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"Bhaddavaggiyasahāyakā pana kiṃ kammaṃ kariṃsu, bhante"ti?
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But, Reverend Sir, what work of merit did the thirty noble youths perform?
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"Etepi pubbabuddhānaṃ santike arahattaṃ patthetvā puññāni katvā aparabhāge anuppanne buddhe tiṃsa dhuttā hutvā tuṇḍilovādaṃ sutvā saṭṭhivassasahassāni pañca sīlāni rakkhiṃsu.
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– They also made an Earnest Wish for Arahatship at the feet of previous Buddhas and performed works of merit. Subsequently, but before the present Buddha appeared in the world, they were reborn as thirty evildoers; but hearing the admonition addressed to Tuṇḍila, they kept the Five Precepts for sixty thousand years.
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Evaṃ imepi attanā patthitameva labhiṃsu.
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Thus these men also obtained only that for which they made their Earnest Wish.
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Nāhaṃ mukhaṃ oloketvā dammī"ti.
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I show no favoritism in bestowing distinction.
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