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1' ' The second one, Sir, which suffered from the onset of the whirlwind, would have been dissipated before its time/ ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 44. ' Or again, O king, it is like a powerful and deadly snake, which being angered should bite a man, and to him that poison, no impediment and no accident happening to it, should bring death. That poison would be said, without impediment or acci- dent, to have reached its aim. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, he is said to have reached, unimpeded and uninter- rupted, to the goal of his life, to have died in the fullness of time. But if a snake charmer were to give a drug to the man while he was suffering from IV, 8, 45- 0F MILINDA THE KING. I 69 the bite, and thus get rid of the poison, could it be said that the poison was removed in the fullness of time?' ' No, Sir, it could not/ ' But wherein, O king, would the second poison differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' ' The second one, Sir, which was acted upon by the introduction of the drug, would have been removed before its end was attained/ ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 45. * Or again, O king, it is like the arrow dis- charged by an archer. [306] If that arrow should go to the very end of the line of the path along which it was natural for it to go, then it would be said to have reached that aim, without let or hindrance. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, is said to have reached death, unimpeded and uninterrupted, in the fullness of time. But if, at the moment when the archer was discharging the arrow, some one should catch hold of it, could that arrow be said to have reached the end of the line of the path along which it was shot ? ' I 70 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES IV, 8, 46. ' No, Sir, it could not.'
2But if, at the moment when the archer was discharging the arrow, some one should catch hold of it, could that arrow be said to have reached the end of the line of the path along which it was shot ? ' I 70 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES IV, 8, 46. ' No, Sir, it could not.' ' But wherein, O king, would the second arrow differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' * By the seizure which intervened, Sir, the course of the second arrow was arrested/ 'Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 46. ' Or again, O king, it is like the brazen vessel which a man should strike. And by his striking thereof a note should be produced, and sound to the very end of the line of the path along which it was its nature to sound. It would then be said to have reached that aim without let or hindrance. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, is said to have reached death, without let or hindrance, in the fullness of time. But if a man were to strike a brazen vessel, and by his striking thereof a note should be produced, but some one, before it had reached any distance, were to touch the vessel, and at his touching thereof the sound should cease, could then that sound be said to have reached the end of the line of the path along which it was its nature to sound ?' ' No, Sir, it could not/ IV, 8, 47- OF MILINDA THE KING. 171 ' But wherein, O king, would the second sound differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' ' By the touching which intervened, Sir, that sound was suppressed1.' [307] ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in temperature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time.
3This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 47. ' Or again, O king, it is like the corn seed which had sprung up well in the field, and by means of a plentiful downpour of rain had become well laden far and wide 2 with many seeds, and had sur- vived in safety to the time of standing crops, that corn would be said to have reached, without let or hindrance, to its due season. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, is said to have reached death, without let or hindrance, in the fullness of time. But if that corn, after it had sprung up well in the field, should, deprived of water, die, could it be said to have reached its due season ? ' 1 Uparato, for which Hina/i-kumbure, p. 449, has upahata wiyceyi. 2 Otaka-vitaka-aki«tfa. Gha;/ayawfi pata/awfi akir^wa- wu says the Sinhalese. 172 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES IV, 8, 48. ' No, Sir, it could not/ ' But wherein, O king, would the second crop differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' ' Oppressed by the heat which intervened, that crop, Sir, perished/ ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 48. ' And have you ever heard, O king, of a young crop that, after it had come to ear, worms sprung up and destroyed down to the roots ? ' ' We have both heard of such a thing, Sir, and have seen it, too/ ' Well, O king, was that crop destroyed in season, or out of season ? ' ' Out of season, Sir. For surely if worms had not destroyed the crop it would have survived to harvest time/ ' What then, O king ! on a disaster intervening the crop is lost, but if no injury is done it, it survives to the harvest ? ' ' That is so, Sir/ [308] ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess ofwindyhumoui, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in IV, 8, 49- 0F MILINDA THE KING. 1 73 temperature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before ones time. 49. ' And have you ever heard, O king, of a crop that had grown, and was bent down by the weight of the grains of corn, the ears having duly formed \ when a so-called Karaka rain (hail-storm)2 falling on it, destroyed it ? '
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1' ' The second one, Sir, which suffered from the onset of the whirlwind, would have been dissipated before its time/ ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 44. ' Or again, O king, it is like a powerful and deadly snake, which being angered should bite a man, and to him that poison, no impediment and no accident happening to it, should bring death. That poison would be said, without impediment or acci- dent, to have reached its aim. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, he is said to have reached, unimpeded and uninter- rupted, to the goal of his life, to have died in the fullness of time. But if a snake charmer were to give a drug to the man while he was suffering from IV, 8, 45- 0F MILINDA THE KING. I 69 the bite, and thus get rid of the poison, could it be said that the poison was removed in the fullness of time?' ' No, Sir, it could not/ ' But wherein, O king, would the second poison differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' ' The second one, Sir, which was acted upon by the introduction of the drug, would have been removed before its end was attained/ ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 45. * Or again, O king, it is like the arrow dis- charged by an archer. [306] If that arrow should go to the very end of the line of the path along which it was natural for it to go, then it would be said to have reached that aim, without let or hindrance. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, is said to have reached death, unimpeded and uninterrupted, in the fullness of time. But if, at the moment when the archer was discharging the arrow, some one should catch hold of it, could that arrow be said to have reached the end of the line of the path along which it was shot ? ' I 70 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES IV, 8, 46. ' No, Sir, it could not.'
