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Nāgarājassa phaṇehi muttamuttaṭṭhānato tālakkhandhapamāṇā udakavaṭṭiyo uggañchiṃsu. Sāmaṇero ākāseyeva pānīyavārakaṃ pūresi. Devasaṅgho sādhukāramadāsi. Atha nāgarājā lajjitvā sāmaṇerassa kujjhi, jayakusumavaṇṇānissa akkhīni ahesuṃ. So ‘‘ayaṃ maṃ devasaṅghaṃ sannipātetvā pānīyaṃ gahetvā lajjāpesi, etaṃ gahetvā mukhe hatthaṃ pakkhipitvā hadayamaṃsaṃ vāssa maddāmi, pāde vā naṃ gahetvā pāragaṅgāyaṃ khipāmī’’ti vegena anubandhi. Anubandhantopi naṃ pāpuṇituṃ nāsakkhiyeva. Sāmaṇero gantvā upajjhāyassa hatthe pānīyaṃ ṭhapetvā ‘‘pivatha, bhante’’ti āha. Nāgarājāpi pacchato āgantvā, ‘‘bhante anuruddha, sāmaṇero mayā adinnameva pānīyaṃ gahetvā āgato, mā pivitthā’’ti āha. Evaṃ kira sāmaṇerāti. ‘‘Pivatha, bhante, iminā me dinnaṃ pānīyaṃ āhaṭa’’nti āha. Thero ‘‘khīṇāsavasāmaṇerassa musākathanaṃ nāma natthī’’ti ñatvā pānīyaṃ pivi. Taṅkhaṇaññevassa ābādho paṭipassambhi. Puna nāgo theraṃ āha – ‘‘bhante, sāmaṇerenamhi sabbaṃ devagaṇaṃ sannipātetvā lajjāpito, ahamassa hadayaṃ vā phālessāmi, pāde vā naṃ gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipissāmī’’ti. Mahārāja, sāmaṇero mahānubhāvo, tumhe sāmaṇerena saddhiṃ saṅgāmetuṃ na sakkhissatha, khamāpetvā naṃ gacchathāti. So sayampi sāmaṇerassa ānubhāvaṃ jānātiyeva, lajjāya pana anubandhitvā āgato. Atha naṃ therassa vacanena khamāpetvā tena saddhiṃ mittasanthavaṃ katvā ‘‘ito paṭṭhāya anotattaudakena atthe sati tumhākaṃ āgamanakiccaṃ natthi, mayhaṃ pahiṇeyyātha, ahameva āharitvā dassāmī’’ti vatvā pakkāmi. > Having thrice exacted a promise from the king of the dragons, the novice, poised in the air, assumed the form of Brahmā, twelve leagues in height, and descending from the sky, trod upon the hood of the king of the dragons, forced his head downwards, and squeezed him with all his might. Just as when a strong man treads on a wet skin, so also, the instant the novice trod on the hood of the dragon, folds formed in the dragon's hood the size of spoons, and slipped away. And from every place from which the folds of the dragon's hood had slipped, spurted jets of water as tall as the trunks of palmyra-trees. The novice, poised in the air, filled his jar with drinking-water. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > The host of deities gave their applause. The king of the dragons was overwhelmed with shame, and filled with anger towards the novice, and his eyes took on the color of the guñjā berry. Said the king of the dragons to himself, “This fellow has gathered together a host of deities, trod on my hood, and put me to shame. I will seize him, thrust his hand into my mouth, and crush the flesh of his heart. Or I will pick him up by his heels and throw him over the Ganges.” And setting out with all speed, he pursued him, but was unable to overtake him. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > The novice went back to his preceptor, placed the jar of water in his hands, and said to him, “Drink thereof, Reverend Sir.” The king of the dragons came up behind him and said to the preceptor, “Reverend Sir, your novice Anuruddha took water I did not give him and brought it to you; do not drink it.” “Novice, is this true?” “Drink, Reverend Sir; the water I have brought to you was given to me by the king of the dragons himself.” The Elder knew in his heart, “It is impossible that a novice who has attained Arahatship should utter a falsehood,” and therefore drank of the water. The moment he did so he felt better. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > Again the dragon said to the Elder, “Reverend Sir, your novice assembled the host of the deities, one and all, and put me to an open shame. I intend either to split his heart for him or to pick him up by the heels and fling him over the Ganges.” “Mighty king, the novice possesses great supernatural power; you will never be able to fight with the novice; beg his pardon and go.” Now the king of the dragons knew without anybody's telling him, that the novice possessed great supernatural power, and pursued him merely out of a sense of shame. Therefore he obeyed the Elder's command, asked the novice to pardon him, made friends with him and said to the novice, “Henceforth, when you need water from Lake Anotatta, do not put yourself to the trouble of coming for it. Simply send a message, and I will myself bring the water and give it to you.” Having so said, he departed. The Elder took the novice with him and set out on his round. The Teacher, knowing that the Elder was on his way, sat in the mansion of the Mother of Migāra, waiting for the Elder to come. When the monks saw the Elder approaching, they came forth to meet him and took his bowl and robe. Some of them patted the novice on the head and tweaked his ears, saying, "Little novice, are you not discontented?" When the Teacher saw what they were doing, he thought to himself, "These monks are doing a very wrong thing in taking liberties with this novice. They are taking hold of this novice as one would take a poisonous snake by the neck. They do not know how great is the supernatural power which he possesses. I ought this very day to make known the virtues of the novice Sumana." The Elder approached, saluted the Teacher, and sat down. The Teacher exchanged friendly greetings with the Elder, and addressed the Elder Ānanda as follows, "Ānanda, I desire to bathe my feet in water from Lake Anotatta. Give water-pots to the novices and bid them fetch water." > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 25.12.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p29) - [Next: 25.12.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p31) - [Up: 25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.25.12.p39) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.25.12.p30) · Pramāṇa