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Ajito Tissametteyyo, ~ Puṇṇako atha Mettagū,

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Dhotako Upasīvo ca, ~ Nando ca atha Hemako,

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Todeyya-Kappā dubhayo, ~ Jatukaṇṇī ca paṇḍito,

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Bhadrāvudho Udayo ca, ~ Posālo cāpi brāhmaṇo,

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Mogharājā ca medhāvī, ~ Piṅgiyo ca mahā isi. BJT: mahā-isī, but cf. 1008d.⁰⁶

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Ete Buddhaṁ upāgacchuṁ, PTS, Sn: upāgañchuṁ.⁰⁷ ~ sampannacaraṇaṁ isiṁ,

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pucchantā nipuṇe pañhe, ~ Buddhaseṭṭhaṁ upāgamuṁ.

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Tesaṁ Buddho byākāsi ChS: pabyākāsi, a scribal ‘correction’. We should probably understand a sarabhatti vowel in b^<i>yākāsi which then has to be counted towards the metre.⁰⁸ ~ pañhe Thai; pañhaṁ.⁰⁹ puṭṭho yathātathaṁ,

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pañhānaṁ veyyākaraṇena We need to read vyākaraṇena, m.c., which would then give an acceptable savipulā.¹⁰ ~ tosesi brāhmaṇe muni. BJT: munī.¹¹

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Te tositā Cakkhumatā, ~ Buddhenādiccabandhunā,

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brahmacarⁱyam-acariṁsu ~ varapaññassa santike.

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Ekam-ekassa pañhassa ~ yathā Buddhena desitaṁ

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tathā yo paṭipajjeyya ~ gacche pāraṁ apārato.

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Apārā pāraṁ This line is irregular as it stands, we could perhaps read apārā pāra' to give the pathyā.¹² gaccheyya ~ bhāvento maggam-uttamaṁ.

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Maggo so pāraṁ gamanāya PTS, Sn: pāraṅgamanāya; Thai: pāragamanāya.¹³ ~ tasmā Pārāyanaṁ iti.