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　　 20. Bâvarî glad, rejoicing, and eager asked the deity: ”In what village or in what town or in what province dwells the chief of the world, that going there we may adore the perfectly Enlightened, the first of men

　　” (995)

　　 21. ”In Sâvatthî, the town of the Kosalas, dwells Gina (the Victorious), of great understanding and excellent wide knowledge, he the Sakya son, unyoked, free from passion, skilled in head-splitting, the bull of men.” (996)

　　 22. Then (Bâvarî) addressed his disciples, Brâhmanas, perfect in the hymns: ”Come, youths, I will tell (you something), listen to my words: (997)

　　 23. ”He whose appearance in the world is difficult to be met with often, he is at the present time[2]

　　[1. Sabbadhammakkhayam patto (i.e. nibbâna)

　　 Vimutto upadhisamkhaye.

　　2. Sv-âgga.]

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　　 born in the world and widely renowned as Sambuddha (the perfectly Enlightened); go quickly to Sâvatthî and behold the best of men.” (998)

　　 24. ”How then can we know, on seeing him, that he is Buddha, O Brâhmana

　　 Tell us who do not know him, by what may we recognise him

　　 (999)

　　 25. ”For in the hymns are to be found the marks of a great man, and thirty-two are disclosed altogether, one by one.” (1000)

　　 26. ”For him on whose limbs these marks of a great man are to be found, there are two ways left, a third does not exist. (1001)

　　 27. ”If he abides in a dwelling, he will subdue this earth without rod (or) sword, he will rule with justice. (1002)

　　 28. ”And if he departs from his dwelling for the wilderness, he becomes the saint, incomparable Sambuddha, who has removed the veil (from the world)[1]. (1003)

　　 29. ”Ask in your mind about my birth and family, my marks, hymns, and my other disciples, the head and head-splitting. (1004)

　　 30. ”If he is Buddha, the clear-sighted, then he will answer by word of mouth the questions you have asked in your mind.” (1005)

　　 31, 32, 33. Having heard Bâvarî”s words his disciples, sixteen Brâhmanas, Agita, Tissametteyya, Punnaka, further Mettagû, Dhotaka and Upasîva, and Nanda, further Hemaka, the two Todeyya and Kappa, and the wise Gatukannî, Bhadrâvudha and Udaya, and also the Brâhmana Posâla, and the wise Mogharâgan, and the great Isi Pingiya, (1006-1008)

　　34. All of them, having each their host (of pupils),

　　[1. Comp. Lalita-vistara (ed. Calc.), pp. 116, 118.]

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　　and being themselves widely renowned throughout the world, thinkers delighting in meditation, wise, scented with the perfume of former (good deeds)[1], (1009)

　　 35. Having saluted Bâvarî and gone round him towards the right, all with matted hair and bearing hides, departed with their faces turned to the north. (1010)

　　 36. To Patitthâna of Alaka first, then to Mâhissatî, and also to Uggenî, Gonaddha, Vedisâ, Vanasavhaya, (1011)

　　 37. And also to Kosambî, Sâketa, and Sâvatthî, the most excellent of cities, to Setavya, Kapilavatthu, and the city of Kusinâra, (1012)

　　 38. And to Pâva, the city of wealth, to Vesâlî, the city of Magadha, to Pâsânaka Ketiya (the Rock Temple), the lovely, the charming. (1013)

　　 39. As he who is athirst (longs for) the cold water, as the merchant (longs for) gain, as he who is plagued by heat (longs for) shade, so in haste they ascended the mountain. (1014)

　　 40. And Bhagavat at that time attended by the assembly of the Bhikkhus taught the Dhamma to the Bhikkhus, and roared like a lion in the forest. (1015)

　　 41. Agita beheld Sambuddha as the shining (sun) without (burning) rays, as the moon on …

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