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tress, as chastity is the highest of austerities, so is the Sramana Gñâtriputra the highest of men. (23)
As the Lavasaptamas? are the highest of those gods who live very long, as the palace Saudharman is the best of heavenly abodes, as Nirvana is the chief object of the Law, so there is no wiser man than Gñâtriputra. (24)
He (bears everything) like the earth; he annihilates (his Karman); he is free from greed; he, the Omniscient, does not keep store (of anything); he has crossed the ocean of life like the sea : he, the Hero, who grants protection to all, and whose perception is infinite. (25)
Having conquered the passions which defile the soul: wrath, pride, deceit, and greed, the Arhat, the great sage, does not commit any wrong, nor does he cause it to be committed. (26)
He understood the doctrines of the Kriyâvâdins, of the Akriyâvâdins, of the Vainayikas, and of the Agñânavâdins ? ; he had mastered all philosophical systems, and he practised control as long as he lived. (27)
He abstained 3 from women, and from eating at night, he practised austerities for the removal of pain, he knew this world and that beyond ; the lord renounced 3 everything at every time. (28)
Having heard and believing in the Law, which
The commentator identifies them with the fifth class of Anuttara gods (see Uttarâdhyayana XXXVI, 215, above p. 227), and explains the name by saying 'if they lived seven lavas longer, they would reach perfection.'
2 Concerning these four principal heresies see note on Uttaradhyayana XVIII, 23, above p. 83. 3 Vâriya, literally forbade.
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