Digha-Nikaya of the Sutta-Pitaka,
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[page 001]
1
NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMĀ SAMBUDDHASSA.
[Dīgha Nikāya.
i. Brahmajāla Sutta.] *
1.1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā antarā
ca Rājagahaṃ antarā ca Nāḷandaṃ addhāna-magga-paṭi-
panno hoti mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ pañca-
mattehi bhikkhu-satehi. Suppiyo pi kho paribbājako
antarā ca Rājagahaṃ antarā ca Nāḷandaṃ addhāna-magga-
paṭipanno hoti saddhiṃ antevāsinā Brahmadattena māṇa-
vena. Tatra sudaṃ Suppiyo paribbājako aneka-pariyāyena
Buddhassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati Dhammassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati
Saṃghassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, Suppiyassa pana paribbāja-
kassa antevāsī Brahmadatto māṇavo aneka-pariyāyena
Buddhassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati Dhammassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati
Saṃghassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati. Iti ha te ubho ācariyantevāsī
aññamaññassa uju-vipaccanīka-vādā Bhagavantaṃ piṭṭhito
piṭṭhito anubaddhā1 honti bhikkhu-saṃghañ ca.
2. Atha kho Bhagavā Ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ rājāgārake2
eka-ratti-vāsaṃ upagañchi saddhiṃ bhikkhu-saṃghena.
Suppiyo pi kho paribbājako Ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ rājāgārake
eka-ratti-vāsaṃ upagañchi saddhiṃ antevāsinā Brahma-
dattena māṇavena. Tatra pi sudaṃ Suppiyo paribbājako
aneka-pariyāyena Buddhassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati Dhammassa
avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati Saṃghassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati, Suppiyassa

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1 BB anubandhā (throughout).
2 Bp and Old. C. xi. 1.8 rājagārake.
* Titles not in the MSS.

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2 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 2
pana paribbājakassa antevāsī Brahmadatto māṇavo aneka-
pariyāyena Buddhassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati Dhammassa vaṇṇaṃ
bhāsati Saṃghassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati. Iti ha te ubho
ācariyantevāsī aññamaññassa uju-vipaccanīka-vādā1 Bha-
gavantaṃ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubaddhā honti bhikkhu-
saṃghañ ca.1
3. Atha kho sambahulānaṃ bhikkhūnam rattiyā paccūsa-
samayaṃ paccuṭṭhitānaṃ maṇḍala-māle2 sannisinnānaṃ
sannipatitānaṃ ayaṃ saṅkhiyā-dhammo3 udapādi: ‘Ac-
chariyaṃ āvuso abbhutaṃ āvuso yāvañ c'; idaṃ tena
Bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammā-sambuddhena
sattānaṃ nānādhimuttikatā suppaṭividitā. Ayaṃ hi Suppiyo
paribbājako aneka-pariyāyena Buddhassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati
Dhammassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati Saṃghassa avaṇṇaṃ bhāsati,
Suppiyassa pana paribbājakassa antevāsī Brahmadatto
māṇavo aneka-pariyāyena Buddhassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati
Dhammassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati Saṃghassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsati.
Iti ha 'me ubho ācariyantevāsī aññamaññassa uju-vipacca-
nīka-vādā Bhagavantaṃ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubaddhā honti
{bhikkhu-saṃghañ} cāti.'
4. Atha kho Bhagavā tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ imaṃ saṅkhiyā-
dhammaṃ viditvā, yena maṇḍala-mālo ten'; upasaṃkami,
upasaṃkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Nisajja kho
Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: ‘Kāya nu 'ttha bhikkhave
etarahi kathāya sannisinnā, kā ca pana vo antarākathā4
vippakatā ti?'; Evaṃ vutte te bhikkhū Bhagavantaṃ etad
avocuṃ: ‘Idha bhante amhākaṃ rattiyā paccūsa-samayaṃ
paccuṭṭhitānaṃ maṇḍala-māle sannisinnānaṃ sannipati-
tānaṃ ayaṃ saṅkhiyā-dhammo udapādi "Acchariyaṃ . . .
pe (3) . . . anubaddhā honti bhikkhu-saṃghañ cāti."
Ayaṃ kho no bhante antarā kathā vippakatā atha Bhagavā
anuppatto ti.'
5. ‘Mamaṃ vā bhikkhave pare avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ
Dhammassa vā avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ Saṃghassa vā

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1 BB viharanti for 1-1.
2 MSS. l and ḷ about equally.
3 BB sankhiya-dhammo (throughout).
4 Bp antarakathā.

[page 003]
D. i. 1. 7] OF PRAISE AND BLAME. 3
avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra tumhehi na āghāto na ap-
paccayo na cetaso anabhiraddhi karaṇīyā. Mamaṃ vā
bhikkhave pare avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ Dhammassa vā avaṇ-
ṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ Saṃghassa vā avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyum, tatra
ce tumhe assatha kupitā vā anattamanā vā tumhaṃ yev'
assa tena antarāyo. Mamaṃ vā bhikkhave pare avaṇṇaṃ
bhāseyyuṃ Dhammassa vā avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyum Saṃghassa
vā avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyum, tatra ce tumhe assatha kupitā vā
anattamanā vā api nu tumhe paresaṃ subhāsitaṃ dubbhā-
sitaṃ ājāneyyāthāti?'
‘No h'; etaṃ bhante.'
‘Mamaṃ vā bhikkhave pare avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ
Dhammassa vā avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ Saṃghassa vā
avaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra tumhehi abhūtaṃ abhūtato
nibbeṭhetabbaṃ: "Iti pi etaṃ abhūtaṃ, iti pi etaṃ
atacchaṃ, n'; atthi c'; etaṃ amhesu, na ca pan'; etaṃ amhesu
saṃvijjatīti."'
6. ‘Mamaṃ vā bhikkhave pare vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ
Dhammassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ Saṃghassa vā vāṇṇaṃ
bhāseyyuṃ, tatra tumhe na ānando na somanassaṃ na
cetaso ubbillāvitattaṃ1 karaṇīyaṃ. Mamaṃ vā bhikkhave
pare vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ Dhammassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhā-
seyyuṃ Saṃghassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra ce
tumhe assatha ānandino sumanā ubbillāvitā tumhaṃ yev'
assa tena antarāyo. Mamaṃ vā bhikkhave pare vaṇṇaṃ
bhāseyyuṃ Dhammassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ Saṃ-
ghassa vā vaṇṇaṃ bhāseyyuṃ, tatra tumhehi bhūtaṃ
bhūtato paṭijānitabbaṃ: "Iti p'; etaṃ bhūtaṃ, iti p'; etaṃ
tacchaṃ, atthi c'; etaṃ amhesu, saṃvijjati ca pan'; etaṃ
amhesūti."'
7. ‘Appamattakaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ bhikkhave oramatta-
kaṃ sīlamattakaṃ yena puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ
vadamāno vadeyya. Katamañ ca taṃ bhikkhave appa-
mattakaṃ oramattakaṃ sīlamattakaṃ yena puthujjano
Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya?'

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1 Bp uppilāvit- throughout, but see 3. 23; audvilya in
Burnouf ,‘Lotus,'308; and Morris in J. P. T. S. for 1887.

[page 004]
4 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 8
8.1 "‘Pāṇātipātaṃ pahāya pāṇātipātā paṭivirato Samaṇo
Gotamo nihita-daṇḍo nihita-sattho lajjī dayāpanno sabba-
pāṇa-bhūta-hitānukampī viharatīti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave
puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
"‘Adinnādānaṃ pahāya adinnādānā paṭivirato Samaṇo
Gotamo dinnādāyī dinna-pāṭikaṅkhī athenena suci-bhūtena
attanā viharatīti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathā-
gatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
"‘Abrahmacariyaṃ pahāya brahmacārī Samaṇo Gotamo
ārā-cārī2 virato methunā gāma-dhammā ti." Iti vā hi
bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno
vadeyya.
9. "‘Musā-vādaṃ pahāya musā-vādā paṭivirato Samaṇo
Gotamo sacca-vādī sacca-sandho theto paccayiko avisaṃvā-
dako lokassāti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāga-
tassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
"‘{Pisuṇā-}3 vācaṃ pahāya {pisuṇāya} vācāya paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo, ito sutvā na amutra akkhātā imesaṃ
bhedāya, amutra vā sutvā na imesaṃ akkhātā amūsaṃ
bhedāya. Iti bhinnānaṃ va sandhātā sahitānaṃ va anup-
pādātā samaggārāmo samagga-rato samagga-nandī samag-
ga-karaṇiṃ vācam bhāsitā ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthuj-
jano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
"‘Pharusā-vācaṃ pahāya pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo, Yā sā vācā nelā4 kaṇṇa-sukhā pemanīyā
hadayaṃ-gamā porī bahujana-kantā bahujana-manāpā
tathā-rūpiṃ vācam bhāsitā ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthuj-
jano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
"‘Samphappalāpaṃ pahāya samphappalāpā paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo kāla-vādī bhūta-vādī attha-vādī dhamma-
vādī vinaya-vādī nidhānavatiṃ vācam5 bhāsitā kālena

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1 For 8-11 compare M. i. pp. 179, 267.
2 Bp anācari (as in M. always).
3 M. and Sum. p. 73, pisuṇaṃ; Sd pisunaṃ; A. iii. 61.2. pisuṇā;
Scmt pisunā.
4 St Ds Bp Sum. and M. all nelā, Scd and Gr neḷā.
5 Bp Gr vācaṃ (three times).

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D. i. 1. 11] CŪLA-SĪLA. 5
sāpadesaṃ pariyantavatiṃ attha-saṃhitan ti." Iti vā hi
bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno
vadeyya.
10. "‘Bījagāma-bhūtagāma-samārambhā paṭivirato Sa-
maṇo Gotamo. Eka-bhattiko Samaṇo Gotamo rattūparato,
vikāla-bhojanā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Nacca-gīta-
vādita-visūka-dassanā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Mālā-
gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-vibhūsana-ṭṭhānā paṭi-
virato Samaṇo Gotamo. Uccāsayana-mahāsayanā paṭi-
virato Samaṇo Gotamo. Jātarūpa-rajata-paṭiggahaṇā paṭi-
virato Samaṇo Gotamo. Āmaka-dhañña-paṭiggahaṇā
paṭivirato Samaṇo {Gotamo}. Āmaka-{maṃsa}-paṭiggahaṇā
paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Itthi-kumārika-paṭiggahaṇā
paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Dāsi-dāsa-paṭiggahaṇā paṭi-
virato Samaṇo Gotamo. {Ajeḷaka-paṭiggahaṇā} paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo. Kukkuṭa-sūkara-paṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo. Hatthi-gavāssa-vaḷavā-paṭiggahaṇā paṭi-
virato Samaṇo Gotamo. Khetta-vatthu-paṭiggahaṇā
paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Dūteyya-pahiṇa1-gaman-
ānuyogā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Kaya-vikkayā paṭi-
virato Samaṇo Gotamo. Tulākūṭa-kaṅsakūṭa-mānakūṭā
paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Ukkoṭana-vañcana-nikati-
sāci-yogā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo. Chedana-vadha-
bandhana2-viparāmosa-ālopa-sahasākārā paṭivirato Samaṇo
Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa
vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
Cūla-Sīlaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.
11. "‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sad-
dhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ bījagāma-bhū-
tagāma-samārambhaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ
{mūla-bījaṃ} khandha-bījaṃ phalu-bījaṃ agga-bījaṃ {bīja-
bījam} eva pañcamaṃ -- iti evarūpā bījagāma-bhūtagāma-
samārambhā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhik-
khave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.

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1 St pahīṇa: see 19.
2 So SS Ds and Gr: Bp and Sum. bandha.

[page 006]
6 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 12
12. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ sannidhi-
kāra-paribhogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ anna-
sannidhiṃ pāna-sannidhiṃ vattha-sannidhiṃ yāna-san-
nidhiṃ sayana-sannidhiṃ gandha-sannidhiṃ āmisa-san-
nidhiṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpā sannidhi-kāra-paribhogā paṭi-
virato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano
Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
13. "‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te {evarūpaṃ} visūka-
dassanaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ naccaṃ gītaṃ
vāditaṃ pekkhaṃ akkhānaṃ pāṇissaraṃ vetālaṃ kumbha-
thūṇaṃ Sobha-nagarakaṃ1 caṇḍālaṃ {vaṃsaṃ} dhopanaṃ2
hatthi-yuddhaṃ assa-yuddhaṃ mahisa-yuddhaṃ usabha-
yuddhaṃ aja-yuddhaṃ meṇḍaka3-yuddhaṃ kukkuṭa-yud-
dhaṃ vaṭṭaka4-yuddhaṃ daṇḍa-yuddhaṃ muṭṭhi-yuddhaṃ
nibbuddhaṃ uyyodhikaṃ balaggaṃ senā-byūham anīka-
dassanaṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpā visūka-dassanā paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathā-
gatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
14. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sad-
dhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ jūta-pamāda-
ṭṭhānānuyogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ5 aṭṭha-
padaṃ dasa-padaṃ ākāsaṃ parihāra-pathaṃ santikaṃ
khalikaṃ6 ghaṭikaṃ salāka-hatthaṃ7 akkhaṃ paṅgacīraṃ
vaṅkakaṃ mokkhacikaṃ ciṅgulikaṃ pattāḷhakaṃ rathakaṃ

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1 So Scm and Sum.; Sd sobhana-kārakaṃ; St sobhanakarakaṃ;
Ds sobhanagaraṇam; Bp sobhaṇakam. Weber in ‘Indische Studien,'
ii. 38, quotes from a commentary on Ṣatarudriya, ‘Sobha iti
gandharva-nagaraṃ;'; B.R. give Saubha, ‘a mythical city hanging
in the air.'
2 Sdm Ds Bp dhovanaṃ. Sct and Sum. dhop- (See J. ii. p. 117
and iv. p. 390).
3 Sd Ds Bp meṇḍa-.
4 Scdm Gr vaddhaka. See 22.
5 This list of games recurs in CV. i. 13. 2.
6 Sdt and Gr balikam.
7 On Ṣalākā in gambling, see Pāṇini ii. 1. 10.

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D. i. 1. 17] MAJJHIMA-SĪLA. 7
dhanukaṃ akkharikaṃ manesikaṃ yathā-vajjaṃ -- iti vā iti
evarūpā jūta-pamāda-ṭṭhānānuyogā paṭivirato Samaṇo
Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa
vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
15. "‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpam uccā-
sayana-mahāsayanaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ1
āsandiṃ pallaṅkaṃ gonakaṃ cittakaṃ paṭikaṃ paṭalikaṃ
tūlikaṃ vikatikaṃ udda-lomiṃ ekanta-lomiṃ kaṭṭhissaṃ
koseyyaṃ kuttakaṃ hatthattharaṃ assattharaṃ rathattha-
raṃ ajina-ppaveṇiṃ kadali-miga-pavara-paccattharaṇam
sa-uttara-cchadaṃ ubhato-lohitakūpadhānaṃ -- iti vā iti
evarūpā uccāsayana-mahāsayanā paṭivirato Samaṇo Go-
tamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa
vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
16. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ maṇḍana-
vibhūsana-ṭṭhānānuyogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathī-
daṃ ucchādanaṃ parimaddanaṃ nahāpanaṃ sambāhanaṃ
ādāsaṃ añjanaṃ mālā-vilepanaṃ2 {mukha}-cuṇṇakaṃ
{mukhalepanaṃ} hattha-bandhaṃ sikhā-bandhaṃ daṇḍa-
kaṃ nāḷikam khaggaṃ chattaṃ citrupāhanaṃ {uṇhīsaṃ}
maṇim vāla-vījaniṃ odātāni vatthāni dīgha-dasāni -- iti vā
iti evarūpā maṇḍana-vibhūsana-ṭṭhānānuyogā paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathā-
gatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
17. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni {bhuñjitvā} te evarūpaṃ tir-
acchāna-kathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- {seyyathīdaṃ}3 rāja-
kathaṃ cora-kathaṃ mahāmatta-kathaṃ senā-kathaṃ
bhaya-kathaṃ yuddha-kathaṃ anna-kathaṃ pāna-kathaṃ
vattha-kathaṃ sayana-kathaṃ mālā-kathaṃ gandha-
kathaṃ ñāti-kathaṃ yāna-kathaṃ gāma-kathaṃ nigama-
kathaṃ nagara-kathaṃ janapada-kathaṃ itthi-kathaṃ

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1 This list recurs at A. iii. 63.3 (cp. iii. 34), MV. v. 10. 4,
and CV. vi. 8. 1.
2 Scd Bp mālā-gandha-vilo-
3 This list of foolish talks recurs at MV. v. 6. 3; D. ix. 3.

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8 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 17
[purisa-kathaṃ] sūra-kathaṃ visikhā-kathaṃ {kumbhaṭṭhā-
na}-kathaṃ pubba-peta-kathaṃ nānatta-kathaṃ lokakkhāyi-
kaṃ {samudda-kkhāyikaṃ} itibhavābhava-kathaṃ -- iti vā iti
evarūpāya tiracchāna-kathāya {paṭivirato} Samaṇo Gotamo
ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ
vadamāno vadeyya.
18. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ viggāhika-
kathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ: ‘Na tvaṃ imaṃ
dhamma-vinayaṃ ājānāsi, ahaṃ imaṃ dhamma-{vinayaṃ}
ājānāmi, kiṃ tvaṃ imaṃ dhamma-vinayaṃ ājānissasi? --
Micchā-paṭipanno tvam asi, aham asmi sammā-paṭipanno
-- Sahitam me, asahitan te -- Pure vacanīyaṃ pacchā avaca,
pacchā vacanīyaṃpure avaca -- Aviciṇṇan1 te viparāvattaṃ --
{Āropito} te vādo, niggahīto 'si2 -- Cara {vāda-ppamokkhāya,}
nibbeṭhehi vā sace pahosīti'; -- iti vā iti evarūpāya viggāhika-
kathāya paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhik-
khave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
19. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ dūteyya-
pahiṇa-gamanānuyogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ
raññaṃ rāja-mahāmattānaṃ khattiyānaṃ {brāhmaṇānaṃ}
gahapatikānaṃ {kumārānaṃ} -- ‘Idha gaccha, amutrāgaccha,
idaṃ hara, amutra idaṃ āharāti'; -- iti vā iti evarūpā dūteyya-
pahiṇa3-gamanānuyogā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti
vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno
vadeyya.
20. "‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni {bhojanāni} bhuñjitvā te kuhakā ca honti
lapakā ca nemittikā ca nippesikā4 ca lābhena ca lābhaṃ ni-
jigiṃsitāro -- iti5 evarūpā kuhana-lapanā paṭivirato Samaṇo
Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa
vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
Majjhima-Sīlaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.

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1 So SS; Ds Bp adhiciṇṇan; Sum. āciṇṇan. (See M. I. 372.)
2 Bp niggahito tvam asi.
3 Scdt twice pahīna. But see 10.
4 St nipphesikā; Bp nibbesikā.
5 So Scdmt Ds (as in 11); Bp Gr add vā iti.

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D. i. 1. 23] MAHĀ-SĪLA. 9
21. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te {evarūpāya} tiracchāna-
vijjāya micchājīvenajīvikaṃ1 kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ aṅgaṃ
nimittaṃ uppādaṃ2 supinaṃ lakkhaṇaṃ mūsikācchinnaṃ
aggi-homaṃ dabbi-homaṃ thusa-homaṃ kaṇa-homaṃ
taṇḍula-homaṃ sappi-homaṃ tela-homaṃ mukha-homaṃ
lohita-homaṃ aṅga-vijjā vatthu-vijjā khatta3-vijjā siva-
vijjā bhūta-vijjā bhūri-vijjā ahi-vijjā visa-vijjā vicchika-vijjā
mūsika-vijjā sakuṇa-vijjā vāyasa-vijjā pakkajjhānaṃ sara-
parittānaṃ miga-cakkaṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-
vijjāya paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave
puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
22. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-
chāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
maṇi-lakkhaṇaṃ daṇḍa-lakkhaṇaṃ vattha-lakkhaṇaṃ asi-
lakkhaṇaṃ usu-lakkhaṇaṃ dhanu-lakkhaṇaṃ āyudha4-
lakkhaṇaṃ itthi-lakkhaṇaṃ purisa-lakkhaṇaṃ kumāra-
lakkhaṇaṃ kumāri-lakkhaṇaṃ dāsa-lakkhaṇaṃ dāsi-lak-
khaṇaṃ hatthi-lakkhaṇaṃ assa-lakkhaṇaṃ mahisa-lak-
khaṇaṃ usabha-lakkhaṇaṃ go-lakkhaṇaṃ aja-lakkhaṇaṃ
meṇḍa-lakkhaṇaṃ kukkuṭa-lakkhaṇaṃ vaṭṭaka5-lakkha-
ṇaṃ godhā-lakkhaṇaṃ kaṇṇikā-lakkhaṇaṃ kacchapa-
lakkhaṇaṃ miga-lakkhaṇaṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tirac-
chana-vijjāya paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi
bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno
vadeyya.
23. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-
chāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
‘Raññaṃ niyyānaṃ bhavissati, raññaṃ aniyyānaṃ bhavis-
sati -- Abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ upayānaṃ6 bhavissati,
bāhirānaṃ raññaṃ apayānaṃ bhavissati -- {Bāhirānaṃ}

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1 Bp Gr jīvitam, throughout.
2 Bp Gr uppātaṃ.
3 So SS here and in Sum.; BB khetta. (See iv. 2 and Ud. iii. 9.)
4 Ds and Sum. āvudha.
5 Sc vaddhaka. See 14.
6 Sc Ds upāyānaṃ; Bp upayyānaṃ.

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10 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 23
raññaṃ upayānaṃ bhavissati, abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ
apayānaṃ bhavissati -- Abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ jayo
bhavissati, bāhirānaṃ raññaṃ parājayo bhavissati -- Bāhi-
rānaṃ raññaṃ jayo bhavissati, abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ
parājayo bhavissati -- Iti imassa jayo bhavissati, imassa
parājayo bhavissati'; -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya
micchājīvā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi
bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno
vadeyya.
24. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-
chāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
‘Canda-ggāho bhavissati, suriya1-ggāho bhavissati, nak-
khatta-ggāho bhavissati. Candima-suriyānaṃ patha-gama-
naṃ bhavissati, candima-suriyānaṃ uppatha2-gamanaṃ
bhavissati, nakkhattānaṃ patha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, nak-
khattānaṃ uppatha-gamanaṃ bhavissati. Ukkā-pāto
bhavissati. Disā-ḍāho bhavissati. Bhūmi-cālo bhavissati.
Deva-dundubhi3 bhavissati. Candima-suriya-nakkhattā-
naṃ uggamanaṃ ogamanaṃ4 saṃkilesaṃ5 vodānaṃ
bhavissati. Evaṃ-vipāko canda-ggāho bhavissati, evaṃ-
vipāko suriya-ggāho bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko nakkhatta-
ggāho bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko candima-suriyānaṃ patha-
gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko candima-suriyānaṃ
uppatha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko nakkhattānaṃ
patha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko nakkhattānaṃ
uppatha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko ukkāpāto
bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko disā-ḍāho bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko
bhūmi-cālo bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko deva-dundubhi bhavis-
sati, evaṃ-vipākaṃ candima-suriya-nakkhattānaṃ ugga-
manaṃ ogamanaṃ saṃkilesaṃ vodānaṃ bhavissati'; -- iti

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1 Bp sūriya- (throughout).
2 Sum. omits; Bp upatha (twice).
3 BB and Gr dudrabhi (twice).
4 Bp oggamanaṃ (twice) and so Gr below. Here Gr okk-.
5 Sum. saṃkileso: Sc -lesā: Sdtm Ds Bp -lesaṃ here, and St
Bp below sakilesaṃ.

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D. i. 1. 26] MAHĀ-SĪLA. 11
vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvā paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano Tathā-
gatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
25. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-
chāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathī-
daṃ: ‘Subbuṭṭhikā1 bhavissati, dubbuṭṭhikā bhavissati,
subhikkhaṃ bhavissati, dubbhikkhaṃ bhavissati, khemaṃ
bhavissati, bhayaṃ bhavissati, rogo bhavissati, ārogyaṃ
bhavissati,'; muddā, gaṇanā, saṃkhānaṃ,2 kāveyyaṃ, lokā-
yataṃ3 -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvā
paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave
puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno vadeyya.
26. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} {sad-
dhā-deyyāni} bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tiracchāna-
vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
āvāhanaṃ vivāhanaṃ saṃvadanaṃ4 vivadanaṃ saṃki-
raṇaṃ vikiraṇaṃ subhaga-karaṇaṃ dubbhaga-karaṇaṃ
viruddha-gabbha-karaṇaṃ jivhā-nittaddanaṃ5 hanu-
saṃhananaṃ hatthābhijappanaṃ kaṇṇa-jappanaṃ ādāsa-
pañhaṃ kumāri-pañhaṃ deva-pañhaṃ ādiccupaṭṭhānaṃ
Mahat-upaṭṭhānaṃ abbhujjalanaṃ Sir'; -avhāyanaṃ6 -- iti
vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvā paṭivirato
Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi bhikkhave puthujjano
Tathāgatassa {vaṇṇaṃ} vadamāno vadeyya.

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1 Ds subbuṭṭhikaṃ; Scm suvyuṭṭhikā. At D. ii. 60 Sd subbuṭṭhikaṃ;
Sc sabbuṭṭhikā; St subbuṭṭhikaṃ; Bp suvuṭṭhikaṃ.
2 Bp saṃghānaṃ.
3 Bp Gr (and Sd at D. ii. 60) lokāyatanaṃ. But see C. 5. 31. 2,
A. 3. 58. 1, Mil. 4, Div. 630, 633 and Saddh. P. xiii. (Kern,
p. 263).
4 So SS Bp saṃvaraṇaṃ vivaraṇaṃ.
5 So SS Bp nibaddhanaṃ (Gr here and Bp at D. ii. 61 nibhandhanaṃ).
6 So Sdm; St and Ds Siravhay-; Sc Siravhānaṃ; Bp Sīrivhāyanaṃ and
Sum. Sirivhāyanaṃ (In D. ii. 61 Sdt Bp as here, but Sc Siravhayanaṃ).
Avhāyana occurs below at Tevijja Sutta 24.

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12 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 27
27. "‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya
tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- sey-
yathīdaṃ santi-kammaṃ paṇidhi-kammaṃ bhūri-kam-
maṃ1 vassa2-kammaṃ vossa-kammaṃ vatthu-kammaṃ
vatthu-parikiraṇaṃ3 ācamanaṃ nahāpanaṃ juhanaṃ
vamanaṃ virecanaṃ uddha-virecanaṃ adho-virecanaṃ
sīsa-virecanaṃ kaṇṇa-telaṃ netta-tappaṇaṃ natthu-
kammaṃ añjanaṃ paccañjanaṃ sālākiyaṃ sallakattikaṃ
dāraka-tikicchā mūla-bhesajjānaṃ anuppādānaṃ osadhī-
naṃ paṭimokkho -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya
micchājīvā paṭivirato Samaṇo Gotamo ti." Iti vā hi
bhikkhave puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ vadamāno
vadeyya.
‘Idaṃ kho taṃ bhikkhave appamattakaṃ oramattakaṃ
sīlamattakaṃ yena puthujjano Tathāgatassa vaṇṇaṃ
vadamāno vadeyya.
Mahā-Sīlaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.
28. ‘Atthi bhikkhave aññ'; eva dhammā gambhīrā
duddasā duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā
paṇḍita-vedanīyā, ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ sammā
vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
‘Katame ca pana te bhikkhave dhammā gambhīrā dud-
dasā duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇ-
ḍita-vedanīyā, ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ?
29. ‘Santi bhikkhave eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā pubbantānudiṭṭhino, pubbantaṃ ārabbha aneka-

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1 Bp (here and in D. ii. 62) inserts bhūta-kammaṃ (? from 21)
and SS at D. ii. 62, insert bhūti-kammam.
2 SS vassa . . . vossa; Bp vaya . . . voya; Gr vaya . . . vaya(!)
3 Scm (and SS in D. ii. 62) paṭi-; Sdt Ds Sum. and Bp pari-.

