Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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DHANIYASUTTA.
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10. 'I have no cows, I have no calves,'—so said Bhagavat,—' I have no cows in calf and no heifers, and I have no bull as a lord over the cows: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!',
(27) II. “The stakes are driven in, and cannot be shaken,'--so said the herdsman Dhaniya,—' the ropes are made of muñga grass, new and well-made, the cows will not be able to break them : therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!'
R (28) 12. `Having, like a bull, rent the bonds; having, like an elephant, broken through the galukkhi creeper, I shall not again enter into a womb : therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!'
Then at once a shower poured down, filling both sea and land. Hearing the sky raining, Dhaniya spoke thus :
13. 'No small gain indeed (has accrued) to us since we have seen Bhagavat; we take refuge in thee, O (thou who art) endowed with the eye (of wisdom); be thou our master, O. great Muni!' (30)
14. Both my wife and myself are obedient; (if) we lead a holy life before Sugata, we shall conquer birth and death, and put an end to pain.' (31)
15. 'He who has sons has delight in sons,'--SO said the wicked Mâra,—'he who has cows has delight likewise in cows; for upadhi (substance) is the delight of man, but he who has no upadhi has no delight.'
16. "He who has sons has care with (his) sons,'— so said Bhagavat, he who has cows has likewise care with (his) cows; for upadhi (is the cause of) people's cares, but he who has no upadhi has no
(33) Dhaniyasutta is ended.
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