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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MAHÂVAGGA.
said): Where is the Bhikkhu going, where will he reside ?
(411) 9. Going begging from house to house, watching the door (of the senses), well restrained, he quickly filled his bowl, conscious, thoughtful.
(412) 10. “Wandering about in search of alms, having gone out of town, the Muni repaired to the mountain) Pandava; it must be there he lives.' (413)
11. Seeing that he had entered his dwelling, the messengers then sat down, and one messenger having returned announced it to the king.
(414) 12. “This Bhikkhu, O great king, is sitting on the east side of Pandava, like a tiger, like a bull, like a lion in a mountain cave.'
(415) 13. Having heard the messenger's words, the Khattiya in a fine chariot hastening went out to the Pandava mountain. .
(416) 14. Having gone as far as the ground was practicable for a chariot, the Khattiya, after alighting from the chariot, and approaching on foot, having come up (to him), seated himself.
(417) 15. Having sat down the king then exchanged the usual ceremonious greetings with him, and after the complimentary talk he spoke these words : (418)
16. 'Thou art both young and delicate, a lad in his first youth, possessed of a fine complexion, like a high-born Khattiya.
(419) 17. 'I will ornament the army-house, and at the head of the assembly of chiefs (nâga) give (thee) wealth ; enjoy it and tell me thy birth, when asked.'
(420) 18. Buddha : “Just beside Himavanta, O king, there lives a people endowed with the power of wealth, the inhabitants of Kosala.
(421)
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