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MAHÂVAGGA.
VIII, 1, 32.
that will purge the Blessed One ten times.' Thus he offered also the third handful of lotuses to the Blessed One (saying), 'Lord, may the Blessed One smell this third handful of lotuses; that will purge the Blessed One ten times. Thus the Blessed One will have purged full thirty times.' And Givaka Komârabhakka, having given to the Blessed One a purgative for full thirty times, bowed down before the Blessed One, and passed round him with his right side towards him, and went away.
32. And Givaka Komârabhakka, when he was out of doors, thought: 'I have given indeed to the Blessed One a purgative for full thirty times, but as the humors of the Tathagatha's body are disturbed, it will not purge the Blessed One full thirty times; it will purge the Blessed One only twenty-nine times. But the Blessed One, having purged, will take a bath ; the bath will purge the Blessed One once; thus the Blessed One will be purged full thirty times.'
And the Blessed One, who understood by the power of his mind this reflection of Givaka Komârabhakka, said to the venerable Ånanda: 'Givaka Komârabhakka, Ânanda, when he was out of doors, has thought : “I have given indeed (&c., as above, down to :) thus the Blessed One will be purged full thirty times." Well, Ånanda, get warm water ready.'
The venerable Ânanda accepted this order of the Blessed One (saying), “Yes, Lord,' and got warm water ready.
33. And Givaka Komârabhakka went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him ; sitting near him Glvaka Komarabhakka said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, has the
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2523 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |