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CHAPTER 1, 15-22.
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is a servant and pleaser of a good ruler, a good person may be brought forward, to him who is the ruler, for benefit?; even for this reason, because a good man associates other good people with him in the benefit that happens to him, and his character, temper, and disposition are thus due to that; but when bringing himself forward to rulers, through reverence and gratification of the rulers, other good people may also be brought forward by him for that benefit. 19. This, too, that by him who shall virtuously make an accumulation, the way of prosperity ? from the sacred beings is disclosed to his own ; even for this reason, because virtuous accumulation is provided through unnumbered (a pêna vâdo) grants of a decider, and, when it is so, he becomes the treasurer of the sacred beings.
20. This, too, that by him who produces advantage for the archangels, the gift of him who is suitable for the sovereignty of the immature (khâm) world is solicited; even for this reason, because the advantage which is produced for the archangels being for the sake of his own, the advantage of the immature creation solicited—the supreme advantage of the primitive good creations—becomes a virtuous ruler. 21. This, too, that by him who is a praiser 3 of an archangel, the good religion is praised; even for this reason, because the good religion is praise of the archangels, and the praise of the archangels is the good religion. 22. This, too, that the religion of the sacred beings is made progressive 3 by him who shall make an offering (allstôfrido) to the
· See Pahl. Yas. XXVIII, 6 b.
3 Ibid. 7 c.
Ibid. 7 a.
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2240 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |