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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 78<br />
aññissā kaṇṭhe mudiṅgaṁ, aññissā ure alambaraṁ,<br />
another with a small drum on her neck, another with a drum on her chest,<br />
aññaṁ vikesikaṁ, aññaṁ vikheḷikaṁ, aññā vippalapantiyo,<br />
another with hair dishevelled, another dribbling, another muttering,<br />
hatthappattaṁ susānaṁ maññe.<br />
(so that) it seemed as if there was a cemetery close at hand.<br />
Disvānassa ādīnavo pātur-ahosi nibbidāya cittaṁ saṇṭhāsi.<br />
Having seen (this) the danger became clear to him, and his mind was established in<br />
world-weariness.<br />
Atha kho Yaso kulaputto udānaṁ udānesi:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa uttered this exalted utterance:<br />
“Upaddutaṁ vata bho upassaṭṭhaṁ vata bho.” ti<br />
“Tribulation indeed, ruination indeed!”<br />
Atha kho Yaso kulaputto suvaṇṇapādukāyo ārohitvā,<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa, after donning his golden slippers,<br />
yena nivesanadvāraṁ tenupasaṅkami.<br />
went to the door of his dwelling.<br />
Amanussā dvāraṁ vivariṁsu:<br />
Divine beings 137 opened the door (thinking):<br />
“Mā Yasassa kulaputtassa koci antarāyam-akāsi<br />
o “Let there be no obstacle to the going-forth of the young man Yasa<br />
agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajjāyā.” ti<br />
from the home to the homeless life.”<br />
Atha kho Yaso kulaputto yena nagaradvāraṁ tenupasaṅkami.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa went to the city gate.<br />
Amanussā dvāraṁ vivariṁsu:<br />
Divine beings opened the gate (thinking):<br />
“Mā Yasassa kulaputtassa koci antarāyam-akāsi<br />
o “Let there be no obstacle to the going-forth of the young man Yasa<br />
agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajjāyā.” ti<br />
from the home to the homeless life.”<br />
137 Lit: non-human beings.