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[III. The Miracles at Uruvelà]
[Mandàmukhipàñihàriyaü]
[34. The Coal-Pan Miracle]
Tena kho pana samayena te jañilà,
Then at that time those yogis,
sãtàsu Hemantikàsu rattãsu antaraññhakàsu himapàtasamaye,
in the cold Winter nights, in between `the eights',There is a partial parallel to this section at Udàna 1.9, from my translation of which the following note is taken: ßthe eights (aññhakà) refers to the eighth day after 3 of the Full Moons in Hemanta, i.e. at the coldest time of the year, at which times there were festivals when the bràhmaõas worshipped their ancestors (see SED, aùñakà). Antaraññhake therefore means between these times. See BHSD, s.v. aùñaka-ràtri (on Lalitavistara 251.6) and CPD s.v. atthakà, antaraññhaka. The Commentary says that aññhakà means the last four days in Màgha and the first four in Phagguõa, in the season of Sisira, which shows an unexpected ignorance of bràhmaõical festivals, and is certainly wrongû.01 at the time of the snowfall,
najjà Neraÿjaràya, ummujjanti pi nimujjanti pi,
in the river Neraÿjarà, were plunging in, and plunging out,
ummujjanimujjam-pi karonti.
were plunging in and out.
Atha kho Bhagavà paÿcamattàni mandàmukhisatàni abhinimmini,
Then the Gracious One created about five hundred coal-pans, Comm: mandàmukhiyo ti aggibhàjanàni vuccanti.02
yattha te jañilà uttaritvà visibbesuü.
where those yogis, after emerging, warmed (themselves).
Atha kho tesaü jañilànaü etad-ahosi:
Then this occurred to those yogis:
ßNissaüsayaü kho Mahàsamaõassa iddhànubhàvo
ßNo doubt it is because of the Great Ascetic's psychic power
yathà-y-imà mandàmukhiyo nimmità.û ti
that these coal-pans were created.û
Atha kho Uruvelakassapassa jañilassa etad-ahosi:
Then this occurred to the yogi Uruvelakassapa:
ßMahiddhiko kho Mahàsamaõo mahànubhàvo,
ßPowerful and majestic is this Great Ascetic,
yatra hi nàma tàva bahå mandàmukhiyo pi abhinimminissati,
since he can create so many coal-pans for them,
na tveva ca kho Arahà yathà ahan.û-ti
but he is surely not a Worthy One like I am.û