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14 yadha saga(ra)'uḍasa ujhitasa malapathi padumu tatra jaea suyigan(d)'ha manoramu O (Cro, 3)
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15 (emu) saghadhadhamae* andhah (u)'te prudhija[ne abhi(r) o](a) ti prañai samesabudhaṣavaka O'
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Cf. Dhammap., vs. 58-59 † (Pupphav., 15-16):Yatha samkaradhānasmiṁ1 ujjhitasmin mahāpathe Padumam tattha jāyetha sucigandham manoramam ; Evam samkārabhūtesu andhabhüte puthujjane Atirocati paññāya sammāsambuddhasävako.
Cf. Fa-kheu-pi-u, sec. XII. (" Flowers "), p. 91:
"As a ditch in the field, close beside the highway, will produce the lily in its midst, and spread far and wide its delightful perfume, so in the midst of life and death (that is, the phenomenal world), beside the way of false speculation (universal inquiry), the wise man diffuses his glad sentiments in becoming a disciple of Buddha ".
Cf. Udanav., ch. xv:11. ("The Flower"), vv. 9-10 :
"As on piles of filth and in dirty water grows, unaffected by them, the palma, pure, sweet-smelling and lovely, so the disciple of the perfect Buddha shines by his wisdom among other men, who are blind and (like) a heap of filth".
Notes. These two verses complete together the likeness of a saintly Bhikkhu of humble birth to a lovely lotus in a heap of filth. In all the older recensions of the
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C. xv., p. 90.
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Frag. C. vi, 2 (p. 88).
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