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| 3e546865204d616861626861726174612c20426f | >The Mahabharata, Bo
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| 544552223e426f6f6b2031383a20537661726761 | TER">Book 18: Svarga
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| 5472616e736c6174656420746f20656e676c6973 | Translated to englis
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| 43454e5445523e0d0a3c6120687265663d226531 | CENTER> <a href="e1
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| 737572726f756e64656420627920626561757469 | surrounded by beauti
| 66756c206f626a65637473206f66206469766572 | ful objects of diver
| 7365206b696e64732c2074686174206973206465 | se kinds, that is de
| 636b656420776974682067656d7320616e642063 | cked with gems and c
| 6f72616c732c2074686174206d6f766573206174 | orals, that moves at
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| 65722c20616e642074686174207465656d732077 | er, and that teems w
| 6974682077616974696e6720417073617261732c | ith waiting Apsaras,
| 20686520726f766573207468726f75676820616c | he roves through al
| 6c2074686520726567696f6e73206f662066656c | l the regions of fel
| 69636974792c206c696b652061207365636f6e64 | icity, like a second
| 206465697479206f66207468652053756e2e3c2f | deity of the Sun.</
| 703e20200d0a3c703e2241742074686520656967 | p> <p>"At the eig
| 687420506172616e612c20686520616371756972 | ht Parana, he acquir
| 65732074686520667275697473206f6620746865 | es the fruits of the
| 2052616a6173757961207361637269666963652e | Rajasuya sacrifice.
| 20486520617363656e6473206120636172206173 | He ascends a car as
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| 20636861726d696e67207468616e20746865206d | charming than the m
| 6f6f6e2e20486520686561727320746865206d75 | oon. He hears the mu
| 736963206f6620746865206761726c616e647320 | sic of the garlands
| 7468617420656e636972636c6520746865697220 | that encircle their
| 77616973747320616e6420746865204e75707572 | waists and the Nupur
| 617320656e636972636c696e6720746865697220 | as encircling their
| 616e6b6c65732e20536c656570696e6720776974 | ankles. Sleeping wit
| 682068697320686561642072657374696e67206f | h his head resting o
| 6e20746865206c617073206f6620776f6d656e20 | n the laps of women
| 6f66207472616e7363656e64656e742062656175 | of transcendent beau
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| 3c703e22417420746865206e696e746820506172 | <p>"At the ninth Par
| 616e612c2068652061637175697265732c204f20 | ana, he acquires, O
| 426861726174612c207468652066727569747320 | Bharata, the fruits
| 6f66207468617420666f72656d6f7374206f6620 | of that foremost of
| 736163726966696365732c2076697a2e2c207468 | sacrifices, viz., th
| 6520486f7273652d7361637269666963652e2041 | e Horse-sacrifice. A
| 7363656e64696e67206f6e206120636172206571 | scending on a car eq
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| 7769746820612073656174206d616465206f6620 | with a seat made of
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| 20776974682077616974696e6720417073617261 | with waiting Apsara
| 7320616e642047616e6468617276617320616e64 | s and Gandharvas and
| 206f746865722063656c65737469616c732c2068 | other celestials, h
| 6520626c617a657320666f72746820696e207370 | e blazes forth in sp
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| 200d0a3c703e225265616368696e672074686520 | <p>"Reaching the
| 74656e746820506172616e6120616e6420677261 | tenth Parana and gra
| 74696679696e6720427261686d616e61732c2068 | tifying Brahmanas, h
| 6520616371756972657320612063617220776869 | e acquires a car whi
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| 74757272657473206d616465206f6620636f7261 | turrets made of cora
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| 20417073617261732077656c6c2d736b696c6c65 | Apsaras well-skille
