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VI, 15, 9.
ON MEDICAMENTS.
when he had come there he asked the neighbours, Where is the family of this park-keeper gone to ?'
The king, Sir, has had them thrown into bonds on account of that chaplet of gold.'
Then the venerable Pilindavakkha went on to the residence of the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra : and when he had come there he sat down on the seat prepared for him. And the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra went to the place where the venerable Pilindavakkha was; and when he had come there, he bowed down before the venerable Pilindavakkha, and took his seat on one side. And when he was so seated the venerable Pilindavakkha said to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra :
8. Why, O King, has the park-keeper's family been thrown into bonds ?'
That park-keeper, Sir, has in his house a chaplet of gold, such that there is no chaplet of gold in the king's seraglio like it. Whence should he, poor as he is, have got (such a thing)? For a certainty he has procured it by theft.'
Then the venerable Pilindavakkha determined that the palace of the Mâgadha king Seniya Bimbisara should be gold. And it became all of gold.
'Now, your Majesty, whence have you this so great quantity of gold ?'
'I understand, Lord. This is your miraculous power' (said the king. And so saying) he set that park-keeper's family free.
9. When the people, glad at heart and full of satisfaction, saw that so great a miracle had been shown by the venerable Pilindavakkha to the king and his royal retinue, they brought to the venerable Pilindavakkha the five kinds of medicine,--that is to
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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 |