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D. i. 1. 31] SASSATA-VĀDĀ. 13
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni1 abhivadanti {aṭṭhādasahi} vat-
thūhi. Te ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha pubbanta-kappikā pubbantānudiṭṭhino pub-
bantaṃ ārabbha aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhiva-
danti {aṭṭhādasahi} vatthūhi?
30. ‘Santi bhikkhave eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-
vādā, sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catūhi
vatthūhi. Te ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha sassata-vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi?
31. ‘Idha bhikkhave ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā
ātappam anvāya padhānam anvāya anuyogam anvāya
appamādam anvāya sammā-manasikāram anvāya tathārū-
paṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phusati yathā samāhite citte2 aneka-
vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarati -- seyyathīdaṃ ekam pi
jātiṃ dve pi jātiyo tisso pi jātiyo catasso pi jātiyo pañca pi
jātiyo dasa pi jātiyo vīsatim3 pi jātiyo tiṃsam3 pi jātiyo
{cattārīsam} pi jātiyo paññāsam pi jātiyo jāti-satam pi jāti-
sahassam pi jāti-sata-sahassam pi4 anekāni pi jāti-satāni
anekāni pi jāti-sahassāni anekāni pi jāti-sata-sahassāni.4
"Amutrāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-
āhāro evaṃ-sukha-{dukkha}-paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto.
So tato cuto amutra upapādiṃ.5 Tatrāpāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo
evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-
paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto. So tato cuto idhūpa-
panno"6 ti iti sākāraṃ sa-uddesaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe

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1 Bp Gr adhimutta-. Sec below 2. 37 and 3. 27.
2 Bp here, but not below, in this , inserts parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgane vigatūpakkilese (Which, with other words, occur in
the parallel texts).
3 Bp vīsati, tiṃsa.
4 The parallel texts here have different words. See D. ii. 93;
M. i. p. 182; A. iii. 59, 100; S. V. Pār. i. 1. 6.
5 SS perhaps uppādiṃ; Bp and Gr udapādi (here and in D. ii. 93)
Old. loc. cit. udapādiṃ. And so Trenckner M. I. 22, 35,
but uppādiṃ at pp. 182, etc.
6 Old. loc. cit. idh'; uppanno; Bp here = SS.

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14 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 31
nivāsaṃ anussarati. So evam āha: "Sassato attā ca loko
ca vañjho1 kūṭaṭṭho2 esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito, te ca sattā sandhā-
vanti saṃsaranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthi tveva sassati-
samaṃ. Tam kissa hetu? Ahaṃ hi ātappam anvāya
padhānam anvāya anuyogam anvāya appamādam anvāya
sammā manasikāram anvāya tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ
phusāmi yathā samāhite citte aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ
anussarāmi -- seyyathīdaṃ ekam pi jātiṃ . . . pe . . .
anekāni pi jāti-sata-sahassāni. Amutrāsim evaṃ-nāmo
. . . pe . . . idhūpapanno ti3 iti sākāraṃ sa-uddesaṃ
aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarāmi. Iminā p'; ahaṃ4
etaṃ4 jānāmi: yathā sassato attā ca5 loko ca vañjho
kūṭaṭṭho esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito, te ca sattā sandhāvanti saṃ-
saranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthi tveva sassati-saman ti."
Idaṃ bhikkhave paṭhamaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha ekacce samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-vādā sassataṃ
attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
32. ‘Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim ārabbha
kim āgamma sassata-vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti?
‘Idha bhikkhave ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ātap-
pam anvāya padhānam anvāya anuyogam anvāya appa-
mādam anvāya sammā-manasikāram anvāya tathā-
rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phusati yathā samāhite citte aneka-
vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarati -- seyyathīdaṃ ekam pi
saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭaṃ dve pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni tīṇi pi saṃ-
vaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni cattāri pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni pañca pi saṃ-
vaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni dasa pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivattāni. "Amutrāsiṃ
evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-

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1 SS always ṃ (not ñ); Bp (twice) vañco.
2 So Sm. All other MSS. kuṭa, twice, and so also in Sum.,
in D. ii. 26 (Where all these words recur), and in Abh. 107.
3 All MSS. ti here and in 32, 33.
4 So SS below i. 2, 17, 18, etc. Bp Imināmahaṃ. Here Sum.
appears to read iminā p'; aham evaṃ, in 32, 33,
Bp Scdt have imināhaṃ etaṃ, but Sm iminā p'ahaṃ evaṃ.
5 Gr omits, but not in 32, 33.

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D. i. 1. 33] SASSATA-VĀDĀ. 15
sukha-dukkha-paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto. So tato
cuto amutra upapādiṃ. Tatrāpāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto
evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-paṭisaṃvedī
evam-āyu-pariyanto. So tato cuto idhūpapanno" ti iti
{sākāraṃ} sa-uddesaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anus-
sarati. So evam āha: "Sassato attā ca loko ca vañjho
kūṭaṭṭho esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito, te ca sattā sandhāvanti saṃ-
saranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthi tveva sassata-samaṃ.
Taṃ kissa hetu? Ahaṃ hi ātappam anvāya . . . pe . . .
tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phusāmi yathā samāhite citte
aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarāmi -- seyyathīdaṃ
ekam pi . . . pe . . . dasa pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni. Amu-
trāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo . . . pe . . . idhūpapanno ti iti sākā-
raṃ sa-uddesaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarāmi.
Iminā p'; ahaṃ etaṃ jānāmi: yathā sassato attā ca loko ca
vañjho kūtaṭṭho esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito, te ca sattā sandhāvanti
saṃsaranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthi tveva sassata-saman
ti."
‘Idaṃ bhikkhave dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-vādā sassataṃ
attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
33. ‘Tatiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha sassata-vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti?
‘Idha bhikkhave ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā
ātappam anvāya padhānam anvāya anuyogam anvāya
appamādam anvāya sammā-manasikāram anvāya tathā-
rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phusati yathā samāhite citte
aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarati -- seyyathīdaṃ
dasa pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni vīsatim pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni
tiṃsam pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni cattārīsam pi saṃvaṭṭa-
vivaṭṭāni. "Amutrāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-
vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-{paṭisaṃvedī} evam-
āyu-pariyanto. So tato cuto amutra upapādiṃ. Tatrā-
pāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro
evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto. So
tato cuto idhūpapanno" ti iti sākāraṃ sa-uddesaṃ pubbe
nivāsaṃ anussarati. So evam āha: "Sassato attā ca

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16 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 1. 33
loko ca vañjho kūṭaṭṭho esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito, te ca sattā
sandhāvanti saṃsaranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthi tveva
sassati-samaṃ. Tam kissa hetu? Ahaṃ hi ātappam
anvāya . . . pe . . . tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phu-
sāmi yathā samāhite citte aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ
anussarāmi -- seyyathīdaṃ dasa pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni . . .
pe . . . cattārīsam pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭāni. Amutrāsiṃ
evaṃ-nāmo . . . pe . . . idhūpapanno ti iti sākāram sa-
uddesaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarāmi. Imi-
nā p'; ahaṃ etaṃ jānāmi: yathā sassato attā ca loko ca
vañjho kūṭaṭṭho esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito, te ca sattā sandhāvanti
saṃsaranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthitveva sassati-saman ti."
‘Idaṃ bhikkhave tatiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-vādā sassataṃ
attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
34. ‘Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha sassatā-vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti?
‘Idha bhikkhave ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā takkī
hoti vīmaṅsī. So takka-pariyāhataṃ vīmaṅsānucaritaṃ
sayaṃ-paṭibhānaṃ evam āha: "Sassato attā ca loka ca
vañjho kūṭaṭṭho esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhito, te ca sattā sandhāyanti
saṃsaranti cavanti upapajjanti, atthitveva sassati-saman ti."
‘Idaṃ bhikkhave catutthaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-vādā sassataṃ
attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
35. ‘Ime kho te bhikkhave samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-
vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi
vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā
sassata-vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti,
sabbe te imeh'; eva catuhi vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena,
n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
36. ‘Tayidaṃ bhikkhave Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā1 evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ

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1 Bp Gr diṭṭhiṭṭhānaṃ.

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D. i. 2. 4] ĀBHASSARĀ. 17
na parāmasati, aparāmasato1 c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva
nibbuti viditā,2 vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ3 ca
assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ
viditvā anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
37. ‘Ime kho te bhikkhave dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā pave-
deti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ sammā vada-
mānā vadeyyuṃ.
Paṭhama-bhāṇavāraṃ.
2.1. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ekacca-
sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā, ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ
asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi.
Te ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha
ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekac-
caṃ asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi
vatthūhi?
2. ‘Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṃ kadāci karahaci
dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṃ loko saṃvaṭṭati. Saṃ-
vaṭṭamāno loko yebhuyyena sattā Ābhassara-saṃvaṭṭanikā
honti. Te tattha honti manomayā pīti-bhakkhā sayaṃ4-
pabhā antalikkha-carā subhaṭṭhāyino, cīraṃ dīghaṃ addhā-
naṃ tiṭṭhanti.
3. ‘Hoti kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaṃ kadāci kara-
haci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṃ loko vivaṭṭati. Vivaṭ-
ṭamāne loke suññaṃ Brahma-vimānaṃ pātu-bhavati. Ath'
aññataro satto āyukkhayā vā {puñña-kkhayā} vā Ābhassara-
kāyā cavitvā suññaṃ Brahma-vimānaṃ upapajjati. So
tattha hoti manomayo pīti-bhakkho sayaṃ-pabho antalik-
kha-caro subhaṭṭhāyī, cīraṃ dīghaṃ addhānaṃ tiṭṭhati.
4. ‘Tassa tattha ekakassa5 dīgha-rattaṃ nibbusitattā
anabhirati paritassanā uppajjati: "Aho vata aññe pi sattā
itthattaṃ āgaccheyyun" ti. Atha aññatare pi sattā āyuk-

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1 Bp evam ap- (SS Sum. omit).
2 Scd add yeva, but omit it at 2. 15 and 3. 30.
3 Bp Gr atthaṅg-.
4 Sd sayam.
5 Sc Bp ekassa.

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18 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 4
khayā vā {puñña-kkhayā} vā Ābhassara1-kāyā cavitvā Brahma-
vimānaṃ upapajjanti tassa sattassa sahavyataṃ. Te pi
tattha honti manomayā pīti-bhakkhā sayaṃ-pabhā antalik-
khacarā subhaṭṭhāyino, cīraṃ dīghaṃ addhānaṃ tiṭṭhanti.
5. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, yo so satto paṭhamaṃ upapanno
tassa evaṃ hoti: "Aham asmi Brahmā Mahā-brahmā
abhibhū anabhibhūto {aññadatthu}-daso vasavattī issaro
kattā nimmātā2 seṭṭho sañjitā2 vasī pitā bhūta-bhavyā-
naṃ. Mayā ime sattā nimmitā. Taṃ kissa hetu? Mamaṃ
hi pubbe etad ahosi: ‘Aho vata aññe pi sattā itthattaṃ
āgaccheyyun {ti.} Iti mamañ ca mano-paṇidhi, ime ca
sattā itthattaṃ āgatā" ti. Ye pi te sattā pacchā upapannā
tesam pi evaṃ hoti: "Ayaṃ kho bhavaṃ Brahmā Mahā-
brahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto {aññadatthu}-daso vasavattī
issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sañjitā vasī pitā bhūta-
bhavyānaṃ. Iminā mayaṃ bhotā Brahmunā nimmitā.
Taṃ kissa hetu? Imaṃ mayaṃ hi addasāma idha paṭha-
maṃ upapannaṃ, mayaṃ pana amhā pacchā upapannā
ti."
6. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, yo so satto paṭhamaṃ upapanno
so dīghāyukataro ca hoti vaṇṇavantataro ca mahesakkha-
taro ca. Ye pana te sattā pacchā upapannā te appāyuka-
tarā ca honti dubbaṇṇatarā ca appesakkhatarā ca. Ṭhānaṃ
kho pan'; etaṃ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṃ aññataro satto
tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṃ āgacchati. Itthattaṃ āgato
samāno agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati. Agārasmā ana-
gāriyaṃ pabbajito samāno ātappam anvāya padhānam
anvāya anuyogam anvāya appamādam anvāya sammā-
manasi-kāram anvāya tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phusati
yathā samāhite citte taṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarati, tato
paraṃ nānussarati. So evam āha: "Yo kho so bhavaṃ
Brahmā Mahā-brahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto {aññadatthu}-
daso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sañjitā vasī
pitā bhūta-bhavyānaṃ yena mayaṃ bhotā Brahmunā nim-
mitā, so nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāma-dhammo sassati-
samaṃ tath'; eva ṭhassati. Ye pana mayaṃ ahumha tena

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1 Bp Ābhassarā.
2 Bp (thrice) Nimmitā, Sajitā. See xi. 80.

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D. i. 2. 9] KHIḌḌĀ-PADOSIKĀ. 19
Brahmunā nimmitā te mayaṃ aniccā addhuvā1 appāyukā
cavana-dhammā itthattaṃ āgatā ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṇ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-
asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañ
ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
7. ‘Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} kim āgamma
kim ārabbha ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ
sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññā-
penti?
‘Santi, bhikkhave, Khiḍḍā-padosikā2 nāma devā. Te
ativelaṃ hassa-khiḍḍā-rati-dhamma-samāpannā viharanti.
Tesaṃ ativelaṃ hassa-khiḍḍā-rati-dhamma-samāpannānaṃ
viharataṃ sati mussati,3 satiyā4 sammosā te devā tamhā
kāyā cavanti.
8. ‘Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṃ añña-
taro satto tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṃ āgacchati, itthattaṃ
āgato samāno agārasmā {anagāriyaṃ} pabbajati. Agārasmā
anagāriyaṃ pabbajito samāno ātappam anvāya padhānam
anvāya anuyogam anvāya appamādam anvāya sammā-
manasi-kāram anvāya tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phusati
yathā samāhite citte taṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarati, tato
paraṃ nānussarati.
9. ‘So evam āha: "Ye kho te bhonto devā na Khiḍḍā-
padosikā te na ativelaṃ hassa-khiḍḍā-rati-dhamma-samā-
pannā viharanti. Tesaṃ na ativelaṃ hassa-khiḍḍā-rati-
dhamma-samāpannānaṃ viharataṃ sati na mussati, satiyā
asammosā te devā tamhā kāyā na cavanti, niccā dhuvā
sassatā avipariṇāma-dhammā sassati-samaṃ tath'; eva

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1 Sc Bp adhuvā. See Vim. 50, 23; J. i. 393, 3.
2 Sc here pādus-, below twice pados-; Sd thrice padus-
St thrice padūs-; Bp first padūs-, then twice pados-;
Gr first padus-, then twice pados-; Sum. pados-,
but gives vḷ. padus-. All MSS. pados- in 10.
3 Sd mossati; Gr Bp (and St Bp Gr twice below) sammussati.
4 So Sdt Bp Gr, and all MSS. twice in 9. Here Scm and Sum. sati.

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20 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 9
ṭhassanti. Ye pana mayaṃ ahumha Khiḍḍā-padosikā te
mayaṃ ativelaṃ hassa-khiḍḍā-rati-dhamma-samāpannā
viharimha. Tesaṃ no ativelaṃ hassa-khiḍḍā-rati-dhamma-
samāpannānaṃ viharataṃ sati mussati, satiyā sammosā
eva mayaṃ tamhā kāyā cutā aniccā addhuvā appāyukā
cavana-dhammā itthattaṃ āgatā ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-
asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañ
ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
10. ‘Tatiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ
sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññā-
penti?
‘Santi, bhikkhave, Mano-padosikā nāma devā. Te ative-
laṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyanti. Te ativelaṃ aññam-
aññaṃ upanijjhāyantā aññamaññamhi cittāni padūsenti.1
Te aññamaññamhi2 paduṭṭha-cittā kilanta-kāyā kilanta-
cittā. Te devā tamhā kāyā cavanti.
11. ‘Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṃ añña-
taro satto tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṃ āgacchati, itthat-
taṃ āgato samāno agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati. Agā-
rasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito samāno ātappam anvāya
padhānam {anvāya} anuyogam anvāya appamādam anvāya
sammā-manasikāram anvāya tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ
phusati yathā samāhite citte taṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussa-
rati, tato paraṃ nānussarati.
12. ‘So evam āha: "Ye kho te bhonto devā na Mano-
padosikā te na ativelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyanti, Te
na ativelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyantā aññamaññamhi
cittāni nappadūsenti. Te aññamaññamhi apaduṭṭha-cittā
akilanta-kāyā akilanta-cittā. Te devā tamhā kāyā na cavanti,
niccā dhuvā sassatā avipariṇāma-dhammā sassati-samaṃ

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1 Bp pados- here and the third time, second time padus-.
2 All MSS. aññam-aññam first time, and-aññamhi third time.
Second time only Bp -aññaṃ (Sd-aññam pi; Sct Gr -aññamhi).

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D. i. 2. 15] MANO-PADOSIKĀ. 21
tath'; eva ṭhassanti. Ye pana mayaṃ ahumha Mano-padosikā
te mayaṃ ativelaṃ aññamaññam upanijjhāyimha.1 Te
mayaṃ ativelaṃ aññamaññam upanijjhāyantā aññamañ-
ñamhi cittāni padūsimha. Te mayaṃ aññamaññamhi
paduṭṭha-cittā kilanta-kāyā kilanta-cittā eva. Mayaṃ
tamhā kāyā cutā aniccā addhuvā appāyukā cavana-dhammā
itthattaṃ āgatā ti."
‘Idam, bhikkhave, tatiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-
asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañ
ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
13. ‘Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ
sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññā-
penti?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā takkī
hoti vīmaṅsī. 2So takka-pariyāhataṃ vīmaṅsānucaritaṃ
sayaṃ-{paṭibhānaṃ} evam āha: "Yaṃ kho idaṃ vuccati
cakkhun ti pi sotan ti pi ghānan ti pi jivhā ti pi kāyo ti pi
ayaṃ attā anicco addhuvo asassato vipariṇāma-dhammo.
Yañ ca kho idaṃ vuccati cittan ti vā mano ti vā viññāṇan
ti vā ayaṃ attā nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāma-dhammo
sassati-samaṃ tath'; eva ṭhassatīti."
‘Idam, bhikkhave, catutthaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} ekacca-sassatikā ekacca-
asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ asassataṃ attānañ
ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
14. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} ekacca-
sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ
asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi.
Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ekacca-
sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ
asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti, sabbe te imeh'
eva catuhi vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi ito
bahiddhā.
15. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime

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1 Bp Gr -yimhā.
2 See i. 1. 34; i. 2. 20.

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22 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 15
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca {atthagamañ} ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
16. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānan-
tikā, antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti catūhi vatthūhi. Te
ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha an-
tānantikā antānantaṃ lokaṃ paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi?
17. ‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā
ātappam anvāya padhānam anvāya anuyogam anvāya
appamādam anvāya sammā-{manasīkāram} anvāya tathā-
rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phusati yathā samāhite citte anta-
saññī lokasmiṃ viharati. So evam āha: "Antavā ayaṃ
loko parivaṭumo. Taṃ kissa hetu? Ahaṃ hi ātappam
anvāya . . . pe1 . . . tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phu-
sāmi yathā samāhite citte anta-saññī lokasmiṃ viharāmi.
{Iminā pāhaṃ}2 etam jānāmi: yathā antavā ayaṃ loko pariva-
ṭumo ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma
yam ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānantikā antānan-
taṃ lokassa paññāpenti.
18. ‘Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ātap-
pam anvāya padhānam anvāya anuyogam anvāya appamā-
dam anvāya sammā-manasi-kāram anvāya tathā-rūpaṃ

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1 So SS Bp repeats.
2 Sc Bp imināmāhaṃ (see i. 2. 31).

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D. i. 2. 20] ANTĀNANTIKĀ. 23
ceto-samādhiṃ phusati yathā samāhite citte ananta-saññī
lokasmiṃ viharati. So evam aha: "Ananto ayaṃ loko
apariyanto. Ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā evam āhaṃsu:
‘Antavā ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo'; ti tesaṃ musā. Ananto
ayaṃ loko apariyanto. Taṃ kissa hetu? Ahaṃ hi ātap-
pam anvāya . . . pe . . . tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ
phusāmi yathā samāhite citte ananta-saññī lokasmiṃ
viharāmi. {Iminā pāhaṃ} etaṃ jānāmi: yathā ananto ayaṃ
loko apariyanto ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ
lokassa paññāpenti.
19. ‘Tatiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā ātap-
pam anvāya padhānam anvāya anuyogam anvāya appamā-
dam anvāya sammā-manasi-kāram anvāya tathā-rūpaṃ
ceto-samādhiṃ phusati yathā samāhite citte uddham-adho
anta-saññī lokasmiṃ viharati, tiriyaṃ ananta-saññī. So
evam āha: "Antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto ca. Ye te
samaṇa-brāhmaṇā evam āhaṃsu: ‘Antavā ayaṃ loko pari-
vaṭumo'; ti tesaṃ musā. Ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā evam
āhaṃsu: ‘Ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto'; ti tesam pi musā.
Antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto ca. Taṃ kissa hetu? Ahaṃ hi
ātappam anvāya . . . pe . . . tathā rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ
phusāmi yathā {samāhite} citte uddham-adho anta-saññī
lokasmiṃ viharāmi, tiriyaṃ ananta-saññī. Iminā {pāhaṃ}
etaṃ jānāmi: yathā antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto cāti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, tatiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ
lokassa paññāpenti.
20. ‘Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha antānantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā takkī
hoti vīmaṅsī. So takka-pariyāhataṃ vīmaṅsānucaritaṃ
sayaṃ-paṭibhānaṃ evam āha: "N'; evāyaṃ loko antavā na
panānanto. Ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā evam āhaṃsu: ‘Antavā
ayaṃ loko parivaṭumo'; ti tesaṃ musā. Ye pi te samaṇa-

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24 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 20
brāhmaṇā evam āhaṃsu: ‘Ananto ayaṃ loko apariyanto'
ti tesam pi musā. Ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā evam
āhaṃsu: ‘Antavā ca ayaṃ loko ananto cāti'; tesam pi
musā. N'; evāyaṃ loko antavā na panānanto ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, catutthaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānantikā antānantaṃ
lokassa paññāpenti.
21. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānan-
tikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi. Ye
hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā antānantikā
antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti, sabbe te imeh'; eva catuhi
vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
22. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇīta atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
23. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-
vikkhepikā, tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-
vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ catuhi vatthūhi. Te
ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha
amarā-vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā
vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ catuhi vatthū-
hi?
24. ‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā
idaṃ kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāti, idaṃ akusalan
ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāti. Tassa evaṃ hoti: "Ahaṃ
kho idaṃ kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāmi, idaṃ

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D. i. 2. 25] AMARĀ-VIKKHEPIKĀ. 25
akusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāmi. Ahañ c'; eva kho
pana idaṃ kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ appajānanto,1 idaṃ
akusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ appajānanto, idaṃ kusalan ti
vā vyākareyyaṃ idaṃ akusalan ti vā vyākareyyaṃ2, tattha
me assa chando vā rāgo vā doso vā paṭigho vā. Yattha me
assa chando vā rāgo vā doso vā paṭigho vā taṃ mam'; assa
musā.2 Yaṃ mam'; assa musā so mam'; assa vighāto. Yo
mam'; assa vighāto so mam'; assa antarāyo ti." Iti so
musā-vāda-bhayā musā-vāda-parijegucchā3 n'; ev'; idaṃ
kusalan ti vyākaroti, na pana idaṃ akusalan ti vyākaroti,
tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭho samāno vācā-vikkhepaṃ
āpajjati amarā-vikkhepaṃ: "Evam4 pi me no. Tathā ti
pi me no. Aññathā ti pi me no. No ti pi me no. No no
ti pi me no ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma
yam ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-vikkhepikā
tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ
āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ.
25. ‘Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha amarā-vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ
puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhe-
paṃ?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā idaṃ
kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāti, idaṃ akusalan ti
yathā-{bhūtaṃ} nappajānāti. Tassa {evaṃ} hoti: "Ahaṃ kho
idaṃ kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāmi, idaṃ akusalan
ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāmi. Ahañ c'; eva kho pana idaṃ
kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ appajānanto, idaṃ akusalan ti
yathā-bhūtaṃ appajānanto, idaṃ kusalan ti vā vyākarey-
yaṃ idaṃ akusalan ti vā vyākareyyaṃ, tattha me assa
chando vā rāgo vā doso vā paṭigho vā. Yattha me assa
chando vā rāgo vā doso vā paṭigho vā taṃ mam'; assa
upādānaṃ. Yaṃ mam'; assa upādānaṃ, so mam'; assa
vighāto. Yo mam'; assa vighāto so mam'; assa antarāyo ti."

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1 Scd nappajānanto, but below 25, 26, app-.
2-2 Bp omits.
3 Bp parijikucchā; Ds parijigucchāne'; v'.
4 So Sum. and SS; Bp evan ti.

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26 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 25
Iti so upādāna-bhayā upādāna-parijegucchā n'; ev'; idaṃ
kusalan ti vyākaroti na pana idaṃ akusalan ti vyākaroti,
tattha tattha pañham puṭṭho samāno vācā-vikkhepaṃ
āpajjati amarā-vikkhepaṃ: "Evam pi me no. Tathā ti
pi me no. Aññathā ti pi me no. No ti pi me no. No no
ti pi me no ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-vikkhepikā tattha
tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭha samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti
amarā-vikkhepaṃ.
26. ‘Tatiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha amarā-vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ
puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhe-
paṃ?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā idaṃ
kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānati, idaṃ akusalan ti
yathā-bhūtaṃ {na ppajānāti.} Tassa evaṃ hoti: "Ahaṃ
kho idaṃ kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāmi, idaṃ
akusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ nappajānāmi. Ahañ c'; eva kho
pana idaṃ kusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ appajānanto, idaṃ
akusalan ti yathā-bhūtaṃ appajānanto, idaṃ kusalan ti vā
vyākareyyaṃ idaṃ akusalan ti vā vyākareyyaṃ -- santi hi
kho pana samaṇa-brāhmaṇā paṇḍitā nipuṇā kata-parappa-
vādā vāla-vedhi-rūpā vobhindantā1 maññe caranti paññā-
gatena diṭṭhi-gatāni -- te maṃ tattha samanuyuñjeyyuṃ
samanugāheyyuṃ samanubhāseyyuṃ. Ye maṃ tattha
samanuyuñjeyyuṃ samanugāheyyuṃ samanubhāseyyuṃ
tesāhaṃ na sampāyeyyaṃ. Yesāhaṃ na sampāyeyyaṃ so
mam'; assa vighāto. Yo mam'; assa vighāto so mam'; assa
antarāyo" ti. Iti so anuyoga-bhayā anuyoga-parijegucchā
n'; ev'; idaṃ kusalan ti vyākaroti, na pan'; idaṃ akusalan ti
vyākaroti, tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭho samāno vācā-vik-
khepaṃ āpajjati amarā-vikkhepaṃ: "Evam pi me no.
Tathā ti pi me no. Aññathā ti pi me no. No ti pi me no.
No no ti pi me no ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, tatiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yaṃ āgamma yam

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1 Bp te bhindantā. So also M. I. 176, 546.

