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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VÂSETTHASUTTA.
III
by deeds ? Tell us who do not know, that we may know a Brâhmana.'
(599) 7. I will explain to you,--O Vâsettha,' so said Bhagavat,—'in due order the exact distinction of living beings according to species, for their species are manifold.
(600) 8. ' Know ye the grass and the trees, although they do not exhibit (it), the marks that constitute species are for them, and (their) species are manifold. (601)
9. Then (know ye) the worms, and the moths, and the different sorts of ants, the marks that constitute species are for them, and (their) species are manifold.
1 (602) 10. “Know ye also the four-footed (animals), small and great, the marks that constitute species are for them, and (their) species are manifold
(603) 11. 'Know ye also the serpents, the long-backed snakes, the marks that constitute species are for them, and (their) species are manifold. (604)
12. 'Then know ye also the fish which range in the water, the marks that constitute species are for them, and (their) species are manifold. (605)
13. ' Then know ye also the birds that are borne along on wings and move through the air, the marks that constitute species are for them, and (their) species are manifold.
(606) 14. “As in these species the marks that constitute species are abundant, so in men the marks that constitute species are not abundant.
(607) 15. 'Not as regards their hair, head, ears, eyes, mouth, nose, lips, or brows,
16. Noras regards their neck, shoulders, belly, back, hip, breast, female organ, sexual intercourse,
(609)
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