A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.137
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.137
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know who shot it, whether a warrior or a Brahman, a Vaiśya or a Śūdra, to which family he belonged, whether he was tall or short, of what species and description the arrow was," and so on. What would happen? The man would die before all these questions were answered. In the same way the disciple who wished for answers to all his questions about the beyond and so on, would die before he knew the truth about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering and the way to cessation of suffering.