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dreadful and very keen pains equal to a stroke of lightning. (21)
"Then the best physicians came to my help, who cure by their medical art and by spells, who were versed in their science, and well knew spells and roots. (22)
"They tried to cure me according to the fourfold science1 which they had been taught; but they could not rid me of my pains: hence I say that I am without protection. (23)
"My father would have spent all he possessed, for my sake; but he could not rid me of my pains, hence I say that I am without protection. (24)
"My mother, O great king, was agonized with grief about her son; but she could not, &c. (25)
O great king, my own brothers, the elder and younger ones, could not rid me of my pains, &c. (26)
"O great king, my own sisters, the elder and younger ones, could not, &c. (27)
"O great king, my loving and faithful wife moistened my breast with the tears of her eyes. (28)
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The poor lady did not eat, nor drink, nor bathe, nor use perfumes, wreaths, and anointment, with my knowledge or without it. (29)
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'O great king, she did not leave my side even for a moment; but she could not rid me of my pains, hence I say that I am without protection. (30) Then I said It is very hard to bear pains again and again in the endless Circle of Births. (31)
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1 Kâuppâya Katuhpâda. Four branches of medical science are intended.
Phittai bhrasyati, Hêmakandra's Prâkrit Grammar, iv, 177.
