dn19:45.1 Then the Great Steward thought,
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dn19:45.2 “the divinity Sanaṅkumāra has granted me an opportunity.
dn19:45.3 Should I ask him about what is beneficial for this life or lives to come?”
dn19:45.4 Then he thought,
dn19:45.5 “I’m skilled in what is beneficial for this life, and others even ask me about it.
dn19:45.6 Why don’t I ask the Divinity about the benefit that specifically applies to lives to come?”
dn19:45.7 So he addressed the divinity Sanaṅkumāra in verse:
dn19:45.8 “I’m in doubt, so I ask the Divinity—<j>who is free of doubt—
dn19:45.9 about things one may learn from another.
dn19:45.10 Standing on what, training in what
dn19:45.11 may a mortal reach the deathless realm of divinity?”
dn19:45.12 “He among mankind, O brahmin, <j>has given up possessiveness,
dn19:45.13 at one, compassionate,
dn19:45.14 free of putrefaction, and refraining from sex.
dn19:45.15 Standing on that, training in that
dn19:45.16 a mortal may reach the deathless realm of divinity.”