[284] What is the Tathāgata's knowledge (ñāṇa) of the Twin Miracle (yamakapāṭihīra)?
Here the Tathāgata performs the Twin Miracle, not shared with the disciples: a mass of fire streams forth from the upper body, a stream of water streams forth from the lower body; a mass of fire streams forth from the lower body, a stream of water streams forth from the upper body; a mass of fire streams forth from the front of the body, a stream of water streams forth from the back of the body; a mass of fire streams forth from the back of the body, a stream of water streams forth from the front of the body; a mass of fire streams forth from the right eye, a stream of water streams forth from the left eye; a mass of fire streams forth from the left eye, a stream of water streams forth from the right eye; a mass of fire streams forth from the right ear opening, a stream of water streams forth from the left ear opening; a mass of fire streams forth from the left ear opening, a stream of water streams forth from the right ear opening; a mass of fire streams forth from the right nostril, a stream of water streams forth from the left nostril; a mass of fire streams forth from the left nostril, a stream of water streams forth from the right nostril; a mass of fire streams forth from the tip of the right shoulder, a stream of water streams forth from the tip of the left shoulder; a mass of fire streams forth from the tip of the left shoulder, a stream of water streams forth from the tip of the right shoulder; a mass of fire streams forth from the right hand, a stream of water streams forth from the left hand; a mass of fire streams forth from the left hand, a stream of water streams forth from the right hand; a mass of fire streams forth from the right side, a stream of water streams forth from the left side; a mass of fire streams forth from the left side, a stream of water streams forth from the right side; a mass of fire streams forth from the right foot, a stream of water streams forth from the left foot; a mass of fire streams forth from the left foot, a stream of water streams forth from the right foot; a mass of fire streams forth from each finger and toe, a stream of water streams forth from the spaces between the fingers and toes; a mass of fire streams forth from the spaces between the fingers and toes, a stream of water streams forth from each finger and toe; a mass of fire streams forth from each single hair, a stream of water streams forth from each single hair; a mass of fire streams forth from pore after pore, a stream of water streams forth from pore after pore—[rays] of six colors: blue, yellow, red, white, crimson, and radiant.
The Blessed One walks; the created image (nimmita) stands, or sits, or lies down. The Blessed One stands; the created image walks, or sits, or lies down. The Blessed One sits; the created image walks, or stands, or lies down. The Blessed One lies down; the created image walks, or stands, or sits. The Blessed One walks, or sits, or lies down; the created image stands. The Blessed One walks, or stands, or lies down; the created image sits. The Blessed One stands, or sits, or walks; the created image lies down.
This is the Tathāgata's knowledge of the Twin Miracle.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.