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D. i. 2. 28] AMARĀ-VIKKHEPIKĀ. 27
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-vikkhepikā tattha
tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti
amarā-vikkhepaṃ.
27. ‘Catutthe ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha amarā-vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ
puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhe-
paṃ?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā
mando hoti momūho. So mandattā momūhattā tattha
tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭho samāno vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjati
amarā-vikkhepaṃ: "‘Atthi paro1 loko?'; ti iti ce maṃ
pucchasi, ‘Atthi paro loko'; ti iti ce me assa, ‘atthi paro
loko'; ti iti te naṃ vyākareyyaṃ. Evam pi me no. Tathā
ti pi me no. Aññathā ti pi me no. No ti pi me no. No no
ti pi me no. ‘N'; atthi paro loko?'; ti . . . pe . . . ‘Atthi
ca n'; atthi ca paro loko? N'; ev'; atthi na n'; atthi paro
loko? -- Atthi sattā opapātikā? N'; atthi sattā opapātikā?
Atthi ca n'; atthi ca sattā opapātikā? N'; ev'; atthi na
n'; atthi sattā opapātikā? -- Atthi sukata-dukkatānaṃ
kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko? N'; atthi sukata-dukkatānaṃ
kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko? Atthi ca n'; atthi ca sukata-
dukkatānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko? N'; ev'; atthi na
n'; atthi sukata-dukkatānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko? --
Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā? Na hoti Tathāgato param
maraṇā? Hoti ca na hoti ca Tathāgato param maraṇā?
N'; eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā?'; ti iti ce
maṃ pucchasi, ‘n'; eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param
maraṇā'; ti iti ce me assa, ‘n'; eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato
param {maraṇā'} ti iti te naṃ vyākareyyaṃ. Evam pi me
no. Tathā ti pi me no. Aññathā ti pi me no. No ti pi
me no. No no ti pi me no ti."
‘Idam, bhikkhave, catutthaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-vikkhepikā tattha
tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti
amarā-vikkhepaṃ.
28. Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-

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28 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 28
vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vik-
khepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ catuhi vatthūhi. Ye hi
keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā amarā-vikkhepikā
tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-vikkhepaṃ
āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ, sabbe te imeh'; eva catuhi
vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
29. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
30. Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-
samuppannikā,1 adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti dvīhi vatthūhi. Te ca bhonto samaṇa-brāh-
maṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha adhicca-samuppannikā
adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti?
31. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, Asañña-sattā nāma devā, {saññu-
ppādā} ca pana te devā tamhā kāyā cavanti. Ṭhānaṃ kho
pan'; etaṃ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṃ aññataro satto tamhā
kāyā cavitvā itthattaṃ āgacchati, itthattaṃ āgato samāno
agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati. Agārasmā anagāri-
{yaṃ} pabbajito samāno ātappam anvāya padhānam
anvāya anuyogam anvāya appamādam anvāya sammā-
manasi-kāram anvāya tathā-rūpaṃ ceto-samādhiṃ phu-
sati yathā samāhite citte saññuppādam anussarati, tato

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1 At Smp. p. 312, Old. reads samuppattikā and gives
from a Dīgha MS. a v. l. -nt- in a note.

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D. i. 2. 34] ADHICCA{-SAMUPPANIKĀ.} 29
paraṃ nānussarati. So evam āha: "Adhicca-samuppanno
attā ca loko ca. Taṃ kissa hetu? Ahaṃ hi pubbe nāho-
siṃ, so 'mhi etarahi ahutvā sattattāya1 pariṇato2 ti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, paṭhamaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-samuppannikā
adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
32. Dutiye ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha adhicca-samuppannikā adhicca-{samuppannaṃ}
attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti?
‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā takkī
hoti vīmaṅsī. So takka-pariyāhataṃ vīmaṅsānucaritaṃ
sayaṃ-paṭibhānaṃ evam āha: "Adhicca-samuppanno
attā ca loko cāti."
‘Idaṃ, bhikkhave, dutiyaṃ ṭhānaṃ yam āgamma yam
ārabbha eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-samuppannikā
adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti.
33. Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-
samuppannikā adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti dvīhi vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave,
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā adhicca-samuppannikā adhicca-
samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti, sabbe te
imeh'; eva dvīhi vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi ito
bahiddhā.
34. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evaṃ-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā

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1 Sd Bp santattāya; Gr santatāya.
2 Scd Bp parinato; St -ṇāto; Gr -nāto. See ii. 20.

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30 {BRAHMAJĀLA} SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 34
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
35. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pub-
banta-kappikā pubbantānudiṭṭhino pubbantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni1 abhivadanti aṭṭhādasahi
vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā
pubbanta-kappikā pubbānudiṭṭhino pubbantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti, sabbe te
imeh'; eva aṭṭhādasahi vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena,
n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
36. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evaṃ-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
37. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā aparanta-
kappikā aparantānudiṭṭhino, aparantaṃ ārabbha aneka-
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti catu-cattārīsāya
vatthūhi. Te ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma
kim ārabbha aparanta-kappikā aparantānudiṭṭhino aparan-
taṃ ārabbha aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti
catu-cattārīsāya vatthūhi?
38. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-

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1 Sd adhimutti-padhāni twice, and so in 2. 37;
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D. i. 2. 40] UDDHAM-ĀGHATANIKĀ. 31
āghatanikā1 saññi-vādā, uddham āghatanā saññiṃ attānaṃ
paññāpenti soḷasahi vatthūhi. Te ca bhonto samaṇa-
brāhmaṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha uddham-āghatanikā
saññi-vādā uddham āghatanā saññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti
soḷasahi vatthūhi?
"‘Rūpi attā hoti arogo param maraṇā saññī" ti naṃ
paññāpenti. "Arūpī attā hoti arogo param maraṇā {saññī}"
ti naṃ paññāpenti. "Rūpī ca arūpī ca . . . pe . . .
"N'; eva rūpī nārūpī . . . "Antavā attā hoti . . . "Anan-
tavā . . . "Antavā ca anantavā ca . . . "N'; ev'; antavā
nānantavā2 . . . "Ekatta-saññī attā hoti . . . "Nānatta-
saññī . . . "Parittā-saññī . . . "Appamāṇā-saññī . . .
"Ekanta-sukhī attā hoti . . . "Ekanta-dukkhī . . .
"Sukha-dukkhī . . . "Adukkham-asukhī attā hoti arogo
param maraṇā saññī" ti naṃ paññāpenti.
39. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā saññi-vādā uddham āghatanā saññiṃ attānaṃ
paññāpenti soḷasahi vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave,
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā uddham-āghatanikā saññi-vādā
uddham āghatanā saññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti, sabbe te
imeh'; eva soḷasahi vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi
ito bahiddhā.
40. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā

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1 SS (and Bp afterwards) ghāt-. But see Sum. and compare
MV. v. 1. 14; Th. i. 418, 711; Mil. 110.
2 Scdm nev'; antavā ca nānantavā ca.

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32 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 2. 40
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
Dutiya-bhāṇavāraṃ.
3.1. ‘Santi, bhikkhave eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā1 asaññi-vādā, uddham āghatanā1 asaññiṃ
{attānaṃ} paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vatthūhi. Te ca bhonto
samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha uddham-
āghatanikā asaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā {asaññiṃ} attānaṃ
paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vatthūhi?
2. "‘Rūpī attā hoti arogo param maraṇā asaññī" ti naṃ
paññāpenti. "Arūpī . . . pe . . . "Rūpī ca arūpī ca
. . . "N'; eva rūpī nārūpī . . . "Antavā ca . . . "Anan-
tavā . . . "Antavā ca anantavā ca . . . "N'; ev'; antavā
nānantavā attā hoti arogo param maraṇā asaññī ti" naṃ
paññāpenti.
3. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā asaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā asaññiṃ attānaṃ
paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave,
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā uddham-āghatanikā asaññi-vādā
uddham āghatanā asaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti, sabbe te
imeh'; eva aṭṭhahi vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi
ito bahiddhā.
4. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā

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1 Bp Gr āghāt-.

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D. i. 3. 9] UDDHAM-ĀGHATANIKĀ. 33
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
5. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-{āgha-}
tanikā n'; eva-saññi-nāsaññi-vādā, uddham āghatanā n'; eva
saññiṃ nāsaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vatthūhi.
Te ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha
uddham-āghatanikā n'; eva-saññi-nāsaññi-vādā uddham
āghatanā n'; eva saññiṃ nāsaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti
aṭṭhahi vatthūhi?
6. "‘{Rūpī} attā hoti arogo param maraṇā n'; eva saññī
nāsaññī ti" naṃ paññāpenti. "Arūpī . . . "Rūpī ca arūpī
ca . . . "N'; eva rūpī nārūpī . . . "Antavā . . . "Anan-
tavā . . . "Antavā ca anantavā ca . . . "N'; ev'; antavā
nānantavā attā hoti arogo param maraṇā n'; eva saññī
nāsaññī" ti naṃ paññāpenti.
7. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā n'; eva-saññi-{nāsaññi}-vādā uddham āghatanā
n'; eva saññiṃ nāsaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vat-
thūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā
uddham-āghatanikā n'; eva-saññi-nāsaññi-vādā uddham
āghatanā n'; eva saññiṃ nāsaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti,
sabbe te imeh'; eva aṭṭhahi vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena,
n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
8. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇīta atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.

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34 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 3. 9
9. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} uccheda-
vādā, sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti
sattahi vatthūhi. Te ca bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim
āgamma kim ārabbha uccheda-vādā sattassa ucchedaṃ
vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti sattahi vatthūhi?
10. ‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā
evaṃ-vādī hoti evaṃ-diṭṭhī: "Yato kho bho ayaṃ attā
rūpī cātum-mahā-bhūtiko1 mātā-pettika-sambhavo, kāyassa
bhedā ucchijjati vinassati, na hoti param maraṇā, ettāvatā
kho bho ayaṃ attā sammā samucchinno hotīti." Itth'; eke
sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti.
11. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho ayaṃ
attā ettāvatā sammā samucchinno hoti. Atthi kho bho
añño attā dibbo rūpī kāmāvacaro kabaliṅkārāhāra2-bhak-
kho. Taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi. Taṃ ahaṃ jānāmi
passāmi. So kho bho attā yato kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati
vinassati na hoti param maraṇā, ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ
attā sammā samucchinno hotīti." Itth'; eke sato sattassa
ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti.
12. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho ayaṃ
attā ettāvatā sammā samucchinno hoti. Atthi kho bho
añño attā dibbo rūpī manomayo sabbaṅga-paccaṅgī ahīn-
indriyo.3 Taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi. Taṃ ahaṃ
jānāmi passāmi. So kho bho attā yato kāyassa bhedā
ucchijjati vinassati na hoti param maraṇā, ettāvatā kho
bho ayam attā sammā samucchinno hotīti." Itth'; eke sato
sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti.
13. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. Na ca kho bho ayaṃ
attā ettāvatā sammā samucchinno hoti. Atthi kho bho
añño attā sabbaso rūpa-saññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭigha-
saññānaṃ attha-gamā nānatta-saññānaṃ amanasi-kārā
‘Ananto ākāso'; ti ākāsānañcāyatanūpago. Taṃ tvaṃ na

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1 Bp cātu-mahā-. See D. ii. 83.
2 Sb kabaḷiṅ-.
3 See D. ii. 85 and ix. 22.

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D. i. 3. 17] UCCHEDA-VĀDĀ. 35
jānāsi na passasi. Taṃ ahaṃ jānāmi passāmi. So kho
bho attā yato kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati na hoti
param maraṇā, ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ attā sammā samuc-
chinno hotīti." Itth'; eke sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ
vibhavaṃ paññāpenti.
14. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho ayaṃ
attā ettāvatā sammā samucchinno hoti. Atthi kho bho
añño attā sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma
‘Anantaṃ {viññāṇan}'; ti {viññānāṇañcāyatanūpago}. Taṃ
tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi. Taṃ ahaṃ jānāmi passāmi.
So kho bho attā yato kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati na
hoti param maraṇā, ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ attā sammā
samucchinno hotīti." Itth'; eke sato sattassa ucchedaṃ
vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti.
15. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho
ayaṃ attā ettāvatā sammā samucchinno hoti. Atthi kho
bho añño attā sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ samatik-
kamma ‘N'; atthi kiñcīti'; {ākiñcaññāyatanūpago}. Taṃ tvaṃ
na jānāsi na passasi. Taṃ ahaṃ jānāmi passāmi. So kho
bho attā yato kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati vinassati na hoti
param maraṇā, ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ attā sammā samuc-
chinno hotīti." Itth'; eke sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ
vibhavaṃ paññāpenti.
16. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho ayaṃ
attā ettāvatā {sammā} samucchinno hoti. Atthi kho bho
añño attā sabbaso {ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ} samatikkamma ‘San-
taṃ etaṃ paṇītam etan'; ti {n'eva}-saññā-nāsaññāyatanūpago.
Taṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi. Taṃ ahaṃ jānāmi pas-
sāmi. So kho bho attā yato kāyassa bhedā ucchijjati
vinassati na hoti param maraṇā, ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ
attā sammā samucchinno hotīti." Itth'; eke sato sattassa
ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti.
17. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uccheda-
vādā sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññā-
penti sattahi vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā

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36 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 3. 17
brāhmaṇā vā uccheda-vādā sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ
vibhavaṃ paññāpenti, sabbe te imeh'; eva sattahi vatthūhi
etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
18. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
19. ‘Santi, bhikkhave, eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā diṭṭha-
dhamma-{nibbāna}-vādā, sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-
dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti pañcahi vatthūhi. Te ca
bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā kim āgamma kim ārabbha
diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbāna-vādā sato sattassa diṭṭha-dhamma-
nibbānaṃ paññāpenti pañcahi vatthūhi?
20. ‘Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco samaṇo va brāhmaṇo vā
evaṃ-vādī hoti evaṃ-diṭṭhī: "Yato kho bho ayaṃ attā
pañcahi kāma-guṇehi samappito samaṅgi-bhūto paricāreti,
ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ attā parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbā-
naṃ patto hotīti." Itth'; eke sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-
dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti.
21. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā
yaṃ tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho
ayaṃ attā ettāvatā parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānappatto1
hoti. Taṃ kissa hetu? Kāmā hi bho aniccā dukkhā
vipariṇāma-dhammā, tesaṃ vipariṇām-aññathā-bhāvā up-
pajjanti soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass-upāyāsā. Yato

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1 So SS here, and at the corresponding point in 22-24.
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kho bho ayaṃ attā vivicc'; eva kāmehi vivicca akusala-
dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ
paṭhamajjhānaṃ1 upasampajja viharati, ettāvatā kho bho
ayaṃ attā parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānaṃ patto hotīti."
Itth'; eke sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānaṃ
paññāpenti.
22. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho
ayaṃ attā ettāvatā parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānappatto
hoti. Taṃ kissa hetu? Yad eva tattha vitakkitaṃ vicāri-
taṃ etena etaṃ oḷārikaṃ akkhāyati. Yato kho bho ayaṃ
attā vitakka-{vicārānaṃ} vūpasamā2 ajjhattaṃ sampasāda-
naṃ cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhi-
jaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ dutiyajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati, ettā-
vatā kho bho ayaṃ attā parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānaṃ
patto hotīti." Itth'; eke sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-
dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti.
23. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho
ayaṃ attā ettāvatā parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānappatto
hoti. Tam kissa hetu? Yad eva tattha pīti-gataṃ cetaso
ubbillāvitattaṃ3 etena etaṃ oḷārikaṃ akkhāyati. Yato kho
bho ayaṃ attā pītiyā ca virāgā {upekhako} ca viharati sato
ca sampajāno sukhañ ca kāyena paṭisaṃvedeti yan taṃ
ariyā ācikkhanti ‘upekhako satimā sukha-{vihārī}'; ti tatiyaj-
jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati, ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ attā
parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānaṃ patto hotīti." Itth'; eke
sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti.
24. ‘Taṃ añño evam āha: "Atthi kho bho eso attā yaṃ
tvaṃ vadesi. N'; eso n'; atthīti vadāmi. No ca kho bho
ayaṃ attā ettāvatā parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānappatto
hoti. Taṃ kissa hetu? Yad eva tattha sukham iti cetaso
ābhogo etena etaṃ oḷārikaṃ akkhāyati. Yato kho bho
ayaṃ attā sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubb'
eva somanassa-domanassānaṃ atthagamā adukkhaṃ4

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1 BB paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ.
2 So all MSS. A. ii. 2. 3; M. i. 21. Childers, vup-.
3 Bp Gr ubbilāvitaṃ. See i. 1. 5.
4 Bp adukkham.

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38 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 3. 24
asukhaṃ upekhā-sati-pārisuddhiṃ catutthajjhānaṃ upa-
sampajja viharati, ettāvatā kho bho ayaṃ attā parama-
diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānaṃ patto hotīti." Itth'; eke sato
sattassa parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti.
25. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā diṭṭha-
dhamma-{nibbāna}-vādā sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-
dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti pañcahi vatthūhi. Ye hi
keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā diṭṭha-dhamma-
nibbāna-vādā sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbā-
naṃ paññāpenti, sabbe te imeh'; eva pañcahi vatthūhi
etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
26. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
27. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā aparanta-
kappikā aparantānudiṭṭhino aparantaṃ ārabbha aneka-
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti catu-cattārīsāya
vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā
aparanta-kappikā aparantānudiṭṭhino aparantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti, sabbe te imeh'
eva catu-cattārīsāya vatthūhi etesaṃ vā aññatarena, n'; atthi
ito bahiddhā.
28. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
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D. i. 3. 32] SUMMARY. 39
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
29. ‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā ca aparanta-kappikā ca pubbantāparanta-kappikā
ca pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantāparantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti dvā-saṭṭhiyā
vatthūhi. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā
pubbanta-kappikā ca aparanta-kappikā ca pubbantāpa-
ranta-kappikā ca pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantā-
parantaṃ ārabbha aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhi-
vadanti, sabbe te imeh'; eva dvā-saṭṭhiyā vatthūhi etesaṃ
vā aññatarena, n'; atthi ito bahiddhā.
30. ‘Tayidaṃ, bhikkhave, Tathāgato pajānāti: "Ime
diṭṭhiṭṭhānā evaṃ-gahitā evaṃ-parāmaṭṭhā evaṃ-gatikā
bhavissanti evam-abhisamparāyā ti." Tañ ca Tathāgato
pajānāti, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāti, tañ ca pajānanaṃ
na parāmasati, aparāmasato c'; assa paccattaṃ yeva nib-
buti viditā, vedanānaṃ samudayañ ca atthagamañ ca assā-
dañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-bhūtaṃ viditvā
anupādā vimutto, bhikkhave, Tathāgato.
‘Ime kho te, bhikkhave, dhammā gambhīrā duddasā
duranubodhā santā paṇītā atakkāvacarā nipuṇā paṇḍita-
vedanīyā ye Tathāgato sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā
pavedeti, yehi Tathāgatassa yathā-bhuccaṃ vaṇṇaṃ
sammā vadamānā vadeyyuṃ.
32. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-
vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi

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40 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 3. 32
vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ
ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-1
vipphanditam eva.
33. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ekacca-
sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ
{asassataṃ} attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi vat-
thūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ
ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-
vipphanditam eva.
34. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antā-
nantikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi,
tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ ajānataṃ
apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-vipphan-
ditam eva.
35. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-
vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-
vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ catuhi vatthūhi, tad
api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ ajānataṃ apas-
sataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-vipphanditam
eva.
36. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-
samuppannikā adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti dvīhi vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ {samaṇa}-
brāhmaṇānaṃ ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatā-
naṃ paritasita-vipphanditam eva.
37. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pub-
banta-kappikā pubbantānudiṭṭhino pubbantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti aṭṭhādasahi
vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ
ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-
vipphanditam eva.
38. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā saññi-vādā uddham āghatanā saññiṃ attānaṃ
paññāpenti soḷasahi vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ
samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ
taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-vipphanditam eva.

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D. i. 3. 45] SUMMARY. 41
39. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā asaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā asaññiṃ {attānaṃ}
paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ
samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ
taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-vipphanditam eva.
40. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā n'; eva-saññi-nāsaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā
n'; eva saññiṃ nāsaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vat-
thūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ
ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-
vipphanditam eva.
41. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uccheda-
vādā sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti
sattahi vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhma-
ṇānaṃ ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ
paritasita-vipphanditam eva.
42. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā parama-
diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbāna-vādā sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-
dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti pañcahi vatthūhi, tad api
tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ ajānataṃ apas-
sataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-vipphanditam
eva.
43. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā aparanta-
kappikā aparantānudiṭṭhino aparantaṃ ārabbha aneka-
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti catu-cattārīsāya
vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānam
ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-
vipphanditam eva.
44. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā ca aparanta-kappikā ca pubbantāparanta-kappikā
ca pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantāparantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitaṃ adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti dvā-saṭṭhiyā
vatthūhi, tad api tesaṃ bhavataṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ
ajānataṃ apassataṃ vedayitaṃ taṇhā-gatānaṃ paritasita-
vipphanditam eva.
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42 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i 3. 45
vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi
vatthūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
46. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ekacca-
sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ
asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi,
tad api phassa-paccayā.
47. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānan-
tikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti catūhi vatthūhi, tad
api phassa-paccayā.
48. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-
vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-
vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ catuhi vatthūhi,
tad api phassa-paccayā.
49. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-
samuppannikā adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti dvīhi vatthūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
50. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā pubbantānudiṭṭhino pubbantaṃ ārabbha aneka-
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti aṭṭhādasahi vatthūhi,
tad api phassa-paccayā.
51. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā saññi-vādā uddham āghatanā saññiṃ attānaṃ
paññāpenti soḷasahi vatthūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
52. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā asaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā asaññiṃ attānaṃ
paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vatthūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
53. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanika n'; eva-saññi-nāsaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā
n'; eva saññiṃ nāsaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vat-
thūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
54. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uccheda-
vādā sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti
sattahi vatthūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
55. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā parama-
diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbāna-vādā sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-
dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti pañcahi vatthūhi, tad api
phassa-paccayā.
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kappikā aparantānudiṭṭhino aparantaṃ ārabbha aneka-
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti catu-{cattārīsaya}
vatthūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
57. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā ca aparanta-kappikā ca pubbantāparanta-kappikā
ca pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantāparantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti dvā-saṭṭhiyā
vatthūhi, tad api phassa-paccayā.
58. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sassata-
vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi
vatthūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ
ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
59. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ekacca-
sassatikā ekacca-asassatikā ekaccaṃ sassataṃ ekaccaṃ
asassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi,
te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ
vijjati.
60. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānan-
tikā antānantaṃ lokassa paññāpenti catuhi vatthūhi, te
vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ
vijjati.
61. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-
vikkhepikā tattha tattha pañhaṃ puṭṭhā samānā vācā-
vikkhepaṃ āpajjanti amarā-vikkhepaṃ catuhi vatthūhi,
te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ
vijjati.
62. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-
samuppannikā adhicca-samuppannaṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca
paññāpenti dvīhi vatthūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭi-
saṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
63. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā pubbantānudiṭṭhino pubbantaṃ ārabbha aneka-
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti aṭṭhādasahi vatthūhi,
te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ
vijjati.
64. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-

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44 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 3. 64
āghatanikā saññi-vādā uddham āghatanā saññiṃ attānaṃ
paññāpenti soḷasahi vatthūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭi-
saṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ {vijjati}.
65. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave,ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā asaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā asaññiṃ attānañ
paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vatthūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭi-
saṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
66. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uddham-
āghatanikā n'; eva-saññi-nāsaññi-vādā uddham āghatanā
n'; eva saññiṃ nāsaññiṃ attānaṃ paññāpenti aṭṭhahi vat-
thūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ
ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
67. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uccheda-
vādā sato sattassa ucchedaṃ vināsaṃ vibhavaṃ paññāpenti
sattahi vatthūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti
n'; etam ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
68. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā parama-
diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbāna-vādā sato sattassa parama-diṭṭha-
dhamma-nibbānaṃ paññāpenti pañcahi vatthūhi, te vata
aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
69. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā aparanta-
kappikā aparantānudiṭṭhino aparantaṃ ārabbha aneka-
vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti catu-cattārīsāya
vatthūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ
ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
70. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā ca aparanta-kappikā ca pubbantāparanta-kappikā-
ca pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantāparantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti dvā-saṭṭhiyā
vatthūhi, te vata aññatra phassā paṭisaṃvedissantīti n'; etaṃ
ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
71. ‘Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te {samaṇa-brāhmaṇā} sassata-
vādā sassataṃ attānañ ca lokañ ca paññāpenti catuhi
vatthūhi,1 ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā ekacca-sassatikā
ekacca-asassatikā, ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā antānantikā,
ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā amarā-vikkhepikā, ye pi te

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samaṇa-brāhmaṇā adhicca-samuppannikā,1 ye pi te samaṇa-
brāhmaṇā pubbanta-kappikā, ye pi te samaṇa-brāh-
maṇā uddham-āghatanikā saññi-vādā, ye pi te samaṇa-
brāhmaṇā uddham-āghatanikā asaññi-vādā, ye pi te samaṇa-
brāhmaṇā uddham-āghatanikā n'; eva-saññi-nāsaññi-vādā,
ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā uccheda-vādā, ye pi te samaṇa-
brāhmaṇā diṭṭha-dhamma-nibbāna-vādā, ye pi te samaṇa-
brāhmaṇā pubbanta-kappikā,2 ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
aparanta-kappikā, ye pi te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā pubbanta-
kappikā ca aparanta-kappikā ca pubbantāparanta-kappikā
pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantāparantaṃ ārabbha
aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti dvā-saṭṭhiyā
vatthūhi, sabbe te chahi phassāyatanehi phussa phussa
paṭisaṃvedenti, tesaṃ vedanā-paccayā taṇhā, taṇhā-
paccayā upādānaṃ, upādāna-paccayā bhavo, bhava-paccayā
jāti, jāti-paccayā jarā-maraṇaṃ soka-parideva-dukkha-
domanass'; -upāyāsā sambhavanti. Yato kho, bhikkhave,
bhikkhu channaṃ phassāyatanānaṃ samudayañ ca attha-
gamañ ca assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāti, ayaṃ imehi sabbeh'; eva uttaritaraṃ
pajānāti.
72. ‘Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā
pubbanta-kappikā vā aparanta-kappikā vā pubbantāparanta-
kappikā vā pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantāparantaṃ
ārabbha aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti, sabbe
te imeh'; eva dvā-saṭṭhiyā vatthūhi anto-jāli-katā, ettha
sitā va ummujjamānā ummujjanti, ettha pariyāpannā anto-
jāli-katā va ummujjamānā ummujjanti.
‘Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, dakkho kevaṭṭo vā kevaṭṭ-
antevāsī vā sukhumacchikena3 jālena parittaṃ udaka-
dahaṃ otthareyya, tassa evam assa: "Ye kho keci
imasmiṃ udaka-dahe oḷārikā pāṇā, sabbe te anto-jāli-katā,
ettha sitā va ummujjamānā ummujjanti, ettha pariyāpannā

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1 Bp Gr omit this clause.
2 So all MSS., though they have no corresponding clause in
the previous two lists.
3 Bp Gr sukhumacchiddakena.

