I am unsuspecting in the village;“Asaṅkiyomhi gāmamhi,in the wilderness there’s no peril for me:araññe natthi me bhayaṁ;I ride upon the straight pathUjuṁ maggaṁ samārūḷho,with love and compassion.mettāya karuṇāya cā”ti.
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