| 6420696e2073696e67696e672c20616e64207768 | d in singing, and wh
| 6963682069732066697420666f72207468652072 | ich is fit for the r
| 65736964656e6365206f66207468652052696768 | esidence of the Righ
| 74656f75732e2043726f776e6564207769746820 | teous. Crowned with
| 612064696164656d206f662074686520636f6d70 | a diadem of the comp
| 6c6578696f6e206f6620666972652c206465636b | lexion of fire, deck
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| 20676f6c642c2068697320706572736f6e20736d | gold, his person sm
| 656172656420776974682063656c65737469616c | eared with celestial
| 2073616e64616c70617374652c206761726e6973 | sandalpaste, garnis
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| 6e20666f72206d616e79206c6f6e672079656172 | n for many long year
| 732e20576974682047616e646861727661732069 | s. With Gandharvas i
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| 756c6c2032312c3030302079656172732c206865 | ull 21,000 years, he
| 2073706f72747320696e20626c69737320776974 | sports in bliss wit
| 6820496e6472612068696d73656c6620696e2061 | h Indra himself in a
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| 7920646179207468726f75676820746865206469 | y day through the di
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| 20676f64732c20726964696e67206f6e2063656c | gods, riding on cel
| 65737469616c206361727320616e6420636f6e76 | estial cars and conv
| 6579616e6365732c20616e6420737572726f756e | eyances, and surroun
| 6465642062792063656c65737469616c2064616d | ded by celestial dam
| 73656c73206f66207472616e7363656e64656e74 | sels of transcendent
| 206265617574792e2048652069732061626c6520 | beauty. He is able
| 746f20676f20746f207468652061626f6465206f | to go to the abode o
| 662074686520736f6c61722064656974792c206f | f the solar deity, o
| 6620746865206c756e61722064656974792c2061 | f the lunar deity, a
| 6e64206f6620536976612c204f206b696e672e20 | nd of Siva, O king.
| 496e646565642c20686520737563636565647320 | Indeed, he succeeds
| 696e206c6976696e6720696e207468652073616d | in living in the sam
| 6520726567696f6e207769746820566973686e75 | e region with Vishnu
| 2068696d73656c662e204974206973206576656e | himself. It is even
| 20736f2c204f206d6f6e617263682e2054686572 | so, O monarch. Ther
| 65206973206e6f20646f75627420696e20746869 | e is no doubt in thi
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| 6720776974682066616974682c206265636f6d65 | g with faith, become
| 73206576656e20736f2e204d7920707265636570 | s even so. My precep
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| 6973682e20456c657068616e747320616e642073 | ish. Elephants and s
| 746565647320616e64206361727320616e642063 | teeds and cars and c
| 6f6e766579616e6365732c20657370656369616c | onveyances, especial
| 6c7920616e696d616c7320616e64207468652076 | ly animals and the v
| 656869636c6573207468657920647261772c2061 | ehicles they draw, a
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| 65696e67207075726520616e642077656c6c2d63 | eing pure and well-c
| 6f6f6b65642c2073686f756c6420626520707265 | ooked, should be pre
| 73656e74656420756e746f20746865203c693e62 | sented unto the <i>b
| 7261686d616e6173203c2f693e62792074686520 | rahmanas </i>by the
| 686f7573652d686f6c6465722077697468207261 | house-holder with ra
| 7074206d696e642e3c2f703e20200d0a3c703e22 | pt mind.</p> <p>"
| 447572696e67207468652072656369746174696f | During the recitatio
| 6e206f6620746865203c693e5368616c79612d70 | n of the <i>Shalya-p
| 617276612c203c2f693e4f206b696e67206f6620 | arva, </i>O king of
| 6b696e67732c20666f6f64207769746820636f6e | kings, food with con
| 66656374696f6e65727920616e64207269636520 | fectionery and rice
| 626f696c65642077697468207261772073756761 | boiled with raw suga
| 722c20617320616c736f2063616b6573206f6620 | r, as also cakes of
| 776865617420616e6420736f6f7468696e672061 | wheat and soothing a
