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　　face in suitable stanzas.” Then the Brâmana Sela praised Bhagavat face to face in suitable stanzas:

　　 1. ”Thou hast a perfect body, thou art resplendent, well-born, of beautiful aspect, thou hast a golden colour, O Bhagavat, thou hast very white teeth, thou art strong. (548)

　　 2. ”All the signs that are for a well-born man, they are on thy body, the signs of a great man. (549)

　　 3. ”Thou hast a bright eye, a handsome countenance, thou art great, straight, majestic, thou shinest like a sun in the midst of the assembly of the Samanas. (550)

　　 4. ”Thou art a Bhikkhu of a lovely appearance, thou hast a skin like gold; what is the use of being a Samana to thee who art possessed of the highest beauty

　　 (551)

　　 5. ”Thou deservest to be a king, a king of universal kings, a ruler of the four-cornered (earth), a conqueror, a lord of the jambu grove (i.e. India). (552)

　　 6. ”Khattiyas and wealthy kings are devoted to thee; rule, O Gotama, as a king of kings, a leader of men.” (553)

　　 7. ”I am a king, O Sela,”--so said Bhagavat,--”an incomparable, religious king (dhammarâgan), with justice (dhammena) I turn the wheel, a wheel that is irresistible[1].” (554)

　　 8. ”Thou acknowledgest thyself (to be) perfectly enlightened (sambuddha),”--so said Sela, the Brâhmana,--”an incomparable, religious king; "with justice I turn the wheel," so thou sayest, O Gotama. (555)

　　[1. Compare Gospel of S. John xviii. 37.]

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　　 9. ”Who is thy general, (who is thy) disciple, (who is) the successor of the master, who is to turn after thee the wheel of religion turned (by thee)

　　 ” (556)

　　 10. ”The wheel turned by me, O Sela,”--so said Bhagavat,--”the incomparable wheel of religion, Sâriputta is to turn after (me), he taking after Tathâgata. (557)

　　 11. ”What is to be known is known (by me), what is to be cultivated is cultivated (by me), what is to be left is left by me, therefore I am a Buddha, O Brâmana. (558)

　　 12. ”Subdue thy doubt about me, have faith (in me), O Brâmana, difficult (to obtain) is the sight of Buddhas repeatedly. (559)

　　 13. ”Of those whose manifestation is difficult for you (to obtain) in the world repeatedly, I am, O Brâmana, a perfectly enlightened, an incomparable physician, (560)

　　 14. ”Most eminent, matchless, a crusher of Mâra”s army; having subjected all enemies I rejoice secure on every side.” (561)

　　 15. Sela: ”O venerable ones, pay attention to this: as the clearly-seeing (Buddha) says, (so it is): he is a physician, a great hero, and roars like a lion in the forest. (562)

　　 16. ”Who, having seen him, the most eminent, the matchless, the crusher of Mâra”s army, is not appeased, even if he be, of black origin (kanhâbhigâtika). (563)

　　 17. ”He who likes me, let him follow after (me), he who does not like me, let him go away; I shall at once take the orders in the presence of him of excellent understanding (i.e. Buddha).” (564)

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　　 18. The followers of Sela: ”If this doctrine of the perfectly enlightened pleases thee, we also shall take the orders in the presence of him of excellent understanding.” (565)

　　 19. These three hundred Brâmanas asked with clasped hands (to be admitted into the order): ”We want to cultivate a religious life, O Bhagavat, in thy presence.” (566)

　　 20. ”A religious life is well taught (by me), O Sela,”--so said Bhagavat,--”an instantaneous, an immediate (life), in which it is not in vain to become an ascetic to one who learns in earnest[1].” (567)

　　 Then the Brâmana Sela together with his assembly took the robe and the orders in the presence of Bhagavat.

　　 Then Keniya, the Gatila, by the expiration…

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