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　　2. DHANIYASUTTA.

　　A dialogue between the rich herdsman Dhaniya and Buddha, the one rejoicing in his worldly security and the other in his religious belief.--This beautiful dialogue calls to mind the parable in the Gospel of S. Luke xii.16.

　　 1. ”I have boiled (my) rice, I have milked (my cows),”--so said the herdsman Dhaniya,--”I am living together with my fellows near the banks of the Mahî (river), (my) house is covered, the fire is kindled: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (18)

　　 2. ”I am free from anger, free from stubbornness,”--so said Bhagavat,--”I am abiding for one night near the banks of the Mahî (river), my house

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　　is uncovered, the fire (of passions) is extinguished: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (19)

　　 3. ”Gad-flies are not to be found (with me),”--so said the herdsman Dhaniya,--”in meadows abounding with grass the cows are roaming, and they can endure rain when it comes: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (20)

　　 4. ”(By me) is made a well-constructed raft,”--so said Bhagavat,--”I have passed over (to Nibbâna), I have reached the further bank, having overcome the torrent (of passions); there is no (further) use for a raft: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (21)

　　 5. ”My wife is obedient, not wanton,”--so said the herdsman Dhaniya,--”for a long time she has been living together (with me), she is winning, and I hear nothing wicked of her: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (22)

　　 6. ”My mind is obedient, delivered (from all worldliness),”--so said Bhagavat,--”it has for a long time been highly cultivated and well-subdued, there is no longer anything wicked in me: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (23)

　　 7. ”I support myself by my own earnings,”--so said the herdsman Dhaniya,--”and my children are (all) about me, healthy; I hear nothing wicked of them: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (24)

　　 8. ”I am no one”s servant,”--so said Bhagavat,--”with what I have gained I wander about in all the world, there is no need (for me) to serve: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (25)

　　 9. ”I have cows, I have calves,”-- so said the herdsman Dhaniya;--”I have cows in calf and heifers, and I have also a bull as lord over the cows: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (26)

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　　 10. ”I have no cows, I have no calves,”--so said Bhagavat,--”I have no cows in calf and no heifers, and I have no bull as a lord over the cows: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky! (27)

　　 11. ”The stakes are driven in, and cannot be shaken,”--so said the herdsman Dhaniya,--”the ropes are made of muñga grass, new and well-made, the cows will not be able to break them: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (28)

　　 12. ”Having, like a bull, rent the bonds; having, like an elephant, broken through the galukkhi creeper, I shall not again enter into a womb: therefore, if thou like, rain, O sky!” (29)

　　 Then at once a shower poured down, filling both sea and land. Hearing the sky raining, Dhaniya spoke thus:

　　 13. ”No small gain indeed (has accrued) to us since we have seen Bhagavat; we take refuge in thee, O (thou who art) endowed with the eye (of wisdom); be thou our master, O great Muni!” (30)

　　 14. ”Both my wife and myself are obedient; (if) we lead a holy life before Sugata, we shall conquer birth and death, and put an end to pain.” (31)

　　 15. ”He who has sons has delight in sons,”--so said the wicked Mâra,--”he who has cows has delight likewise in cows; for upadhi (substance) is the delight of man, but he who has no upadhi has no delight.” (32)

　　 16. ”He who has sons has care with (his) sons,”--so said Bhagavat,--”he who has cows has likewise care wit…

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