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turbed; he has overcome all folly; Buddha sees clearly in (all) things.'
(160) 10. Is he endowed with knowledge ?'-so said the Yakkha Hemavata,-'is his conduct pure ? have his passions been destroyed ? is there no · new birth (for him)?'
(161) II. 'He is endowed with knowledge,'—so said the Yakkha Sâtâgira,—'and his conduct is pure; all his passions have been destroyed; there is no new birth for him.
- (162) 12. 'The mind of the Muni is accomplished in deed and word; Gotama, who is accomplished by his knowledge and conduct, let us (go and) see.
(163) 13. Come, let us (go and) see Gotama, who has legs like an antelope, who is thin, who is wise, living on little food, not covetous, the Muni who is meditating in the forest.
(164) 14. 'Having gone to him who is a lion amongst those that wander alone and does not look for sensual pleasures, let us ask about the (means of) deliverance from the snares of death.
(165) 15. 'Let us ask Gotama, the preacher, the expounder, who has penetrated all things, Buddha who has overcome hatred and fear.
(166) 16. `In what has the world originated ?'--so said the Yakkha Hemavata,-' with what is the world intimate ? by what is the world afflicted, after having grasped at what ?'
(167) 17. 'In six the world has originated, O Hemavata,'—so said Bhagavat, — with six it is intimate, by six the world is afflicted, after having grasped at six.
(168) 18. Hemavata said: "What is the grasping by
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