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Bhagavān Buddha started from Vaisals to reach Kusinārā. At the Ananda caitya in Bhognagara, he said,
"Bhikşus ! If you ever hear a monk saying, 'Ābue ! I have heard this straight from the Buddha. This is Dharma. This is Vinaya. This is the counsel imparted by the Great Leader', then, I say, neither welcome the statement at once nor decry it. Check it from the Sūtra, and from the Vinaya. If you do not find it there, then take it for certain that the assertion has been ill-begotten by the said Bhiksu. If, however, you find it in the Sūtra ,and the Vinaya, then, take it to be the word of the Tathāgata".
Starting from there, the Buddha reached Pava. He halted at the mango garden belonging to one Cunda, son of Karmara. Cunda invited the Buddha with his monks for dinner at his residence. On the previous night, a special preparation was made from the dinner to be given next day. A huge quantity of meat from young pigs was cooked (26). At the appointed hour, the Buddha came with his begging bowl and cloth the house of Cunda, the son of Karmāra and sat down to dinner. While dining, the Buddha said as follows to his host,
"Don't give this rich meat to the monks. They wont's be able to digest it".
No sooner had he finished his dinner than the Buddha felt a severe pain in his abdomen. He vomited several times and this was full of blood.
Despite his being ill, the Buddha departed from Pavā to reach Kusinārā. Being tired, he sat on the roadside. As he became very thirsty, he asked Ananda to fetch him some water from the river. Said Ananda,
"Bhante! Just now, .500 carts have passed through this river. This is a small stream and the water is already muddy. Just ahead of us, at a short distance from here, we shall come across the river Kakuttha. The water of that river is clean and tasteful. So you may drink water there".
