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perfection, and others, who live now, and who are to come, (will reach it). (21)
Thus spoke the Arhat Għâtriputra, the reverend, famous native of Vaisâlil, who possessed the highest knowledge and the highest faith, who possessed (simultaneously) the highest knowledge and faith.
Thus I say.
THIRD LECTURE,
CALLED
THE KNOWLEDGE OF TROUBLES 2.
FIRST CHAPTER. A man believes himself a hero as long as he does not behold the foe, as did Sisupâla (before he beheld) the valorously-fighting, great warrior 3. (1)
They go forward to the head of the battle; but when the fight has begun the mother will not recognise her son, and he will be mangled by his foe. (2)
So a novice, who as yet has not suffered pains and is not yet used to a mendicant's life, believes himself a hero till he practises austerities 4. (3)
1 See my remarks in part i, Introduction, p. xi. This passage in prose appended to the metrical text seems to contradict the supposition of the commentators that the whole lecture was pronounced by Rishabha.
2 Compare Uttaradhyayana II, above, p. 9 ff.
3 Viz. Krishna. Krishna's victory over Sisupala is told in the Mahâbhârata, Sabhâparvan, Sisupalavadha (eighth parvan). It forms the subject of Mâgha's famous poem Sisupâlavadha.
Laham = rûksham, i.e. samyamam, control.
