Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
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

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MAHÂVAGGA.
VIII, 1, 18.
orders to Givaka Komârabhakka (saying), 'Go, my dear Glvaka, and cure the setthi, the householder.'
Glvaka Komârabhakka accepted this order of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra (by saying), · Yes, Your Majesty,' went to the place where the setthi, the householder, was, and having approached him, and having carefully observed the change in his appearance, he said to the setthi, 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 Glvaka Komarabhakka ordered the setthi, 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 setthi, the householder, will die,” have seen this big worm, and how it would penetrate on the fifth day to the brain of
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