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Ajito Tissametteyyo, ~ Puṇṇako atha Mettagū,

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Dhotako Upasīvo ca, ~ Nando ca atha Hemako,

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
Todeyya-Kappā dubhayo, ~ Jatukaṇṇī ca paṇḍito,

−−⏑−¦⏑⏑−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− savipulā
Bhadrāvudho Udayo ca, ~ Posālo cāpi brāhmaṇo,

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Mogharājā ca medhāvī, ~ Piṅgiyo ca mahā isi. BJT: mahā-isī, but cf. 1008d.

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Ete Buddhaṁ upāgacchuṁ, PTS, Sn: upāgañchuṁ. ~ sampannacaraṇaṁ isiṁ,

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pucchantā nipuṇe pañhe, ~ Buddhaseṭṭhaṁ upāgamuṁ.

−−−−¦(⏑)−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− 7 syll
Tesaṁ Buddho byākāsi ChS: pabyākāsi, a scribal ‘correction’. We should probably understand a sarabhatti vowel in b^<i>yākāsi which then has to be counted towards the metre. ~ pañhe Thai; pañhaṁ. puṭṭho yathātathaṁ,

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pañhānaṁ veyyākaraṇena We need to read vyākaraṇena, m.c., which would then give an acceptable savipulā. ~ tosesi brāhmaṇe muni. BJT: munī.

−−⏑−¦−⏑⏑−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− bhavipulā
Te tositā Cakkhumatā, ~ Buddhenādiccabandhunā,

−⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−−¦¦⏑⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− savipulā
brahmacarⁱyam-acariṁsu ~ varapaññassa santike.

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Ekam-ekassa pañhassa ~ yathā Buddhena desitaṁ

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tathā yo paṭipajjeyya ~ gacche pāraṁ apārato.

⏑−−−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
Apārā pāraṁ This line is irregular as it stands, we could perhaps read apārā pāra' to give the pathyā. gaccheyya ~ bhāvento maggam-uttamaṁ.

−−−−¦−,⏑⏑−−¦¦−−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
Maggo so pāraṁ gamanāya PTS, Sn: pāraṅgamanāya; Thai: pāragamanāya. ~ tasmā Pārāyanaṁ iti.