had elapsed, the se/#Ai, the householder, said to Givaka KomAérabhaZéa : ‘1 am, 184 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 20. not able, doctor, to lie down on my back for seven months.’ ‘Did you not tell me, &c.?’ ‘It is true, doctor, I told you so indeed, &c.’ 20. ‘If I had not spoken thus to you, my good householder, you would not have lain down even so long a time. But I knew beforehand, “After three times seven days the se¢¢hi, the householder, will be restored to health.” Arise, my good householder, you are restored; look to it what fee you give me.’ ‘All that I possess shall be yours, doctor, and I will be your slave.’ ‘Nay, my good householder, do not give me all that you possess, and do not be my slave; give one hundred thousand (kah4pazas) to the king, and one hundred thousand to me.’ Then the se¢¢hi, the householder, having regained his health, gave a hundred thousand (k4h4pamas) to the king, and a hundred thousand to Givaka Komarabhagfa. 21. At that time the son of the se/¢hi at Benares, who used to amuse himself by tumbling (mokkhakik4?), brought upon himself an entanglement of his 1 MokkhaZik4 is explained in a passage quoted by Childers sub voce and taken from the Sumangala Vilasinf on the 4th Magghima Sila. (Compare Rh. D.,‘ Buddhist Suttas from the Pali,’ p. 193.) The passage from Buddhaghosa is however not devoid of ambiguity. He says: ‘Mokkha&ik4 is the feat of turning over and over. One gets hold of a staff in the air, and places his head on the ground; turning himself upside down. ‘This is what is meant (by the word mokkhaik4).’ It is not clear whether the performer suspends himself by his feet from a horizontal bar fixed at a height above the ground; or whether he turns a sommersault, holding at the same time a stick in his hands. The latter seems VIII, 1,22, THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 185
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.
114. At that time the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisd4ra suffered from a fistula; his garments were stained with blood. When the queens saw that, N 2 180 MAHAVAGGA. VII, 1, 1g. they ridiculed (the king, and said): ‘ His Majesty ‘is having his courses. His Majesty will bring forth!’ The king was annoyed at that. And the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra said to the royal prince Abhaya: ‘I am suffering, my dear Abhaya, from such a disease that my garments are stained with blood; and the queens, when they see it, ridicule (me by saying), “His Majesty is, &c.” Pray, my dear Abhaya, find a physician for me, able to cure me.’ ‘This excellent young physician of ours, Sire, Givaka, he will cure Your Majesty.’ ‘Then pray, my dear Abhaya, give orders to the physician Givaka, and he shall cure me.’ 15. Then the royal prince Abhaya gave orders to Gtvaka Komarabhaééa (saying), ‘Go, my dear Givaka, and cure the king.’ Gtvaka KomférabhaZéa accepted this order of the royal prince Abhaya (by saying), ‘Yes, Your Highness,’ took some medicament in his nail, and went to the place where the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisfra was. Having approached him, he said to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra: ‘Let us see your disease, Your Majesty. And Gtvaka Komarabhaféa healed the fistula of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisdra by one anointing. Then the Magadha king Seniya Bimbis4ra, having been restored to health, ordered his five hundred wives to put on all their ornaments ; then he ordered them to take their ornaments off and to make a heap of them, and he said to Givaka KomAarabhaééa : ‘All these ornaments, my dear Givaka, of my five hundred wives shall be thine.’ ‘Nay, Sire, may Your Majesty remember my office.’ VINI, 1,17. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS, 181 ‘Very well, my dear Gtvaka, you can wait upon me and my seraglio and the fraternity of Bhikkhus with the Buddha at its head.’ Gtvaka Komérabha#éa accepted this order of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisdra (by saying), ‘ Yes, Your Majesty.’ 16. At that time the se¢/Ai at Ragagaha had been suffering for seven years from a disease in the head. Many very great and world-renowned physicians came, and were not able to restore him to health; they received much gold and went away. And a prognostication had been made by the physicians to him, to wit: Some of the physicians said: ‘The se¢thi, the householder, will die on the fifth day ;’ other physicians said : ‘The se¢¢Ai, the householder, will die on the seventh day.’ Now (a certain) Ragagaha merchant thought: ‘This se¢¢hi, this householder, does good ‘service both to the king and to the merchants’ guild. Now the physicians have made prognostication to him(&c., as above). There is Givaka, the royal physician, an excellent young doctor. What if we were to ask the king for his physician Givaka to cure the se¢thi, the householder ?’
