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Lord Mahavira Throwing Him up, they let Him fall, Or in His postures, they disturbed Him; Abandoning the body, modestly did He, Bore suffering, the Lord, unaffected.
13.
suro samgamasise va, samuude tattha se mahâvîre; padisevamane phausaim, acale bhagavam riittha. Or like the hero at the head of battle. Armoured (self-restrained), there the Hero Great. Bearing all hardships, Unmoved, the Lord, travelled.
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esa vihi anukkanto, mahanena maimaya; apadinnena virena, kasavena mahesina.
-tti bemi. This course, indeed, was followed, By the Mahana wise; The Hero, unaffected, The Kasava, the Seer Great.
-Thus do I say.
IV
omoyariyam caei, aputthe vi bhagavam rogehim; puttho va se aputtho va, no se saijjai teiccham. Scanty food the Lord ever took, Though by diseases unattacked; Attacked or not attacked; Medical treatment, he desired not.
samsohanam ca vamanam ca, gayabbhamganam sinanam ca; sambahanam na se kappe, danta-pakkhalanam parinnae. Purgatives and emetics, Anointing the body, and bathing, And massaging behoved Him not; From cleansing teeth, he ever abstained.
virae ya gamadhammehim, riyai mahane abahuvai; sisirammi egaya bhagavam, chayae jhai asi ya. Averse from pleasures sensuous,
