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The Eleventh. Anga
[ 1. Lect. 1..
that boy Miyāpatta in a secret subterranean house, by means of food prepared secretly.
3. There lived in the city of Miyagāma a man who was blind by birth. He, who was led in the front with a stick by a man possessed of sight, whose head was characterised by dishevelled hair and whose path was followed by a collection of the swarms of bees, used to earn his livelihood by means of begging (lit. by winning the sympathy or kindness of people).
At that time and at that period, the Sammana, the blessed Mahāvīra (as above $ 2, down to) arrived on a visit, and a company of people went out to hear him. Then getting the intelligence of this that Kshatriya king Vijaya also went out to hear him, just as king Kuniya hud done on another occasion (and so forth, see $2, down to). and stood waiting on him.
Then that man who was blind by birth having heard that loud clamour of the people spoke to that man (possessed of sight) thus : Oh, your beloved of the gods !: is there to-day a festival in the city of Miyagāma in honour of Indra ? (here the rest to be supplied down to, that the people) go out ?
Then, that man (possessed of sight) spoke to the man who was blind by birth. thus : “ Oh, beloved of the gods ! there is no festival in honour of Indra (as above down to go out. But verily, oh, beloved of the gods, the Sama Pa.