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Rh lambhyate) sarv£(n) vijeshe 'pi (Pr&krit for vireshdn api, though the stanza bears the traces of having originally been in Sanskrit) tath& ru£ibhed&tTathagata£. Avar.lect.has kshate (one syllable wanting) instead of la(m)bhyate; what is intended is rakshate, it keeps.

50. Mention a diversity of vehicles, though the Buddha-vehicle be the only indisputable one. He who ignores the rotation of mundane existence, has no perception of blessed rest ;

51. But he who understands that all laws are void and without reality (and without individual character) penetrates the enlightenment of the perfectly en- lightened Lords in its very essence.

52. One who occupies a middle position of wisdom 1 is called a Pratyeka^ina (i.e. Pratyekabuddha); one lacking the insight of voidness is termed a disciple.

53. But after understanding all laws one is called a perfectly-enlightened one; such a one is assiduous in preaching the law to living beings by means of hundreds of devices.

54. It is as if some blind-born man, because he sees no sun, moon, planets, and stars, in his blind ignorance (should say): There are no visible things at all.

55. But a great physician taking compassion on the blind man, goes to the Himalaya, where (seeking) across, up and down,

56. He fetches from the mountain four plants;

Pra^wdmadhyavyavasthdndt Pratyeka^ina uiyate.