Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
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

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MAHẬ-SUDASSANA SUTTA.
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'The Great King of Glory, Ânanda, was endowed with this Third Marvellous Gift.
53. 'And besides that, Ânanda, the Great King of Glory was beloved and popular with Brâhmans and with laymen alike? Just, Ânanda, as a father is near and dear to his own sons, just so, Ananda, was the Great King of Glory beloved and popular with Brâhmans and with laymen alike. And just, Ânanda, as his sons are near and dear to a father, just so, Ananda, were Brâhmans and laymen alike near and dear to the Great King of Glory.
54. 'Once, Ânanda, the Great King of Glory marched out with all his fourfold army to the pleasure ground. There, Ânanda, the Brâhmans and laymen went up to the Great King of Glory, and said:
""O King, pass slowly by, that we may look upon thee for a longer time !"
‘But the Great King of Glory, Ânanda, addressed his charioteer, and said:
““Drive on the chariot slowly, charioteer, that I may look upon my people (Brâhmans and laymen) for a longer time !"
55. 'This was the Fourth Marvellous Gift, Ânanda, with which the Great King of Glory was endowed.
56. These are the Four Marvellous Gifts, Ânanda, with which the Great King of Glory was endowed.
57. Now to the Great King of Glory, Ânanda, there occurred the thought:
""Suppose, now, I were to make Lotus-ponds
* Brâhmana-gahapatikanam. See the note on § 41.
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