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On this suljcct this may be said :
“Beholding these, tbat lord of beings, drawing a merciful sigh, thus spoke in distress : “Alas ! how can I associate with the beings bere assembled; I must retire to asceticism. Those who associate with worldly persons, innersed in the darkness of delnsion and indulging in evil disposition and sensuality, are like birds in a cage; they never acquire their freedoin."
Now, the Budhisattva, having again examined with the opening light of religion the inner apartments and the beings there, and aggrieved by the sense of profound sorrow, thus gave vent to his lameviation :
(1) These stupiil beings are being slaughtered, even as the condemned are by bangmen,
(2) These stupid beings are taking delight, even as the ig. norant do, in well-painted vases filled with offul,
(3) These stupid beings are sinking, even as elephants do in water,
(4) These stupid beings are being fettered, as are thieves in a prisou,
(5) These stupid beings are disposed, as are pige, to rnsh into Olth, · (6) These stupid beings are attached, as are dogs, to bollow bones,
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