[BB] Referring to the five fallow lands of the mind. [BC] Dulness is used here in the sense of inactivity of mind. III. There are no gad flies here, my kine-- The Herdsman Dhaniya said-- Are roaming where the meadows shine, The rich grass is their bed. In vain the fickle rain god's might! So let the rain pour down to-night! IV. My basket raft was woven well-- The Holy Buddha said-- I've reached the shore, I've spoiled the spell, From me four floods have fled; These four--Delusion, Ignorance, The lust of life, the lust of sense-- No longer powerful to blight. So let the rain pour down to-night! V. Obedient is my wife: no wanton she-- The Herdsman Dhaniya said-- No evil word she spake of me While she and I were wed. Long dwelt with me my soul's delight. So let the rain pour down to-night! VI. Obedient is my heart: set wholly free-- The Holy Buddha said-- Restrained, subdued; o'erwatched by me Through passion's tempest led. No evil dims my heart's pure light. Then let the rain pour down to-night! VII. Earning my bread, I live at ease-- The Herdsman Dhaniya said-- My sons around by strength's increase To ripening manhood bred. No ill do they my joy to blight. So let the rain pour down to-night! VIII. No man can call me slave; I roam-- The Holy Buddha said-- At will I roam, each spot a home, And when I want am fed. No need for wage or gain to fight. So let the rain pour down to-night! IX. I've barren cows and calves yet young-- The Herdsman Dhaniya said-- And cows in calf and steers among, A bull lifts up his head-- Lord of the cows, a kingly sight. Then let the rain pour down to-night. X. No cows have I nor calves yet young-- The Holy Buddha said-- For cows in calf and steers among No bull lifts up his head; No lord of cows, no king of might! So let the rain pour down to-night! XI. Then lo! a cloud o'er hill and plain That moment thundering poured forth rain. When herdsman Dhaniya heard with dread The God's rain rush, he yielding said: XII. "O, great the gain accrued thereby! Since Holy Buddha came to-day, We trust in thine all-seeing eye. Be thou, O mighty Sage, our stay. My wife and I obedient ever To follow thee will make endeavour. XIII. "Under the Happy One we'll lead A holy life, and, as he saith, We'll put an end to pain and need, And pass beyond old age and death!" BUDDHA AND THE KING.[BD] [BD] This is a rhymed version of the Pabbajjā Sutta, which is contained in the Sutta Nipāta. _Vide_ Professor Rhys Davids's _American Lectures on Buddhism_, p. 99. I. Their peace I praise who seek not here a home. It is the peace the Blessed One hath found, He who resolved in solitude to roam, The sky his roof, his holy bed the ground. II.