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V, I, 29. the breezes just so never can shapes and tastes, and sounds, and smells, and touch — the whole of them

'Things wished for, things unwished — make trem- ble such a one. Firm is his mind, set free. He sees into the end thereof.'

28. And the Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus, and said : * Thus, brethren, do young men of worth make their insight known. The tnith is spoken, and the self is not obtruded. But herein some foolish ones, methinks, make known their insight to be a thing ridiculous, and they, thereafter, fall into defeat!' 29. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable So;^a, *You, So;^a, have been delicately nurtured. I enjoin upon you, So«a, the use of shoes with one lining ^' houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold*, and a retinue of seven elephants*. It will be said against me for this matter : **So«a Ko/ivisa went out from the world into the houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold, and a retinue of seven elephants ; but the very same man now accustoms himself to the use of shoes with a lining ' Asfti-saka/a-vdhe hmnnzm (so correct the misprint in the text). Buddhaghosa says : eltha dve saka/abhdrd eko vdho 'ti vedi- tabbo ; but compare Rh. D., * Ancient Coins and Measures,' &c., p. 18, § 32, and p. 14, § 23. Vdha occurs also in the Mahdvawsa, p. 22. hatthtti, ida/7f ekax^f a^iikam, idisani satta a/iikdni sattahatthikam nama (B.). Digitized by Google
 * I have gone out from the world. Lord, into the
 * This half jloka recurs in Dhammapada, verse 81.
 * Ekapaldsikan ti eka-pa/ala^w (B.).
 * Sattahatthikan ^a a;itkan ti : ettha ^^a hatthiniyo eko k2L