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Person拘薩羅的一位國王,王國被迦屍的梵授王奪取後攜妻隱姓埋名逃亡,被押赴刑場時給兒子 Dīghāyu 留下「勿看得太遠,也勿看得太近」的臨終遺言,後來正是這句話使兒子放棄了為父母復仇的念頭。
A king of Kosala who, after his kingdom was seized by Brahmadatta of Kāsi, fled into hiding and, on being led to execution, gave his son Dīghāyu the enigmatic dying counsel “look neither too far nor too near,” which later restrained the son from avenging his parents’ death.
Kd 10#2.3.1
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