2But if, at the moment when the archer was discharging the arrow, some one should catch hold of it, could that arrow be said to have reached the end of the line of the path along which it was shot ? ' I 70 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES IV, 8, 46. ' No, Sir, it could not.' ' But wherein, O king, would the second arrow differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' * By the seizure which intervened, Sir, the course of the second arrow was arrested/ 'Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 46. ' Or again, O king, it is like the brazen vessel which a man should strike. And by his striking thereof a note should be produced, and sound to the very end of the line of the path along which it was its nature to sound. It would then be said to have reached that aim without let or hindrance. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, is said to have reached death, without let or hindrance, in the fullness of time. But if a man were to strike a brazen vessel, and by his striking thereof a note should be produced, but some one, before it had reached any distance, were to touch the vessel, and at his touching thereof the sound should cease, could then that sound be said to have reached the end of the line of the path along which it was its nature to sound ?' ' No, Sir, it could not/ IV, 8, 47- OF MILINDA THE KING. 171 ' But wherein, O king, would the second sound differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' ' By the touching which intervened, Sir, that sound was suppressed1.' [307] ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in temperature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time.
3This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 47. ' Or again, O king, it is like the corn seed which had sprung up well in the field, and by means of a plentiful downpour of rain had become well laden far and wide 2 with many seeds, and had sur- vived in safety to the time of standing crops, that corn would be said to have reached, without let or hindrance, to its due season. Just so, O king, the man who, having lived long, dies at last, when he is old and well stricken in years, without any calamity or accident having happened to him, of old age, is said to have reached death, without let or hindrance, in the fullness of time. But if that corn, after it had sprung up well in the field, should, deprived of water, die, could it be said to have reached its due season ? ' 1 Uparato, for which Hina/i-kumbure, p. 449, has upahata wiyceyi. 2 Otaka-vitaka-aki«tfa. Gha;/ayawfi pata/awfi akir^wa- wu says the Sinhalese. 172 THE QUESTIONS AND PUZZLES IV, 8, 48. ' No, Sir, it could not/ ' But wherein, O king, would the second crop differ, in its nature, from the first ? ' ' Oppressed by the heat which intervened, that crop, Sir, perished/ ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess of windy humour, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in tem- perature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before one's time. 48. ' And have you ever heard, O king, of a young crop that, after it had come to ear, worms sprung up and destroyed down to the roots ? ' ' We have both heard of such a thing, Sir, and have seen it, too/ ' Well, O king, was that crop destroyed in season, or out of season ? ' ' Out of season, Sir. For surely if worms had not destroyed the crop it would have survived to harvest time/ ' What then, O king ! on a disaster intervening the crop is lost, but if no injury is done it, it survives to the harvest ? ' ' That is so, Sir/ [308] ' Just so, O king, whosoever dies before his time does so in consequence of suffering from the attack of some disease, — from excess ofwindyhumoui, or of bilious humour, or of phlegmatic humour, or from the union of the three, or from variations in IV, 8, 49- 0F MILINDA THE KING. 1 73 temperature, or from inequality in protection, or from treatment, or from hunger, or from thirst, or from fire, or from water, or from the sword. This, O king, is the reason why there is such a thing as dying before ones time. 49. ' And have you ever heard, O king, of a crop that had grown, and was bent down by the weight of the grains of corn, the ears having duly formed \ when a so-called Karaka rain (hail-storm)2 falling on it, destroyed it ? '
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