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518 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
Glory to that Exalted One, the Arahant, the Buddha Supreme! Glory to the Norm ! Glory to the Order!
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And when she had so said the Bharadvaja Brahmin grew angry and exclaimed: “There now ! You wretch! Must you be singing the praises of that shaveling friar at any and every opportunity ? Now, wretch, will I give that teacher of thine a piece of my mind!”
“O Brahmin,” replied Dhananjanani, “I know of no one throughout the world of gods, Maras, or Brahmas, recluses or brahmins, no one human or divine, who could so admonish that Exalted One, Arahant, Buddha Supreme. Nevertheless, go thou, Brahmin, and then thou wilt know.”
Then the Bharadvaja, vexed and displeased, went to find the Exalted One; and coming into his presence, exchanged with him greetings and compliments, friendly and courteous, and sat down at one side.
So seated, he asked the Exalted One the following questions : “What must we slay if we would happy live ? What must we slay if we could weep no more ? What is above all other things, whereof the slaughter thou approvest, Gotama?”
The Exalted One replied as follows: “Wrath must ye slay if ye would happy live ; Wrath must ye slay if ye would weep no more. Of anger, Brahmin, with its poisoned source, and fevered climax, murderously sweet. That is the slaughter by the Ariyans praised. That must ye slay in sooth, to weep no more.”
Realizing the excellence of the reply given by the Exalted One, the Bharadvaja Brahmin said to him: “Most excellent, Lord, most excellent! Just as if a man were to set up that which had been thrown down, or were to reveal that which was hidden away, or were to point out the right road to him who had gone astray, or were to bring a lamp into the darkness so that those who had eyes could see external objects—even so, Lord, has the Lord Gotama shown me his doctrine in various ways. I, even I, Lord, betake myself to the