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VATTHUGATHA.
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born in the world and widely renowned as Sambuddha (the perfectly Enlightened); go quickly to Sâvatthi and behold the best of men.' (998)
24. How then can we know, on seeing him, that he is Buddha, O Brâhmana ? Tell us who do not know him, by what may we recognise him? (999)
25. 'For in the hymns are to be found the marks of a great man, and thirty-two are disclosed altogether, one by one.'
(1000) 26. “For him on whose limbs these marks of a great man are to be found, there are two ways left, a third does not exist.
(1001) 27. 'If he abides in a dwelling, he will subdue this earth without rod (or) sword, he will rule with justice.
(1002) 28. ‘And if he departs from his dwelling for the wilderness, he becomes the saint, incomparable Sambuddha, who has removed the veil (from the world) ?
(1003) 29. `Ask in your mind about my birth and family, my marks, hymns, and my other disciples, the head and head-splitting.
(1004) 30. 'If he is Buddha, the clear-sighted, then he will answer by word of mouth the questions you have asked in your mind.'
(1005) 31, 32, 33. Having heard Bâvari's words his disciples, sixteen Brâhmanas, Agita, Tissametteyya, Punnaka, further Mettaga, Dhotaka and Upasiva, and Nanda, further Hemaka, the two Todeyya and Kappa, and the wise Gatukannt, Bhadrâvudha and Udaya, and also the Brâhmana Posâla, and the wise Mogharâgan, and the great Isi Pingiya, (1006-1008) 34. All of them, having each their host (of pupils),
Comp. Lalita-vistara (ed. Calc.), pp. 116, 118.
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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 |