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1　/// with … hands, having approached the Buddhagod the teacher, 2　(having placed both knees on the ground, whispering …) (2) /// paying his respect to (the Buddhagod) the teacher, says: || In the Maitär (3) [tune] || (The efforts) (4) of Asaṃkhyeyas

3　/// to the difficult-to-obtain jewel of Buddha rank. Having become a father 4　/// (The Buddhagod (5) the teacher) says: What (6) is the noble pleasure among the mortals? || The noble Metrak says: …

5　/// oh venerable one! || The Buddhagod the teacher says: Which guise … you … for your own (good) (7) as well as that of others?

6　/// The noble Metrak says: The guise of monkhood, oh venerable one! || The Buddhagod the teacher says: Good, 7　/// in sixty Kalpas, the Mahāśrāvakas accumulate merits; in the end, having taken on the guise of monkhood, (they attain the rank of an) Arhat 8　/// the … accumulate merits; in the end, having taken on monkhood, they attain the rank of Pratyekabuddha.

YQ 1.31 1/1 [verso]