| 6e64206e7574726974697665207669616e647320 | nd nutritive viands
| 616e64206472696e6b732073686f756c64206265 | and drinks should be
| 2070726573656e7465642e3c2f703e20200d0a3c | presented.</p> <
| 703e22447572696e672074686520726563697461 | p>"During the recita
| 74696f6e206f6620746865203c693e476164612d | tion of the <i>Gada-
| 70617276612c20627261686d616e6173203c2f69 | parva, brahmanas </i
| 3e73686f756c6420626520656e7465727461696e | >should be entertain
| 6564207769746820666f6f64206d697865642077 | ed with food mixed w
| 697468203c693e6d756467612e3c2f693e3c2f70 | ith <i>mudga.</i></p
| 3e20200d0a3c703e22447572696e672074686520 | > <p>"During the
| 72656369746174696f6e206f6620746865203c69 | recitation of the <i
| 3e537472692d70617276612c203c2f693e666f72 | >Stri-parva, </i>for
| 656d6f7374206f66203c693e627261686d616e61 | emost of <i>brahmana
| 73203c2f693e73686f756c6420626520656e7465 | s </i>should be ente
| 727461696e656420776974682067656d7320616e | rtained with gems an
| 642070726563696f75732073746f6e65733b2061 | d precious stones; a
| 6e6420647572696e672074686520726563697461 | nd during the recita
| 74696f6e206f6620746865203c693e4169736869 | tion of the <i>Aishi
| 6b612d70617276612c203c2f693e726963652062 | ka-parva, </i>rice b
| 6f696c656420696e20676865652073686f756c64 | oiled in ghee should
| 20666972737420626520676976656e2c20616e64 | first be given, and
| 207468656e20666f6f64207075726520616e6420 | then food pure and
| 77656c6c2d636f6f6b65642c20616e6420706f73 | well-cooked, and pos
| 736573736564206f662065766572792064657369 | sessed of every desi
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| 642062652070726573656e7465642e3c2f703e20 | d be presented.</p>
| 200d0a3c703e22447572696e6720746865207265 | <p>"During the re
| 6369746174696f6e206f6620746865203c693e53 | citation of the <i>S
| 68616e74692d70617276612c203c2f693e746865 | hanti-parva, </i>the
| 203c693e627261686d616e6173203c2f693e7368 | <i>brahmanas </i>sh
| 6f756c64206265206665642077697468203c693e | ould be fed with <i>
| 686176697379612e3c2f693e3c2f703e20200d0a | havisya.</i></p>
| 3c703e225768656e20746865203c693e41737661 | <p>"When the <i>Asva
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| 626c65207175616c6974792073686f756c642062 | ble quality should b
| 6520676976656e3b20616e64207768656e207468 | e given; and when th
| 65203c693e417372616d766173696b61203c2f69 | e <i>Asramvasika </i
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| 0d0a3c703e4a616e616d656a6179612073616964 | <p>Janamejaya said
| 2c20224f20686f6c79206f6e652c206163636f72 | , "O holy one, accor
| 64696e6720746f20776861742072697465732073 | ding to what rites s
| 686f756c6420746865206c6561726e6564206c69 | hould the learned li
| 7374656e20746f2074686520426861726174613f | sten to the Bharata?
| 2057686174206172652074686520667275697473 | What are the fruits
| 202861637175697261626c652062792068656172 | (acquirable by hear
| 696e67206974293f205768617420646569746965 | ing it)? What deitie
| 732061726520746f20626520776f727368697070 | s are to be worshipp
| 656420647572696e672074686520736576657261 | ed during the severa
| 6c203c693e706172616e61733f203c2f693e5768 | l <i>paranas? </i>Wh
| 61742073686f756c642062652074686520676966 | at should be the gif
| 74732074686174206f6e652073686f756c64206d | ts that one should m
| 616b652c204f20686f6c79206f6e652c20617420 | ake, O holy one, at
| 6576657279203c693e7061727661203c2f693e6f | every <i>parva </i>o
| 7220736163726564206461792028647572696e67 | r sacred day (during
| 2074686520636f6e74696e75616e6365206f6620 | the continuance of
| 7468652072656369746174696f6e293f20576861 | the recitation)? Wha
| 742073686f756c6420626520746865207175616c | t should be the qual
| 696669636174696f6e206f662074686520726563 | ification of the rec
| 6974657220746f20626520656e67616765643f20 | iter to be engaged?
