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eastern gate to the eastward of the town, deposited the corpse of Bhagawa' there 

 in the coronation hall of the Mallians. 



The Kusinarian Mallians then thus inquired of the venerable A'nando : How, 

 lord A'nando, should we dispose of the corpse of Bhagawa' ? Wasetthians, it is 

 proper that it should be treated in the same manner that the corpse of a Chakkaioatti 

 raja is treated. And in what manner, lord A'nando, should the corpse of a 

 Chakkawatti raja be treated ? 



A'nando here repeats the explanation that he himself had received 

 from Buddho. 



Thereupon the Kusinarian Mallians gave this order to their people : Fellows, collect 

 for us Mallians some floss cotton ; and then the Kusinarian Mallians wound the corpse 

 of Bhagawa' with a new cloth ; having wound it with a new cloth, they covered 

 it with a layer of floss cotton ; having covered it with a layer of floss cotton, they 

 again wound it with a new cloth ; and in this manner having wound the body of 

 Bhagawa' with the five hundred pairs of cloths (which they had brought), and 

 deposited it in a metal oil-vessel, covering it with another metal oil-vessel, they 

 placed the body of BhaGaWa' on the funeral pile. 



At that time the venerable Kassapo was on his road from P&wd to Kusindrd, 

 attended by a great priestly retinue, consisting of five hundred bhikkhus : and while 

 the said venerable Maha'kassapo was seated at the foot of a tree, having digressed 

 from the road, a certain individual, who was on his way from Kusindrd to Pdwd, passed, 

 having in his possession some manddrd flowers. The venerable Maha'kassapo 

 observed him as he was journeying on, at a distance ; and having recognized him, he 

 thus accosted him : A'wuso, art thou acquainted with our Sattha' ? Yes, A'wuso, 

 I was acquainted with him : the said ascetic Go'tamo' died seven days' ago, and it 

 is from that spot that these manddrd flowers were obtained by me. Thereupon 

 among the bhikkhus who were there (with Maha'kassapo), some who had not attain- 

 ed the sanctification of arahathood, wept with uplifted arms, — some dropt as if felled, 

 and others reeled about saying : Too soon has Bhagawa' died : too soon has Suga- 

 To died— too soon has the Eye been closed on the world. But the bhikkhus who 

 had attained arahathood, collectedly and composedly submitted themselves, saying: 

 Transitory things are perishable : how can we in this world obtain it (permanency). 



In that congregation, there was at that time one Subhaddho*, who had been 

 ordained in his old age. The said Subhaddho who had been ordained in his dotage, 

 thus addressed those bhikkhus : A'wuso, enough ! weep not ; bewail not ; we are 

 happily rid of that ascetic, (under whom) we were kept in subjection (by being told), 

 this is permissible unto you— that is not permissible unto you— now, whatever we 

 may desire, that we can do ; and that which we do not desire, that we can leave 

 undone. 



Thereupon the venerable Maha'kassapo thus addressed the bhikkhus: Enough 

 A'wuso, weep not, bewail not ; why ! has it not been emphatically declared by Bha- 

 gawa' himself, saying : even amidst every community of happy and contented per- 

 sons, various destructive and changeable issues come to pass ? A'wuso, how can 

 we in this world realize it (permanency). It is not merely by saying of any thing 

 that is born or otherwise produced, which by its perishable nature is transitory, 

 most assuredly it perishes not,— that it will come to pass. 



At this instant (at Kusindrd) four Mallian chieftains, having purified themselves 

 from head (to foot), and clothed themselves in new raiment, said :— We will apply 



* His history is given at some length, in different portions of the Aiihakathd — he 

 had been a barber in the village A'tumd* 



