When the Master had ended this discourse, he said, "Thus, O great king, wise men of old, untaught and from their own intelligence, declared the Law, and established multitudes in the way to heaven." With these words, he identified the Birth: "At that time the Buddha's followers were the people, and I was myself King Janasandha."

Footnotes

^110:1 Liberality, Affability, Impartiality, Good Rule.

^110:2 Compare Sutta-Nipata, 95, 124.