| 54656c6c206d6520616c6c2074686973213c2f70 | Tell me all this!</p
| 3e20200d0a3c703e5661697368616d706179616e | > <p>Vaishampayan
| 6120736169642c2022486561722c204f206b696e | a said, "Hear, O kin
| 672c2077686174207468652070726f6365647572 | g, what the procedur
| 652069732c20616e642077686174207468652066 | e is, and what the f
| 72756974732c204f20426861726174612c206172 | ruits, O Bharata, ar
| 6520746861742077696c6c20737072696e672066 | e that will spring f
| 726f6d206f6e6526233134363b73206c69737465 | rom one&#146;s liste
| 6e696e672028746f20612072656369746174696f | ning (to a recitatio
| 6e206f66207468652042686172617461292e2045 | n of the Bharata). E
| 76656e20746869732c204f206b696e67206f6620 | ven this, O king of
| 6b696e67732c20697320776861742074686f7520 | kings, is what thou
| 61736b657374206d652e20546865206465697469 | askest me. The deiti
| 6573206f662048656176656e2c204f2072756c65 | es of Heaven, O rule
| 72206f662045617274682c2063616d6520746f20 | r of Earth, came to
| 7468697320776f726c6420666f722073706f7274 | this world for sport
| 2e20486176696e67206163686965766564207468 | . Having achieved th
| 656972207461736b2c207468657920617363656e | eir task, they ascen
| 646564206f6e6365206d6f726520746f20486561 | ded once more to Hea
| 76656e2e204c697374656e20746f207768617420 | ven. Listen to what
| 49207368616c6c2074656c6c207468656520696e | I shall tell thee in
| 2062726965662e20496e20746865204d61686162 | brief. In the Mahab
| 68617261746120697320746f20626520666f756e | harata is to be foun
| 642074686520626972746873206f662052697368 | d the births of Rish
| 697320616e642064656974696573206f6e207468 | is and deities on th
| 652045617274682e20496e207468697320747265 | e Earth. In this tre
| 61746973652c2063616c6c656420426861726174 | atise, called Bharat
| 612c204f20666f72656d6f7374206f6e65206f66 | a, O foremost one of
| 204268617261746126233134363b732072616365 | Bharata&#146;s race
| 2c2061726520746f206265207365656e20696e20 | , are to be seen in
| 6f6e6520706c6163652074686520657465726e61 | one place the eterna
| 6c205275647261732c2074686520536164646879 | l Rudras, the Saddhy
| 61732c20616e6420746865205669737765646576 | as, and the Viswedev
| 61733b2074686520416469747961732c20746865 | as; the Adityas, the
| 2074776f2064656974696573206e616d65642074 | two deities named t
| 68652041736876696e69732c2074686520726567 | he Ashvinis, the reg
| 656e7473206f662074686520576f726c642c2074 | ents of the World, t
| 6865206772656174205269736869732c20746865 | he great Rishis, the
| 2047756879616b61732c207468652047616e6468 | Guhyakas, the Gandh
| 61727661732c20746865204e616761732c207468 | arvas, the Nagas, th
| 652056696479616468617261732c207468652053 | e Vidyadharas, the S
| 6964646861732c20746865206469766572736520 | iddhas, the diverse
| 646569746965732c207468652053656c662d626f | deities, the Self-bo
| 726e2076697369626c6520696e206120626f6479 | rn visible in a body
| 2c2077697468206d616e79206173636574696373 | , with many ascetics
| 3b207468652048696c6c7320616e64204d6f756e | ; the Hills and Moun
| 7461696e732c204f6365616e7320616e64205365 | tains, Oceans and Se
| 617320616e64205269766572732c207468652064 | as and Rivers, the d
| 69766572736520747269626573206f6620417073 | iverse tribes of Aps
| 617261733b2074686520506c616e6574732c2074 | aras; the Planets, t
| 68652059656172732c207468652048616c662d79 | he Years, the Half-y
| 656172732c20616e642074686520536561736f6e | ears, and the Season
