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Very good, then, Ånanda. Let him provide them.' *Very good, then, Roga. Provide them accordingly.'
Then Roga the Malla at the end of the night, after he had had a quantity of potherbs and meal made ready, offered them to the Blessed One, saying, 'May the Blessed One accept at my hands the potherbs and the meal.'
Very good, then, Roga. Present them to the Bhikkhus.
The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, did not accept them.
Accept them, O Bhikkhus, and make use of them.' 8. Then Roga the Malla, with his own hand, offered to the company of the Bhikkhus with the Buddha at their head, and satisfied them with the potherbs and the meal. And when the Blessed One had finished his meal, and had cleansed his hands and the bowl, he (Roga) took his seat on one side. And when he was so seated the Blessed One taught, and incited, and conversed, and gladdened Roga the Malla with religious discourse. And Roga the Malla, when he had been taught, &c., rose from his seat and departed thence.
And the Blessed One, on that occasion, and in that connection, when he had delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said:
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, all kinds of potherbs", and all kinds of meal?.'
1 Sabbañ ka tâkan (sic) ti sappi-âdîhi pakkam vâ apakkam vâ yam kiski lákam (B.)
• Pirtha-khádaniyan ti pillhamayam khâdaniyam (B.)
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