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Garahadinna's masters really know just what is going to happen, they '11 

 stay away from here." (436-7) 



But Garahadinna's masters came, just as Sirigutta expected they 

 would. Sirigutta told them to sit down all at once, and when they did 

 so, they were immediately tipped over backwards, and precipitated 

 into the mass of filth at the bottom of the ditch. As they crawled out, 

 Sirigutta's men belabored them with clubs until they were glad 

 enough to escape with their lives. Garahadinna had Sirigutta haled 

 before the king and asked the king to give him the full extent of the 

 aw ; but when the king investigated the matter, he decided that it was 

 Garahadinna, rather than Sirigutta, who deserved to be punished, and 

 therefore had Garahadinna beaten soundly. (437-9) 



Garahadinna cherished deep resentment against Sirigutta for a long 

 time, and finally determined to serve Buddha and his monks somewhat 

 as Sirigutta had served the Naked Ascetics. He employed much the 

 same stratagem, except that instead of filling the ditch with filth, he 

 had it filled with glowing coals. But the Buddha caused an enormous 

 lotus-flower to spring up from the bed of coals, whereon he sat, sur- 

 rounded by his five hundred monks. By a second miracle he created 

 an abundant supply of food, whereof all partook. Then he pronounced 

 Stanzas 58-59, at the end of which the multitude obtained clear com- 

 prehension of the law, and Garahadinna and Sirigutta attained the 

 Fruit of Conversion. In the evening, referring to a similar experience 

 he had in a previous existence, he related the Khadirangara Jataka. 

 (439-447) 



