[158] When this was said, the brahmin Doṇa addressed those assemblies and groups:
"Hear, good sirs, a single word of mine:
Our Buddha was one who spoke in praise of patience (khantivāda);
it is not good indeed that over the division
of the body of the Highest Person there should be strife.
Let us all, good sirs, united and in concord,
rejoicing together, make eight portions;
let stūpas spread far and wide throughout the quarters—
many are the people with faith in the One with Vision."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.