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BRÂHMANADHAMMIKASUTTA.
22. Beautiful palaces, well divided into compartments; and having filled these with different (sorts of) corn, he gave this wealth to the Brâhmanas. (304)
23. And they having thus received wealth wished for a store, and the desire of those who had given. way to (their) wishes increased still more; they then, in this matter, having composed hymns, went again to Okkâka, and said:
(305) 24. 'As water, earth, gold, wealth, and corn, even so are there cows for men, for this is a requisite for living beings; sacrifice thy great property, sacrifice thy wealth.
(306) 25. And then the king, the lord of chariots, instructed by the Brâhmanas, caused many hundred thousand cows to be slain in offerings. (307)
26. The cows, that are like goats, do not hurt any one with their feet or with either of their horns, they are tender, and yield vessels (of milk),--seizing them by-the horns the king caused them to be slain with a weapon. -
(308) 27. Then the gods, the forefathers, Inda, the Asuras, and the Rakkhasas cried out: This is injustice,' because of the weapon falling on the cows.
(309) 28. There were formerly three•diseases: desire, hunger, and decay, but from the slaying of cattle there came ninety-eight.
29. This injustice of (using) violence that has come down (to us), was old; innocent (cows) are slain, the sacrificing (priests) have fallen off from the Dhamma.
(311) 30. So this old and mean Dhamma is blamed by the wise; where people see sùch a one, they blame the sacrificing priest.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| 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 |