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　　 Then the young man Mâgha addressed Bhagavat in stanzas:

　　 1. ”I ask the venerable Gotama, the bountiful,”--so said the young man Mâgha,--”wearing the yellow robe, wandering about houseless:” ”He who is a householder, suitable to beg of, a donor, who, desirous of good, offers having what is good in view, and giving to others in this world food and drink,--where (i.e. on whom bestowed) will the oblation of such an offerer prosper

　　” (487)

　　 2. ”He who is a householder, suitable to beg of, a donor, O Mâgha,”--so said Bhagavat,--”who, desirous of good, offers having what is good in view, and giving to others in this world food and drink, such a one will prosper with those worthy of offerings.” (488)

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　　 3. ”He who is a householder, suitable to beg of, a donor,”--so said the young man,--”who, desirous of good, offers having what is good in view, and giving to others in this world food and drink,--tell me (I being such a one), O Bhagavat, of those worthy of offerings.” (489)

　　 4. Bhagavat: ”Those indeed who wander about in the world without clinging to anything and without possessing anything, perfect, self-restrained, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâhmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (490)

　　 5. ”Those who have cut through all bonds and fetters, who are subdued, liberated, free from pain, and free from desire, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (491)

　　 6. ”Those who are released from all bonds, who are subdued, liberated, free from pain, and free from desire on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (492)

　　 7. ”Those who, having forsaken both passion and hatred and folly, have destroyed their desires and lead a religious life, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâhmana who has good (works) in view, offer[1]. (493)

　　 8. ”Those in whom there lives no deceit, no arrogance, who are free from cupidity, free from selfishness, free from desire, on such in due time people should bestew oblations; let the Brâmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (494)

　　 9. ”Those indeed who without being lost in desire,

　　[1. Comp. Dhp. v. 20.]

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　　after crossing the stream (of existence), wander about free from selfishness, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (495)

　　 10. ”Those in whom there is no desire for anything in the world, nor for existence after existence here or in the other world, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (496)

　　 11. ”Those who, after leaving sensual pleasures, wander about houseless, well restrained, being like a straight shuttle, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (497)

　　 12. ”Those whose passions are gone, whose senses are well composed, who are liberated like the moon out of the grasp of Râhu, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâhmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (498)

　　 13. ”Those who are calm, whose passions are gone, who are without anger, and for whom there is no transmigration after having left here, on such in due time people should bestow oblations; let the Brâhmana who has good (works) in view, offer. (499)

　　 14. ”Those who, after leaving birth and death altogether, have conquered all doubt, on such in due time people should bestow…

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