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46 BRAHMAJĀLA SUTTA. [D. i. 3. 72
anto-jāli-katā va ummujjamānā ummujjantīti" -- evam
eva kho, bhikkhave, ye hi keci samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā
pubbanta-kappikā vā aparanta-kappikā vā pubbantāparanta-
kappikā vā pubbantāparantānudiṭṭhino pubbantāparantaṃ
ārabbha aneka-vihitāni adhivutti-padāni abhivadanti, sabbe
te imeh'; eva dvā-saṭṭhiyā vatthūhi anto-jāli-katā, ettha sitā
va ummujjamānā ummujjanti, ettha pariyāpannā anto-jāli-
katā va ummujjamānā ummujjanti.
1. ‘Ucchinna-bhava-nettiko, bhikkhave, Tathāgatassa
kāyo tiṭṭhati. {Yāv'} assa kāyo ṭhassati tāva naṃ dakkhinti
deva-manussā. Kāyassa bhedā uddhaṃ jīvita-pariyādānā
na dakkhinti deva-manussā.
‘Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, amba-piṇḍiyā vaṇṭacchinnāya
yāni kānici ambāni vaṇṭūpanibandhanāni,2 sabbāni tāni
tad-anvayāni bhavanti -- evam eva kho, bhikkhave, ucchinna-
bhava-nettiko Tathāgatassa kāyo tiṭṭhati. Yāv'; assa kāyo
ṭhassati tāva naṃ dakkhinti deva-manussā. Kāyassa bhedā
uddhaṃ jīvita-pariyādānā na dakkhinti deva-manussā ti.'
74. Evaṃ vutte āyasmā Ānando Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Acchariyaṃ bhante, abbhutaṃ bhante. Ko nāmo
ayaṃ, bhante, dhamma-pariyāyo ti?'
‘Tasmāt iha tvaṃ, Ānanda, imaṃ dhamma-pariyāyaṃ
Attha-jālan ti pi naṃ dhārehi, Dhamma-jālan ti pi naṃ
dhārehi, Brahma-jālan ti pi naṃ dhārehi, Diṭṭhi-jālan ti
pi naṃ dhārehi, Anuttaro saṅgāma-vijayo ti pi naṃ
dhārehīti.'
Idam avoca Bhagavā, attamanā te bhikkhū Bhagavato
bhāsitaṃ abhinandun ti3. Imasmiṃ ca pana veyyākara-
ṇasmiṃ {bhaññamāne} sahassī4 loka-dhātu akampitthāti.
BRAHMA-JĀLA-SUTTAṂ.

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1 Quoted Alwis, ‘Buddhist Nirvāna,'; p. 51.
2 Bp vaṇḍa-paṭibaddhāni.
3 Bp abhinandanti.
4 Bp dasa-sahassi.

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47
[ii. Sāmañña-Phala Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Rājagahe
viharati Jīvakassa komārabhaccassa1 Amba-vane, mahatā
bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ aḍḍha-{teḷasehi}2 bhikkhu-
satehi. Tena kho pana samayena rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu3
Vedehi-putto tadahu 'posathe {paṇṇarase} Komudiyā cātu-
māsiniyā puṇṇāya puṇṇamāya rattiyā rājāmacca-parivuto
upari-pāsāda-vara-gato nisinno hoti. Atha kho rājā
Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto tadahu 'posathe udānaṃ
udānesī: ‘Ramaṇīyā vata bho dosinā ratti, abhirūpā vata
bho dosinā ratti, dassanīyā vata bho dosinā ratti, pāsādikā
vata bho dosinā ratti, lakkhaññā vata bho dosinā ratti.
Kaṃ nu kh'; ajja4 samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāsey-
yāma, yaṃ no payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyāti?'
2. Evaṃ vutte aññataro rājāmacco rājānaṃ Māgadhaṃ
Ajātasattuṃ Vedehi-puttaṃ etad avoca: ‘Ayaṃ deva
Pūraṇo Kassapo saṃghī c'; eva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo ca ñāto
yasassī titthakaro sādhu-sammato bahu-janassa rattaññū
cira-pabbajito addhagato vayo anuppatto. Taṃ devo
Pūraṇaṃ Kassapaṃ payirupāsatu, app eva nāma devassa
Pūraṇaṃ Kassapaṃ payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyāti.'
Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto tuṇhī
ahosi.
3. Aññataro pi kho rājāmacco rājānaṃ Māgadhaṃ
Ajātasattuṃ Vedehi-puttaṃ etad avoca: ‘Ayaṃ deva

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1 Bp -bhajjassa; Sm -bhāṇḍ-. See ‘Vinaya Texts,'; ii. 174.
2 So all MSS. Sum. teḷasahi.
3 Called Kshemadarṣin at Suhridlekha, verse 14 (J. P. T. S. 1886, p. 9).
4 Sm Bp Gr khvajja; Sdt kin nu khajja; St khannu khajja.

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48 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 3
Makkhali-Gosālo saṃghī c'; eva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo ca ñāto
yasassī titthakaro sādhu-sammato bahu-janassa rattaññū
cira-pabbajito addhagato vayo anuppatto. Taṃ devo
Makkhali-Gosālaṃ payirupāsatu, app eva nāma devassa
Makkhali-Gosālaṃ payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyāti.'
Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto tuṇhī
ahosi.
4. Aññataro pi kho rājāmacco rājānaṃ Māgadhaṃ
Ajātasattuṃ Vedehi-puttaṃ etad avoca: ‘Ayaṃ deva Ajito
Kesa-kambalo saṃghī c'; eva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo ca ñāto
yasassī titthakaro sādhu-sammato bahu-janassa rattaññū
cira-pabbajito addhagato vayo anuppatto. Taṃ devo
Ajitaṃ Kesa-kambalaṃ payirupāsatu, app eva nāma devassa
Ajitaṃ Kesa-kambalaṃ payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyāti.'
Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho {Ajātasattu} Vedehi-putto tuṇhī
ahosi.
5. Aññataro pi kho rājāmacco rājānaṃ Māgadhaṃ Ajāta-
sattuṃ Vedehi-puttaṃ etad avoca: ‘Ayaṃ deva Pakudho
Kaccāyano saṃghī c'; eva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo ca ñāto
yasassī titthakaro sādhu-sammato bahu-janassa rattaññū,
cira-pabbajito addhagato vayo anuppatto. Taṃ devo
Pakudhaṃ Kaccāyanaṃ payirupāsatu, app eva nāma
devassa Pakudhaṃ Kaccāyanaṃ payirupāsato cittaṃ
pasīdeyyāti.'; Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu
Vedehi-putto tuṇhī ahosi.
6. Aññataro pi kho rājāmacco rājānaṃ Māgadhaṃ
Ajātasattuṃ Vedehi-puttaṃ etad avoca: ‘Ayaṃ deva Sañ-
jayo Belaṭṭhi1-putto saṃghī c'; eva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo ca
ñāto yasassī titthakaro sādhu-sammato bahu-janassa
rattaññū cira-pabbajito addhagato vayo anuppatto. Taṃ
devo {Sañjayaṃ} Belaṭṭhi-puttaṃ payirupāsatu, app eva
nāma devassa Sañjāyaṃ Belaṭṭhi-puttaṃ payirupāsato cit-
taṃ pasīdeyyāti.'; Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu
Vedehi-putto tuṇhī ahosi.
7. Aññataro pi kho rājāmacco rājānaṃ Māgadhaṃ
Ajātasattuṃ Vedehi-puttaṃ etad avoca: ‘Ayaṃ deva

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1 Sm Bm Belaṭṭha.

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D. ii. 10] THE VISIT TO GOTAMA. 49
Nigaṇṭho Nāta-putto1 saṃghī c'; eva gaṇī ca gaṇācariyo
ca ñāto yasassī titthakaro sādhu-sammato bahu-janassa
rattaññū cira-pabbajito addhagato vayo anuppatto. Taṃ
devo Nigaṇṭhaṃ Nāta-puttaṃ payirupāsatu, app eva nāma
devassa Nigaṇṭhaṃ Nāta-puttaṃ payirupāsato cittaṃ
pasīdeyyāti.'; Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu
Vedehi-putto tuṇhī ahosi.
8. Tena kho pana samayena Jīvako komārabhacco rañño
Māgadhassa Ajātasattussa Vedehi-puttassa avidūre tuṇhī-
bhūto nisinno hoti. Atha kho rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu
Vedehi-putto Jīvakaṃ komārabhaccaṃ etad avoca: ‘Tvaṃ
pana samma Jīvaka kiṃ tuṇhī ti?'
‘Ayaṃ deva Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho
amhākaṃ Amba-vane viharati, mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena
saddhiṃ aḍḍha-{teḷasehi} bhikkhu-satehi. Taṃ kho pana
Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kitti-saddo abbhug-
gato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho vijjā-
caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-damma-
sārathi, satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho bhagavā ti." Taṃ
devo Bhagavantaṃ payirupāsatu, app eva nāma devassa
Bhagavantaṃ payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyāti.'
‘Tena hi samma Jīvaka hatthi-yānāni kappāpehīti.'
9. ‘Evaṃ devāti'; kho Jīvako komārabhacco rañño
Māgadhassa Ajātasattussa Vedehi-puttassa paṭissutvā
pañca-mattāni hatthinikā-satāni kappāpetvā, rañño ca
ārohaṇīyaṃ nāgaṃ, rañño Māgadhassa Ajātasattussa
Vedehi-puttassa paṭivedesi: ‘Kappitāni kho te deva hatthi-
yānāni yassa dāni kālaṃ maññasīti.'; Atha kho rājā
Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto pañcasu hatthinikā-
satesu paccekā itthiyo āropetvā ārohaṇīyaṃ nāgaṃ abhi-
rūhitvā, ukkāsu dhāriyamānāsu Rājagahamhā niyyāsi
mahacca2 rājānubhāvena, yena Jīvakassa komārabhaccassa
Amba-vanaṃ tena pāyāsi.
10. Atha kho rañño Māgadhassa Ajātasattussa Vedehi-
puttassa avidūre Amba-vanassa ahud eva bhayaṃ, ahu
chambhitattaṃ, ahu lomahaṅso. Atha kho rājā Māgadho

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1 Scd Nātha; Smt Nāta; Bp Nāṭha (see 28).
2 So all MSS.

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50 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 10
Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto bhīto saṃviggo loma-haṭṭha-jāto
Jīvakaṃ komārabhaccaṃ etad avoca: ‘Kacci maṃ samma
Jīvaka na vañcesi? Kacci maṃ samma Jīvaka na palam-
bhesi? Kacci maṃ samma Jīvaka na paccatthikānaṃ
desi? Kathaṃ hi nāma tāva mahato bhikkhu-saṃghassa
aḍḍha-teḷasānaṃ bhikkhu-satānaṃ n'; eva khipita-saddo
bhavissati na ukkāsita-saddo na nigghoso ti?'
‘Mā bhāyi mahā-rāja.1 Na taṃ deva vañcemi, na
taṃ deva palambhāmi, na taṃ deva paccatthikānaṃ demi.
Abhikkama mahā-rāja. Abhikkama mahā-rāja.2 Ete maṇ-
ḍala-māḷe dīpā jhāyantīti.'
11. Atha kho rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto
yāvatikā nāgassa bhūmi nāgena gantvā, nāgā paccorohitvā
pattiko va yena maṇḍala-māḷassa dvāraṃ ten'; upasaṃkami,
upasaṃkamitvā Jīvakaṃ komārabhaccaṃ etad avoca:
‘Kahaṃ pana samma Jīvaka Bhagavā ti?'
‘Eso mahā-rāja Bhagavā. Eso mahā-rāja Bhagavā maj-
jhimaṃ thambhaṃ nissāya puratthābhimukho nisinno
purakkhato bhikkhu-saṃghassāti.'
12. Atha kho rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto yena
Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā ekam antaṃ
aṭṭhāsi, ekam antaṃ ṭhito kho rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu
Vedehi-putto tuṇhī-bhūtaṃ tuṇhī-bhūtaṃ bhikkhu-saṃ-
ghaṃ anuviloketvā rahadam iva vippasannaṃ udānaṃ
udānesi: ‘Iminā me upasamena Udāyi3-bhaddo kumāro
samannāgato hotu, yen'; etarahi upasamena bhikkhu-
saṃgho samannāgato ti.'
‘Agamā4 kho tvaṃ mahā-rāja yathā peman ti?'
‘Piyo me bhante Udāyi-bhaddo kumāro. Iminā me
bhante upasamena Udāyi-bhaddo kumāro samannāgato
hotu, yen'; etarahi upasamena bhikkhu-saṃgho saman-
nāgato ti.'
13. Atha kho rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto
Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā bhikkhu-saṃghassa añjaliṃ5

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1 Bp Gr repeat mā bhayi mahārāja.
2 Scd omit repetition.
3 Bp Gr Udāya- always.
4 Scd āgamā.
5 Sm añjalim panāmetvā.

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D. ii. 15] LIST OF OCCUPATIONS. 51
paṇāmetvā ekam antaṃ nisīdi, ekam antaṃ nisinno kho
rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Puccheyyām'; ahaṃ bhante Bhagavantaṃ kañcid
eva desaṃ,1 sace me Bhagavā okāsam karoti pañhassa
veyyākaraṇāyāti.'
‘Puccha mahā-rāja yad ākaṅkhasīti.'
14. 2 ‘Yathā nu kho imāni bhante puthu-sippāyata-
nāni -- seyyathīdaṃ hatthārohā assārohā rathikā dhanug-
gahā celakā calakā piṇḍa-dāvikā3 uggā rāja-puttā pakkhan-
dino mahā-nāgā sūrā camma-yodhino dāsaka-puttā4 āḷārikā
kappakā nahāpakā sūdā mālā-kārā rajakā5 pesa-kārā naḷa-
kārā kumbha-kārā gaṇakā muddikā yāni vā pan'; aññāni
pi evaṃ-gatāni6 puthu-sippāyatanāni -- te {diṭṭh eva} dhamme
sandiṭṭhikaṃ sippa-phalaṃ upajīvanti, te tena attānaṃ
sukhenti pīṇenti mātā-pitaro sukhenti pīṇenti putta-dāraṃ
sukhenti pīṇenti mittāmacce sukhenti pīṇenti samaṇa-
brāhmaṇesu uddhaggikaṃ dakkhiṇaṃ patiṭṭhāpenti sovag-
gikaṃ sukha-vipākaṃ sagga-saṃvattanikaṃ. Sakkā nu
kho bhante evam evaṃ {diṭṭh eva} dhamme {sandiṭṭhikaṃ}
sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun ti?'
15. ‘Abhijānāsi no tvaṃ mahā-rāja imaṃ pañhaṃ aññe
samaṇa-brāhmaṇe pucchittho ti?'7
‘Abhijānām'; ahaṃ bhante imaṃ pañhaṃ aññe {samaṇa-}
Brāhmaṇe pucchitā ti.'8
‘Yathā kataṃ pana te mahā-rāja vyākaṃsu,9 sace te
agaru, bhāsassūti.'
‘Na kho me bhante garu yatth'; assa Bhagavā nisinno
Bhagavanta-rūpā vā ti.'

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1 Bp kiñcid eva desa-lesa-mattaṃ; Sd kiñcid eva lesamattaṃ;
Sct kiñcid eva desaṃ; Gr kiñ cid evad evaṃ sesa-mattam (sic).
2 Repeated below, 34.
3 Bp Gr piṇḍa-dāyikā.
4 Bp Gr dasika-, SS dāsaka-puttakā. Sum. and SS in 16, 34 as above.
5 Bp Gr rajakārā (and at 34).
6 Bp -gatitāni.
7,8 Scd pucchitthāti (twice); Smt pucchittā ti (twice); Bp Gr pucchitā ti
(twice); See v. 21, and Sum. 158.
9 Bp Ds -kariṃsūti.

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52 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 15
‘Tena hi, mahā-rāja, bhāsassūti.'
16. ‘Ekam idāhaṃ bhante samayaṃ yena Pūraṇo Kassapo
ten'; upasaṃkamiṃ. Upasaṃkamitvā Pūraṇena Kassapena
saddhiṃ sammodiṃ sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-
sāretvā ekam antaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekam antaṃ nisinno kho ahaṃ
bhante Pūraṇaṃ Kassapaṃ etad avoca: Yathā nu kho
imāni bho Kassapa puthu-sippāyatanāni -- seyyathīdaṃ hat-
thārohā assārohā rathikā dhanuggahā celakā calakā piṇḍa-
dāvikā uggā rāja-puttā pakkhandino mahā-nāgā sūrā
camma-yodhino dāsaka-puttā āḷārikā kappakā nahāpakā
sudā mālā-kārā rajakā pesa-kārā naḷa-kārā kumbha-kārā
gaṇakā muddikā yāni vā pan'; aññāni pi evaṃ-gatāni puthu
sippāyatanāni -- te {diṭṭh eva} dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ sippa-
phalaṃ upajīvanti, te tena attānaṃ sukhenti pīṇenti mātā-
pitaro sukhenti pīṇenti putta-dāraṃ sukhenti pīṇenti mittā-
macce sukhenti pīṇenti samaṇa-brāhmaṇesu uddhaggikaṃ
dakkhiṇaṃ patiṭṭhāpenti sovaggikaṃ sukha-vipākaṃ sagga-
saṃvattanikaṃ. Sakkā nu kho bho Kassapa evam evaṃ
{diṭṭh eva} dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññā-
petun ti?"'
17. ‘Evaṃ vutte bhante Pūraṇo Kassapo maṃ etad
avoca: "Karato kho mahā-rāja kārayato chindato chedā-
payato pacato1 pācayato 2socayato kilamayato2 phandato
phandāpayato pāṇaṃ atimāpayato3 adinnaṃ ādiyato san-
dhiṃ chindato nillopaṃ4 harato ekāgārikaṃ karoto pari-
panthe tiṭṭhato paradāraṃ gacchato musā bhaṇato, karoto na
karīyati pāpaṃ. Khura-pariyantena ce pi cakkena yo imissā
paṭhaviyā pāṇe eka-maṃsa-khalaṃ eka-maṃsa-puñjaṃ
kareyya, n'; atthi tato-nidānaṃ pāpaṃ, n'; atthi pāpassa āgamo.
Dakkhiṇañ ce pi Gaṅgā-tīraṃ āgaccheyya5 hananto ghātento
chindanto chedāpento pacanto pācento, n'; atthi tato nidā-
naṃ pāpaṃ, n'; atthi pāpassa āgamo. Uttarañ ce pi
Gaṅgā-tīraṃ gaccheyya dadanto dāpento yajanto yajāpento,
n'; atthi tato nidānaṃ puññaṃ, n'; atthi puññassa āgamo.

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1 SS paccato (pacanto in next sentence).
2-2 Bp socayato socāpayato kilamato kilamāpayato.
3 Bp panam atipātāpayato; Ds pāmati pātāpayato.
4 Bp nilopaṃ.
5 Bp Gr gaccheyya.

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D. ii. 20] MAKKHALI GOSĀLA. 53
Dānena damena saṃyamena sacca-vajjena n'; atthi puññaṃ,
n'; atthi puññassa āgamo ti." Itthaṃ kho me bhante
Pūraṇo Kassapo sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho
samāno akiriyaṃ vyākāsi. Seyyathā pi bhante ambaṃ vā
puṭṭho labujaṃ vyākareyya, labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ
vyākareyya, evam eva kho bhante Pūraṇo Kassapo san-
diṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno akiriyaṃ vyākāsi.
Tassa mayhaṃ bhante etad ahosi: "Kathaṃ hi nāma
mādiso samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā vijite vasantaṃ apasā-
detabbaṃ maññeyyāti?" So kho ahaṃ bhante Pūraṇassa
Kassapassa bhāsitaṃ n'; eva abhinandiṃ na paṭikkosiṃ,1
anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā anattamano anattamana-
vācaṃ anicchāretvā tam eva vācaṃ anugaṇhanto anikkuj-
janto2 uṭṭhāy'; āsanā pakkāmiṃ.
19. ‘Ekam idāhaṃ bhante samayaṃ yena Makkhali-
Gosālo ten'; upasaṃkamiṃ, upasaṃkamitvā Makkhali-
Gosālena saddhiṃ sammodiṃ sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ
sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam antaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekam antaṃ
nisinno kho ahaṃ bhante Makkhali-Gosālaṃ etad avoca:
"Yathā nu kho imāni, bho Gosāla, puthu-sippāyatanāni
seyyathīdaṃ hatthārohā . . . pe [ 16] . . . Sakkā nu kho
bho Gosāla evam eva {diṭṭh eva} dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ
sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun ti?"
20. Evaṃ vutte bhante Makkhali-Gosālo maṃ etad
avoca: "N'; atthi mahā-rāja hetu n'; atthi paccayo
sattānaṃ saṃkilesāya, ahetu-apaccayā sattā saṃkilis-
santi. N'; atthi hetu, n'; atthi paccayo sattānaṃ visud-
dhiyā, ahetu-apaccayā sattā visujjhanti. N'; atthi atta-
kāre n'; atthi para-kāre, n'; atthi purisa-kāre, n'; atthi
balaṃ n'; atthi viriyaṃ, n'; atthi purisa-thāmo n'; atthi pu-
risa-parakkamo. Sabbe sattā sabbe pāṇā sabbe bhūtā sabbe
jīvā avasā abalā3 aviriyā niyati-saṅgati-bhāva-pariṇatā
chass'; evābhijātisu4 sukha-dukkhaṃ paṭisaṃvedenti. Cud-

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1 St Bp nappaṭikosiṃ.
2 Bp Gr anikujento (and in 21, &c. In seven cases out of
twenty-four SS have anikujanto); Bp anugganhanto.
3 Bp aphalā.
4 Bp Gr chasvev-.

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54 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 20
dasa kho pan'; imāni yoni-pamukha-sata-sahassāni saṭṭhiñ
ca satāni cha ca satāni, pañca ca kammuno satāni pañca
ca kammāni tīṇi ca kammāni kamme ca aḍḍha-kamme ca,
dvaṭṭhi paṭipadā, dvaṭṭh'; antara-kappā, chaḷābhijātiyo, aṭṭha
purisa-bhūmiyo, ekūna-paññāsa ājīva-sate, ekūna-paññāsa
paribbājaka-sate,1 ekūna-paññāsa nāgāvāsa-sate, {vīse}
indriya-sate, tiṃse {niraya}-sate, chattiṃsa rajo-dhātuyo,
satta saññi-gabbhā, satta asaññi-gabbhā, satta nigaṇṭhi-
gabbhā, satta devā, satta mānusā, satta pesācā,2 satta sarā,
3satta paṭuvā, satta paṭuvā-satāni,3 satta papātā, satta pa-
pāta-satāni, satta supinā, satta supina-satāni, cullāsīti
mahā-kappuno sata-sahassāni yāni bāle ca paṇḍite ca san-
dhāvitvā saṃsaritvā dukkhass'; antaṃ karissanti. Tattha n'
atthi: ‘Imināhaṃ sīlena vā vatena vā tapena vā brahma-
cariyena vā aparipakkaṃ vā kammaṃ paripācessāmi,4
paripakkaṃ vā kammaṃ phussa phussa vyanti-karissāmīti.'
H'; evaṃ n'; atthi doṇa-mite sukha-dukkhe pariyanta-kaṭe5
saṃsāre, n'; atthi hāyana-vaḍḍhane n'; atthi ukkaṃsāva-
kkaṃse. Seyyathā pi nāma sutta-guḷe khitte nibbeṭhiya-
mānam6 eva {paleti}, evam eva bāle ca paṇḍite ca sandhā-
vitvā saṃsaritvā dukkhass'; antaṃ karissantīti.'
21. ‘Itthaṃ kho me bhante Makkhali-Gosālo sandiṭṭhi-
kaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno saṃsāra-suddhiṃ
vyākāsi. Seyyathā pi bhante ambaṃ vā puṭṭho labujaṃ
vyākareyya labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ vyākareyya, evam
eva kho bhante Makkhali-Gosālo sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-
phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno saṃsāra-suddhiṃ vyākāsi. Tassa
mayhaṃ bhante etad ahosi: "Kathaṃ hi nāma mādiso
samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā vijite vasantaṃ apasādetab-
baṃ maññeyyāti?" So kho ahaṃ bhante Makkhalissa

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1 Bp Gr omit this clause.
2 Sd Bp Ds pisācā.
3-3 Sd satta muddā satta samuddā satta pamuṭā satta pamuṭa-satāni;
Bp satta samuddā satta pamuṭā satta pamuṭasatāni (Gr sabuṭu);
Sm satta pamuvucā-satāni.
4 Bp paripācissāmi.
5 Bp kate.
6 Bp nibbedhiyamānam; St nabbaddhiyamānam.

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D. ii. 24] AJITA KESA-KAMBALĪ. 55
Gosālassa bhāsitaṃ n'; eva abhinandiṃ na paṭikkosiṃ,
anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā anattamano anattamana-
vācaṃ anicchāretvā tam eva vācaṃ anugaṇhanto anikkuj-
janto uṭṭhāy'; āsanā pakkāmiṃ.
22. ‘Ekam idāhaṃ bhante samayaṃ yena Ajito Kesa-
kambalī1 ten'; upasaṃkamiṃ, upasaṃkamitvā Ajitena Kesa-
kambalinā saddhiṃ sammodiṃ sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ
sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam antaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekam antaṃ
nisinno kho ahaṃ bhante Ajitaṃ Kesa-kambaliṃ etad
avoca: Yathā nu kho imāni bho Ajita puthu-sippāyat-
anāni seyyathīdaṃ hatthārohā . . . pe [ 16] . . . Sakkā
nu kho bho Ajita evam eva {diṭṭh eva} dhamme sandiṭṭhi-
kaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun ti?"
23. ‘Evaṃ vutte bhante Ajito Kesa-kambalī maṃ etad
avoca: "N'; atthi mahā-rāja dinnaṃ n'; atthi yiṭṭhaṃ n'
atthi hutaṃ, n'; atthi sukaṭa-dukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ
phalaṃ vipāko, n'; atthi ayaṃ loko n'; atthi paro loko, n'
atthi mātā n'; atthi pitā, n'; atthi {sattā opapātikā,} n'; atthi
loke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sammaggatā sammā-{paṭipannā}
ye imañ ca lokaṃ parañ ca lokaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sac-
chikatvā pavedenti. Cātum-mahābhūtiko ayaṃ puriso,
yadā kālaṃ karoti paṭhavī paṭhavi-kāyaṃ anupeti anupa-
gacchati, āpo āpo-kāyaṃ anupeti anupagacchati, tejo tejo-
kāyaṃ anupeti anupagacchati, vāyo vāyo-kāyaṃ anupeti
anupagacchati, ākāsaṃ indriyāni saṅkamanti. Āsandi-
pañcamā purisā mataṃ ādāya gacchanti, yāva āḷāhanā
padāni paññāpenti, kāpotakāni aṭṭhīni bhavanti, bhassantā-
hutiyo.2 Dattu-paññattaṃ yad idaṃ dānaṃ, tesaṃ tucchaṃ
musā vilāpo ye keci atthika-vādaṃ vadanti. Bāle ca
paṇḍite ca kāyassa bhedā ucchijjanti vinassanti,3 na honti
param maraṇā ti."
24. ‘Itthaṃ kho me bhante Ajito Kesa-kambalī sandiṭ-
ṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno uccheda-vādaṃ
vyākāsi. Seyyathā pi bhante ambaṃ vā puṭṭho labujaṃ

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1 Bp kambalo; Gr kammalo.
2 Bp bhassantāvutiyo; Sd bhassamantāh-.
3 Bp Gr nassati.

