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71: "Doesn't -- like ready milk -- come out right away": All Pali recensions of this verse give the verb muccati -- "to come out" or "to be released" -- whereas DhpA agrees with the Sanskrit recensions in reading the verb as if it were mucchati/murchati, "to curdle." The former reading makes more sense, both in terms of the image of the poem -- which contrasts coming out with staying hidden -- and with the plain fact that fresh milk doesn't curdle right away. The Chinese translation of Dhp supports this reading, as do two of three scholarly editions of the Patna Dhp. |
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