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"Yathā vā, mahārāja, dhanayasasiriñātibalena balavā puriso attano ñātiṃ vā mittaṃ vā raññā garukaṃ daṇḍaṃ dhārentaṃ attano bahuvissatthabhāvena samatthatāya garukaṃ daṇḍaṃ lahukaṃ akāsi, evameva kho, mahārāja, bhagavā bahūni kappakoṭisatasahassāni dukkhaṃ vedayamānaṃ devadattaṃ pabbājetvā sīlasamādhipaññāvimuttibalasamatthabhāvena garukaṃ dukkhaṃ lahukaṃ akāsi.
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It was at the thought that by renouncing the world according to His doctrine Devadatta’s sorrow would become finite that, in his mercy, he adopted that means of making his heavy sorrow light. ‘As a man of influence, O king, by the power of his wealth or reputation or prosperity or birth, when a grievous penalty has been imposed by, the king on some friend or relative of his, would get it made light by the ability arising from the trust reposed in him; just so did the Blessed One, by admitting him to the Order, and by the efficacy of the influence of righteousness and meditation and wisdom and emancipation of heart, make light the heavy sorrow of Devadatta, who would have had to suffer many hundreds of thousands of Kalpas.
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Представь, государь, что некий человек, влиятельный благодаря своему богатству, известности, славе, родне, использует влияние и большие возможности, которыми располагает, и добивается для своего родича или друга облегчения тяжкого наказания, наложенного на того царем. Вот точно так же, государь, совершив постриг Девадатты, которому предстояло бы страдать миллионы миллионов кальп, Блаженный облегчил его тяжкие страдания мощью и могуществом своей добродетели, сосредоточения, мудрости и освобожденности.
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