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The Discourse on Ghaṭīkāra
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Standing to one side, Ghaṭīkāra the young god spoke this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
With lust and hate eliminated, they have crossed over attachment in the world."
Who, on discarding the human body, have overcome the celestial bond?"
Bhaddiya and Khaṇḍadeva, and Bāhuraggi and Saṅgiya;
They, on discarding the human body, have overcome the celestial bond."
Whose Teaching did they understand, that they cut the bond of existence?"
Whose Teaching they understood, that they cut the bond of existence.
That Teaching of yours, having understood it here, they cut the bond of existence."
Whose Teaching have you understood, that you speak such a word?"
I was a supporter of my mother and father, a lay follower of Kassapa.
I was your fellow villager, I was formerly your friend.
With lust and hate eliminated, they have crossed over attachment in the world."
He was formerly a potter, a pot-maker in Vekaḷiṅga.
Abstaining from sexual intercourse, leading the holy life, spiritual;
He was my fellow villager, he was formerly my friend."
Both with developed selves, bearing their final bodies."