The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c14.38

c14.38

"Let virtuous ascetics and Brâhmaṇas (*sīlavante samaṇa-brāhmaṇe* I. 187) sit in the stable of the (vicious) elephants and talk of the virtuous life" is the advice which the minister gives the king, as he hopes in this way to tame the elephant which has become wild through the plots of robbers. "Do you not know that you are a saint or a Brâhmaṇa" (*tava samaṇabhāvam vā brāhmaṇabhāvam vā na jānāhi* I. 305)—With these words the queen brings the sensual ascetics to their senses.