ལྷའ་མད་ཉང་ང notes.23

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23. In Taishō 99, sūtra no. 1299, and Taishō 100, sūtra no. 297, this final verse is uttered by the devatā. It also corresponds loosely with the final verse spoken by the devatā in The Devatā Sūtra (Toh 329) : cirasya bata paśyāmi brāhmaṇaṃ parinirvṛtam sarvavairabhayātītaṃ tīrṇaṃ loke viṣaktikām (“Oh! After a long time, I see a brāhmaṇa who has attained nirvāṇa, who has left all enmity and fears behind, and who has gone beyond attachment to the world”). Nearly all sūtras of Taishō 99 and Taishō 100 have this verse at the end. Note that Sanskrit and Chinese attestations of this verse, and the Tibetan of Toh 329, do not include “I do not see many,” as found in this text. This indicates the iteration of the verse in the present text may be a corruption. In the Pali canon, a similar verse is found only once, in SN 1.1. See also Great Upholder of the Secret Mantra (Toh 563). For more on this verse, see Choong 2011, pp. 68–69.