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to him (i. e. the first Brâhmana) demanded five hundred (pieces of money).
(980) 6. Bâvari, seeing him, bade him be seated, asked him whether he was happy and well, and spoke as · follows:
(981) 7. What gifts I had are all given away by me; pardon me, O Brâhmana, I have no five hundred.'
(982) 8. 'If thou wilt not give to me who asks, may thy head on the seventh day cleave into seven.' (983)
9. So after the usual ceremonies this impostor made known his fearful (curse). On hearing these his words Bâvari became sorrowful.
(984) 10. He wasted away taking no food, transfixed by the arrow of grief, but yet his mind delighted in meditation,
(985) II. Seeing Bâvart struck with horror and sorrow, ful, the benevolent deity (of that place) approached him and said as follows:
(986) 12. 'He does not know (anything about) the head; he is a hypocrite coveting riches; knowledge of the head and head-splitting is not found in him?.' (987)
13. 'If the venerable (deity) knows it, then tell me, when asked, all about the head and headsplitting; let us hear thy words
(988) 14. 'I do not know this; knowledge of it is not found in me; as to the head and head-splitting, this is to be seen by Buddhas (only), 1 (989)
15. "Who then, say, in the circumference of the
1 Na so muddham pagânâti,
Kuhako so dhanatthiko, Muddhani muddhapâte ka Ñânam tassa na viggati.
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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 |