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VII, 4, 6.
DISSENSIONS IN THE ORDER.
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neither beauty nor strength; and by reason thereof they went down into death, and into sorrows like unto death. Just so, O Bhikkhus, will Devadatta die who, poor creature, is emulating me.
Like the elephant calf who eateth mud in imitation of the great beast 1
That shakes the earth, and eats the lotus plant, and watches through the night among the waters?—
So will he, poor creature, die that emulateth me.'
6. 'A Bhikkhu who is possessed of eight qualifications is worthy, O Bhikkhus, to do the work of an emissary. And what are the eight? The Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, must be able to hear and to make others listen, able to learn, able to bear in mind, able to discern and to make others discern, skilful to deal with friends and foes, and no maker of quarrels. These are the eight qualifications of which when a Bhikkhu is possessed, he is worthy, O Bhikkhus, to do the work of an emissary.
Sâriputta, O Bhikkhus, being possessed of eight qualifications, is worthy to do the work of an emissary. What are the eight (&c., as in last paragraph)?
"He who on entering a company that is violent of speech,
Maha-varâ ha. At Abhidhânappadîpika, verse 1115, varâ ha is said to mean elephant' as well as 'boar ;' and so here Buddhaghosa says Maha-varahassa maba-nâgassa. As this explanation possibly rests only on such passages as the present, we have chosen an ambiguous rendering.
: Nadisu gaggato ti. Ettha so kira hatthi-nâgo sayanhasamayam tam nadî-namakam pokkharanim ogâhetvå kilanto sabbarattim vitinâmesi gâlikam karoti. Tena vuttam nadisu gaggato ti (B.).
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