d exclaimed, "O, how the Blessed One has shown sympathy for my benefit of both sorts: for that in the present life, and that in the life to come!"1 Note 1. The commentary to Dhammapada 325 contains a more elaborate version of this story, the main differences being that Prince Uttara is the person asked to recite the verse, and the verse he recites is considerably stronger than the one given above: When torpid & over-fed, a sleepy-head lolling about like a stout hog, fattened on fodder: a dullard enters the womb over & over again. — Dhp 325 The two differences may be related. The king might not have tolerated this stronger verse in the mouth of a mere courtier. See also: AN 4:37 - --> - - - -