[1. Kittayissami te dhammam--Mettagu ti Bhagava--
Ditthe dhamme anitiham
Yam viditva sato karam
Tare loke visattikam.]

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and old age, and sorrow, and lamentation, being a wise man, leave pain in this world.' (1055)

9. Mettagu: 'I delight in these words of the great Isi; well expounded, O Gotama, is (by thee) freedom from upadhi (i.e. Nibbana). Bhagavat in truth has left pain, for this Dhamma is well known to thee[1]. (1056)

10. 'And those also will certainly leave pain whom thou, O Muni, constantly mayest admonish; therefore I bow down to thee, having come hither, O chief (naga), may Bhagavat also admonish me constantly.' (1057)

11. Buddha: 'The Brahmana whom I may acknowledge as accomplished, possessing nothing, not cleaving to the world of lust, he surely has crossed this stream, and he has crossed over to the other shore, free from harshness (akhila), (and) free from doubt. (1058)

12. 'And he is a wise and accomplished man in this world; having abandoned this cleaving to reiterated existence he is without desire, free from woe, free from longing, he has crossed over birth and old age, so I say.' (1059)

Mettagumanavapukkha is ended.

[1. Et' abhinandami vako mahesino
Sukittitam Gotama nupadhikam,
Addha hi Bhagava pahasi dukkham,
Tatha hi te vidito esa dhammo.

Sukittitam Gotama nupadhikan ti ettha anupadhikan ti nibbanam, tam sandhaya va Bhagavantam alapanto aha sukittitam, &c. Commentator.]

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6. DHOTAKAMANAVAPUKKHA.

1. 'I ask thee, O Bhagavat, tell me this,'--so said the venerable Dhotaka,--'I long for thy word, O great Isi; let one, having listened to thy utterance, learn his own extinction.' (1060)

2. 'Exert thyself then, O Dhotaka,'--so said Bhagavat,--'being wise and thoughtful in this world, let one, having listened to my utterance, learn his own extinction.' (1061)

3. Dhotaka: 'I see in the world of gods and men a Brahmana wandering about, possessing nothing; therefore I bow down to thee, O thou all-seeing one, free me, O Sakka, from doubts.' (1062)

4. Buddha: 'I shall not go to free any one in the world who is doubtful, O Dhotaka; when thou hast learned the best Dhamma, then thou shalt cross this stream[1].' (1063)

5. Dhotaka: 'Teach (me), O Brahmana, having compassion (on me), the Dhamma of seclusion (i.e. Nibbana), that I may understand (it and) that I, without falling into many shapes like the air, may wander calm and independent in this world[2].' (?) (1064)

[1. Naham gamissami pamokanaya
Kathamkathim Dhotaka kanki loke,
Dhamman ka settham aganamano
Evam tuvam ogham imam taresi.