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1* Ahata-kappanam. See above, VII, 1, 6. * See our notes on these expressions above, VII, 1, 6. 216 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 15, 1. together, patches!, darns*, and small pieces of cloth sewn on by way of marking’, or of strengthening * the robe.’ 15. 1. Now when the Blessed One had remained at Benares as long as he thought fit, he went onwards on his journey toward SAvatthi. And in due course journeying straight on he arrived at Savatthi; and there, at SAvatthi, he stayed at the Getavana, Andtha-pizdika’s Arama. And Visakha the mother of Mig&ra went up to the place where the Blessed One was; and when she had come there, she saluted the Blessed One, and took her seat on one side. And the Blessed One taught Visdkha the mother of Migara seated thus: and incited, and aroused, and gladdened her with religious discourse. And Visakh4 the mother of Migdra when she had been thus taught, &c., spake thus to the Blessed One: ‘Will my Lord the Blessed One consent to accept his morrow’s meal at my hands, together with the company of the Bhikkhus?’ The Blessed One, by remaining silent, granted his consent; and Visakh4 the mother of Mig4ra, perceiving that the Blessed One had consented, rose from her seat, and saluted the Blessed One, and keeping him on her right side as she passed him, she departed thence. 1 This liability to have to be patched is given, in connection with the previous phrase, as one of the nine disadvantages of robes at Gataka I, 8; and tunnav4ya occurs as the expression for a mender of old clothes at Kullavagga VI, 5, 1: * See our notes on these expressions above, VII, 1, 5. VII, 15, 3- THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 2. Now at that time, when the night was far spent, there was a great storm of rain over the whole world?, And the Blessed One said to the Bhikkhus : ‘Just as it is raining in the Getavana, O Bhikkhus, so is it raining over the whole world. Let yourselves, O Bhikkhus, be rained down upon, for this is the last time there will be a mighty storm of rain over the whole world.’ ‘Even so, Lord,’ said those Bhikkhus in assent to the Blessed One; and throwing off their robes they let themselves be rained down upon. 3. And Vis4kh4 the mother of Migara having provided sweet food, both hard and soft, gave command to a slave girl, saying, ‘Go thou® to the Arama; and when you are there, announce the time, saying, “ The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.”’ ‘Even so, my Lady,’ said the slave girl in assent to Visakh4, the mother of Mig4ra; and going to the Arama she beheld there the Bhikkhus, with their robes thrown off, letting themselves be rained down upon. Then thinking, ‘These are not Bhikkhus in the Arama, they are naked ascetics letting the rain fall on them,’ she returned to the place where Vis4kh4 the mother of Migdra was, and said to her: ‘There are no Bhikkhus in the Arama; there are 1 KAtuddfpiko, literally, ‘over the four continents,’ into which the world was supposed to be divided. Compare Genesis vii. 44.
2Compare Genesis vii. 44. * Gakkha ge; where ge is the appropriate form of address invariably used to a female slave or maid-servant. Compare Childers, in the ‘Dictionary,’ p. 617. 218 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 15, 4. naked ascetics there, letting the rain fall on themselves.’ : Then it occurred to Visékha the mother of Mig4ra—she being learned, expert, and wise—‘ For a certainty the venerable ones must have thrown off their robes in order to let themselves be rained down upon, and this foolish girl thinks therefore that there are no Bhikkhus in the Ardma, but only naked ascetics letting the rain fall on them.’ And she again gave command to the slave girl, saying, ‘Go thou to the Arama; and when you are there, announce the time, saying, “The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.”’ 4. Now the Bhikkhus when they had cooled their limbs, and were refreshed in body, took their robes, and entered each one into his chamber. When the slave girl came to the Arama, not seeing any Bhikkhus, she thought: ‘There are no Bhikkhus in the Arama. The Arama is empty.’ And returning to Visakha the mother of Mig4ra she said so. Then it occurred to Vis4kh4 the mother of Migara—she being learned, expert, and wise—‘ For a certainty the venerable ones, when they had cooled their limbs and were refreshed in body, must have taken their robes, and entered each one into his chamber.’ And she again gave command to the slave girl, saying, ‘Go thou to Arama; and when you are there announce the time, saying, “The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.”’ 5. And the Blessed One said to the Bhikkhus: ‘Make yourselves ready, O Bhikkhus, with bowl and robe; the hour for the meal has come.’ ‘Even so, Lord,’ said the Bhikkhus in assent to VIII, rs, 7. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 219 the Blessed One. And in the morning the Blessed One, having put on his under-garment, and being duly bowled and robed, vanished from the Getavana as quickly as a strong man would stretch forth his arm when it was drawn in, or draw it in again when it was stretched forth, and appeared in the mansion! of Visakha the mother of Mig4ra. And the Blessed One took his seat on the seat spread out for him, and with him the company of the Bhikkhus. 6. Then said Visakha the mother of Mig4ra: ‘Most wonderful, most marvellous is the might and the power of the Tathagata, in that though the floods are rolling on knee-deep, and though the floods are rolling on waist-deep, yet is not a single Bhikkhu wet, as to his feet, or as to his robes.’ And glad and exalted in heart she served and offered with her own hand to the company of the Bhikkhus, with the Buddha at their head, sweet food, both hard and soft. And when the Blessed One had finished his meal, and had cleansed his hands and the bowl, she took her seat on one side. And, so sitting, she spake thus to the Blessed One: ‘Eight are the boons, Lord, which I beg of the Blessed One.’
3And when the Blessed One had finished his meal, and had cleansed his hands and the bowl, she took her seat on one side. And, so sitting, she spake thus to the Blessed One: ‘Eight are the boons, Lord, which I beg of the Blessed One.’ ‘The Tath4gatas, O VisAkha, are above granting boons (before they know what they are) ?.’ ‘ Proper, Lord, and unobjectionable are the boons I ask.’ ‘Speak then, O Visakha.’ 7. ‘I desire, Lord, my life long to bestow robes * Koé¢haka does not only mean a room, as given by Childers : it signifies here, as at Gataka I, 227, a battlemented dwelling, the house of a person of rank. * See our note on this phrase at I, 54, 4. 220 MAHAVAGGA. VII, 1g, 8. for the rainy season on the Samgha, and food for in-coming Bhikkhus, and food for out-going Bhikkhus, and food for the sick, and food for those who wait upon the sick, and medicine for the sick, and a constant supply of congey, and) bathing robes for the nuns.’ ‘But what circumstance is it, fe) Visékha, that you have in view in asking these eight boons of the Tathagata ?’ ‘I gave command, Lord, to my slave girl, saying, “Go thou to the Arama; and when you are there, announce the time, saying, ‘The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.’” And the slave girl went, Lord, to the Arama; but when she beheld there the Bhikkhus with their robes thrown off, letting themselves be rained down upon, she thought : “These are not Bhikkhus in the Arama, they are naked ascetics letting the rain fall on them,” and she returned to me and reported accordingly. Impure, Lord, is nakedness, and revolting. It was this circumstance, Lord, that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with special garments for use in the rainy season?. 8. ‘Moreover, Lord, an in-coming Bhikkhu, not being able to take the direct roads, and not knowing the places where food can be procured, comes on his way wearied out by seeking for an alms. But when he has partaken of the food I shall have provided for in-coming Bhikkhus, he will come on his way without being wearied out by seeking for an alms, taking the direct road, and knowing the place where food can be procured. It was this circumstance 1 See below, the note on § 15. VITI, 15, 9- THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 221 that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with food for in-coming Bhikkhus. ‘Moreover, Lord, an out-going Bhikkhu, while seeking about for an alms for himself, may be left behind by the caravan', or may arrive too late at the place whither he desires to go, and will set out on the road in weariness. But when he has partaken of the food I shall have provided for outgoing Bhikkhus, he will not be left behind by the caravan; he will arrive in due time at the place whither he desires to go, and he will set out on the road when he is not weary. It was this circumstance, Lord, that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with food for out-going Bhikkhus.
