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BIMBISÂRA RÂGA BECOMES A DISCIPLE.
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*Ah! alas ! what misery! this most distinguished man is also burnt up by the fiery Naga,' 1314
Then Kåsyapa and his followers at morning light came one and all to look. Now Buddha having subdued the evil Någa, had straightway placed him in his pâtra, 1315
(Beholding which) and seeing the power of Buddha, Kasyapa conceived within him deep and secret thoughts: This Gotama,' he thought, ‘is deeply versed (in religion), but still he said, "I am a master of religion.". 1316
Then Buddha, as occasion offered, displayed all kinds of spiritual changes ', influencing his (Kasyapa's) heart-thoughts, changing and subduing them ; 1317
Making his mind pliant and yielding, until at length prepared to be a vessel of the true law, he confessed that his poor wisdom could not compare with the complete wisdom of the world-honoured one. 1318
And so, convinced at last, humbly submitting, he accepted right instruction. (Thus) U-pi-lo (Uravilva) Kasyapa, and five hundred of his followers 1319
Following their master, virtuously submissive, in turn received the teaching of the law. Kâsyapa and all his followers were thus entirely converted. 1320
The Rishi then, taking his goods and all his sacrificial vessels, threw them together in the river, which floated down upon the surface of the current. 1321
Nadi and Gada, brothers, who dwelt adown the stream, seeing these articles of clothing (and the rest) floating along the stream disorderly, 1322
· The different wonders wrought by Buddha are detailed in Spence Hardy's Manual, and in the Romantic Legend of Buddha:
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