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An arhat who has destroyed the contaminants and who has accumulated merit. For example, Bakula,²⁷⁶ the son of the king Dharmayaśas, roared this lion’s roar: ‘In the eighty years since I have gone forth, I have not even experienced a light headache.’ In the past, he was a perfume seller in Benares. There he offered medicine to cure the sick to the Buddha Krakucchanda and his saṅgha of hearers. Also, he once gave a myrobalan fruit to an arhat. Through the karmic ripening of these actions, he was free from illness and obtained perfect health. This kind of person is well in both body and mind.

²⁷⁷“What kind of person is not well in both body and mind?²⁷⁸ An ordinary person²⁷⁹ who has not accumulated any merit, roves about other peoples’ homes, has no family or kin, and is without clothes, food, and drink. This person furthermore suffers from diseases like leprosy, chronic cough,²⁸⁰ dysentery,²⁸¹ ulcers,²⁸² skin rashes, and so forth,²⁸³ or this person is missing limbs, such as a foot or a hand, or is blind. Such a person is unwell in body and in mind.

“What kind of person has a pleasing body that is beautiful, shiny, of brilliant color, handsome, and lovely to look at despite being reborn in the lower realms? A wicked person, whose wickedness is due to desire, who is reborn in the lower realms—for example, the peacock, the parrot, the thrush,²⁸⁴ the goose,²⁸⁵ the ruddy shelduck,²⁸⁶ and so forth. In this way, when a person behaves wickedly due to desire, they will have a pleasing body that is beautiful, shiny, of brilliant color, attractive, and lovely to look at, despite being reborn in the lower realms.

“What kind of person is reborn in the lower realms with an unpleasant appearance, rough skinned and unattractive? A wicked person, whose wickedness is due to hatred,