Devatāsaṁyutta 74

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8. Slain

Rain

1 “What’s the best of things that rise?

And what’s the finest thing to fall?

And what of the things that go forth?

And who’s the finest speaker?”

2 “A seed’s the best of things that rise.

Rain’s the finest thing to fall.

Cattle, of things that go forth.

And a child is the finest speaker.”

3 “Knowledge is best of things that rise.

Ignorance the finest thing to fall.

The Saṅgha, of things that go forth.

And the Buddha is the finest speaker.”