1. At that time the Blessed One dwelt at Sâvatthi, in the Getavana, the park of Anâtha-pindika. And at that time Bhikkhus, attacked by the sickness of the hot season 1, threw up the rice-milk they had drunk, and the food they had eaten. And thereby they became lean, rough, ill-favoured, yellow and ever yellower, and the veins stood out on their limbs 2. And the Blessed One saw those Bhikkhus thus lean, rough, ill-favoured, yellow and ever yellower, and with the veins standing out on their limbs. And on seeing it, he asked the venerable Ânanda: 'How is it, Ânanda, that the Bhikkhus are become now so lean, rough, &c.?' 'At this time, Lord, the Bhikkhus are attacked with the disease of the hot season; and they throw up the rice-milk they have drunk, and the food they have eaten. Thence is it that they are become lean, rough, ill-favoured, yellow and ever yellower, and that the veins stand out on their limbs.' 2. Then there occurred to the mind of the
4. Now at that time the Bhikkhus accepted those five things at the right time, and used them at the right time. And foods which though rough, were ordinary foods, they could not digest 1, much less greasy foods 2. Then they--attacked both by the hot-season disease, and by this want of appetite 3--became by both at once still more lean, rough,
41:1 Sâradikena âbâdhenâ ’ti sarada-kâle uppannena pittâbâdhena. Tasmim hi kâle vassodakena pi tementi, kaddamam pi maddanti, antarantarâ âtapo pi kharo hoti. Tena tesam pittam kotthabbhantara-gatam hoti (B.). 41:2 Read in the text Dhamani-santata-gattâ; and compare Lalita Vistara, p. 226, and Professor Weber's 'Bhagavatî,' II, 289. 42:1 Na kkhâdenti na gîranti, na vâtarogam patipassambhetum sakkonti (B.). 42:2 Senesikâni siniddhâni (B.). Compare Sanskrit snaihika. 42:3 Bhattâkkhandakenâ ’ti bhattam arokakena (B.).(ON MEDICAMENTS.)
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