Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c8.64

c8.64

²¹ The transition from the prose to these is supplied in a manner that deserves to be noted. B. says that the question should not be asked in the manner in which it is done in the prose quotation above, but thus—as in the metrical lines that follow. One may pertinently ask: “Why? what is wrong with the prose formulation?” The only answer would seem to be: “Nothing. But the verses have to be brought in!”