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VI, 20, 4.
ON MEDICAMENTS.
Moggallâna coming from afar: and on seeing him he said to the venerable Maha Moggallana :
May my lord, the venerable Maha Moggallâna, approach. Welcome to my lord, the venerable Mahâ Moggallâna. What may my lord have need of? What shall I give to him ?'
I want the edible stalks of the various lotuses.'
Then that Någa gave command to another Naga, saying, “Very well then, good friend, give the venerable one edible stalks of the lotuses.'
And that Naga plunged into the Mandakint lake, and plucked with his trunk edible stalks of the lotuses, and washed them thoroughly, and bound them in a bundle, and went to the place where the venerable Mahâ Moggallâna was.
3. Then the venerable Maha Moggallâna as quickly (&c., as in § 1) vanished from the bank of the Mandakini lake, and appeared in Getavana. Then that Naga also vanished from the bank of the Mandakint lake, and appeared in the Getavana. And when that Naga had caused the venerable Maha Moggallâna to receive those edible stalks of the lotuses he vanished from the Getavana, and appeared on the shore of the Mandakint lake.
Then the venerable Maha Moggallâna presented those edible stalks of the lotuses to the venerable Sariputta. And the fever abated on the venerable Sariputta when he had eaten the edible stalks of the lotuses. And many of them remained over.
4. Now at that time, during the scarcity (&c., as above, in chap. 18. 4, down to :) did not accept the invitation.
Accept it, О Bhikkhus, and eat. I allow a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and has refused food still
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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 |