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PÂRÂYANAVAGGA.
this (matter), this (is) the knowledge of a perfect, accomplished Brâhmana ?.'
(1114) Posâlamânavapukkha is ended.
16. MOCHARAGAMANAVAPUKKHA.
1. 'Twice have I asked Sakka,'--so said the venerable Mogharâgan,-'but the clearly-seeing has not explained it to me; if the divine Isi is asked for the third time, he will explain it, so I have heard.
(1115) 2. “There is this world, the other world, Brahman's world together with the world of the gods; I do not know thy view, the famous Gotama's (view).
(1116) 3. “To this man who sees what is good I have come supplicatingly with a question: How is any one to look upon the world that the king of death may not see him ?'
(1117) 4. 'Look upon the world as void, O Mogharågan, being always thoughtful; having destroyed the view of oneself (as really existing), so one may overcome death; the king of death will not see him who thus regards the world ??
(1118) Mogharâgamânavapukkhâ is ended.
1 Âkiñkaññasambhavam Nandîsamyoganam iti Evam evam abhiññâya Tato tattha vipassati, Etam ñânam tathamtassa
Brâhmanassa vusîmato. * Comp. Dhp. v. 170.
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