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56 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 24
vyākareyya labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ vyākareyya, evam
eva kho bhante Ajito Kesa-kambalī sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-
phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno uccheda-vādaṃ vyākāsi. Tassa
mayhaṃ bhante etad ahosi: "Kathaṃ hi nāma mādiso
samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā vijite vasantaṃ apasādetab-
baṃ maññeyyāti?" So kho ahaṃ bhante Ajitassa Kesa-
kambalissa1 bhāsitaṃ n'; eva abhinandiṃ na paṭikkosiṃ,
anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā anattamano anattamana-
vācaṃ anicchāretvā tam eva vācaṃ anugaṇhanto anikkuj-
janto uṭṭhāy'; āsanā pakkāmiṃ.
25. ‘Ekam idāhaṃ bhante samayaṃ yena Pakudho
Kaccāyano ten'; upasaṃkamiṃ, upasaṃkamitvā Pakudhena
{Kaccāyanena} saddhiṃ sammodiṃ sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ
sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam antaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekam antaṃ
nisinno kho ahaṃ bhante Pakudhaṃ Kaccāyanaṃ etad
avoca: "Yathā nu kho imāni bho Kaccāyana puthu-sipp-
āyatanāni seyyathīdaṃ hatthārohā . . . [pe 16] . . .
Sakkā nu bho Kaccāyana evam eva {diṭṭh'; eva} dhamme
sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun ti?"
26. ‘Evaṃ vutte bhante Pakudho Kaccāyano maṃ etad
avoca: "Satt'; ime mahā-rāja kāyā akaṭā akaṭa-vidhā anim-
mitā animmātā vañjhā kūṭaṭṭhā esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā. Te na iñ-
janti na vipariṇamanti2 na aññamaññaṃ vyābādhenti nālaṃ
aññamaññassa sukhāya vā dukkhāya vā sukha-dukkhāya
vā. Katame satta? Paṭhavi-kāyo āpo-kāyo tejo-kāyo
vāyo-kāyo sukhe dukkhe jīva-sattame. Ime satta kāyā
akaṭā akaṭa-vidhā animmitā animmātā vañjhā kūṭaṭṭhā
esikaṭṭhāyiṭṭhitā. Te na iñjanti na vipariṇamanti na
aññam-aññaṃ vyābādhenti3 nālaṃ aññam-aññassa sukhāya
vā dukkhāya vā sukha-dukkhāya vā. Tattha n'; atthi hantā
vā ghātetā vā sotā vā sāvetā vā viññātā vā viññāpetā vā.
Yo pi tiṇhena satthena sīsaṃ chindati na koci kiñci jīvitā
voropeti, sattannaṃ yeva4 kāyānam antarena sattha-
vivaraṃ5 anupatatīti.6"

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1 All MSS. -kambalassa
2 Bp Gr viparināmenti.
3 Bp Gr byāpādenti.
4 Bp Gr tveva.
5 Bp Gr sattaṃ vivaraṃ.
6 All MSS. anupatantīti.

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D. ii. 29] NIGAṆṬHA NĀTA-PUTTA. 57
27. ‘Itthaṃ kho me bhante Pakudho Kaccāyano sandiṭ-
ṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno aññena aññaṃ
vyākāsi. Seyyathā pi bhante ambaṃ vā puṭṭho labujaṃ
vyākareyya labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ vyākareyya, evam
eva kho me bhante Pakudho Kaccāyano sandiṭṭhikaṃ
sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno aññena aññaṃ vyākāsi.
Tassa mayhaṃ bhante etad ahosi: "Kathaṃ hi nāma
mādiso samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā vijite vasantaṃ apasāde-
tabbaṃ maññeyyāti?" So kho ahaṃ bhante Pakudhassa
Kaccāyanassa bhāsitaṃ n'; eva abhinandiṃ na paṭikkosiṃ,
anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā anattamano anattamana-
vācaṃ anicchāretvā tam eva vācaṃ anugaṇhanto anikkuj-
janto uṭṭhāy'; āsanā pakkāmiṃ.
28. ‘Ekaṃ idāhaṃ bhante samayaṃ yena Nigaṇṭho Nāta-
putto1 ten'; upasaṃkamiṃ, upasaṃkamitvā Nigaṇṭhena
Nāta-puttena saddhiṃ sammodiṃ sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ
sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam antaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekam antaṃ
nisinno kho ahaṃ bhante Nigaṇṭhaṃ Nāta-puttaṃ etad
avoca: "Yathā nu kho imāni bho Aggi-vessana puthu-
sippāyatanāni seyyathīdaṃ hatthārohā . . . [pe 16] . . .
Sakkā nu kho bho Aggi-vessana evam eva {diṭṭh eva}
dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun
ti?
29. ‘Evaṃ vutte bhante Nigaṇṭho Nāta-putto maṃ etad
avoca: Idha mahā-rāja nigaṇṭho cātu-yāma-saṃvara-
saṃvuto hoti. Kathañ ca mahā-rāja nigaṇṭho cātu-yāma-
saṃvara-saṃvuto hoti? Idha mahā-rāja nigaṇṭho sabba-
vārī-vārito ca hoti, sabba-vārī-yuto2 ca, sabba-vārī-dhuto
ca, sabba-vārī-phuṭṭho3 ca. Evaṃ kho mahā-rāja nigaṇṭho
cātu-yāma-saṃvara-saṃvuto hoti. Yato kho mahā-rāja
nigaṇṭho evaṃ cātu-yāma-saṃvara-saṃvuto hoti, ayaṃ
vuccati mahā-rāja nigaṇṭho gatatto ca4 yatatto ca ṭhitatto
cāti."

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1 Bp Gr Nāṭa; Scd Nātha.
2 Sc yato; Bp Gr yutto.
3 Scd puṭṭho; Smt puṭo; Bp phuṭo; Gr phuṭṭho (See 76 foll. and
especially 80, and comp. M. i. 377).
4 Scmt kha (!).

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58 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 30
30. Itthaṃ kho me bhante Nigaṇṭho Nāta-putto sandiṭ-
ṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno cātu-yāma-saṃ-
varaṃ vyākāsi. Seyyathā pi bhante ambaṃ vā puṭṭho
labujaṃ vyākareyya labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ vyākareyya,
evam eva kho bhante Nigaṇṭho Nātaputto sandiṭṭhikaṃ
sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno cātu-yāma-saṃvaraṃ
vyākāsi. Tassa mayhaṃ bhante etad ahosi: "Kathaṃ hi
nāma mādiso samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā vijite vasantaṃ
apasādetabbaṃ maññeyyāti?" So kho ahaṃ bhante
Nigaṇṭhassa Nātaputtassa bhāsitaṃ n'; eva abhinandiṃ
na paṭikkosiṃ, anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā anattamano
anattamana-vācaṃ anicchāretvā tam eva vācaṃ anugaṇ-
hanto anikkujjanto uṭṭhāy'; āsanā pakkāmiṃ.
31. ‘Ekam idāhaṃ bhante samayaṃ yena Sañjayo Belaṭ-
ṭhi1-putto ten'; upasaṃkamiṃ, upasaṃkamitvā Sañjayena
Belaṭṭha-puttena saddhiṃ sammodiṃ sammodanīyaṃ
kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam antaṃ nisīdiṃ. Ekam
antaṃ nisinno kho ahaṃ bhante Sañjayaṃ Belaṭṭhi-puttaṃ
etad avoca: "Yathā nu kho imāni bho Sañjaya puthu-sip-
pāyatanāni seyyathīdaṃ hatthārohā . . . [pe 16] . . .
Sakkā nu kho bho Sañjaya evam eva {diṭṭh eva} dhamme
sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun ti?"
32. ‘Evaṃ vutte bhante Sañjayo Belaṭṭhi-putto maṃ etad
avoca: "‘Atthi paro loko'; ti iti ce taṃ pucchasi, ‘atthi
paro loko'; ti iti ce me assa, ‘atthi paro loko'; ti iti te naṃ
vyākareyyaṃ. Evam pi me no. Tathā ti pi me no. Añ-
ñathā ti pi me no. No ti pi me no. No no ti pi me no.
‘N'; atthi paro loko'? ti . . . pe . . .‘Atthi ca n'; atthi ca
paro loko? N'; ev'; atthi na n'; atthi paro loko? -- Atthi
sattā opapātikā? N'; atthi sattā opapātikā? Atthi ca n'; atthi
ca sattā {opapātikā}? N'; ev'; atthi na n'; atthi sattā opapātikā?
-- Atthi sukaṭa-dukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vi-
pāko? N'; atthi sukaṭa-dukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ
vipāko? Atthi ca n'; atthi ca sukaṭa-dukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ
phalaṃ vipāko? N'; ev'; atthi na n'; atthi sukaṭa-dukkaṭā-
naṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko? -- Hoti Tathāgato

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1 Scd Bellaṭṭhi; Bp Gr Belaṭṭha.

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D. ii. 34] SAÑJAYA BELAṬṬHI-PUTTA. 59
param maraṇā, na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā? Hoti
ca na hoti ca Tathāgato param maraṇā? N'; eva hoti na na
hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā?'; ti iti ce maṃ pucchasi, ‘n'
eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'; ti iti ce me
assa, ‘N'; eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'; ti iti
te naṃ vyākareyyaṃ. Evam pi me no. Tathā ti pi me no.
Aññathā ti pi me no. No ti pi me no. No no ti pi me no
ti."
33. ‘Itthaṃ kho me bhante Sañjayo Belaṭṭhi-putto
sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno vikkhepaṃ
vyākāsi. Seyyathā pi bhante ambaṃ vā puṭṭho labujaṃ
vyākareyya labujaṃ vā puṭṭho ambaṃ vyākareyya, evam
eva kho me bhante Sañjayo {Belaṭṭhi-putto} sandiṭṭhikaṃ
sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno vikkhepaṃ vyākāsi. Tassa
mayhaṃ bhante etad ahosi: "Ayañ ca imesaṃ samaṇa-
brāhmaṇānaṃ sabba-bālo sabba-mūḷho. Kathaṃ hi nāma
sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ puṭṭho samāno vikkhepaṃ
vyākarissatīti?" Tassa mayhaṃ bhante etad ahosi:
"Kathaṃ hi nāma mādiso samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā
vijite vasantaṃ apasādetabbaṃ maññeyyāti?" So kho
ahaṃ bhante Sañjayassa Belaṭṭhi-puttassa bhāsitaṃ n'; eva
abhinandiṃ na paṭikkosiṃ, anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā
anattamano anattamana-vācaṃ anicchāretvā tam eva
vācaṃ {anugaṇhanto} anikkujjanto {uṭṭhāy'} āsanā pakkā-
miṃ.
34. ‘So 'haṃ bhante Bhagavantam pi pucchāmi:
"Yathā nu kho imāni bhante puthu-sippāyatanāni -- sey-
yathīdaṃ hatthārohā assārohā rathikā dhanuggahā celakā
calakā piṇḍa-dāvikā uggā rājaputtā pakkhandino mahā-
nāgā sūrā camma-yodhino dāsaka-puttā āḷārikā kappakā
nahāpakā sudā mālā-kārā rajakā pesa-kārā naḷa-kārā kum-
bha-kārā gaṇakā muddikā yāni vā pan'; aññāni pi evaṃ-
gatāni puthu-sippāyatanāni, -- te {diṭṭh eva} dhamme san-
diṭṭhikaṃ sippa-phalaṃ upajīvanti, te tena attānaṃ su-
khenti pīṇenti mātā-pitaro sukhenti pīṇenti putta-dāraṃ
sukhenti pīṇenti mittāmacce sukhenti pīṇenti samaṇa-
brāhmaṇesu uddhaggikaṃ dakkhiṇaṃ patiṭṭhāpenti sovag-
gikaṃ sukha-vipākaṃ sagga-saṃvattanikaṃ. Sakkā nu

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60 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 34
kho me bhante evam eva {diṭṭh eva} dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ
sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun ti?'
‘Sakkā nu kho mahā-rāja. Tena hi mahā-rāja taṃ yev'
ettha paṭipucchissāmi, yathā te khameyya tathā naṃ1
vyākareyyāsi.
35. ‘Taṃ kiṃ maññasi mahā-rāja? Idha te assa puriso
dāso kamma-karo pubbuṭṭhāyī pacchā-nipātī kiṃ-kāra-
paṭissāvī manāpa-cārī piya-vādī mukhullokako.2 Tassa
evam assa: "Acchariyaṃ vata bho abbhutaṃ vata bho
puññānaṃ gati puññānaṃ vipāko. Ayaṃ hi rājā Māgadho
Ajātasattu. Vedehi-putto manusso, aham pi manusso.
Ayaṃ hi rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto pañcahi
kāma-guṇehi samappito samaṅgi-bhūto paricāreti devo
maññe, aham pan'; amhi 'ssa dāso kamma-karo pubb-
uṭṭhāyī pacchā-nipātī kiṃ-kāra-paṭissāvī manāpa-cārī
piya-vādī mukhullokako. So vat'; assāhaṃ puññāni karey-
yaṃ. Yan nūnāhaṃ kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vat-
thāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyan ti."
So aparena samayena kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vat-
thāni {acchādetvā} agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyya. So
evaṃ pabbajito samāno kāyena saṃvuto vihareyya vācāya
saṃvuto vihareyya manasā saṃvuto vihareyya ghāsacchā-
dana-paramatāya santuṭṭho abhirato paviveke. Taṃ3 ce te
purisā evam āroceyyuṃ: "Yagghe deva jāneyyāsi yo te
puriso dāso kammakaro pubbuṭṭhāyī pacchā-nipātī kiṃ-
kāra-paṭissāvī manāpa-cārī piya-vādī mukhullokako, so
deva kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā
agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito. So evaṃ pabbajito
samāno kāyena saṃvuto viharati vācāya saṃvuto viharati
manasā saṃvuto viharati ghāsacchādana-paramatāya san-
tuṭṭho abhirato paviveke ti." Api nu tvaṃ evaṃ vadey-
yāsi: "Etu me bho so puriso, punad eva hotu dāso kam-
ma-karo pubbuṭṭhāyī pacchā-nipātī kiṃ-kāra-paṭissāvī
manāpa-cārī piya-vādī mukhullokako ti?"'
36. ‘No h'; etaṃ bhante. Atha kho naṃ mayam eva

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1 Bp Gr taṃ (below 37 Bp naṃ).
2 Bp Gr ullokiko (three times).
3 All MSS. ṃ.

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D. ii. 37] THE GAHAPATI-BHIKKHU. 61
abhivādeyyāma pi paccuṭṭheyyāma pi āsanena pi niman-
teyyāma abhinimanteyyāma pi naṃ cīvara-piṇḍapāta-
senāsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārehi dhammi-
kam pi 'ssa rakkhāvaraṇa-guttiṃ saṃvidaheyyāmāti.'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi, mahā-rāja? Yadi evaṃ sante
hoti vā sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ, no vā ti?'
‘Addhā kho bhante evaṃ sante hoti sandiṭṭhikaṃ
sāmañña-phalan ti.'
‘Idaṃ kho te mahā-rāja mayā paṭhamaṃ {diṭṭh eva}
dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññattan ti.'
37. ‘Sakkā pana bhante aññam pi evam eva {diṭṭh eva}
dhamme sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetun ti?'
‘Sakkā mahā-rāja. Tena hi mahā-rāja taṃ yev'
ettha paṭipucchissāmi, yathā te khameyya tathā naṃ
vyākareyyāsi. Taṃ kim maññasi mahā-rāja? Idha te
assa puriso kassako gahapatiko kāra-kārako rāsi-vaḍḍhako.
Tassa evam assa: "Acchariyaṃ vata bho abbhutaṃ vata
bho. Ayaṃ hi rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto
manusso, aham pi manusso. Ayaṃ hi rājā Māgadho
Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappito
samaṅgi-bhūto paricāreti devo maññe, aham pan'; amhi
'ssa kassako gahapatiko kāra-kārako rāsi-vaḍḍhako. So
{v'; assāhaṃ} puññāni kareyyaṃ. Yan {nūnāhaṃ} kesa-
massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā
anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyan ti." So aparena samayena
appaṃ vā bhoga-kkhandhaṃ pahāya mahantaṃ vā bhogā-
kkhandhaṃ pahāya, appam vā ñāti-parivaṭṭaṃ pahāya
mahantaṃ vā ñāti-parivaṭṭaṃ pahāya kesa-massuṃ ohā-
retvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ
pabbajeyya. So evaṃ pabbajito samāno kāyena saṃvuto
vihareyya vācāya saṃvuto vihareyya manasā-saṃvuto
vihareyya ghāsacchādana-paramatāya santuṭṭho abhirato
paviveke. Taṃ ce te purisā evam āroceyyuṃ: "Yagghe
deva jāneyyāsi, yo te puriso kassako gahapatiko kāra-
kārako rāsi-vaḍḍhako, so deva kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā
kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pab-
bajito. So evaṃ pabbajito samāno kāyena saṃvuto
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62 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 37
ghāsacchādana-paramatāya santuṭṭho abhirato paviveke
ti." Api nu tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi: "Etu me bho so puriso,
punad eva hotu kassako gahapatiko kāra-kārako rāsi-
vaḍḍhako ti?"'
38. ‘No h'; etaṃ bhante. Atha kho naṃ mayam eva
abhivadeyyāma pi paccuṭṭheyyāma pi āsanena pi nim-
anteyyāma abhinimanteyyāma pi naṃ cīvara-piṇḍapāta-
senāsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārehi dhammi-
kam pi 'ssa rakkhā-varaṇa-guttiṃ saṃvidaheyyāmāti.'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi mahā-rāja? Yadi evaṃ sante
hoti vā sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ, no vā ti?'
‘Addhā kho maṃ bhante evaṃ sante hoti sandiṭṭhi-
kaṃ sāmañña-phalan ti.'
‘Idaṃ kho te mahā-rāja dutiyaṃ {diṭṭh eva} dhamme
sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññattan ti.'
39. ‘Sakkā pana bhante aññam pi {diṭṭh eva} dhamme
sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ paññāpetuṃ imehi sandiṭ-
ṭhikehi sāmaññā-phalehi {abhikkantatarañ} ca paṇītatarañ
cāti?'
‘Sakkā mahā-rāja. Tena hi mahā-rāja suṇohi sād-
hukaṃ manasikarohi bhāsissāmīti.'
‘Evaṃ bhante'; ti kho rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-
putto Bhagavato paccassosi. Bhagavā etad avoca:
40. 1 ‘Idha mahā-rāja Tathāgato loke uppajjati, arahaṃ
sammā-sambuddho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū
anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ
buddho bhagavā. So imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samāra-
kaṃ sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ sa-
deva-manussaṃ sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti. So
dhammaṃ deseti ādi-kalyāṇaṃ majjhe kalyāṇaṃ pariyo-
sāna-kalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ2 savyañjanaṃ, kevala-paripuṇ-
ṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti.
41. ‘Taṃ dhammaṃ suṇāti gahapati vā gahapati-putto
vā aññatarasmiṃ vā kule paccājāto.3 So taṃ dhammaṃ

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1 For the Sanskrit of this and following see Mahāvastu i. 332-4.
2 Bp satthaṃ sabyañjanaṃ.
3 Bp pacchājāto; Gr pacchāto.

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D. ii. 44] THE SĪLAS. 63
sutvā Tathāgate saddhaṃ paṭilabhati. So tena saddhā-
paṭilābhena samannāgato iti paṭisañcikkhati: "Sambādho
gharāvāso rajo1-patho, abbhokāso pabbajjā. Na idaṃ2
sukaraṃ agāraṃ ajjhāvasatā ekanta-paripuṇṇaṃ ekanta-
parisuddhaṃ saṃkha-likhitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ.
Yan {nūnāhaṃ} kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni
acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyan ti." So
aparena samayena appaṃ vā bhoga-kkhandhaṃ pahāya
mahantaṃ vā bhoga-kkhandhaṃ pahāya, appaṃ va ñāti-
parivaṭṭaṃ pahāya mahantaṃ vā ñāti-parivaṭṭaṃ pahāya,
kesa-massuṃ {ohāretvā} kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā
agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati.
42. ‘Evaṃ pabbajito samāno pātimokkha-saṃvara-
saṃvuto viharati ācāra-gocara-sampanno aṇumattesu
vajjesu bhaya-dassāvī samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu
kāya-kamma-vacī-{kammeṇa} samannāgato kusalena pari-
suddhājīvo sīla-sampanno indriyesu gutta-dvāro3 sati-
sampajaññena samannāgato santuṭṭho.
43. ‘Kathañ ca mahā-rāja bhikkhu sīla-sampanno
hoti? Idha mahā-rāja bhikkhu pāṇātipātaṃ pahāya
pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, nihita-daṇḍo nihita-sattho lajjī
dayāpanno sabba-pāṇa-bhūta-hitānukampī viharati. Idam
pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
‘Adinnādānaṃ pahāya adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti din-
nādāyī dinna-pāṭikaṅkhī athenena suci-bhūtena attanā
viharati. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
‘Abrahmacariyaṃ pahāya brahmacārī hoti ārā-cārī virato
methunā gāma-dhammā. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
44. ‘Musā-vādaṃ pahāya musā-vādā paṭivirato Samaṇo
Gotamo sacca-vādī sacca-sandho theto paccayiko avisaṃvā-
dako lokassa. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
‘Pisuṇā-vācaṃ pahāya pisuṇāya vācāya paṭivirato
hoti, ito sutvā na amutra akkhātā imesaṃ bhedāya,

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1 Bp rāja (as Sct at D. xiii. 47).
2 Sc Bp Gr nayidaṃ.
3 Bp Gr add bhojane mattaññu.

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64 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii.44
amutra vā sutvā na imesaṃ akkhātā amūsaṃ bhedāya.
Iti bhinnānaṃ va sandhātā sahitānaṃ va anuppādātā
samaggārāmo samagga-rato samagga-nandī samag-
ga-karaṇiṃ vācam bhāsitā. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlas-
miṃ.
‘Pharusā-vācaṃ pahāya pharusāya vācāya paṭivirato
hoti. Yā sā vācā nelā kaṇṇa-sukhā pemanīyā hada-
yaṃgamā porī bahujana-kantā bahujana-manāpā tathā-
rūpiṃ vācam bhāsitā hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlas-
miṃ.
‘Samphappalāpaṃ pahāya samphappalāpā paṭivirato
hoti kāla-vādī bhūta-vādī attha-vādī dhammavādī vinaya-
vādī, nidhānavatiṃ vācam bhāsitā kālena sāpadesaṃ
pariyantavatiṃ attha-saṃhitaṃ. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlas-
miṃ.
45 ‘Bījagāma-bhūtagāma-samārambhā paṭivirato hoti.
Eka-bhattiko hoti rattūparato, virato vikāla-bhojanā.
Nacca-gīta-vādita-visūka-dassanā paṭivirato hoti. Mālā-
gandha-vilepana-dhāraṇa-maṇḍana-{vibhūsana-ṭṭhānā} paṭi-
virato hoti. Uccāsayana-mahāsayanā paṭivirato hoti.
Jātarūpa-rajata-paṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti. Āmaka-dhañ-
ña-paṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti. Āmaka-{maṃsa}-paṭigga-
haṇā paṭivirato hoti. Itthi-kumārika-paṭiggahaṇā paṭi-
virato hoti. Dāsi-dāsa-paṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti. Aj-
eḷaka-paṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato hoti. Kukkuṭa-sūkara-paṭig-
gahaṇā paṭivirato hoti. Hatthi-gavāssa-vaḷavā-paṭigga-
haṇā paṭivirato hoti. Khetta-vatthu-paṭiggahaṇā paṭivirato
hoti. Dūteyya-pahiṇa-gamanānuyogā paṭivirato hoti.
Kaya-vikkayā paṭivirato hoti. Tulākūṭa-{kaṃsakūṭa}-māna-
kūṭā paṭivirato hoti. Ukkoṭana-vañcana-nikati-sāci-yogā
paṭivirato hoti. Chedana-vadha-bandhana-viparāmosa-
ālopa-sahasākārā paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti
sīlasmiṃ.
46. ‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sad-
dhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ bījagāma-bhū-
tagāma-samārambhaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ
{mūla-bījaṃ} khandha-bījaṃ phalu-bījaṃ agga-bījaṃ {bīja-
bījam} eva pañcamaṃ -- iti evarūpā bījagāma-bhūtagāma-

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D. ii. 50] MAJJHIMA-SĪLAṂ. 65
samārambhā {paṭivirato} hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlas-
miṃ.
47. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ sannidhi-
kāra-paribhogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ anna-
sannidhiṃ pāna-sannidhiṃ vattha-sannidhiṃ yāna-san-
nidhiṃ sayana-sannidhiṃ gandha-sannidhiṃ āmisa-san-
nidhiṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpā sannidhi-kāra-paribhogā paṭi-
virato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
48. "‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni {bhuñjitvā} te evarūpaṃ visūka-
dassanaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ naccaṃ
gītaṃ vāditaṃ pekkhaṃ akkhānaṃ pāṇissaraṃ vetālaṃ
kumbha-thūṇaṃ Sobha-nagarakaṃ caṇḍālaṃ vaṅsaṃ
dhopanaṃ hatthi-yuddhaṃ assa-yuddhaṃ mahisa-yud-
dhaṃ usabha-yuddhaṃ aja-yuddhaṃ meṇḍaka-yud-
dhaṃ kukkuṭa-yuddhaṃ vaṭṭaka-yuddhaṃ daṇḍa-
yuddhaṃ muṭṭhi-yuddhaṃ nibbuddhaṃ uyyodhikaṃ
balaggaṃ senā-byūhaṃ anīka-dassanaṃ -- iti vā iti
evarūpā visūka-dassanā paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti
sīlasmiṃ.
49. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sad-
dhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ jūta-pamāda-
ṭṭhānānuyogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ aṭṭha-
padaṃ dasa-padaṃ ākāsaṃ parihāra-pathaṃ santikaṃ
khalikaṃ ghaṭikaṃ salāka-hatthaṃ akkhaṃ paṅgacīraṃ
vaṅkakaṃ mokkhacikaṃ ciṅgulikaṃ pattāḷhakaṃ rathakaṃ
dhanukaṃ akkharikaṃ manesikaṃ yathā-vajjaṃ -- iti vā iti
evarūpā jūta-pamāda-ṭṭhānānuyogā paṭivirato hoti. Idam
pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
50. ‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpam uccā-
sayana-mahāsayanaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ
āsandiṃ pallaṅkaṃ gonakaṃ cittakaṃ paṭikaṃ paṭalikaṃ
tūlikaṃ vikatikaṃ udda-lomiṃ ekanta-lomiṃ kaṭṭhissaṃ
koseyyaṃ kuttakaṃ hatthattharaṃ assattharaṃ rathattha-
raṃ ajinappaveṇiṃ kadali-miga-pavara-paccattharaṇaṃ
sa-uttara-cchadaṃ ubhato-lohitakūpadhānaṃ -- iti vā iti

