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ÂKÂRÂNGA SÚTRA.
Looking a little sideward, looking a little behind, answering little when spoken to, he should walk attentively looking on his path. (20)
When the cold season has half-way advanced, the houseless, leaving off his robe and stretching out his arms, should wander about, not leaning against a trunk. (21)
This is the rule which has often been followed by the wise Brâhmana, the Venerable One, who is free from attachment: thus proceed (the monks).
Thus I say. (22)
SECOND LESSON. Whatever different seats and couches have been told, whatever have been used by the great Hero, these resting-places are thus detailed". (1)
He sometimes lodged in workshops, assemblingplaces, wells, or shops; sometimes in manufactories or under a shed of straw. (2)
He sometimes lodged in travellers' halls, gardenhouses, or towns; sometimes on a burying-ground, in relinquished houses, or at the foot of a tree. (3)
In these places was the wise Sramana for thirteen long years; he meditated day and night, exerting himself, undisturbed, strenuously. (4)
The Venerable One, exerting himself, did not seek
1 Silânka remarks: "This verse has not been explained by the author of the old tìkâ. Why? Either because it offers no difficulty, or because it was wanting. Yet it is found in the MSS. of the text alone. We do not exactly know the reason. Which old tika is meant by Sîlanka we cannot tell with certainty. It scarcely can be the K’ürni, for in the Bombay MS. of it the text of the verse in question is given, but no explanation beyond the words : eså pukkha, this is (given as an answer to) a question.