| 733b20616e64207468652077686f6c6520756e69 | s; and the whole uni
| 7665727365206f66206d6f62696c6520616e6420 | verse of mobile and
| 696d6d6f62696c6520656e7469746965732c2077 | immobile entities, w
| 69746820616c6c2074686520676f647320616e64 | ith all the gods and
| 204173757261732e3c2f703e20200d0a3c703e22 | Asuras.</p> <p>"
| 48656172696e672074686569722063656c656272 | Hearing their celebr
| 6974792c20616e6420696e20636f6e7365717565 | ity, and in conseque
| 6e6365206f6620612072656369746174696f6e20 | nce of a recitation
| 6f66207468656972206e616d657320616e642061 | of their names and a
| 6368696576656d656e74732c2061206d616e2074 | chievements, a man t
| 6861742068617320636f6d6d6974746564206576 | hat has committed ev
| 656e207465727269626c652073696e732c207769 | en terrible sins, wi
| 6c6c20626520636c65616e7365642e2048617669 | ll be cleansed. Havi
| 6e672c2077697468206120636f6e63656e747261 | ng, with a concentra
| 74656420736f756c20616e6420636c65616e7365 | ted soul and cleanse
| 6420626f64792c20686561726420746869732068 | d body, heard this h
| 6973746f72792064756c792c2066726f6d207468 | istory duly, from th
| 6520626567696e6e696e672c20616e6420686176 | e beginning, and hav
| 696e6720726561636865642069747320656e642c | ing reached its end,
| 206f6e652073686f756c64206d616b6520537261 | one should make Sra
| 64646861206f66666572696e67732c204f204268 | ddha offerings, O Bh
| 61726174612c20756e746f2074686f7365202866 | arata, unto those (f
| 6f72656d6f7374206f6620706572736f6e732077 | oremost of persons w
| 686f2068617665206265656e206d656e74696f6e | ho have been mention
| 656420696e206974292e20556e746f2074686520 | ed in it). Unto the
| 427261686d616e617320616c736f2c204f206368 | Brahmanas also, O ch
| 696566206f66204268617261746126233134363b | ief of Bharata&#146;
| 7320726163652c2073686f756c642c2077697468 | s race, should, with
| 20647565206465766f74696f6e20616e64206163 | due devotion and ac
| 636f7264696e6720746f206f6e6526233134363b | cording to one&#146;
| 7320706f7765722c206265206d616465206c6172 | s power, be made lar
| 676520676966747320616e642064697665727365 | ge gifts and diverse
| 206b696e6473206f662067656d732c20616e6420 | kinds of gems, and
| 6b696e652c20616e642076657373656c73206f66 | kine, and vessels of
| 20776869746520627261737320666f72206d696c | white brass for mil
| 6b696e67206b696e652c20616e64206d61696465 | king kine, and maide
| 6e73206465636b65642077697468206576657279 | ns decked with every
| 206f726e616d656e742c20616e6420706f737365 | ornament, and posse
| 73736564206f66206576657279206163636f6d70 | ssed of every accomp
| 6c6973686d656e742073756974656420746f2065 | lishment suited to e
| 6e6a6f796d656e742c20617320616c736f206469 | njoyment, as also di
| 7665727365206b696e6473206f6620636f6e7665 | verse kinds of conve
| 79616e6365732c2062656175746966756c206d61 | yances, beautiful ma
| 6e73696f6e732c20706c6f7473206f66206c616e | nsions, plots of lan
| 642c20616e6420636c6f7468732e20416e696d61 | d, and cloths. Anima
| 6c7320616c736f2073686f756c64206265206769 | ls also should be gi
| 76656e2c207375636820617320686f7273657320 | ven, such as horses
| 616e6420656c657068616e747320696e20726167 | and elephants in rag
| 652c20616e6420626564732c20616e6420636f76 | e, and beds, and cov
| 6572656420636f6e766579616e63657320626f72 | ered conveyances bor
| 6e65206f6e207468652073686f756c6465727320 | ne on the shoulders
| 6f66206d656e2c20616e642077656c6c2d646563 | of men, and well-dec
