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Mahaparinibbanasutta 4.20

Mahāparinibbānasutta 4.20

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Pāli

4.20.1

Atha kho bhagavato cundassa kammāraputtassa bhattaṃ bhuttāvissa kharo ābādho uppajji, lohitapakkhandikā pabāḷhā vedanā vattanti māraṇantikā.

After the Buddha had eaten Cunda’s meal, he fell severely ill with bloody dysentery, struck by dreadful pains, close to death.

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4.20.2

Tā sudaṃ bhagavā sato sampajāno adhivāsesi avihaññamāno.

But he endured unbothered, with mindfulness and situational awareness.

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4.20.3

Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ āmantesi:

Then he addressed Ānanda,

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4.20.4

“āyāmānanda, yena kusinārā tenupasaṅkamissāmā”ti.

“Come, Ānanda, let’s go to Kusinārā.”

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4.20.5

“Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paccassosi.

“Yes, sir,” Ānanda replied.

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4.20.6

Cundassa bhattaṃ bhuñjitvā,

I’ve heard that after eating

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4.20.7

kammārassāti me sutaṃ;

the meal of Cunda the smith,

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4.20.8

Ābādhaṃ samphusī dhīro,

the attentive one fell severely ill,

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4.20.9

pabāḷhaṃ māraṇantikaṃ.

with pains, close to death.

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4.20.10

Bhuttassa ca sūkaramaddavena,

A severe sickness struck the Teacher

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4.20.11

Byādhippabāḷho udapādi satthuno;

who had eaten the pork on the turn.

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4.20.12

Virecamāno bhagavā avoca,

While still purging the Buddha said:

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4.20.13

“Gacchāmahaṃ kusināraṃ nagaran”ti.

“I’ll go to the citadel of Kusinārā.”

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