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.
1* Ahata-kappanam. See above, VII, 1, 6. * See our notes on these expressions above, VII, 1, 6. 216 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 15, 1. together, patches!, darns*, and small pieces of cloth sewn on by way of marking’, or of strengthening * the robe.’ 15. 1. Now when the Blessed One had remained at Benares as long as he thought fit, he went onwards on his journey toward SAvatthi. And in due course journeying straight on he arrived at Savatthi; and there, at SAvatthi, he stayed at the Getavana, Andtha-pizdika’s Arama. And Visakha the mother of Mig&ra went up to the place where the Blessed One was; and when she had come there, she saluted the Blessed One, and took her seat on one side. And the Blessed One taught Visdkha the mother of Migara seated thus: and incited, and aroused, and gladdened her with religious discourse. And Visakh4 the mother of Migdra when she had been thus taught, &c., spake thus to the Blessed One: ‘Will my Lord the Blessed One consent to accept his morrow’s meal at my hands, together with the company of the Bhikkhus?’ The Blessed One, by remaining silent, granted his consent; and Visakh4 the mother of Mig4ra, perceiving that the Blessed One had consented, rose from her seat, and saluted the Blessed One, and keeping him on her right side as she passed him, she departed thence. 1 This liability to have to be patched is given, in connection with the previous phrase, as one of the nine disadvantages of robes at Gataka I, 8; and tunnav4ya occurs as the expression for a mender of old clothes at Kullavagga VI, 5, 1: * See our notes on these expressions above, VII, 1, 5. VII, 15, 3- THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 2. Now at that time, when the night was far spent, there was a great storm of rain over the whole world?, And the Blessed One said to the Bhikkhus : ‘Just as it is raining in the Getavana, O Bhikkhus, so is it raining over the whole world. Let yourselves, O Bhikkhus, be rained down upon, for this is the last time there will be a mighty storm of rain over the whole world.’ ‘Even so, Lord,’ said those Bhikkhus in assent to the Blessed One; and throwing off their robes they let themselves be rained down upon. 3. And Vis4kh4 the mother of Migara having provided sweet food, both hard and soft, gave command to a slave girl, saying, ‘Go thou® to the Arama; and when you are there, announce the time, saying, “ The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.”’ ‘Even so, my Lady,’ said the slave girl in assent to Visakh4, the mother of Mig4ra; and going to the Arama she beheld there the Bhikkhus, with their robes thrown off, letting themselves be rained down upon. Then thinking, ‘These are not Bhikkhus in the Arama, they are naked ascetics letting the rain fall on them,’ she returned to the place where Vis4kh4 the mother of Migdra was, and said to her: ‘There are no Bhikkhus in the Arama; there are 1 KAtuddfpiko, literally, ‘over the four continents,’ into which the world was supposed to be divided. Compare Genesis vii. 44.
2Compare Genesis vii. 44. * Gakkha ge; where ge is the appropriate form of address invariably used to a female slave or maid-servant. Compare Childers, in the ‘Dictionary,’ p. 617. 218 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 15, 4. naked ascetics there, letting the rain fall on themselves.’ : Then it occurred to Visékha the mother of Mig4ra—she being learned, expert, and wise—‘ For a certainty the venerable ones must have thrown off their robes in order to let themselves be rained down upon, and this foolish girl thinks therefore that there are no Bhikkhus in the Ardma, but only naked ascetics letting the rain fall on them.’ And she again gave command to the slave girl, saying, ‘Go thou to the Arama; and when you are there, announce the time, saying, “The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.”’ 4. Now the Bhikkhus when they had cooled their limbs, and were refreshed in body, took their robes, and entered each one into his chamber. When the slave girl came to the Arama, not seeing any Bhikkhus, she thought: ‘There are no Bhikkhus in the Arama. The Arama is empty.’ And returning to Visakha the mother of Mig4ra she said so. Then it occurred to Vis4kh4 the mother of Migara—she being learned, expert, and wise—‘ For a certainty the venerable ones, when they had cooled their limbs and were refreshed in body, must have taken their robes, and entered each one into his chamber.’ And she again gave command to the slave girl, saying, ‘Go thou to Arama; and when you are there announce the time, saying, “The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.”’ 5. And the Blessed One said to the Bhikkhus: ‘Make yourselves ready, O Bhikkhus, with bowl and robe; the hour for the meal has come.’ ‘Even so, Lord,’ said the Bhikkhus in assent to VIII, rs, 7. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 219 the Blessed One. And in the morning the Blessed One, having put on his under-garment, and being duly bowled and robed, vanished from the Getavana as quickly as a strong man would stretch forth his arm when it was drawn in, or draw it in again when it was stretched forth, and appeared in the mansion! of Visakha the mother of Mig4ra. And the Blessed One took his seat on the seat spread out for him, and with him the company of the Bhikkhus. 6. Then said Visakha the mother of Mig4ra: ‘Most wonderful, most marvellous is the might and the power of the Tathagata, in that though the floods are rolling on knee-deep, and though the floods are rolling on waist-deep, yet is not a single Bhikkhu wet, as to his feet, or as to his robes.’ And glad and exalted in heart she served and offered with her own hand to the company of the Bhikkhus, with the Buddha at their head, sweet food, both hard and soft. And when the Blessed One had finished his meal, and had cleansed his hands and the bowl, she took her seat on one side. And, so sitting, she spake thus to the Blessed One: ‘Eight are the boons, Lord, which I beg of the Blessed One.’
3And when the Blessed One had finished his meal, and had cleansed his hands and the bowl, she took her seat on one side. And, so sitting, she spake thus to the Blessed One: ‘Eight are the boons, Lord, which I beg of the Blessed One.’ ‘The Tath4gatas, O VisAkha, are above granting boons (before they know what they are) ?.’ ‘ Proper, Lord, and unobjectionable are the boons I ask.’ ‘Speak then, O Visakha.’ 7. ‘I desire, Lord, my life long to bestow robes * Koé¢haka does not only mean a room, as given by Childers : it signifies here, as at Gataka I, 227, a battlemented dwelling, the house of a person of rank. * See our note on this phrase at I, 54, 4. 220 MAHAVAGGA. VII, 1g, 8. for the rainy season on the Samgha, and food for in-coming Bhikkhus, and food for out-going Bhikkhus, and food for the sick, and food for those who wait upon the sick, and medicine for the sick, and a constant supply of congey, and) bathing robes for the nuns.’ ‘But what circumstance is it, fe) Visékha, that you have in view in asking these eight boons of the Tathagata ?’ ‘I gave command, Lord, to my slave girl, saying, “Go thou to the Arama; and when you are there, announce the time, saying, ‘The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.’” And the slave girl went, Lord, to the Arama; but when she beheld there the Bhikkhus with their robes thrown off, letting themselves be rained down upon, she thought : “These are not Bhikkhus in the Arama, they are naked ascetics letting the rain fall on them,” and she returned to me and reported accordingly. Impure, Lord, is nakedness, and revolting. It was this circumstance, Lord, that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with special garments for use in the rainy season?. 8. ‘Moreover, Lord, an in-coming Bhikkhu, not being able to take the direct roads, and not knowing the places where food can be procured, comes on his way wearied out by seeking for an alms. But when he has partaken of the food I shall have provided for in-coming Bhikkhus, he will come on his way without being wearied out by seeking for an alms, taking the direct road, and knowing the place where food can be procured. It was this circumstance 1 See below, the note on § 15. VITI, 15, 9- THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 221 that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with food for in-coming Bhikkhus. ‘Moreover, Lord, an out-going Bhikkhu, while seeking about for an alms for himself, may be left behind by the caravan', or may arrive too late at the place whither he desires to go, and will set out on the road in weariness. But when he has partaken of the food I shall have provided for outgoing Bhikkhus, he will not be left behind by the caravan; he will arrive in due time at the place whither he desires to go, and he will set out on the road when he is not weary. It was this circumstance, Lord, that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with food for out-going Bhikkhus.
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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