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66 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 50
evarūpā uccāsayana-mahāsayanā paṭivirato hoti. Idam
pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
51. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
{saddhā-deyyāni} bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ maṇḍana-
{vibhūsana-ṭṭhānānuyogaṃ} anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathī-
daṃ ucchādanaṃ parimaddanaṃ nahāpanaṃ sambāhanaṃ
ādāsaṃ añjanaṃ mālā-vilepanaṃ mukhā-cuṇṇakaṃ
mukhālepanaṃ hattha-bandhaṃ sikhā-bandhaṃ daṇḍa-
kaṃ nāḷikaṃ khaggaṃ chattaṃ citrupāhanaṃ uṇhīsaṃ
maṇiṃ vāla-vījaniṃ odātāni vatthāni dīgha-dasāni -- iti vā
iti evarūpā maṇḍana-vibhūsana-ṭṭhānānuyogā paṭivirato
hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
52. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ tir-
acchāna-kathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ rāja-
kathaṃ cora-kathaṃ mahāmatta-kathaṃ senā-kathaṃ
bhaya-kathaṃ yuddha-kathaṃ anna-kathaṃ pāna-kathaṃ
vattha-kathaṃ sayana-kathaṃ mālā-kathaṃ gandha-
kathaṃ ñāti-kathaṃ yāna-kathaṃ gāma-kathaṃ nigama-
kathaṃ nagara-kathaṃ janapada-kathaṃ itthi-kathaṃ
[purisa-kathaṃ] sūra-kathaṃ visikhā-kathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhāna-
kathaṃ pubba-peta-kathaṃ nānatta-kathaṃ lokakkhāyi-
kaṃ {samudda-kkhāyikaṃ} itibhavābhava-kathaṃ -- iti vā iti
evarūpāya tiracchāna-kathāya paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi
'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
53. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpaṃ viggāhika-
kathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ: "Na tvaṃ imaṃ
dhamma-vinayaṃ ājānāsi, ahaṃ imaṃ dhamma-vinayaṃ
ājānāmi, kiṃ tvaṃ imaṃ dhamma-vinayaṃ ājānissasi? --
Micchā-paṭipanno tvam asi, aham asmi sammā-paṭipanno
-- Sahitam me, asahitan te -- Pure vacanīyaṃ pacchā avaca,
pacchā vacanīyaṃ pure avaca -- Aviciṇṇan te viparāvattaṃ
-- Āropito te vādo, niggahīto 'si -- Cara {vāda-ppamokkhāya},
nibbeṭhehi vā sace pahosīti" -- iti vā iti evarūpāya viggāhika-
kathāya paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
54. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
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pahiṇa-gamanānuyogaṃ anuyuttā viharanti -- seyyathīdaṃ
raññaṃ rāja-mahāmattānaṃ khattiyānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ
gahapatikānaṃ {kumārānam} -- ‘Idha gaccha, amutrāgaccha,
idaṃ hara, amutra idaṃ āharāti'; -- iti vā iti evarūpā dūtey-
ya-pahiṇa-gamanānuyogā paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa
hoti sīlasmiṃ.
55. ‘Yathā va pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni {bhojanāni} bhuñjitvā te kuhakā ca honti
lapakā ca nemittikā ca nippesikā ca lābhena ca lābhaṃ
nijigiṃsitāro -- iti evarūpā kuhana-lapanā paṭivirato hoti.
Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
56. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tiracchāna-
vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ aṅgaṃ
nimittaṃ uppādaṃ supinaṃ lakkhaṇaṃ mūsikācchinnaṃ
aggi-homaṃ dabbi-homaṃ thusa-homaṃ kaṇa-homaṃ
taṇḍula-homaṃ sappi-homaṃ tela-homaṃ mukha-homaṃ
lohita-homaṃ aṅga-vijjā vatthu-vijjā khatta-vijjā siva-
vijjā bhūta-vijjā bhūri-vijjā ahi-vijjā visa-vijjā vicchika-vijjā
mūsika-vijjā sakuṇa-vijjā vāyasa-vijjā pakkajjhānaṃ sara-
parittānaṃ miga-cakkaṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-
vijjāya paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
57. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-
chāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
maṇi-lakkhaṇaṃ daṇḍa-lakkhaṇaṃ vattha-lakkhaṇaṃ asi-
lakkhaṇaṃ usu-lakkhaṇaṃ dhanu-lakkhaṇaṃ āyudha-
lakkhaṇaṃ itthi-lakkhaṇaṃ purisa-lakkhaṇaṃ kumāra-
lakkhaṇaṃ kumāri-lakkhaṇaṃ dāsa-lakkhaṇaṃ dāsi-lak-
khaṇaṃ hatthi-lakkhaṇaṃ assa-lakkhaṇaṃ mahisa-lak-
khaṇaṃ usabha-lakkhaṇaṃ go-lakkhaṇaṃ aja-lakkhaṇaṃ
meṇḍa-lakkhaṇaṃ kukkuṭa-lakkhaṇaṃ vaṭṭaka-lakkha-
ṇaṃ godhā-lakkhaṇaṃ kaṇṇikā-lakkhaṇaṃ kacchapa-
lakkhaṇaṃ miga-lakkhaṇaṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpāya
tiracchāna-vijjāya paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti
sīlasmiṃ.
58. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-

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68 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 58
chāna-vijjāya micchājivena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
"Raññaṃ niyyānaṃ bhavissati, raññaṃ aniyyānaṃ bhavis-
sati -- Abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ upayānaṃ bhavissati,
bāhirānaṃ raññaṃ apayānaṃ bhavissati -- Bāhirānaṃ
raññaṃ upayānam bhavissati, abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ
apayānaṃ bhavissati -- Abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ jayo
bhavissati, bāhirānaṃ raññaṃ parājayo bhavissati -- Bāhi-
rānaṃ raññaṃ jayo bhavissati, abbhantarānaṃ raññaṃ
parājayo bhavissati -- Iti imassa jayo bhavissati, imassa
parājayo bhavissati" -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-
vijjāya micchājīvā paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti
sīlasmiṃ.
59. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-
chāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
"Canda-ggāho bhavissati, suriya-ggāho bhavissati, nak-
khatta-ggāho bhavissati. Candima-suriyānaṃ patha-gama-
naṃ bhavissati, candima-suriyānaṃ uppatha-gamanaṃ
bhavissati, nakkhattānaṃ patha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, nak-
khattānaṃ uppatha-gamanaṃ bhavissati. Ukkā-pāto
bhavissati. Disā-ḍāho bhavissati. Bhūmi-cālo bhavissati.
Deva-dundubhi bhavissati. Candima-suriya-nakkhattā-
naṃ uggamanaṃ ogamanaṃ saṃkilesaṃ vodānaṃ
bhavissati. Evaṃ-vipāko canda-ggāho bhavissati, evaṃ-
vipāko suriya-ggāho bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko nakkhatta-
ggāho bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko candima-suriyānaṃ patha-
gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko candima-suriyānaṃ
uppatha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko nakkhattānaṃ
patha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko nakkhattānaṃ
uppatha-gamanaṃ bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko ukkāpāto
bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko disā-ḍāho bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko
bhūmi-cālo bhavissati, evaṃ-vipāko deva-dundubhi bhavis-
sati, evaṃ-vipākaṃ candima-suriya-nakkhattānaṃ ugga-
manaṃ ogamanaṃ saṃkilesaṃ vodānaṃ bhavissati" -- iti
vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvā paṭivirato
hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
60. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tirac-

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D. ii. 63] MAHĀ-SĪLAṂ. 69
chāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathī-
daṃ: "Subbuṭṭhikā bhavissati, dubbuṭṭhikā bhavissati,
subhikkhaṃ bhavissati, dubbhikkhaṃ bhavissati, khemaṃ
bhavissati, bhayaṃ bhavissati, rogo bhavissati, ārogyaṃ
bhavissati," muddā, gaṇanā, saṃkhānaṃ, kāveyyaṃ, lokā-
yataṃ -- iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvā
paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
61. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} sad-
dhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya tiracchāna-
vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
āvāhanaṃ vivāhanaṃ saṃvadanaṃ vivadanaṃ saṃki-
raṇaṃ vikiraṇaṃ subhaga-karaṇaṃ dubbhaga-karaṇaṃ
viruddha-gabbha-karaṇaṃ jivhā-nittaddanaṃ hanu-
saṃhananaṃ hatthābhijappanaṃ kaṇṇa-jappanaṃ ādāsa-
pañhaṃ kumāri-pañhaṃ deva-pañhaṃ ādiccupaṭṭhānaṃ
Mahat-upaṭṭhānaṃ abbhujjalanaṃ Sir'; -avhāyanaṃ -- iti
vā evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvā paṭivirato
hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
62. ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā te evarūpāya
tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti -- sey-
yathīdaṃ santi-kammaṃ paṇidhi-kammaṃ bhūri-kam-
maṃ [bhūti-kammaṃ]1 vassa-kammaṃ vossa-kammaṃ
vatthu-kammaṃ vatthu-paṭikiraṇaṃ ācamanaṃ nahā-
panaṃ juhanaṃ vamanaṃ virecanaṃ uddha-virecanaṃ
adho-virecanaṃ sīsa-virecanaṃ kaṇṇa-telaṃ netta-
tappaṇaṃ natthu-kammaṃ añjanaṃ paccañjanaṃ sālā-
kiyaṃ sallakattikaṃ dāraka-tikicchā mūla-bhesajjānaṃ
anuppādānaṃ osadhīnaṃ paṭimokkho -- iti vā iti eva-
rūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya micchājīvā paṭivirato hoti.
Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
63. ‘Sa2 kho so mahā-rāja bhikkhu evaṃ sīla-sampanno
na kuto ci bhayaṃ samanupassati yad idaṃ sīla-saṃvarato.
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1 Bp bhūta-. See above, p. 12.
2 Bp Gr atha.
3 Bp Gr muddhābhisitto.

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70 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 63
paccāmitto na kuto ci bhayaṃ samanupassati yad idaṃ
paccatthikato, evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu evaṃ
sīla-sampanno na kuto ci bhayaṃ samanupassati yad idaṃ
sīla-saṃvarato. So iminā ariyena sīlakkhandhena saman-
nāgato ajjhattaṃ anavajja-sukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedeti. Evaṃ
kho mahārāja bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti.1
64. ‘Kathañ ca mahā-rāja bhikkhu indriyesu gutta-
dvāro hoti? Idha mahā-rāja bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṃ
disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānuvyañjanaggāhī.2 Yatvā-
dhikaraṇam enaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ
abhijjhā-domanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssavey-
yuṃ3 tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati cakkhundri-
yam, cakkhundriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. Sotena saddaṃ
sutvā . . . pe . . . ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyitvā . . . pe
. . . jivhāya rasaṃ sāyitvā . . . pe . . . kāyena phoṭ-
ṭhabbaṃ4 phusitvā . . . pe . . . manasā dhammaṃ viñ-
ñāya na nimittaggāhī hoti {nānuvyañjanaggāhī}. Yatvā-
dhikaraṇam enaṃ manindriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ
{abhijjhā}-domanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ
tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati manindriyaṃ, man-
indriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. So iminā ariyena indriya-
{saṃvarena} samannāgato ajjhattaṃ avyāseka5-sukhaṃ
paṭisaṃvedeti. Evaṃ kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu indriyesu
gutta-dvāro hoti.
65. ‘Kathañ ca mahā-rāja bhikkhu sati-sampajaññena
samannāgato hoti? Idha mahā-rāja bhikkhu abhikkante
paṭikkante sampajāna-kārī hoti, ālokite vilokite sampajāna-
kārī hoti, sammiñjite pasārite sampajāna-kārī hoti, saṃ-
ghāṭi-patta-cīvara-dhāraṇe sampajāna-kārī hoti, asite {pīte}
khāyite sāyite sampajāna-kārī hoti, uccāra-passāva-kamme
sampajāna-kārī hoti, gate ṭhite nisinne sutte jāgarite
bhāsite tuṇhī-bhāve6 sampajāna-kārī hoti. Evaṃ kho

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1 Bp here inserts mahā-sīlam; Gr mahā-sīlaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.
2 SS here na anu-, but below nānu-; Bp nānubyañj-.
3 Bp anvāsaveyyuṃ.
4 Scd Gr poṭṭhabbaṃ; Bp phoṭhabbaṃ.
5 Bp abyāsekaṃ.
6 Scdt bhāvena (but so Sm Bp and Sum. i. 202).

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D. ii. 69] JOY AND SECLUSION. 71
mahā-rāja bhikkhu sati-sampajaññena samannāgato
hoti.
66. ‘Kathañ ca mahā-rāja bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti?
Idha mahā-rāja bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti kāya-parihārikena
cīvarena kucchi-parihārikena piṇḍa-pātena, so yena yen'
eva pakkamati samādāy'; eva pakkamati. Seyyathā pi
mahā-rāja pakkhī sakuṇo yena yen'; eva ḍeti sa-patta-bhāro
va ḍeti, evam eva mahā-rāja bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti kāya-
parihārikena cīvarena kucchi-parihārikena piṇḍa-pātena, so
yena yen'; eva pakkamati samādāy'; eva pakkamati. Evaṃ
kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu santuṭṭho hoti.
67. ‘So iminā ca ariyena sīla-kkhandhena samannāgato
iminā ca ariyena indriya-{saṃvarena} samannāgato iminā ca
ariyena sati-sampajaññena samannāgato imāya ca ariyāya
santuṭṭhiyā samannāgato1 vivittaṃ senāsanaṃ bhajati,
araññaṃ rukkha-mūlaṃ pabbataṃ kandaraṃ giri-guhaṃ
susānaṃ vana-patthaṃ2 abbhokāsaṃ palāla-puñjaṃ. So
pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapāta-paṭikkanto nisīdati pallaṅkaṃ
ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya parimukhaṃ satiṃ
upaṭṭhapetvā.
68. ‘So abhijjhaṃ loke pahāya vigatābhijjhena cetasā
viharati, abhijjhāya cittaṃ parisodheti. Vyāpāda-padosaṃ
pahāya avyāpanna-citto viharati, sabba-pāṇa-bhūta-hitā-
nukampī vyāpāda-padosā3 cittaṃ parisodheti. Thīna-
middhaṃ pahāya vigata-thīna-middho viharati, āloka-saññī
sato sampajāno thīna-middhā cittaṃ parisodheti. Ud-
dhacca-kukkuccaṃ pahāya anuddhato viharati, ajjhattaṃ
vūpasanta-citto uddhacca-kukkuccā cittaṃ parisodheti.
Vicikicchaṃ pahāya tiṇṇa-vicikiccho viharati, akathaṃkathī
kusalesu dhammesu vicikicchāya cittaṃ parisodheti.
69. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso iṇaṃ ādāya kammante
payojeyya, tassa te kammantā samijjheyyuṃ, so yāni ca
porāṇāni iṇa-mūlāni tāni ca vyanti-kareyya, siyā c'; assa
uttariṃ avasiṭṭhaṃ dārābharaṇāya. Tassa evam assa:
"Ahaṃ kho pubbe iṇaṃ ādāya kammante payojesiṃ,4

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1 Bp Gr here insert so.
2 Bp vana-saṇṭhaṃ; Gr -saṇham.
3 Bp byāpāda- (always).
4 Bp Gr payojemi.

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72 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 69
tassa me te1 kammantā samijjhiṃsu, so 'haṃ yāni ca
porāṇāni iṇa-mūlāni tāni ca vyanti-akāsiṃ, atthi ca me
uttariṃ avasiṭṭhaṃ dārābharaṇāyāti." So tato-nidānaṃ
labhetha pāmujjaṃ2 adhigacche3 somanassaṃ.
70. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-raja puriso ābādhiko assa
dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno bhattañ c'; assa {na cchādeyya,} na
c'; assa kāye balamattā. So aparena samayena tamhā
ābādhā mucceyya bhattañ c'; assa chādeyya siyā c'; assa
kāye balamattā. Tassa evam assa: "Ahaṃ kho pubbe
ābādhiko ahosiṃ dukkhito bāḷha-gilāno {bhattañ} ca me
{na cchādesi} na ca me āsi4 kāye balamattā, so 'mhi etarahi
tamhā ābādhā5 mutto bhattañ ca me chādeti,6 atthi ca
kāye balamattā ti." So tato-nidānaṃ labhetha pāmujjaṃ
adhigacche somanassaṃ.
71. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso bandhanāgāre baddho
assa. So {aparena} samayena tamhā bandhanā7 mucceyya
sotthinā avyayena, na c'; assa kiñ ci bhogānaṃ vayo.
Tassa evam assa: "Ahaṃ kho pubbe bandhanāgāre
baddho ahosiṃ, so 'mhi etarahi tamhā bandhanā8 mutto
sotthinā avyayena, n'; atthi ca me kiñ ci bhogānaṃ vayo
ti." So tato-nidānaṃ labhetha pāmujjaṃ adhigacche
somanassaṃ.
72. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso dāso assa anattā-
dhīno9 parādhīno na yena kāmaṃ gamo. So aparena
samayena tamhā dāsavyā mucceyya attādhīno aparādhīno
bhujisso10 yena kāmaṃ gamo. Tassa evam assa: "Ahaṃ
kho pubbe dāso ahosiṃ anattādhīno parādhīno na yena
kāmaṃ gamo, so 'mhi etarahi tamhā dāsavyā mutto
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1 Sct tena; Sm tena corrected to te.
2 Bp Gr pāmojjam (and so SS at 75 only).
3 Bp Gr Sd adhigaccheyya.
4 Bp Gr na c'; assa me kāye.
5 Bp Gr omit.
6 Scd nacchādesi; Sd acchadeti; Bp cchādesi (see CV. v. 31. 1.)
7 Bp Gr bandhanāgārā.
8 Bp bandhanāgārā.
9 Bp Gr -dhino always.
10 Bp Gr bhūjisso (twice); SS here bhuñj; Sct below bhuj.

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D. ii. 74] FREEDOM AND SAFETY. 73
tato-nidānaṃ labhetha pāmujjaṃ adhigacche soma-
nassaṃ.
73. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso sadhano sabhogo
kantāraddhānamaggaṃ1 {paṭipajjeyya} dubbhikkhaṃ sap-
paṭibhayaṃ. 2So aparena samayena taṃ kantāraṃ
nitthareyya, sotthinā gāmantaṃ anupāpuṇeyya khemaṃ
appaṭibhayaṃ. Tassa evam assa: "Ahaṃ kho pubbe
sadhano sabhogo kantāraddhānamaggaṃ paṭipajjiṃ
dubbhikkhaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ, so 'mhi etarahi taṃ kan-
tāraṃ nitthiṇṇo,3 sotthinā gāmantaṃ anuppatto khemaṃ
appaṭibhayan" ti. So tato-nidānaṃ labhetha pāmujjaṃ
adhigacche somanassaṃ.
74. ‘Evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu yathā iṇaṃ
yathā rogaṃ yathā bandhanāgāraṃ yathā dāsavyaṃ yathā
kantāraddhānamaggaṃ ime pañca nīvaraṇe appahīne4
attani samanupassati. Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja ānaṇyaṃ
yathā ārogyaṃ yathā bandhanā mokkhaṃ yathā bhujissaṃ
yathā khemanta-bhūmiṃ, evam eva kho mahā-rāja
bhikkhu ime pañca nīvaraṇe pahīne attani samanupassati.
75. Tass'; ime pañca nīvaraṇe pahīne attani samanupassato
pāmujjaṃ5 jāyati, pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pīti-manassa
kāyo passambhati, passaddha-kāyo sukhaṃ vedeti, sukhino
cittaṃ samādhiyati.6 So vivicc'; eva kāmehi vivicca
akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ
pīti-sukhaṃ paṭhamajjhānaṃ7 upasampajja viharati. So
imam eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti8
parisandeti9 paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbā-
vato kāyassa vivekajena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ10 hoti.

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1 Bp Gr kantāraṃ addh-.
2 M. i. 276 here repeats 71.
3 Bp Gr tiṇṇo; Sc nitthanno; St niṭṭhinno.
4 Bp Gr evaṃ ime pañca nivaraṇe appahine.
5 SS here only pāmojjaṃ.
6 The above phrases recur MV. viii. 15. 13; A. iii. 104; Mil. 84,
but are omitted M. i. 276.
7 Bp Gr always paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ.
8 Bp Gr abhisanneti.
9 Bp Gr parisanneti always.
10 Bp abbuṭam; Gr apphuṭaṃ (=Bp below.)

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74 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 76
76. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja dakkho nahāpako vā nahāpak-
antevāsī vā {kaṃsa-thāle} nahāniya-cuṇṇāni ākiritvā udakena
paripphosakaṃ1 paripphosakaṃ sanneyya, sā 'ssa2 na-
hāniya-piṇḍi snehānugatā sneha-paretā santara-bāhirā
{phuṭā}3 sinehena, na ca paggharaṇī; evaṃ eva kho mahā-
rāja bhikkhu imam eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena
abhisandeti parisandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa
kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa vivekajena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ
hoti.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
77. ‘Puna ca paraṃ mahā-rāja bhikkhu vitakka-vicā-
rānaṃ vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodi-
bhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ
{dutiyajjhānaṃ} upasampajja viharati. So imam eva kāyaṃ
samādhijena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti parisandeti pari-
pūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa samādhi-
jena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti.
78. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja udaka-rahado4 ubbhidodako,5
tassa n'; ev'; assa puratthimāya disāya udakass'; āya-mu-
khaṃ, na pacchimāya disāya udakass'; āya-mukhaṃ, na
uttarāya disāya udakass'; āyamukhaṃ, na dakkhiṇāya disāya
udakass'; āya-mukham, devo ca kālena6 kālaṃ sammā
dhāraṃ anupaveccheyya.7 Atha kho tamhā8 udaka-rahadā
sīta-vāri-dhārā9 {ubbhijjitvā} tam eva udaka-rahadaṃ sītena
vārinā abhisandeyya parisandeyya paripūreyya parippha-
reyya, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato udaka-rahadassa sītena vārinā
apphutaṃ assa. Evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu imam
eva kāyaṃ samādhijena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti pari-

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1 Bp paripposakaṃ.
2 Bp Gr sāyaṃ.
3 Bp phutā; Gr phuṭṭhā; SS puṭṭhā.
4 Bp adds kambhīro; Gr gambhīro.
5 Bp Gr ubbhitodako, and put the dakkināya clause second.
6 Bp Gr and Tr at M. i. 277 na kālena.
7 Bp Gr anupavaccheyya.
8 Bp Gr tamhā ca.
9 Bp sītā vāri-dhārā; Gr sītā vārī-dhārā.

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D. ii. 81] THE {JHĀNAS}. 75
sandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato
kāyassa samādhijena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
79. ‘Puna ca paraṃ mahā-rāja bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā
ca upekhako ca viharati sato ca sampajāno, sukhañ ca
kāyena paṭisaṃvedeti yan taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti: "upe-
khako satimā sukha-vihārī" ti tatiyajjhānaṃ upasampajja
viharati. So imam eva kāyaṃ nippītikena sukhena
abhisandeti parisandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa
kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa nippītikena sukhena apphutaṃ
hoti.
80. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja uppaliniyaṃ1 paduminiyaṃ1
puṇḍarīkiniyaṃ1 app ekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā
puṇḍarīkāni vā udake-jātāni udake-saṃvaddhāni2 udakā
'nuggatāni3 anto-nimuggā-posīni,4 tāni yāva c'; aggā5
yāva ca mūlā sītena vārinā abhisannāni parisannāni
paripūrāni paripphuṭṭhāni,6 nāssa kiñci sabbāvataṃ uppa-
lānaṃ vā padumānaṃ vā puṇḍarīkānaṃ vā sītena vārinā
apphutaṃ assa. Evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu imam
eva kāyaṃ nippītikena sukhena abhisandeti parisandeti
paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa
nippītikena sukhena apphutaṃ hoti.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja, sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
81. ‘Puna ca paraṃ mahā-rāja bhikkhu sukhassa ca
pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubb'; eva somanassa-
domanassānaṃ atthagamā adukkhaṃ asukhaṃ upekhā-
sati-pārisuddhiṃ catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.
So imam eva kāyaṃ parisuddhena cetasā pariyodātena

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1 Bp Gr vā . . . vā . . . vā.
2 Bp Gr samvudḍhāni; Sct samvaḍḍhāni.
3 Bp Gr udakā anuggatāni.
4 Sd posini.
5 Bp yavaggā; Gr yāvāmaggā.
6 Bp Gr paripphuṭāni (compare 29).

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76 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 81
pharitvā nisinno hoti, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa
parisuddhena cetasā pariyodātena apphutaṃ hoti.
82. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso odātena vatthena
sa-sīsaṃ pārupitvā nisinno assa, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato
kāyassa odātena {vatthena} apphutaṃ assa, evam eva kho
mahā-rāja bhikkhu imam eva kāyaṃ parisuddhena cetasā
{pariyodātena} pharitvā nisinno hoti, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato
kāyassa parisuddhena cetasā pariyodātena apphutaṃ
hoti.
‘Idaṃ pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
83. ‘So1 evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese {mudu-bhūte} kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte2 ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhinin-
nāmeti. So evaṃ pajānāti: "Ayaṃ kho me kāyo rūpī
cātum-mahā-bhūtiko3 mātā-pettika-sambhavo odana-kum-
mās-upacayo4 anicc-ucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-vid-
{dhaṃsana}-dhammo, idañ ca pana me viññāṇaṃ ettha
sitaṃ ettha paṭibaddhan ti."
84. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā
aṭṭhaṅso suparikamma-kato accho vippasanno anāvilo
sabbākāra-sampanno, tatra suttaṃ āvutaṃ nīlaṃ vā pītaṃ
vā lohitaṃ vā odātaṃ vā paṇḍu-suttaṃ vā. Tam eva cak-
khumā puriso hatthe karitvā paccavekkheyya: "Ayaṃ kho
maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭhaṃso suparikamma-kato
accho vippasanno anāvilo sabbākāra-sampanno, tatr'; idaṃ
suttaṃ āvutaṃ nīlaṃ vā pītaṃ vā lohitaṃ vā odātaṃ vā
paṇḍu-suttaṃ vā ti." Evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu
evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatū-
pakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite ānejjappatte ñāṇa-
{dassanāya} cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So evaṃ
pajānāti; "Ayaṃ kho me kāyo rūpī cātum-mahā-bhūtiko
mātā-pettika-sambhavo odana-kummās-upacayo anicc'; -
ucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-{viddhaṃsana}-dhammo,

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1 Bp Gr Puna ca paraṃ mahā-rāja bhikkhu so.
2 Bp Gr ānañja-.
3 See i. 3. 10.
4 So SS; Sum. ūpacayo.

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D. ii. 87] IDDHI. 77
idañ ca pana me viññāṇaṃ ettha sitaṃ ettha paṭibad-
dhan ti."
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
85. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅ-
gaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite ānejjap-
patte mano-mayaṃ kāyaṃ1 abhinimmināya cittaṃ abhinī-
harati abhininnāmeti. So imamhā kāyā aññaṃ kāyaṃ
abhinimmināti rūpiṃ manomayaṃ sabbaṅga-paccaṅgiṃ
ahīnindriyaṃ2.
86. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso muñjamhā isīkaṃ
pavāheyya.3 Tassa evam assa: "Ayaṃ muñjo ayaṃ
isīkā, añño muñjo {aññā isīkā,} muñjamhā tv eva isīkā
pavāḷhā3 ti." Seyyathā pi pana mahā-rāja, puriso asi
kosiyā pavāheyya. Tassa evam assa: "Ayaṃ asi ayaṃ
kosi, añño asi añño kosi, kosiyā tv eva asi pavāḷho3
ti." Seyyathā pi pana mahā-rāja puriso ahiṃ karaṇḍā
uddhareyya. Tassa evam assa: "Ayaṃ ahi ayaṃ karaṇḍo
añño ahi añño karaṇḍo, karaṇḍā tv eva ahi ubbhato" ti.
Evaṃ eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte
parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-
bhūte kammaniye ṭhite ānejjappatte manomayaṃ kāyaṃ1
abhinimmināya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So
imamhā kāyā aññaṃ kāyaṃ abhinimmināti rūpiṃ mano-
mayaṃ {sabbaṅga}-paccaṅgiṃ ahīnindriyaṃ.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
487. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte iddhi-vidhāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnā-

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1 SS omit.
2 Gr ahindriyaṃ; but below , in 86, abhinindriyaṃ,
Bp twice ahinindriyam (see i. 3.12 and ix. 22).
3 Bp Gr pabbāḷheyya . . . pabbālhā . . . pabbāḷho.
4 For the Sanskrit of this comp. Mahāvyutpatti, p. 15.

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78 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 87
meti. So aneka-vihitaṃ iddhi-vidhaṃ paccanubhoti -- eko
pi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhā pi hutvā eko hoti, āvi-
bhāvaṃ tiro-bhāvaṃ tiro-kuḍḍaṃ tiro-pākāraṃ tiro-pabba-
taṃ asajjamāno gacchati seyyathā pi ākāse, {paṭhaviyā} pi
ummujja1-nimmujjaṃ karoti seyyathā pi udake, udake pi
abhijjamāno2 gacchati seyyathā pi paṭhaviyaṃ, ākāse pi
pallaṅkena kamati3 seyyathā pi pakkhī sakuṇo, ime pi
candima-suriye evaṃ mahiddhike evaṃ mahānubhāve
pāṇinā parimasati parimajjati, yāva Brahma-lokā pi kāyena
va saṃvatteti4.
88. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja dakkho kumbha-kāro vā
kumbhakārantevāsī vā {suparikamma-katāya} mattikāya yaṃ
yad eva bhājana-vikatiṃ ākaṅkheyya taṃ tad eva kareyya
abhinipphādeyya.5 Seyyathā pi pana mahā-rāja dakkho
danta-kāro vā dantakārantevāsī vā {suparikamma-katasmiṃ}
dantasmiṃ yaṃ yad eva danta-vikatiṃ ākaṅkheyya taṃ
tad eva kareyya abhinipphādeyya -- seyyathā pi pana mahā-
rāja dakkho suvaṇṇa-kāro vā suvaṇṇakārantevāsī vā {supari-
kamma-katasmiṃ} suvaṇṇasmiṃ yaṃ yad eva suvaṇṇa-
vikatiṃ ākaṅkheyya taṃ tad eva kareyya {abhinipphādeyya,}
evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte
parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-
bhūte kammaniye ṭhite ānejjappatte iddhi-vidhāya cittaṃ
abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So aneka-vihitaṃ iddhi-
vidhaṃ paccanubhoti -- eko pi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhā
pi hutvā eko hoti, āvi-bhāvaṃ tiro-bhāvaṃ tiro-kuḍḍaṃ tiro-
pākāraṃ tiro-pabbataṃ asajjamāno gacchati seyyathā pi
ākāse, {paṭhaviyā} pi ummujja-nimmujjaṃ karoti seyyathā pi
udake, udake pi abhijjamāno gacchati seyyathā pi paṭhavi-
yaṃ, ākāse pi pallaṅkena kamati seyyathā pi pakkhī sakuṇo,
ime pi candima-suriye evaṃ mahiddhike evaṃ mah-

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1 Bp ummujjaṃ; Gr ummujju.
2 Bp Sd abhijjhamano; Gr asajjamāno.
3 Bp saṃkamati (but not at xi. 4).
4 In four cases out of eight SS have ca and saṃvatteti; in
two cases samvattati; in three va. Bp twice vasaṃvatteti.
See A. iii. 60. 4; 100. 5.
5 Bp Gr abhinippādeyya.

