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VI, 28, 8.
ON MEDICAMENTS.
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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 Pataligâma lay-devotees had departed thence, went to an empty place in order to give himself to meditation).
At that time Sunidha and Vassakâra, two ministers of Magadha, were building a (fortified) town at Påtaligâma 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 Påtaligâma. 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 Ânanda : 'Who are they, Ananda, who are building a town at Pâtaligâma?'
Sunidha and Vassakära, Lord, the two ministers of Magadha, are building a town at Påtaligâma in order to repel the Vaggis.'
*As if they had consulted, Ânanda, with the Tâvatimsa gods, so (at the right place), Ananda, the Magadha ministers Sunidha and Vassakâra build this town at Påtaligâma in order to repel the Vaggis. When I had risen up early in the morning, Ânanda, at dawn's time, I saw with my divine
1 Suññâgâra. Comp. I, 78, 5; Suttavibhanga, Pârâg. IV, 4, 1.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |