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majesty, \he park is cleansed, and there is there the honorable 

 Rattapala of a high family in Tullakotitang, whom you un- 

 ceasingly praise : he is seated at the root of a tree passing the 

 day. Then, park-keeper, it is not necessary to go and inspect 

 the park to day : let us go to Rattapala. Then the King 

 Korawya, sending away the food which had been prepared for 

 him, made ready his chief carriages, and having ascended one 

 of them departed for Tullakotitang, with great regal splendor, 

 to see Rattapala ; and having gone as far as the road would 

 permit in his carriage, descended from it, and accompanied 

 with a large train of attendants, went on foot to the place 

 where Rattapala was ; and having entered into conversation 

 with him, and standing on one side, invited him to be seated 

 on a couch. He replied It is not needful, great King, sit you 

 there, I will remain seated where I am. The King being seated 

 on a seat prepared for him, said to Rattapala. 



Some persons, Rattapala, experiencing four bereavements 

 cut off their hair and beard, clothe themselves in yellow 

 robes, and forsaking family life become houseless priests ; these 

 four are bereavements from decay, bereavements from disease, 

 bereavements of property, and bereavements of relatives. 



Bereavement from decay, Rattapala is thus : In this 

 world a person becames decrepid, worn out with days, aged, 

 far advanced in life, approaching the end of his existence : he 

 thus reflects, I am decrepid. worn with days, aged, old, ap- 

 proaching the end of life ; the property I have not obtained I 

 cannot now procure, and that I have procured I cannot preserve; 

 it is advisable for me to cut off my hair and beard, put on 

 yellow garments, and forsaking family life become a houseless 

 priest. He having experienced the bereavements of decay, 

 cuts off his hair and beared, puts on yellow garments, and 

 departs houseless from the house. This is called bereavements 



