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CHAPTER XV, 21-XVI, I 2.
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of the worldly existence, (36) the celebrity and exaltation of the vile, (37) the destruction and neglect of the good, (38) and the annihilation of the poor. 39. A bad king, who is of that kind, is called equal to Aharman and the demons.'
CHAPTER XVI. 1. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus : Of the food which men eat, and the clothing which men put on, which are the more valuable and good ?'
3. The spirit of wisdom answered (4) thus : 'Of the food which men eat, the milk of goats is produced good. 5. Because, as to men and quadrupeds, who are born from a mother, until the time when food is eaten by them, their growth and nourishment are then from milk, (6) and on milk they can well live. 7. And if men, when they withdraw from the milk of the mother, make thorough experience of the milk of goats, (8) then bread is not necessary for use among them. 9. Since it is declared, (10) that "the food of mankind, who are in Arzah and Savah, Fradadafsh and Vîdadafsh, Vôrûbarst and Vôrûgarsts, is the milk of goats and cows; (11) other food they do not eat.” 12. And he who is a milk-consuming man is healthier and stronger, and even the procreation of children becomes more harmless.
1 Reading khanîdîh as in TD2 and Chap. II, 28. 2 TD2 has 'bad government which.'
3 The six outermost regions of the earth, of which Arzah lies to the west, Savah to the east, Fradadassh and Vîdadafsh to the south, and Vôrûbarst and Vôrûgarst to the north of the central region (see Bd. V, 8, XI, 3).
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |