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which you are surrounded ; in the other world will you have 

 those identical objects to give you pleasure, or leave this pro- 

 perty to others, and you go according to your actions ? I shall 

 not, Eattapala, have these pleasures, but others will obtain 

 them, and I go according to the actions I have done. It is 

 concerning this, therefore, great King, that Bagawa has said, 

 The world has no property, but must go away and leave all : 

 and I knowing, hearing, and seeing this, have left home and 

 become houseless. Wonderful, Rattapala, surprizing \ well has 

 it been said by Bagawa that the world has no property, but 

 must depart and leave all. The world has no property, but 

 must depart and leave all, 



Rattapala has said, that the world is ever wanting more, 

 unsatisfied, the slave of desire : how is this to be understood ? 

 What think you, great King ? Is this Kuru in which you live 

 a flourishing country ? Yes, Rattapala, I live in this flourish- 

 ing land of Kuru. What think you, great King, if any one of 

 your servants should come from the east country, a faithful 

 confidential man, and say to you, Know great King, that I 

 have come from the eastward, and saw there a large province, 

 rich and overspread with population. The people are nu- 

 merous, and there are numerous forces of elephants, and chariots, 

 cavalry and infantry ; it contains numerous elephants and 

 horses, much gold, wrought and unwrought, with multitude of 

 women. With the forces you have, you are able to conquer 

 it : conquer it great King ! What would you do ? I would 

 conquer it, and dwell there. [The same is repeated for each 

 of the other three quarters, and the parts beyond sea.] It is, 

 on this account, great King, that Bagawa has said, The'world 

 is ever wanting more, is dissatisfied, the slave of desire : and 

 knowing, seeing, and hearing this, I have forsken home and be- 

 3ie houseless : Wonderful, Rattapala, surprizing ! Well has 



