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us exclusively; we shall not give you such food and drink; why stand you-there?' (11)
"The husbandmen throw the corn on high ground and on low ground?, hoping (for a return). For the like motive give unto me; I may be the field which may produce merit (as the return for your benevolence).” (12)
All the world knows that we are (as it were) the field on which gifts sown grow up as merit; Brâhmanas of pure birth and knowledge are the blessed fields. (13)
“Those who are full of anger and pride, who kill, lie, steal, and own property, are Brâhmanas without pure birth and knowledge; they are very bad fields. (14)
"You are only the bearer of words as it were, you do not understand their meaning, though you have learned the Vedas. The saints call at high and lowly (houses); they are the blessed fields.” (15)
Detractor of the learned doctors, how dare you speak thus in our presence! This food and drink should rather rot, than we should give it you, Nirgrantha ?' (16)
"If you do not give me what I ask for, I who observe the Samitis, who am protected by the Guptis 3, who subdue my senses, what benefit, then, will you gain by your sacrifices ?” (17)
'Are here no Kshattriyas, no priests who tend the fire, no teachers with their disciples, who will
1 This reminds one of the biblical parable of the sower.
? The word Nirgrantha has here, besides its common meaning, Gaina monk, another derived from its etymological meaning, . without any tie, without restraint,' i.e. shameless.
s For Samiti and Gupti see notes 2 and 3 on p. 50.
