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　　 14. ”He who, after leaving sensual pleasures, wanders about victorious, he who knows the end of birth and death, who is perfectly happy (parinibbuta),

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　　calm like a deep water, Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (467)

　　 15. ”Just with the just and far from the unjust[1], Tathâgata is possessed of infinite understanding; undefiled both in this world and in the other, Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (468)

　　 16. ”He in whom there lives no deceit, no arrogance, he who is free from cupidity, free from selfishness, free from desire, who has banished anger, who is calm, the Brâmana who has removed the taint of grief, Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (469)

　　 17. ”He who has banished (every) resting-place of the mind, he for whom there is no grasping, he who covets nothing either in this world or in the other, Tathâgata deserves the oblation[2]. (470)

　　 18. ”He who is composed, who has crossed over the stream (of existence) and knows the Dhamma by (taking) the highest view (of it), he whose passions are destroyed, who is wearing the last body, Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (471)

　　 19. ”He whose passion for existence and whose harsh talk are destroyed, are perished, (and therefore) exist not, he the accomplished and in every respect liberated Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (472)

　　 20. ”He who has shaken off all ties, for whom there are no ties, who amongst arrogant beings is free from arrogance, having penetrated pain together with its domain and subject, Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (473)

　　 21. ”He who, without giving himself up to desire, sees seclusion (i.e. Nibbâna), who has overcome the view that is to be taught by others, to whom there

　　[1. Samo samehi visamehi dûre.

　　2. Comp. Dhp. v. 20.]

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　　are no objects of sense whatever, Tathâgata deserves the oblation[1]. (474)

　　 22. ”He to whom all Dhammas of every description, after he has penetrated them, are destroyed, are perished, (and therefore) exist not, he who is calm, liberated in the destruction of attachment (i.e. Nibbâna), Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (475)

　　 23. ”He who sees the destruction of bond and birth, who has totally evaded the path of passion, (who is) pure, faultless, spotless, undepraved, Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (476)

　　 24. ”He who does not measure himself by himself, who is composed, upright, firm, without desire, free from harshness (akhila), free from doubt, Tathâgata deserves the oblation. (477)

　　 25. ”He to whom there is no cause of folly, who has a supernatural insight in all Dhammas, who wears the last body, and who has acquired perfect enlightenment, the highest, the blessed, (for him) thus a Yakkha”s purification (takes place)[2].” (478)

　　 26. Sundarikabhâradvâga: ”May my offering be a true offering, because I met with such a one out of the accomplished; Brahman is my witness, may Bhagavat accept me, may Bhagavat enjoy my oblation.” (479)

　　 27. Bhagavat: ”What is obtained by stanzas is not to be enjoyed by me, this is not the custom of the clearly-seeing, O Brâmana; Buddhas reject what is obtained by stanzas. While the Dhamma

　　[1. Âsam anissâya vivekadassî

　　 Paravediyam[*] ditthim upâtivatto

　　 Ârammanâ yassa na santi keki, &c.

　　2. Comp. Kalahavivâdasutta, v. 14.

　　*. Paravediyan ti parehi ñâpetabbam. Commentator.]

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　　exists, O Brâmana, this is the practice (of the Buddhas). (480)

　　 28. ”With other food and drink must thou serve one that is perfect, a great Isi, whose passions are destroyed, and whose misbehaviour has ceased, for this is a field for one who looks for good works[1].” (481)

　　 29. Sundarikabh&ac…

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