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gawa' rejected them. Subsequently they brought four dishes made of a stone of the 

 color of the muggo seed. Bhagawa', out of compassion for the four dewd, accepting 

 the same, and converting- them into one dish, received the repast into that precious 

 stone-dish; and partaking thereof conferred his blessing on them. Those two 

 traders who were brothers, accepting Buddho, dhammo and saranan (Buddho, his 

 doctrines and his salvation) became two updsakd. 



" Thereafter the satthd repairing to the shepherd's Nigrodho tree tarried there. To 

 him who had that instant taken his seat there, and who was fully impressed with 

 the deep importance of the dhammo which he was destined to establish — a misgiving, 

 common to all the Buddha, arose — producing this exclamation ' alas ! that this 

 dhammo should devolve on me to be established, &c.' Influenced by that reluctance 

 he formed the resolution not to be instrumental in propounding the dhammo to others. 

 Thereupon, the great Brahmd Sahanpati, assembling from the ten thousand Chakka- 

 waUni, the Sakkd, the Suydmd, Santusitd, Nimmanaratino, Paranimmitd, Wasawattino 

 and the great Brahmdno said to them — ' Beloved ! most assuredly the world is about 

 to perish' — and repairing to the satthd supplicated of him to propound the dhammo — 

 saying, as given in the text ' Lord ! Bhagawa, vouchsafe to propound the dhammo. 1 



" The satthd acceding to his prayer thus meditated : ' To whom shall I first pro- 

 pound the dhammo.' Being aware, that Ala'rakala'mo and Udaka'ra Mo(before 

 mentioned) were both dead ; and, in reference to the aid afforded to him by the five 

 bhikkhus formerly, saying, ' the five bhikhhus afforded to me the greatest assistance — 

 where do they reside now ?' and finding that they dwelt at Migaddyo* in Bdrdnasi, 

 he added — ' repairing thither let me there proclaim the supremacy of dhammo.' 



" Having continued a few days longer in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi tree, 

 receiving alms as a pilgrim ; — on the full moon day of the month of A'salhi 

 (April, May, B. C. 588) saying: ' Let me repair to Bdrdnasi; and taking his dish 

 and his robes, he performed a journey of eighteen yojand. On the road, meeting 

 an (ajiwako) individual named Upako, travelling on his own affairs, he imparted 

 to him his having attained Buddhohood ; and on the evening of the same day he 

 reached the Isipatananf Bdrdnasi. 



11 The five bhikkhus recognizing Tathdgato, who was approaching, from a distance, 

 said, (one to another,) ' friend ! this is Go'tomo, the sumano (the priest) : having 

 indulged largely in good things, and recovered his stoutness of person, acuteuess of 

 his senses, as well as brilliancy of complexion, he is coming (hither) ;' and they came 

 to this resolution : ' We will not bow down, nor render any other mark of respect 

 to him— we will only prepare a seat for him.' Bhagawa' divining their design, re- 

 straining the expansion of thatuniversal benevolence which without distinction would 

 have been extended over all mankind, manifested his benevolence exclusively (towards 

 these five bhikkhus). They feeling themselves, under the influence of his benign 

 spirit, became incapable, on the approach of Tathdgato of carrying their resolve into 

 effect ; and bowing down rendered him every mark of reverence. 



''Thereupon, announcing to them his own attainment of Buddhohood, and taking 

 his seat on the pre-eminent throne prepared for Buddho, and while the asterism of 

 Uttrasalhi still predominated, surrounded by the eighteen kotiyo of (celestial) Brah- 

 mano, Bhagawa assembled the five therd (above mentioned) ; and expounded to them 

 the DhammachakkapawattananX (a discourse on the supremacy of dhammo}. Of these 

 Kondanno (subsequently designated Anndkondanno Kondanno, the instructed) acquir- 



* Migaddyo, a place set aside for deer. 



•f* Isipatanan, an edifice for the accommodation of the Isi (saints or devotees) situ- 

 ated near Bdrdnasi in the midst of the above mentioned deer haunt. 

 X Discourse in the Sanyuttanikdyo. 

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