2Now the physicians have made prognostication to him(&c., as above). There is Givaka, the royal physician, an excellent young doctor. What if we were to ask the king for his physician Givaka to cure the se¢thi, the householder ?’ 17. And the Ragagaha merchant went to the place where the Magadha king Seniya Bimbis4ra was ; having approached him, he said to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra: ‘That se¢¢hi, Sire, that householder, does good service both to Your Majesty and to the merchants’ guild. Now the physicians have made prognostication to him, &c. May it please Your Majesty to order the physician Gtvaka to cure the seZ¢Ai, the householder.’ Then the Magadha king Seniya Bimbiséra gave 182 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 18. orders to Givaka Komiarabhaéa (saying), ‘Go, my dear Givaka, and cure the se¢¢hi, the householder.’ Gtvaka Komérabhaééa accepted this order of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisdra (by saying), ‘ Yes, Your Majesty,’ went to the place where the se/thi, the householder, was, and having approached him, and having carefully observed the change in his appearance, he said to the seé¢hi, the householder : ‘If I restore you to health, my good householder, what fee will you give me ?’ ‘All that I possess shall be yours, doctor, and I will be your slave.’ 18. ‘Well, my good householder, will you be able to lie down on one side for seven months ?’ ‘I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on one side for seven months.’ ‘And will you be able, my good householder, to lie down on the other side for seven months ?’ ‘I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on the other side for seven months.’ ‘And will you be able, my.good householder, to lie down on your back for seven months ?’ ‘I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on my back for seven months.’ Then Gtvaka Komérabhaféa ordered the se#thi, the householder, to lie down on his bed, tied him fast to his bed, cut through the skin of the head, drew apart the flesh on each side of the incision, pulled two worms out (of the wound), and showed them to the people (saying), ‘See, Sirs, these two worms, a small one and a big one. The doctors who said, “On the fifth day the se/¢si, the householder, will die,” have seen this big worm, and how it would penetrate on the fifth day to the brain of VIII, 1, 19. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 183 the se¢thi, the householder, and that when it had penetrated to the brain, the se¢¢4i, the householder, would die. Those doctors have seen it quite rightly. And the doctors who said, “ On the seventh day the se/thi, the householder, will die,” have seen this small worm, and how it would penetrate on the seventh day to the brain of the se¢¢i, the householder, and that when it had penetrated to the brain, the se¢¢i, the householder, would die. Those doctors have seen it quite rightly.’ (Speaking thus) he closed up the sides of the wound, stitched up the skin on the head, and anointed it with salve.
3Those doctors have seen it quite rightly.’ (Speaking thus) he closed up the sides of the wound, stitched up the skin on the head, and anointed it with salve. 19. And when seven days had elapsed, the se¢¢4i, the householder, said to Givaka Komérabhaééa : ‘I am not able, doctor, to lie down on one side for seven months.’ ‘Did you not tell me, my good householder: “I shall be able, doctor, to lie down on one side for seven months ?”’ ‘It is true, doctor, I told you so indeed, but I shall die (if I do); I cannot lie down on one side for seven months.’ ‘Well, my good householder, then you must lie down on the other side for seven months.’ And when seven days had elapsed, the se/¢Ai, the householder, said to Gitvaka KomAérabhaééa : ‘I am not able, doctor, to lie down on the other side for seven months.’ ‘Did you not tell me, &c.’ ‘It is true, doctor, I told you so indeed, &c.’ ‘Well, my good householder, then you must lie down on your back for seven months.’ And when seven days had elapsed, the se/#Ai, the householder, said to Givaka KomAérabhaZéa : ‘1 am, 184 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 1, 20. not able, doctor, to lie down on my back for seven months.’ ‘Did you not tell me, &c.?’ ‘It is true, doctor, I told you so indeed, &c.’ 20. ‘If I had not spoken thus to you, my good householder, you would not have lain down even so long a time. But I knew beforehand, “After three times seven days the se¢¢hi, the householder, will be restored to health.” Arise, my good householder, you are restored; look to it what fee you give me.’ ‘All that I possess shall be yours, doctor, and I will be your slave.’ ‘Nay, my good householder, do not give me all that you possess, and do not be my slave; give one hundred thousand (kah4pazas) to the king, and one hundred thousand to me.’ Then the se¢¢hi, the householder, having regained his health, gave a hundred thousand (k4h4pamas) to the king, and a hundred thousand to Givaka Komarabhagfa. 21. At that time the son of the se/¢hi at Benares, who used to amuse himself by tumbling (mokkhakik4?), brought upon himself an entanglement of his 1 MokkhaZik4 is explained in a passage quoted by Childers sub voce and taken from the Sumangala Vilasinf on the 4th Magghima Sila. (Compare Rh. D.,‘ Buddhist Suttas from the Pali,’ p. 193.) The passage from Buddhaghosa is however not devoid of ambiguity. He says: ‘Mokkha&ik4 is the feat of turning over and over. One gets hold of a staff in the air, and places his head on the ground; turning himself upside down. ‘This is what is meant (by the word mokkhaik4).’ It is not clear whether the performer suspends himself by his feet from a horizontal bar fixed at a height above the ground; or whether he turns a sommersault, holding at the same time a stick in his hands. The latter seems VIII, 1,22, THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 185
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