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D. ii. 90] THE DIVINE EAR. 79
ānubhāve pāṇinā parimasati parimajjati, yāva Brahmalokā
pi kāyena va saṃvatteti.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
89. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte dibbāya sota-dhātuyā cittaṃ abhinīharati
abhininnāmeti. So dibbāya sotadhātuyā visuddhāya atik-
kanta-mānusikāya1 ubho sadde suṇāti, dibbe ca mānuse ca,
ye dūre santike ca.
90. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso addhāna-magga-
paṭipanno so suṇeyya bheri-saddam pi mutiṅga-saddam2
pi saṅkha-paṇava-deṇḍima-saddam3 pi. Tassa evam
assa: "Bheri-saddo" iti pi, "mutiṅga-saddo" iti pi
"saṅkha-paṇava-deṇḍima-saddo" iti pi. Evam eva kho
mahā-rāja bhikkhu 4evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe
pariyodāte {anaṅgaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kam-
maniye ṭhite ānejjappatte dibbāya sota-dhātuyā cittaṃ
abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So4 dibbāya sota-dhātuyā
visuddhāya atikkanta-mānusikāya ubho sadde suṇāti, dibbe
ca mānuse ca, ye dūre santike ca.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
91. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte ceto-{pariya-ñāṇāya} cittaṃ abhinīharati abhi-
ninnāmeti. So para-sattānaṃ para-puggalānaṃ cetasā ceto
paricca pajānāti --
sa-rāgaṃ vā cittaṃ sa-rāgaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vīta-rāgaṃ vā cittaṃ vīta-rāgaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,

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1 Bp -mānusakāya (and Gr the second time).
2 Bp mudiṅga- twice; Gr mudd- and mud-.
3 Bp Gr dindima-.
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80 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 91
sa-dosaṃ vā cittaṃ sa-dosaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vīta-dosaṃ vā cittaṃ vīta-dosaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
sa-mohaṃ vā cittaṃ sa-mohaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vīta-mohaṃ vā cittaṃ vīta-mohaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
saṃkhittaṃ vā cittaṃ saṃkhittaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vikkhittaṃ vā cittaṃ vikkhittaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
mahaggataṃ vā cittaṃ mahaggataṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
amahaggataṃ vā cittaṃ amahaggataṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
sa-uttaraṃ vā cittaṃ sa-uttaraṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
anuttaraṃ vā cittaṃ anuttaraṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
samāhitaṃ vā cittaṃ samāhitaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
asamāhitaṃ vā cittaṃ asamāhitaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vimuttaṃ vā cittaṃ vimuttaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
avimuttaṃ vā cittaṃ {avimuttaṃ} cittan ti pajānāti,
92. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja itthī vā puriso vā daharo
vā yuvā maṇḍana-jātiko1 ādāse vā parisuddhe pariyodāte
acche vā udaka-patte sakaṃ mukha-nimittaṃ paccavekkha-
māno sakaṇikaṃ vā sakaṇikan ti jāneyya akaṇikaṃ vā
akaṇikan ti jāneyya, evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu
evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe
vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite ānejjappatte
ceto-{pariya-ñāṇāya} cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So
para-sattānaṃ para-puggalānaṃ cetasā ceto paricca pajā-
nāti --
sa-rāgaṃ vā cittaṃ sa-rāgaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vīta-rāgaṃ vā cittaṃ vīta-rāgaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
sa-dosaṃ vā cittaṃ sa-dosaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vīta-dosaṃ vā cittaṃ vīta-dosaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
sa-mohaṃ vā cittaṃ sa-mohaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vīta-mohaṃ vā cittaṃ vīta-mohaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
saṃkhittaṃ vā cittaṃ saṃkhittaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vikkhittaṃ vā cittaṃ vikkhittaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
mahaggataṃ vā cittaṃ mahaggataṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
amahaggataṃ vā cittaṃ amahaggataṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
sa-uttaraṃ vā cittaṃ sa-uttaraṃ cittan ti pajānāti,

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1 Sct -jāti (Sum. maṇḍanaka-).

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D. ii. 94.] MEMORY OF ONE'S OWN FORMER BIRTHS. 81
anuttaraṃ vā cittaṃ anuttaraṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
samāhitaṃ vā cittaṃ samāhitaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
asamāhitaṃ vā cittaṃ asamāhitaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
vimuttaṃ vā cittaṃ vimuttaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
avimuttaṃ vā cittaṃ avimuttaṃ cittan ti pajānāti,
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
93. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte pubbe-nivāsānussati-ñāṇāya cittaṃ abhinī-
harati abhininnāmeti. So aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe-nivāsaṃ
anussarati1 seyyathīdaṃ ekam pi jātiṃ dve pi jātiyo tisso
pi jātiyo catasso pi jātiyo pañca pi jātiyo dasa pi jātiyo
vīsatim pi jātiyo tiṃsam pi jātiyo {cattārīsam} pi jātiyo
paññāsam pi jātiyo jāti-satam pi jāti-sahassam pi jāti-sata-
sahassam pi aneke pi saṃvaṭṭa-kappe aneke pi vivaṭṭa-kappe
aneke pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭa-kappe.2 Amutrāsiṃ evaṃ-
nāmo evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-
{dukkha}-paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto. So tato cuto
amutra upapādiṃ. Tatrāpāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto
evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-paṭisaṃvedī
evam-āyu-pariyanto. So tato cuto idhūpapanno" ti iti sākā-
raṃ sa-uddesaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anussarati.
94. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja puriso sakamhā gāmā
aññaṃ gāmaṃ gaccheyya, tamhā pi gāmā aññaṃ gāmaṃ
gaccheyya, tamhā pi gāmā sakaṃ yeva gāmaṃ {paccāgac-
cheyya.} Tassa evaṃ assa: "Ahaṃ kho sakamhā gāmā
amuṃ gāmaṃ {āgañchiṃ},3 tatra4 evaṃ aṭṭhāsiṃ evaṃ
nisīdiṃ evaṃ abhāsiṃ evaṃ tuṇhī ahosiṃ, tamhā pi gāmā
amuṃ gāmaṃ {āgañchiṃ}, tatrāpi evaṃ aṭṭhāsiṃ evaṃ
nisīdiṃ evaṃ abhāsiṃ evaṃ tuṇhī ahosiṃ, so 'mhi tamhā

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1 See D. i. 1. 31.
2 SS saṃvaddha . . . vivaddha here, but in the repetition
Sm saṃvaddha . . . vivaṭṭa.
3 Bp āgacchi; Sm Gr āgacchiṃ (each twice).
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82 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 94
gāmā sakaṃ yeva gāmaṃ paccāgato ti." Evam eva kho
mahā-rāja bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyo-
dāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye
ṭhite ānejjappatte pubbe-nivāsānussati-ñāṇāya cittaṃ
abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe-
nivāsaṃ anussarati -- seyyathīdaṃ ekam pi jātiṃ dve pi
jātiyo tisso pi jātiyo catasso pi jātiyo pañca pi jātiyo dasa
pi jātiyo vīsatim pi jātiyo tiṃsam pi jātiyo {cattārīsam} pi
jātiyo paññāsam pi jātiyo jāti-satam pi jāti-sahassam pi
jāti-sata-sahassam pi aneke pi saṃvaṭṭa-kappe aneke pi
vivaṭṭa-kappe aneke pi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭa-kappe. Amutrā-
siṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-
sukha-{dukkha}-paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto. So tato
cuto amutra upapādiṃ. Tatrāpāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto
evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-paṭisaṃvedī
evam-āyu-pariyanto. So tato cuto idhūpapanno" ti iti
sākāraṃ sa-uddesaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe nivāsaṃ anus-
sarati.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
95. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte sattānaṃ cutūpapāta-ñāṇāya cittaṃ abhinī-
harati abhininnāmeti. So dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena
atikkanta-mānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajja-
māne, hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate
yathā-kammūpage satte pajānāti: "Ime vata bhonto
sattā kāya-duccaritena samannāgatā vacī-duccaritena sa-
mannāgatā mano-duccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ
upavādakā micchā-diṭṭhikā micchā-diṭṭhi-kamma-samā-
dānā. Te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ
vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapannā. Ime vā pana bhonto sattā
kāya-sucaritena samannāgatā vacī-sucaritena samannāgatā
mano-sucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ anupavādakā
sammā-{diṭṭhikā} sammā-diṭṭhi-kamma-samādānā, te kāyas-
sa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannā
ti." Iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkanta-mānusa-

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D. ii. 97] KNOWLEDGE OF OTHER PEOPLE'S FORMER BIRTHS. 83
kena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne, hīne paṇīte
suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate yathā-kammūpage satte
pajānāti.
96. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja majjhe siṅghāṭake pāsādo,1
tattha cakkhumā puriso ṭhito passeyya manusse gehaṃ
pavisante pi nikkhamante pi rathiyā vīthi sañcarante
pi majjhe pi siṅghāṭake nisinne. Tassa evam assa: "Ete
manussā gehaṃ pavisanti ete nikkhamanti ete rathiyā
vīthi sañcaranti ete majjhe siṅghāṭake nisinnā ti." Evam
eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe
pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kamma-
niye ṭhite ānejjappatte sattānaṃ cutūpapāta-ñāṇāya cittaṃ
abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So dibbena cakkhunā visud-
dhena atikkanta-mānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapaj-
jamāne, hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate
{yathā-}kammūpage satte pajānāti: "Ime vata bhonto
sattā kāya-duccaritena samannāgatā vacī-duccaritena sa-
mannāgatā mano-duccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ
upavādakā micchā-diṭṭhikā micchā-diṭṭhi-kamma-samā-
dānā. Te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ
vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapannā. Ime vā pana bhonto sattā
kāya-sucaritena samannāgatā vacī-sucaritena samannāgatā
mano-sucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṃ anupavādakā
sammā-{diṭṭhikā} sammā-diṭṭhi-kamma-samādānā, te kāyas-
sa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannā
ti." Iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkanta-mānusa-
kena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne, hīne paṇīte
suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate yathā-kammūpage satte
pajānāti.
‘Idam pi kho mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca.
97. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte āsavānaṃ khaya-ñāṇāya cittaṃ abhinīharati
abhininnāmeti. So "idaṃ dukkhan" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ

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84 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 97
pajānāti, "ayaṃ dukkha-samudayo" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ
pajānāti, "ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ
pajānāti, "ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā" ti
yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti, "ime āsavā" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ
pajānāti, "ayaṃ āsava-samudayo" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ
pajānāti, "ayaṃ āsava-nirodho" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti,
"ayaṃ āsava-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ
pajānāti. Tassa evaṃ jānato1 evaṃ passato kāmāsavā
pi cittaṃ vimuccati bhavāsavā pi cittaṃ vimuccati avij-
jāsavā pi cittaṃ vimuccati, "Vimuttasmiṃ vimuttam"2 iti
ñāṇaṃ hoti, "Khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ
karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti" pajānāti.
98. ‘Seyyathā pi mahā-rāja pabbata-saṃkhepe udaka-
rahado accho vippasanno anāvilo, tattha cakkhumā puriso
tīre ṭhito passeyya sippi-sambukam3 pi sakkhara-
kaṭhalam4 pi maccha-gumbam5 pi carantam pi tiṭṭhan-
tam pi. Tassa evam assa: "Ayaṃ kho udaka-rahado
accho vippasanno anāvilo, tatr'; ime sippi-sambukā pi sak-
khara-kaṭhalā pi maccha-gumbā pi caranti pi tiṭṭhanti
pīti." Evam eva kho mahā-rāja bhikkhu samāhite citte
parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudu-
bhūte kammaniye ṭhite ānejjappatte āsavānaṃ khaya-
ñāṇāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti. So imaṃ
dukkhan" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti, ayaṃ {dukkha}-samu-
dayo" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti, "ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho"
ti yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti, ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī
paṭipadā" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ pajānāti, "ime āsavā" ti yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāti, "ayaṃ āsava-samudayo" ti yathā-bhū-
taṃ pajānāti, "ayaṃ āsava-nirodho" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ
pajānāti, "ayaṃ āsava-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā" ti yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāti. Tassa evaṃ jānato evaṃ passato kāmā-
savā pi cittaṃ vimuccati bhavāsavā pi cittaṃ vimuccati
avijjāsavā pi cittaṃ vimuccati, Vimuttasmiṃ vimuttam"
iti ñāṇaṃ hoti, "Khīṇā jāti vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ kataṃ
karaṇīyaṃ nāparaṃ itthattāyāti" pajānāti.

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1 Scmt Bp pajānato; Sd omits; Sum. as above.
2 Bp Gr vimuttamhi ti.
3 Bp Gr sippika- twice.
4 St kaṭhālam; Bp kathalaṃ.
5 Bp Gr kumbhaṃ.

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D. ii. 102] CONCLUSION. 85
‘Idaṃ kho mahā-raja sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
purimehi sandiṭṭhikehi sāmañña-phalehi abhikkantatarañ
ca paṇītatarañ ca. Imamhā1 mahā-rāja sandiṭṭhikehi
sāmañña-phalehi aññaṃ sandiṭṭhikaṃ sāmañña-phalaṃ
uttaritaraṃ vā paṇītataraṃ vā n'; atthīti.'
99. Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto
Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: ‘Abhikkantaṃ bhante, abhik-
kantaṃ bhante.2 Seyyathā pi bhante nikkujjitaṃ3 vā
ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā mag-
gaṃ ācikkheyya andhakāre vā tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya:
cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhintīti, evam eva Bhagavatā4
aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. So ahaṃ bhante
Bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañ ca bhikkhu-
saṃghañ ca, upāsakam maṃ Bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge
pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ. Accayo maṃ bhante
accagamā yathā-bālaṃ yathā-mūḷhaṃ yathā-akusalaṃ, so
'haṃ pitaraṃ dhammikaṃ dhamma-rājānaṃ issariyassa
kāraṇā jīvitā voropesiṃ. Tassa me bhante Bhagavā
accayaṃ accayato patigaṇhātu āyatiṃ saṃvarāyāti.'
100. ‘Taggha tvaṃ mahā-rāja accayo accagamā yathā-
bālaṃ yathā-mūḷhaṃ yathā-akusalaṃ, yaṃ tvaṃ pitaraṃ
dhammikaṃ dhamma-rājānaṃ jīvitā voropesi. Yato ca
kho tvaṃ mahā-rāja accayaṃ accayato disvā yathā dham-
maṃ paṭikarosi, tan5 te mayaṃ patigaṇhāma. Vuddhi h'
esā mahā-rāja ariyassa vinaye, yo accayaṃ accayato disvā
yathā dhammaṃ paṭikaroti āyatiṃ saṃvaraṃ āpajjatīti.'
101. Evaṃ vutte rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto
Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: ‘Handa ca dāni mayaṃ bhante
gacchāma, bahu-kiccā mayaṃ6 bahu-karaṇīyā ti.'
‘Yassa dāni tvaṃ mahā-rāja kālaṃ maññasīti.'
Atha kho rājā Māgadho Ajātasattu Vedehi-putto Bhaga-
vato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāy'; āsanā
Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.
102. Atha kho Bhagavā acira-pakkantassa rañño Māga-

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1 Bp Gr imasmā ca.
2 Bp Gr omit the repetition.
3 Bp nikujjitaṃ.
4 Bp Gr bhante bhāgavatā.
5 Bp Gr taṃ.
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86 SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTA. [D. ii. 102
dhassa Ajātasattu-Vedehi-puttassa1 bhikkhū āmantesi:
"Khatāyaṃ bhikkhave rājā, upahatāyaṃ bhikkhave rājā.
Sacāyaṃ bhikkhave rājā pitaraṃ dhammikaṃ dhamma-
rājānaṃ jīvitā na2 voropessatha, imasmiṃ yeva āsane3
virajaṃ vīta-malaṃ dhamma-cakkhuṃ uppajjissathāti.'
Idam avoca Bhagavā, attamanā te bhikkhū Bhagavato
bhāsitaṃ abhinandun ti.
SĀMAÑÑA-PHALA-SUTTAṂ.

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1 Bp Ajātasattussa.
2 Scdt Gr. omit.
3 Sct āyatane; Gr āsatena.

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87
[iii. Ambaṭṭha Sutta.]
1.1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Kosa-
lesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ
pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi yena Icchānaṅkalaṃ1 nāma
Kosalānaṃ brāhmaṇa-gāmo tad avasari. Tatra sudaṃ
Bhagavā Icchānaṅkale viharati Icchānaṅkala-vana-saṇḍe.
Tena kho pana samayena Brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi2 Ukkaṭ-
ṭhaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhañ-
ñaṃ rāja-bhoggaṃ3 raññā Pasenadi-kosalena dinnaṃ4 rāja-
dāyaṃ5 brahma-deyyaṃ.
2. Assosi kho Brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi: ‘Samaṇo khalu
bho Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulā pabbajito Kosalesu
cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ
pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi Icchānaṅkalaṃ anuppatto
Icchānaṅkale viharati Icchānaṅkala-vana-saṇḍe. Taṃ
kho pana bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo
abbhuggato6: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-sambud-
dho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū anuttaro
purisa-damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho
bhagavā." So imaṃ lokaṃ {sadevakaṃ} samārakaṃ sabrah-
makaṃ sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ {sadeva-manussaṃ}
sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti. So dhammaṃ deseti
ādi-kalyāṇaṃ majjhe kalyāṇaṃ pariyosāna-kalyāṇaṃ sāt-
thaṃ7 savyañjanaṃ, kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ

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1 Bp -galaṃ for -kalaṃ, throughout.
2 BB -sāti (so SS occasionally and Fausboll at SN p. 112.
3 Sc bhogyaṃ (as in iv. 2).
4 Sdmt dinna-.
5 Sc dāyādaṃ (as in iv. 1).
6 See D. ii. 40.
7 Bp satthaṃ.

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88 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 1. 2
brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti. Sādhu kho pana tathā-rūpānaṃ
arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti.'
3. Tena kho pana samayena brāhmaṇassa Pokkharasā-
dissa Ambaṭṭho māṇavo1 antevāsī hoti ajjhāyako manta-
dharo tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṃ
{sākkhara-ppabhedānaṃ2} itihāsa-pañcamānaṃ padako vey-
yākaraṇo lokāyata-mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu anavayo anuñ-
ñāta-paṭiññāto sake ācariyake tevijjake pāvacane: ‘Yam
ahaṃ jānāmi taṃ tvaṃ jānāsi, yaṃ tvaṃ jānāsi tam ahaṃ
jānāmīti.'
4. Atha kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇa-
vaṃ āmantesi: ‘Ayaṃ tāta Ambaṭṭha samaṇo Gotamo
Sakyaputto Sakya-kulā pabbajito Kosalesu cārikaṃ cara-
māno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ pañca-mattehi
bhikkhu-satehi Icchānaṅkalaṃ anuppatto Icchānaṅkale
viharati Icchānaṅkala-vana-saṇḍe. Taṃ kho pana bha-
vantaṃ3 Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:
"Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho" . . . pe . . .
brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti. Sādhu kho pana tathā-rūpānaṃ
arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti. Ehi tvaṃ tāta Ambaṭṭha
yena samaṇo Gotamo ten'; {upasaṃkama}, upasaṃkamitvā
samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ jānāhi yadi vā taṃ bhavantaṃ
Gotamaṃ tathā santaṃ yeva saddo abbhuggato yadi vā no
tathā, yadi vā so bhavaṃ Gotamo tādiso yadi vā na tādiso.
Tathā mayaṃ taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ vedissāmāti.'
5. ‘Yathā kathaṃ panāhaṃ bho taṃ bhavantaṃ
Gotamaṃ jānissāmi yadi vā taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
tathā santaṃ yeva saddo abbhuggato yadi vā no tathā, yadi
vā so bhavaṃ Gotamo tādiso yadi vā na tādiso ti?'
‘Āgatāni kho tāta Ambaṭṭha amhākaṃ mantesu dvat-
tiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni yehi samannāgatassa mahā-
purisassa dve gatiyo bhavanti anaññā. Sace agāraṃ ajjhā-
vasati rājā hoti cakkavatti dhammiko dhamma-rājā cātur-
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2 Bp sakkhara-pabhedānaṃ.
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D. iii. 1. 9] AMBAṬṬHA VISITS GOTAMA. 89
annāgato. Tass'; imāni satta ratanāni bhavanti: seyya-
thīdaṃ cakka-ratanaṃ hatthi-ratanaṃ assa-ratanaṃ maṇi-
ratanaṃ itthi-ratanaṃ gahapati-ratanaṃ pariṇāyaka-
ratanaṃ eva sattamaṃ. Paro sahassaṃ kho pan'; assa
puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅga-rūpā parasenappamaddanā.
So imaṃ pathaviṃ sāgara-pariyantaṃ adaṇḍena asatthena
dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati. Sace kho pana agārasmā
anagāriyaṃ pabbajati arahaṃ hoti sammā-sambuddho loke
vivattacchaddo. Ahaṃ kho pana tāta Ambaṭṭha mantānaṃ
dātā, tvaṃ mantānaṃ paṭiggahetā ti.'
6. ‘Evaṃ bho ti'; kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo brāhmaṇassa
Pokkharasādissa paṭissutvā, uṭṭhāy'; āsanā brāhmaṇaṃ
Pokkharasādiṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā vaḷavā-
rathaṃ āruyha sambahulehi māṇavakehi saddhiṃ yena
Icchānaṅkala-vana-saṇḍo tena pāyāsi. Yāvatikā yānassa
bhūmi yānena gantvā yānā paccorohitvā pattiko va ārāmaṃ
pāvisi.
7. Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū abbho-
kase caṅkamanti. Atha kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo yena te
bhikkhū ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā te bhikkhū etad
avoca: ‘Kahaṃ nu kho bho etarahi so bhavaṃ Gotamo
viharati? taṃ hi mayaṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya
idh'; upasaṃkantā ti.'
8. Atha kho tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etad ahosi: ‘Ayaṃ kho
Ambaṭṭho māṇavo abhiññāta-kolañño c'; eva abhiññātassa
ca brāhmaṇassa Pokkharasādissa antevāsī. Agaru kho
pana Bhagavato evarūpehi kula-puttehi saddhiṃ kathā-
sallāpo hotīti.'; Te Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etad avocuṃ:
‘Eso Ambaṭṭha vihāro saṃvuta-dvāro, tena appa-saddo
upasaṃkamitvā ataramāno ālindaṃ pavisitvā ukkāsitvā
aggalaṃ ākoṭehi. Vivarissati te Bhagavā dvāran ti.'
9. Atha kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo yena so vihāro saṃ-
vuta-dvāro tena appa-saddo upasaṃkamitvā ataramāno
ālindaṃ pavisitvā ukkāsitvā aggalaṃ ākoṭesi. Vivari
Bhagavā dvāraṃ, pāvisi Ambaṭṭho māṇavo. Māṇavakā pi
pavisitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sammodanīyaṃ
kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Am-
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90 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 1. 9
kañci kañci1 kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāreti, ṭhito pi nisinnena
Bhagavatā kañci kañci kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāreti.
10. Atha kho Bhagavā Ambaṭṭha-māṇavaṃ etad avoca:
‘Evaṃ nu kho te2 Ambaṭṭha brāhmaṇehi vuddhehi mahal-
lakehi ācariya-pācariyehi saddhiṃ kathā-sallāpo hoti yatha-
yidaṃ3 caraṃ tiṭṭhaṃ nisinnena mayā kañci kañci kathaṃ
sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāresīti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama. Gacchanto vā hi bho Gotama
gacchantena brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇena saddhiṃ sallapituṃ
arahati, ṭhito vā hi bho {Gotama} ṭhitena brāhmaṇo brāhma-
ṇena saddhiṃ sallapituṃ arahati, nisinno vā hi bho Gotama
nisinnena brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇena saddhiṃ sallapituṃ
arahati, sayāno vā hi bho Gotama sayānena brāhmaṇo
brāhmaṇena saddhiṃ sallapituṃ arahati. Ye ca kho te
bho Gotama muṇḍakā samaṇakā ibbhā4 kiṇhā5 bandhu-
pādāpaccā tehi pi me saddhiṃ evaṃ kathā-sallāpo hoti
yathariva bhotā Gotamenāti.'
11. ‘Atthikavato kho pana te Ambaṭṭha idh'; āgamanaṃ
ahosi, yāy'; eva kho pan'; atthāya7 āgaccheyyātho7 taṃ eva
atthaṃ sādhukam manasikareyyātho.8 Avusitavā yeva
kho pana Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, vusitavā-mānī9 kim aññatra
avusitattā ti.'
12. Atha kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavatā avusita10-
vādena vuccamāno kupito anattamano,11 Bhagavantaṃ yeva
khuṃsento12 Bhagavantaṃ yeva vambhento13 Bhagavantaṃ
yeva upavadamāno: ‘Samaṇo ca me bho Gotamo pāpiko
bhavissatīti'; Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: ‘Caṇḍā bho
Gotama Sakya-jāti, pharusā bho Gotama Sakya-jāti, lahusā

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1 Bp here and below kiñci kiñci.
2 Scd omit kho; Bp omits te.
3 Sc Bp yathāyidam.
4 Sc imbhā.
5 Sc kinhā; Bp kaṇhā (see iii. 2. 5).
7-7 Sct āgaccheyyata tame; Sm Bp āgaccheyyātha.
8 Sc -eyyatothā; St -eyyatho; Bp -eyyātha. See Ed. Muller, p. 110.
9 Scmt vusitavātamāni; Sm vusitavatamānī; Bp vusitamāniti.
10 Sc repeats.
11 Sc repeats kup- anatt-.
12 Bp khuṅsanto.
13 Bp vambhanto.

