False pundits, totally muddled,
speaking in the range of mere words,
babbling as much as they like:
led on by what,
they don’t know.
Notes
1. Reading sadhāyamāna-rūpā with the Burmese edition. The Thai edition reads, saddāyamāna-rūpā–“as if making an uproar”–which doesn’t make much sense. The Sri Lankan edition reads, saddhāyamāna-rūpā–“as if showing faith”–which makes even less sense.
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