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LECTURE XXIII.
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'Is our Law the right one, or is the other Lawl the right one ? are our conduct and doctrines right, or the other? (11)
'The Law as taught by the great sage Pârsva, which recognises but four vows, or the Law taught by Vardhamâna, which enjoins five vows ? (12)
*The Law which forbids clothes (for a monk), or that which allows) an under and upper garment ? Both pursuing the same end, what has caused their difference ?' (13)
Knowing the thoughts of their pupils, both Kêsi and Gautama made up their minds to meet each other. (14)
Gautama, knowing what is proper and what is due to the older section (of the church), went to the Tinduka park, accompanied by the crowd, his pupils. (15)
When Kêsi, the young monk, saw Gautama approach, he received him with all becoming attention. (16)
He at once offered Gautama the four pure kinds of straw and hay: to sit upon. (17)
Kêsi, the young Sramana, and the famous Gautama, sitting together, shone forth with a lustre like that of sun and moon. (18)
There assembled many heretics out of curiosity, and many thousands of laymen; (19)
Gods, Dânavas, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Râkshasas,
1 Viz. the Law of Pârsva or the Law of Mahâvîra.
? Hence it is called kâuggâma kâturyama. Chastity (maithunaviramana) was not explicitly enumerated, but it was understood to be contained in the fourth commandment: to have no property (aparigraha).
* The four kinds of straw are: sâlî vîhî koddava râlaga, to which is added hay: ranne ta nâni.
