ABSTRACT
Then at once a shower poured down, filling both sea and land. Hearing the sky raining, Dhaniya spoke thus: (29 b)
13. 'No small gain indeed (has accrued) to us since we have seen' Bhagavat; we take refuge in thee, 0 (thou who art) endowed with the eye (of wisdom);- be thou our master, 0 great Muni!' (30)
14. 'Both my wife and myself are obedient; (if) we lead a holy life before Sugata, we shall conquer birth and death, and put an end to pain: (3 I)
IS. 'He who has sons has delight in sons,'-so said the wicked M~ra,-' he who has cows has delight likewise in cows; for upadhi (substance) is the delight of man, but he who has no upadhi has no delight.' (32)
16. I He who has sons has care with (his) 50ns,'- so said Bhagavat,--' he who has cows has likewise care with (his) cows; for upadhi (is the cause of) people's cares, but he who has no upadhi has no care.' (33)
Dhaniyasutta is ended.
