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IIO
MAHÂVAGGA.
Then the young men Vâsettha and Bhâradvaga went (to the place) where Bhagavat was, and having gone, they talked pleasantly with Bhagavat, and after having had some pleasant and remarkable conversation (with him) they sat down apart. Sitting down apart the young man Vâsettha addressed Bhagavat in stanzas:
1. We are accepted and acknowledged masters of the three Vedas ", I am (a pupil) of Pokkharasâti, and this young man is (the pupil) of Târukkha. (594)
2. We are accomplished in all the knowledge propounded by those who are acquainted with the three Vedas, we are padakas (versed in the metre), veyyâkaranas (grammarians ?), and equal to our teachers in recitation (gappa) 2.
(595) 3. We have a controversy regarding (the distinctions of) birth, O Gotama! Bhâradvâga says, one is a Brâhmana by birth, and I say, by deeds ; know this, O thou clearly-seeing !
(596) 4. We are both unable to convince each other, (therefore) we have come to ask thee (who art) celebrated as perfectly enlightened.
(597) 5. 'As people adoring the full moon worship (her) with uplifted clasped hands, so (they worship) Gotama in the world.
(598) 6. We ask Gotama who has come as an eye to the world: Is a man a Brâhmana by birth, or is he so
1 Anuññâtapatiññâtâ
Teviggâ mayam asm' ubho. 2 Teviggânam* yad akkhâtam
Tatra kevalino 'smase, Padak' asmâ veyyâkarana
Gappe + âkariyasadisa. * Teviggânam=tivedânam. Commentator; but compare v. 63. + Gappe = vede. Commentator.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |