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544 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
I pray you, Ananda, some water. I am thirsty, Ananda, and would drink.”
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Ananda replied: “This river Kakuttha is not far off, is clear and pleasant, cool and transparent, easy to get down into and delightful. There the Blessed One may both drink the water and cool his limbs. The water of this stream is foul and turbid.”
The Blessed One was too weak to walk down to the river. He preferred to have the water of the nearby stream.
Ananda brought the water and the Blessed One drank it.
After resting for a while the Blessed One with the company of the brethren went on to the river Kakuttha; and when he had come there, he went down into the water, and bathed, and drank. And coming out again on the other side he went on to the mango grove.
And when he came there he again asked his robe to be spread out, saying: “ I am weary and would lie down.” The robe was accordingly spread out and the Blessed One laid himself down on it.
After resting for a while the Blessed One got up and said to Ananda: “ Let us go on to the Sala grove of the Mallas, the Upavana of Kushinara on the further side of the river Hiranyavatti.”
On reaching the place in the company of Ananda, he again asked Ananda to spread his robe between the twin Sala trees. “I am weary and would lie down.”
Ananda spread the robe and the Blessed One laid himself down on it.