18. Not being harsh, not greedy, being without desire, and being the same under all circumstances (samo[5]),--that I call a good result, when asked about an undaunted man. (952)

19. For him who is free from desire, for the

[1. Naggheti = nabhigghati (read nabhigghayati). Commentator.

2. Comp. infra, , and Dhammapada, p. 308.

3. Comp. infra, .

4. Yassa n'atthi 'idam me' ti
'Paresam vapi kinkanam'
Mamattam so asamvindam
'N' atthi me' ti na sokati.

5. = upekhako. Commentator.]

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discerning (man) there is no Samkhara; abstaining from every sort of effort he sees happiness everywhere[1]. (953)

20. The Muni does not reckon himself amongst the plain, nor amongst the low, nor amongst the distinguished; being calm and free from avarice, he does not grasp after nor reject anything[2]. (954)

Attadandasutta is ended.

16. SARIPUTTASUTTA.

On Sariputta asking what a Bhikkhu is to devote himself to, Buddha shows what life he is to lead. 1. 'Neither has before been seen by me,'--so said the venerable Sariputta,--'nor has any one heard of such a beautifully-speaking master, a teacher arrived from the Tusita heaven. (955)

2. 'As he, the clearly-seeing, appears to the world of men and gods, after having dispelled all darkness, so he wanders alone in the midst (of people). (956)

3. 'To this Buddha, who is independent, unchanged, a guileless teacher, who has arrived (in the world), I have come supplicatingly with a question[3] from many who are bound in this world. (957)

4. 'To a Bhikkhu who is loath (of the world) and affects an isolated seat, the root of a tree or a cemetery, or (who lives) in the caves of the mountains, (958)

[1. Anegassa viganato
N' atthi kaki nisamkhiti,
Virato so viyarambha
Khemam passati sabbadhi.

2. Comp. supra, Purabhedasutta, vv. 15, 20 {sic., vv. , }.

3. Atthi panhena agamim = atthiko panhena agato 'mhiti atthikanam va panhena atthi agamanan ka ti. Commentator.]

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5. 'How many dangers (are there not) in these various dwelling-places at which the Bhikkhu does not tremble in his quiet dwelling! (959)

6. 'How many dangers (are there not) in the world for him who goes to the immortal region[1], (dangers) which the Bhikkhu overcomes in his distant dwelling! (960)

7. 'Which are his words, which are his objects in this world, which are the virtue and (holy) works of the energetic Bhikkhu? (961)

8. 'What study having devoted himself to, intent on one object[2], wise and thoughtful, can he blow off his own filth as the smith (blows off) that of the silver[3]?' (962)