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PÂRÂYANAVAGGA.
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and being themselves widely renowned throughout the world, thinkers delighting in meditation, wise, scented with the perfume of former (good deeds), (1009)
35. Having saluted Bavari and gone round him towards the right, all with matted hair and bearing hides, departed with their faces turned to the north.
(1010) 36. To Patitthâna of Alaka first, then to Mâhissati, and also to Uggeni, Gonaddha, Vedisâ, Vanasavhaya,
(1011) 37. And also to Kosambi, Sâketa, and Sâvatthî, the most excellent of cities, to Setavya, Kapilavatthu, and the city of Kusinâra,
38. And to Pâva, the city of wealth, to Vesali, the city of Magadha, to Pâsânaka Ketiya (the Rock Temple), the lovely, the charming. (1013)
39. As he who is athirst (longs for) the cold water, as the merchant (longs for) gain, as he who is plagued by heat (longs for) shade, so in haste they ascended the mountain.
(1014) 40. And Bhagavat at that time attended by the assembly of the Bhikkhus taught the Dhamma to the Bhikkhus, and roared like a lion in the forest. (1015)
41. Agita beheld Sambuddha as the shining (sun) without (burning) rays, as the moon on the fifteenth, having reached her plenitude.
(1016) 42. Then observing his limbs and all the marks in their fulness, standing apart, rejoiced, he asked the questions of his mind:
(1017) 43. 'Tell me about (my master's) birth, tell me, about his family together with the marks, tell me about his perfection in the hymns, how many (hymns) does the Brahmana recite?'
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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 |