The History of Buddhist Thought c19.47

c19.47

At nine and twenty years of age, Subhadra,
I left the world, my search for the good pursuing;
Now in addition fifty years are over,
Since I went forth and left the world, Subhadra.
Morality, concentration have I practised,
And knowledge, too, with single mind attentive,
Preaching the limits of the noble doctrine;
Outside the range thereof is no ascetic.²