When the Master had ended this discourse, he declared the Truths:--at the conclusion of the Truths the passionate brother attained the Fruit of the Third Path, and many others entered on the First, or Second, or Third:--"At that time the passionate Brother was the king; but the Teacher was I myself."

Footnotes

^194:1 There are four nakkhattas called laku, 'light'; there is another reading subhanakkhattena, 'every fair day'. The meaning is by no means clear.

^195:1 The Scholiast explains what 'gentle breeding' means. It may be used of conduct, both in men and animals; as--

"'Tis gentle to respect old age, red Goose:
Go where you will: I set your husband loose:"

or of form, 'noble,' 'thoroughbred': as--[281]

"Your mien shows breeding, and your clear calm eye:
You must have left some noble family.
What made you wish to leave your home and wealth
To be an anchorite for your soul's health?"

and adds yet this other:

"Clad in a semblance of fair piety
But all deceitful, boldly forth leapt he,
A babbler of vain sayings, mean and base,
Intemperate, the ruin of his race."

(The last four line; occur in Sutta Nipata, verse 89.)

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