A Battle (1) Saṃ gṅma Sutta (SN 3:14)

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('â', King Ajṅtasattu of Magadha, the son of Queen Videha, they say, has raised a fourfold army and is marching toward Kṅsi against me.â So King Pasenadi, raising a fourfold army, launched a counter-attack toward Kṅsi against King Ajṅtasattu. Then King Ajṅtasattu & King Pasenadi fought a battle, and in that battle King Ajṅtasattu defeated King Pasenadi. King Pasenadi, defeated, marched back to his capital at Sṅvatthī." "Monks, King Ajṅtasattu has evil friends, evil comrades, evil companions, whereas King Pasenadi has fine friends, fine comrades, fine companions. Yet for now, King Pasenadi will lie down tonight in pain, defeated." That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further: "Winning gives birth to hostility. Losing, one lies down in pain. The calmed lie down with ease, having set winning & losing aside." - --> - - - -