The king said: ‘Why, Nāgasena, is the ocean all of one taste, the taste of salt?’
‘Because the water in it has stood so long, therefore it is all of one taste, the taste of salt.’
‘Very good, Nāgasena!’
mil.3.7.13 Milindapanha
Chapter 7
The taste of salt
- Translator: T.W. Rhys Davids
- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato