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MAHÂVAGGA.
4. SU.NDARIKABHÂRADVÂGASUTTA. Buddha shows to Sundarikabhâradväga on whom to bestow obla
tions, and the Brâhmana is finally converted. So it was heard by me:
At one time Bhagavat dwelt in Kosala on the bank of the river Sundarikâ. And during that time the Brâhmana Sundarikabhâradväga made offerings to the fire and worshipped the fire. Then the Brâhmana Sundarikabhâradvága, having made offerings to the fire and worshipped the fire, and having risen from his seat, looked about him on all sides towards the four quarters of the globe, saying: 'Who is to enjoy the rest of this oblation?' The Brâhmana Sundarikabhâradvâga saw Bhagavat sitting not far off at the root of a tree, wrapped up head and body; and seeing him he, after taking the rest of the oblation with his left hand and the waterpot with his right hand, went up to Bhagavat. Then Bhagavat, on hearing the footsteps of Sundarikabhâradväga, the Brâhmana, uncovered his head. Then the Brâhmana Sundarikabhâradväga thought: ‘This man is shaved, this man is a shaveling,' and he wished to return again from there. Then this came to the mind of Sundarikabhâradvaga, the Brâhmana: 'Some Brâhmanas also here are shaved, I think I shall go up and ask him about his descent. Then the Brahmana Sundarikabhâradvâga went up to Bhagavat, and having gone up he said this : 'Of what family art thou ?'
Then Bhagavat answered Sundarikabhàradväga, the Brahmana, in stanzas :
1. 'No Brâhmana am I, nor a king's son, nor any
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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 |