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UTTARÂDHYAYANA.
discipline, and who has obtained the benefit of Bôdhi which is difficult to obtain, may perhaps afterwards begin to live as he likes. (1)
(He will say :) I have a good bed and wherewithal to cover me; I obtain food and drink; I know everything that comes to pass, friend; why then should I study, sir? (2)
He who, after entering the order, always sleeps, eats, and drinks as much as he likes, and lives comfortably, is called a bad Sramana. (3)
The sinner who despises the learning and discipline which his preceptor and teachers have taught him, is called a bad Sramana. (4)
He who does not, as he should, strive to please his preceptor and teachers, and does not, in his arrogance, treat them with respect, is called a bad Sramana. (5)
He who hurts living beings, seeds, and sprouts, who does not control himself, though he believes himself well-controlled, is called a bad Sramana. (6)
He who uses a bed, a plank, a chair, a seat, or his duster, without having well wiped these things, is called a bad Sramana. (7)
He who walks with great haste and without care, being overbearing and fierce, is called a bad Sramana. (8)
I have once translated park of the Law,' and then vessel of righteousness. It is obvious that a play on this word is intended, though I may have failed to hit the meaning of the author.
1 Pâdakambala, usually called ragô harana. One commentator suggests, as a possible rendering, pâtrakambala a cloth to cover his almsbowl.'
