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''Bhante! I beseech to be initiated by thee, to be given upasampadā by thy hand".
The Buddha said in a very soft voice, "Kas yapa! You are the leader of 500 Jatilas. You think of them".
Uruvela Kās'yapa understood the hint dropped by the Buddha. He came to his men and apprised them of his intention of being initiated by the great monk. He advised his men to feel free and act according to their discretion.
They thought for a while and then said in one voice,
"We too have respect for the great monk. If you intend to be initiated by him, we shall follow you".
All the Jatilas rose in a. body. They immersed . their hairs, mats, begging cloth, gee pot, fire oven, etc., in the water and came to the Buddha. With their heads bent low, they prayed to be initiated and to be given his upasampadā. The Buddha accepted their prayer and gave them the ubasa mpadā.
Nandi Käsyapa observed the various objects (of the Parivrājaka monks) being carried away in the flow of the river. He was surprised. He apprehended that some disaster must have befallen his brother. So in the company of his own followers he rushed to look up his brother. But when he saw him as a monk, his surpriseknew no bound. Suddenly the following words dropped from his mouth.
"Kāsyapa! Have you done a good thing"?
Uruvela Kās'yapa said in reply,
"Yes, abus, I have done a good thing".
Nandi Kasyapa and all his 300 men immersed their belongings in the river and accepted upasampadă from the Buddha.