| 6b656420636172732e205768617465766572206f | ked cars. Whatever o
| 626a65637473206f6363757220696e2074686520 | bjects occur in the
| 686f7573652c206f662074686520666f72656d6f | house, of the foremo
| 7374206b696e642c207768617465766572207765 | st kind, whatever we
| 616c7468206f662067726561742076616c756520 | alth of great value
| 6f636375727320696e2069742c2073686f756c64 | occurs in it, should
| 20626520676976656e206177617920756e746f20 | be given away unto
| 427261686d616e61732e20496e646565642c206f | Brahmanas. Indeed, o
| 6e652073686f756c642067697665206177617920 | ne should give away
| 6f6e6526233134363b73206f776e2073656c662c | one&#146;s own self,
| 2077697665732c20616e64206368696c6472656e | wives, and children
| 2e3c2f703e20200d0a3c703e224f6e6520646573 | .</p> <p>"One des
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| 696e672068656172742c20776974682063686565 | ing heart, with chee
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| 642061732c2068652070726f6365656473206c69 | d as, he proceeds li
| 7374656e696e6720746f20697473207265636974 | stening to its recit
| 6174696f6e2c2068652073686f756c6420616363 | ation, he should acc
| 6f7264696e6720746f2074686520657874656e74 | ording to the extent
| 206f662068697320706f7765722c206d616b6520 | of his power, make
| 6769667473207769746820677265617420646576 | gifts with great dev
| 6f74696f6e2e3c2f703e20200d0a3c703e224865 | otion.</p> <p>"He
| 617220686f77206120706572736f6e2074686174 | ar how a person that
| 206973206465766f74656420746f207472757468 | is devoted to truth
| 20616e642073696e6365726974792c2074686174 | and sincerity, that
| 2069732073656c662d726573747261696e65642c | is self-restrained,
| 20707572652028696e206d696e64292c20616e64 | pure (in mind), and
| 206f6273657276616e74206f662074686f736520 | observant of those
| 61637473207768696368206c65616420746f2070 | acts which lead to p
| 7572697479206f6620626f64792c207468617420 | urity of body, that
| 697320656e647565642077697468206661697468 | is endued with faith
| 2c20616e64207468617420686173207375626a75 | , and that has subju
| 67617465642077726174682c2061747461696e73 | gated wrath, attains
| 20746f20737563636573732028696e2074686520 | to success (in the
| 6d6174746572206f662061207265636974617469 | matter of a recitati
| 6f6e206f66207468652042686172617461292e20 | on of the Bharata).
| 48652073686f756c64206170706f696e74206173 | He should appoint as
| 2072656369746572206f6e652074686174206973 | reciter one that is
| 207075726520286f6620626f6479292c20746861 | pure (of body), tha
| 7420697320656e64756564207769746820676f6f | t is endued with goo
| 6420616e642070696f757320636f6e647563742c | d and pious conduct,
| 20746861742073686f756c6420626520726f6265 | that should be robe
| 6420696e2077686974652c20746861742073686f | d in white, that sho
| 756c642068617665206120636f6d706c65746520 | uld have a complete
| 6d617374657279206f7665722068697320706173 | mastery over his pas
| 73696f6e732c207468617420697320636c65616e | sions, that is clean
| 736564206f6620616c6c206f6666656e6365732c | sed of all offences,
| 207468617420697320636f6e76657273616e7420 | that is conversant
| 77697468206576657279206272616e6368206f66 | with every branch of
| 206c6561726e696e672c20746861742069732065 | learning, that is e
| 6e6475656420776974682066616974682c207468 | ndued with faith, th
| 617420697320667265652066726f6d206d616c69 | at is free from mali
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