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(vss.362-73). Now follows the parable mentioned above: A tortoise pursued by various aquatic animals escapes them narrowly, leaves the ocean somehow and reaches a wonderful lotus pond; it decides to fetch also its relatives which are found with difficulty; but they do not find the nice pond again (vss.374-85).
Sec.9, vss.386-411. Sayings.. Verses in the aryā metre containing general teachings. They deal with insecurity of life, the infinity of existences (culasū-joni-lakkha-) till now lived, and the pains and sorrows experienced in them, exemplified through similes, etc. (Many vss. have their parallels in Dharmadāsa-gani's Upadeśa-māla.)
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