The King said By what conduct, O holy one, may one get over Decrepitude and Death? Is it by penances, or by the understanding, or by religious practices, or by study and knowledge of the scriptures.
केन वृत्तेन भगवन्नतिकामेज्जरन्तकौ। तपसा वाथ बुद्ध्या वा कर्मणा वा श्रुतेन वा॥