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MAHÂVAGGA.
Sabhiya, the Paribbâgaka, spoke to Bhagavat in stanzas :
1. 'Anxious and doubtful I have come,'—so said Sabhiya —longing to ask questions. Do thou put an end to these (doubts when asked these questions by me, in regular order, and rightly explain them to me.'
(510) 2. “Thou hast come from afar, O Sabhiya,'-s0 said Bhagavat, - longing to ask questions ; I shall put an end to those (doubts when) asked those questions, by thee, in regular order, and rightly I shall explain them to thee.
(511) 3. 'Ask me, O Sabhiya, a question; whatsoever thou wishest in thy mind that question I (will explain, and) put an end to (thy doubt).' (512)
Then this came to the mind of Sabhiya, the Paribbågaka: 'It is marvellous, it is wonderful indeed, the reception which I did not get from other Samanas and Brahmanas has been given me by Gotama,' so saying he glad, rejoicing, delighted, and highly elated asked Bhagavąt a question :
4. What should a man (necessarily) have obtained that people may call him a Bhikkhu ?'—so said Sabhiya, — how may they call him compassionate, and how subdued? how can he be called enlightened (buddha)? Asked (about this) do thou, Bhagavat, explain it to me.'
(513) 5. 'He who by the path he has himself made, O Sabhiya,'—so said Bhagavat,—'has attained to perfect happiness, who has conquered doubt, who lives after having left behind both gain and goods, who has destroyed re-birth, he is a Bhikkhu. (514)
6. Always resigned and attentive, he will not hurt any one in all the world, the Samana who has
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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 |