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D. iii. 1. 15] PRIDE OF THE SĀKYAS. 91
bho Gotama Sakya-jāti, rabhasā1 bho Gotama Sakya-jāti.
Ibbhā santā ibbhā samānā na brāhmaṇe sakkaronti na
brāhmaṇe garukaronti2 na brāhmaṇe {mānenti} na brāhmaṇe
pūjenti na brāhmaṇe apacāyanti. Tayidaṃ bho Gotama
{na cchannaṃ} tayidaṃ {na ppatirūpaṃ} yadime Sakyā ibbhā
santā ibbhā samānā na brāhmaṇe sakkaronti na brāhmaṇe
garukaronti na brāhmaṇe mānenti na brāhmaṇe pūjenti na
brāhmaṇe apacāyantīti.'; Iti ha Ambaṭṭho māṇavo idaṃ
paṭhamaṃ Sakkesu ibbha-vādaṃ nipātesi.
13. ‘Kim pana te Ambaṭṭha Sakyā aparaddhun ti?'
‘Ekaṃ idāhaṃ bho Gotama samayaṃ ācariyassa
brāhmaṇassa Pokkharasātissa kenacid eva karaṇīyena
{Kapilavatthuṃ} agamāsiṃ,3 yena Sakkānaṃ santhā-
gāraṃ4 ten'; upasaṃkamiṃ. Tena kho pana sama-
yena sambahulā Sakyā c'; eva Sakyā-kumārā ca san-
thāgāre uccesu āsanesu nisinnā honti aññamaññaṃ
aṅguli-patodakena5 sañjagghantā saṅkīḷantā, aññadatthu
mamaṃ yeva maññe va anojagghantā,6 na maṃ koci
āsanena pi nimantesi. Tayidaṃ bho Gotama {na cchannaṃ}
tayidaṃ {na ppaṭirūpaṃ} yad ime Sakyā ibbhā santā ibbhā
samānā na brāhmaṇe sakkaronti na brāhmaṇe garukaronti
na brāhmaṇe mānenti na brāhmaṇe pūjenti na brāhmaṇe
apacāyantīti.'; Iti ha Ambaṭṭho māṇavo idaṃ dutiyaṃ
Sakkesu ibbha-vādam nipātesi.
14. ‘Laṭukikā7 pi kho Ambaṭṭha sakuṇikā sake kulāvake
kāmalāpinī hoti. Sakaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ Ambaṭṭha Sakyā-
naṃ yad idaṃ Kapilavatthuṃ, na arahati8 yasmā
Ambaṭṭho imāya appamattāya9 abhisajjitun ti.'
15. ‘Cattāro 'me bho Gotama vaṇṇā, khattiyā brāhmaṇā
vessā suddā. Imesaṃ hi bho Gotama {catunnaṃ} vaṇṇānaṃ
tayo vaṇṇā khattiyā ca vessā ca suddā ca aññadatthu
brāhmaṇass'; eva paricārakā sampajjanti. Tayidaṃ bho

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1 Sct rahasā; Bp bhassā.
2 Bp garuṃkaronti twice.
3 Bp agamāsi.
4 Bp sandhāgāraṃ.
5 Bp patodakehi.
6 Bp anujagghantā.
7 St lavukikā; Bp leṭukikā; Sc laṭukākikā.
8 Scmt Bp arahatā.
9 Scdt appattāya.

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92 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 1. 15
Gotama nacchannaṃ tayidaṃ {na ppatirūpaṃ} yad ime Sakyā
ibbhā santā ibbhā samānā na brāhmaṇe sakkaronti na
brāhmaṇe garukaronti na brāhmaṇe mānenti na brāhmaṇe
pūjenti na brāhmaṇe apacāyantīti.'; Iti ha Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo idaṃ tatiyaṃ Sakkesu ibbha-vādaṃ nipātesi.
16. Atha kho Bhagavato etad ahosi: ‘Atibāḷhaṃ kho
ayaṃ Ambaṭṭho māṇavo Sakkesu1 ibbha-vādena nim-
madeti.2 Yan nūnāhaṃ gottaṃ puccheyyan ti.'; Atha Kho
Bhagavā Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etad avoca: ‘Kathaṃ-
gotto 'si Ambaṭṭhāti?'
‘Kaṇhāyano 'haṃ asmi bho Gotamāti.'
{‘Porāṇaṃ} kho pana te Ambaṭṭha mātāpettikaṃ nāma-
gottaṃ anussarato3 ayya-puttā Sakyā bhavanti, dāsi-putto
tvaṃ asi Sakyānaṃ. Sakyā kho pan'; Ambaṭṭha rājānaṃ
Okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ dahanti.4 Bhūta-pubbaṃ Ambaṭṭha
rājā Okkāko yā sā mahesī piyā manāpā tassā puttassa
rajjaṃ pariṇāmetukāmo jeṭṭha-kumāre raṭṭhasmā pabbā-
jesi, Okkāmukhaṃ5 Karaṇḍuṃ6 Hatthinīyaṃ7 Sīnipuraṃ.7
Te raṭṭhasmā pabbājitā yattha Himavanta-passe pokkha-
raṇiyā tīre mahā sāka-saṇḍo8 tattha vāsaṃ kappesuṃ.
Te jāti-sambheda-bhayā sakāhi bhaginīhi saddhiṃ {saṃvā-
saṃ} kappesuṃ.
‘Atha kho Ambaṭṭha rājā Okkāko amacce pārisajje
āmantesi: "Kahaṃ nu kho bho etarahi kumārā samman-
tīti?"
"‘Atthi deva Himavanta-passe pokkharaṇiyā tīre mahā
sāka-saṇḍo8 tatth'; etarahi kumārā sammanti. Te jāti-
sambheda-bhayā sakāhi bhaginīhi saddhiṃ {saṃvāsaṃ}
kappentīti."
‘Atha kho Ambaṭṭha rājā Okkāko udānaṃ udānesi:

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1 Bp Sakyesu.
2 Scm nimmāddeti; Bp nimpādeti nipātesi.
3 Sct assarato; Bp anussārato.
4 SS dissanti.
5 Bp Ukkāmukhaṃ.
6 Bp Karakaṇḍaṃ.
7 Sc Hatthinisiyāsīnipuran; Sm Hatthiniyāsīnīpuraṃ;
Sdt Hatthiniyāsinipuraṃ; Bp Hatthinikāsinisūraṃ.
8 Bp sākavana-saṇḍo (twice).

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D. iii. 1. 18] BIRTH OF KAṆHA. 93
"Sakyā vata bho kumārā, parama-sakyā vata bho
kumārā ti."
‘Tadagge kho pana1 Ambaṭṭha Sakyā paññāyanti. So va
Sakyānaṃ2 pubba-puriso. Rañño kho pana Ambaṭṭha
Okkākassa Disā nāma3 dāsī ahosi. Sā kaṇhaṃ4 janesi.
Jāto Kaṇho paccābhāsi5: "Dhopetha6 maṃ amma, nahā-
petha maṃ amma, imasmā maṃ amma asucismā parimo-
cetha,7 atthāya vo bhavissāmīti." Yathā kho pana Am-
baṭṭha etarahi manussā pisāce8 pisācā ti sañjānanti,
evam eva kho Ambaṭṭha tena samayena manussā pisāce
pi9 Kaṇhā ti sañjānanti. Te evam āhaṃsu: "Ayaṃ sañ-
jāto10 paccābhāsi.11 Kaṇho jāto pisāco jāto ti." Tadagge12
kho pana Ambaṭṭha Kaṇhāyanā paññāyanti. So ca Kaṇ-
hāyanānaṃ pubba-puriso. Iti kho te Ambaṭṭha porāṇaṃ
mātāpettikaṃ nāma-gottaṃ anussarato ayya-puttā Sakyā
bhavanti, dāsi-putto tvam asi Sakyānan ti.'
17. Evaṃ vutte te13 māṇavakā Bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ:
‘Mā bhavaṃ Gotama Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ atibāḷhaṃ
dāsi-putta-vādena nimmādesi, sujāto ca bho Gotama Am-
baṭṭho māṇavo, kula-putto ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, bahus-
sutoca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo14 ca Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo, paṇḍito ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, pahoti ca Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo bhotā15 Gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane pati-
mantetun16 ti.'
18. Atha kho Bhagavā te māṇavake etad avoca: ‘Sace
kho tumhākaṃ māṇavakā17 evaṃ hoti, "Dujjāto ca Am-
baṭṭho māṇavo, akula18-putto ca Ambaṭṭho māṇāvo, appas-

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1 Sd Bp pan'; (always).
2 Bp so ca nesaṃ(as in Sum.).
3 Sc Scmt nāmasā.
4 Bp adds nāma.
5 Sc paccabhāsi; Bp paccākāsi.
6 Sd posetha; Bp dhovatha.
7 St parimoca.
8 Sd Bp pisāce disvā.
9 Bp omits pi.
10 Bp jāto.
11 Sc paccayābhāsi; Bp paccākāsi.
12 Sct etadagge.
13 Bp Sc omit te.
14 Bp vakkaraṇo here and below.
15 Scmt Bp bho; Sd go (but see 19).
16 Bp paṭi- (twice).
17 Bp māṇavakānaṃ.
18 Sd Bp akusala.

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94 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 1. 18
suto ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, akalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo ca Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo, duppañño ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, na ca pahoti
Ambaṭṭho māṇavo samaṇena Gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ
vacane patimantetun ti," tiṭṭhatu Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, tumhe
mayā saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane mantavho.1 Sace pana
tumhākaṃ māṇavakā2 evaṃ hoti: "Sujāto ca Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo, kula-putto ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, bahussuto ca
Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo ca Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo, paṇḍito ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, pahoti ca Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo samaṇena Gotamena saddhiṃ vacane patimante-
tun ti," tiṭṭhatha3 tumhe, Ambaṭṭho māṇavo mayā saddhiṃ
mantetūti.'4
19. ‘Sujāto ca bho Gotama Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, {kula-
putto} ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, bahussuto ca Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo, kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, paṇḍito
ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo, pahoti ca Ambaṭṭho māṇavo sama-
ṇena5 Gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane patimantetuṃ.
Tuṇhī mayaṃ bhavissāma. Ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhotā6
Gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane patimantetūti.'
20. Atha kho Bhagavā Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Ayaṃ kho pana te Ambaṭṭha sahadhammiko
pañho āgacchati, akāmā vyākātabbo. Sace na7 vyākaris-
sasi aññena vā aññaṃ paṭicarissasi, tuṇhi vā bhavissasi,
pakkamissasi vā, etth'; eva te sattadhā8 muddhā phalissati.
Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Kin ti te sutaṃ brāhma-
ṇānam vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariya-pācariyānaṃ
bhāsamānānaṃ, kuto pabhutikā Kaṇhāyanā, ko ca Kaṇhā-
yanānaṃ pubba-puriso ti?'
Evaṃ vutte Ambaṭṭho māṇavo tuṇhī ahosi. Dutiyam
pi kho Bhagavā Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etad avoca: ‘Taṃ
kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Kin ti te sutaṃ brāhmaṇānam
vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ . . . pe . . . ko ca Kaṇhāya-

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1-1 Scm mantabbo St mantabhe, and omit asmiṃ vacane;
Sd mantamho (see iv. 18).
2 Bp māṇavakānaṃ.
3 Sct tiṭṭhapetha.
4 Bp paṭimantetūti.
5 Bp bhotā.
6 Sc bho (as before, 17).
7 Sct pana; Bp tvaṃ na.
8 Sd Bp omit te s-.

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D. iii. 1. 23] VAJIRAPĀṆĪ YAKKHO. 95
nānaṃ pubba-puriso ti?'; Dutiyam pi kho Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo tuṇhī ahosi.
Atha kho Bhagavā Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etad avoca:
‘Vyākarohi idāni Ambaṭṭha, na dānite tuṇhī-bhāvassa kālo.
Yo kho Ambaṭṭha Tathāgatena yāva tatiyakaṃ1 saha-
dhammikaṃ pañhaṃ puṭṭho na vyākaroti, etth'; ev'; assa
sattadhā muddhā phalissatīti.'
21. Tena kho pana samayena vajirapāṇī yakkho mahan-
taṃ ayo-kūṭaṃ ādāya ādittaṃ sampajjalitaṃ {sajoti-bhūtaṃ}
Ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassa upari vehāsaṭṭhito2 hoti: ‘Sacā-
yaṃ Ambaṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavatā yāva tatiyakaṃ saha-
dhammikaṃ pañhaṃ puṭṭho na vyākarissati etth'; ev'; assa
sattadhā muddhaṃ phālessāmīti.'; Taṃ kho pana vajira-
pāṇiṃ yakkhaṃ Bhagavā c'; eva passati Ambaṭṭho ca
māṇavo. Atha kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo taṃ disvā bhīto
saṃviggo loma-haṭṭha-jāto Bhagavantaṃ yeva tāṇaṃ gavesī
Bhagavantaṃ yevaleṇaṃ gavesī Bhagavantaṃ yeva saraṇaṃ
gavesī upanisīditvā Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: ‘Kiṃ etaṃ
bhavaṃ {Gotamo} āha? Puna bhavaṃ Gotamo brūmetūti.'3
‘Taṃ kiṃ maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Kin ti te sutaṃ brāh-
maṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariya-pācariyānaṃ
bhāsamānānaṃ, kuto-pabhutikā Kaṇhāyanā, ko ca Kaṇ-
hayanānaṃ pubba-puriso ti?'
‘Evam eva me4 bho Gotama sutaṃ yath'; eva bhavaṃ5
Gotamo āha, tato-pabhutikā Kaṇhāyanā, so ca Kaṇhāyanā-
naṃ pubba-puriso ti.'
22. Evaṃ vutte māṇavakā unnādino uccā-saddā mahā-
saddā ahesuṃ: ‘Dujjāto kira bho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo,
akula-putto kira bho Ambaṭṭho {māṇavo}, dāsi-putto kira
bho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo Sakyānaṃ, ayya-puttā kira bho
Ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassa Sakyā bhavanti. Dhamma-vādiṃ
yeva kira mayaṃ samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ apasādetabbaṃ6
amaññimhāti.'
23. Atha kho Bhagavato etad ahosi: ‘Atibāḷhaṃ kho

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1 Bp tatiyaṃ (twice).
2 Bp vehāse dhito.
3 Bp bravitu ti.
4 Sdt Bp omit me.
5 Scm bho.
6 Bp apasāretabbaṃ.

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96 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 1. 23
ime māṇavakā Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ dāsi-putta-vādena
nimmādenti, yan nūnāham parimoceyyan ti.'; Atha kho
Bhagavā te māṇavake etad avoca: ‘Mā kho tumhe māṇa-
vakā Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ atibāḷhaṃ dāsi-putta-vādena
nimmādetha. Uḷāro so Kaṇho isi1 ahosi. So dakkhiṇaṃ
janapadaṃ gantvā, brahme mante adhiyitvā rājānaṃ Okkā-
kaṃ2 upasaṃkamitvā Khuddarūpiṃ3 dhītaraṃ yāci. Tassa
rājā Okkāko "ko {n'eva} rem'; ayaṃ4 dāsi-putto samāno Khud-
darūpiṃ dhītaraṃ yācatīti" kupito anattamano khurap-
paṃ sannayhi.5 So taṃ khurappaṃ n'; eva asakkhi muñci-
tuṃ no paṭisaṃharituṃ. Atha kho māṇavakā amaccā
pārisajjā Kaṇhaṃ isiṃ upasaṃkamitvā etad avocuṃ:
"‘Sotthi bhadante hotu rañño, sotthi bhadante hotu
rañño ti."
"‘Sotthi bhavissati rañño api ca rājā yadi adho khurap-
paṃ muñcissati, yāvatā rañño vijitaṃ ettāvatā paṭhaviṃ
udrīyissatīti."
"‘Sotthi bhadante hotu rañño, sotthi janapadassāti."
"‘Sotthi bhavissati rañño sotthi janapadassa, api ca rājā
yadi uddhaṃ khurappaṃ muñcissati, yāvatā rañño vijitaṃ
ettāvatā satta vassāni devo na vassissatīti."
"‘Sotthi bhadante hotu rañño, sotthi janapadassa, devo
ca vassatūti."
"‘Sotthi bhavissati rañño, sotthi janapadassa, devo ca
vassissati, api ca rājā jeṭṭha-kumāre khurappaṃ paṭiṭṭhā-
petu, sotthi kumāro pallomo bhavissatīti."
‘Atha kho māṇavakā amaccā {Okkākassa} ārocesuṃ:
"Okkāko jeṭṭha-kumāre khurappaṃ patiṭṭhāpetu, sotthi
kumāro pallomo bhavissatīti." Atha kho rājā Okkāko jeṭṭha-
kumāre khurappaṃ patiṭṭhāpesi, sotthi kumāro pallomo
sambhavi. Atha kho tassa rājā Okkāko bhīto6 brahma-

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1 Sc itthi.
2 Bp adds upasaṃkami.
3 Sct the third time Muddarūpiṃ; Sd thrice Muddarūpaṃ;
Bp thrice Maddarupi.
4 Bp ko nevaṃ re ayaṃ; Sd mayhaṃ.
5 Sd sannayihi; St Bp sannahi.
6 Bp adds saṃviggo loma-hāttha-jāto.

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D. iii. 1. 25] MIXED CASTES. 97
daṇḍena tajjito Khuddarūpiṃ dhītaraṃ adāsi. Mā kho
tumhe māṇavakā {Ambaṭṭhaṃ} māṇavaṃ atibāḷhaṃ dāsi-
putta-vādena nimmādetha. Uḷāro so Kaṇho isi ahosīti.'
24. Atha kho Bhagavā Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ āmantesi:
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Idha khattiya-kumāro
brāhmaṇa-kaññāya saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ kappeyya. Tesaṃ
saṃvāsam anvāya putto jāyetha. Yo so khattiya-kumārena
brāhmaṇa-kaññāya putto uppanno api nu so labhetha brāh-
maṇesu āsanaṃ vā udakaṃ vā ti?'
‘{Labhetha} bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā {bhojeyyuṃ} saddhe vā thālipāke
vā yaññe vā pāhuṇe vā ti?'
"Bhojeyyuṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā mante vāceyyuṃ vā no vā ti?'1
‘Vāceyyuṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu 'ssa itthīsu āvaṭaṃ vā assa anāvaṭaṃ vā ti?'
‘Anāvaṭaṃ hi'; ssa bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ khattiyā khattiyābhisekena abhisiñceyyun
ti?'
‘No h'; etaṃ2 bho Gotama.'
‘Taṃ kissa hetu?'
‘Mātito hi bho Gotama anuppanno3 ti.'
25. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Idha brāhmaṇa-
kumāro khattiya-kaññāya saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ kappeyya.
Tesaṃ saṃvāsaṃ anvāya putto jāyetha. Yo so brāhmaṇa-
kumārena khattiya-kaññāya putto uppanno api nu so
labhetha brāhmaṇesu āsanaṃ vā udakaṃ vā ti?'
‘Labhetha bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā bhojeyyuṃ saddhe vā thālipāke
vā yaññe vā pāhuṇe vā ti?'
‘Bhojeyyuṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā mante vāceyyuṃ vā no vā ti?'
‘Vāceyyuṃ bho Gotama.'

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1 Bp vā ti n'; evāti (but see 27).
2 Bp no hi, and below no h'; idaṃ.
3 Sdm anuppannā; Bp anupasampanno (here and in 25).

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98 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 1. 25
‘Api nu 'ssa itthīsu āvaṭaṃ vā assa anāvaṭaṃ vā ti?'
‘Anāvaṭaṃ hi 'ssa bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu khattiyā khattiyābhisekena abhisiñceyyunti?'
‘No h'; etaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Taṃ kissa hetu?'
‘Pitito hi bho Gotama anuppanno ti.'
26. ‘Iti kho Ambaṭṭha itthiyā vā1 itthiṃ karitvā
purisena vā purisaṃ karitvā khattiyā va seṭṭhā hīnā
brāhmaṇā. Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Idha brāh-
maṇā brāhmaṇaṃ kismicid2 eva pakaraṇe khura-muṇḍaṃ
karitvā assa-puṭena3 vadhitvā raṭṭhā vā nagarā vā pab-
bājeyyuṃ. Api nu so labhetha brāhmaṇesu āsanaṃ vā
udakaṃ vā ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā bhojeyyuṃ saddhe vā thālipāke
vā yaññe vā pāhuṇe vā ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā mante vāceyyuṃ vā no vā ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu 'ssa itthīsu āvaṭaṃ vā assa anāvaṭaṃ vā ti?'
‘Āvaṭaṃ hi 'ssa bho Gotama.'
27. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Idha khattiyā
khattiyaṃ kismicid eva pakaraṇe khura-muṇḍaṃ karitvā
assa-puṭena vadhitvā raṭṭhā vā nagarā vā pabbājeyyuṃ.
Api nu so {labhetha} brāhmaṇesu āsanaṃ vā udakaṃ vā ti?'
‘{Labhetha} bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā bhojeyyuṃ saddhe vā thālipāke
vā yaññe vā pāhuṇe vā ti?'
‘Bhojeyyuṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu naṃ brāhmaṇā mante vāceyyuṃ vā no vā ti?'
‘Vāceyyuṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Api nu 'ssa itthīsu āvaṭaṃ vā assa anāvaṭaṃ vā ti?'
‘{Anāvaṭaṃ} hi 'ssa bho Gotama.'
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1 SS omit vā.
2 St kismiñcid; Scm kismīcid (and so each in 27).
3 See A. iv. 242. 3.

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D. iii. 2. 1] ON PRIDE OF BIRTH. 99
patto hoti yad eva naṃ khattiyā khura-muṇḍaṃ karitvā
assa-puṭena vadhitvā raṭṭhā vā nagarā vā pabbājenti.
Iti kho Ambaṭṭha yadā pi khattiyo parama-nihīna-
taṃ patto hoti tadā pi khattiyā va seṭṭhā hīnā
brāhmaṇā.
28. ‘Brahmunā pi esā Ambaṭṭha {Sanaṃkumāreṇa}1
gāthā bhāsitā:
Khattiyo seṭṭho jane tasmiṃ ye2 gotta-paṭisārino.
{Vijjā-caraṇa}-sampanno so seṭṭho deva-mānuse ti.
Sā kho pan'; esā Ambaṭṭha brahmunā Sanaṃ-kumārena
gāthā sugītā na duggītā subhāsitā na dubbhāsitā attha-
saṃhitāna3 anattha-saṃhitā anumatā mayā pi.4 Aham pi
Ambaṭṭha evaṃ vadāmi:
Khattiyo seṭṭho {jane tasmiṃ} ye5 gotta-paṭisārino
{Vijjā-caraṇa}-sampanno so seṭṭho deva-mānuse ti.'
Bhāṇavāraṃ Paṭhamaṃ.
2.1. ‘Katamaṃ pana taṃ bho Gotama {caraṇaṃ}, kata-
mā6 sā vijjā ti?'
‘Na kho Ambaṭṭha anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya
jāti-vādo vā vuccati, gotta-vādo vā vuccati, māna-vādo vā7
vuccati: "Arahasi vā maṃ tvaṃ na vā maṃ tvaṃ
arahasīti." Yattha kho Ambaṭṭha āvāho vā hoti vivāho
vā hoti āvāha-{vivāho} vā hoti etth'; etaṃ vuccati jāti-vādo
iti pi, gotta-vādo iti pi, māna-vādo iti pi: "Arahasi vā
maṃ tvaṃ na vā maṃ tvaṃ arahasīti." Ye hi keci
Ambaṭṭha jāti-vāda-vinibandhā vā gotta-vāda-vinibandhā
vā māna-vāda-vinibandhā vā āvāha-vivāha-vinibandhā vā,
ārakā te anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya. Pahāya
kho Ambaṭṭha jāti-vāda-vinibandhañ ca gotta-vāda-
vinibandhañ ca māna-vāda-vinibandhañ ca āvāha-vivāha-

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1 Bp Sena-.
2 Sct yo.
3 Sd no.
4 Bp omits pi. This 28 recurs so far at M. I. 358, and the verse
at S. vi. 2. 1; xxi. 11.
5 Sc yo.
6 Bp adds ca pana (see ii. 2).
7 Smt omit these vā'; s.

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100 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 2. 1
vinibandhañ ca anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya sacchi-
kiriyā hotīti.'
2. ‘Katamaṃ pana taṃ bho Gotama caraṇaṃ, katamā1
sā vijjā ti?'
‘Idha Ambaṭṭha Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ sam-
māsambuddho . . . pe . . . [yathā {Sāmañña-phalaṃ} evaṃ
vitthāretabbaṃ] . . . evaṃ kho Ambaṭṭha bhikkhu sīla-
sampanno hoti.'2
‘ . . . pe3 . . . paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.
Idam pi 'ssa hoti caraṇasmiṃ.'4 . . . pe5 . . . catut-
thajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Idam pi 'ssa hoti
caraṇasmiṃ. Idaṃ kho taṃ Ambaṭṭha caraṇaṃ.
‘ . . . pe6 . . . ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati
abhininnāmeti . . . pe7 . . . Idam pi 'ssa hoti vijjāya
. . . pe8 . . . nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāti. Idam pi
'ssa hoti vijjāya. Ayaṃ kho sā Ambaṭṭha vijjā.
‘Ayaṃ vuccati Ambaṭṭha bhikkhu9 vijjā-sampanno iti pi
caraṇa-sampanno iti pi vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno iti pi.9
Imāya ca Ambaṭṭha10 vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya aññā vijja-
sampadā caraṇa-sampadā uttaritarā vā paṇītatarā vā n'; atthi.
3. ‘Imāya kho Ambaṭṭha anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-

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1 Bp adds ca (see last ).
2 D. ii. 40-63.
3 D. ii. 64-75, but possibly only the passage at D. ii. 75 beginning
so vivicc'; eva is meant.
4 Sd sīlasmiṃ (but see Sum.).
5 D. ii. 77-81, but possibly only the description of the Jhānas
in the first lines of D. ii. 77, 79, 81, is to be repeated here.
6 Only Sm has this pe.
7 D. ii. 83.
8 D. ii. 84-98, but possibly only 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97.
9-9 SS vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno iti pi caraṇa-sampanno iti pi.
10 Bp vijjā-sampadāya ca caraṇa-sampadāya ca aññā vijjā-sampadā ca
caraṇa-sampada ca. It is this imitation of the closing phrase of
D. ii. 98 Which makes us think that the Whole of D. ii. 40-98 is
meant to be repeated here with the necessary changes.

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D. iii. 2. 3] ASCETICISM. 101
sampadāya cattāri apāya-mukhāni bhavanti. Katamāni
cattāri? Idha Ambaṭṭha ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā
imaṃ yeva anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampadaṃ anabhi-
sambhuṇamāno khāri-vividham1 ādāya araññe vanam2
ajjhogāhati3 "pavatta-phala-bhojano {bhavissāmīti}." So
aññadatthu vijjā-caraṇa-sampannass'; eva paricārako4
sampajjati. Imāya kho Ambaṭṭha anuttarāya vijja-caraṇa-
sampadāya idaṃ pathamaṃ apāya-mukhaṃ bhavati.
‘Puna ca paraṃ Ambaṭṭha idh'; ekacco samaṇo vā brāh-
maṇo vā imañ ca anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampadaṃ
anabhisambhuṇamāno, pavattaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhi-
sambhuṇamāno, kuddāla-{piṭakaṃ}5 ādāya araññe vanam6
ajjhogāhati "kandamūlaphala-bhojano bhavissāmīti."
So aññadatthu vijjā-caraṇa-sampannass'; eva paricārako7
sampajjati. Imāya kho Ambaṭṭha anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-
sampadāya idaṃ dutiyaṃ apāya-mukhaṃ bhavati.
‘Puna ca paraṃ Ambaṭṭha idh'; ekacco samaṇo vā
brāhmaṇo vā imaṃ c'; eva anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampa-
daṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno, pavattaphala-bhojanatañ ca
anabhisambhuṇamāno, kandamūlaphala-bhojanatañ ca
anabhisambhuṇamāno, gāma-sāmantaṃ vā nigama-
sāmantaṃ vā agyāgāraṃ karitvā aggiṃ paricaranto
acchati. So aññadatthu vijjā-caraṇa-sampannass'; eva
paricārako sampajjati. Imāya kho Ambaṭṭha anuttarāya
vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya idaṃ tatiyaṃ apāya-mukhaṃ
bhavati.
‘Puna ca paraṃ Ambaṭṭha idh'; ekacco samaṇo vā
brāhmaṇo vā imañ c'; eva anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampadaṃ
anabhisambhuṇamāno, pavattaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhi-
sambhuṇamāno, kandamūlaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhi-
sambhuṇamāno, aggi-paricariyañ ca anabhisambhuṇamāno,

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1 Sc khātaṃ vividham; Bp kharividhaṃ.
2 Bp araññāyatanaṃ (but see below).
3 So all MSS. twice (see 4).
4 Sc parivār- (throughout).
5 St kuddāla-pīṭhakaṃ.
6 Bp āraññavanaṃ (and so always afterwards).
7 Sct parivār-.

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102 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 2. 3
cātummahāpathe catudvāraṃ agāraṃ1 karitvā acchati:
"Yo imāhi catuhi disāhi āgamissati samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo
va tam ahaṃ yathā sattiṃ2 yathā balaṃ3 paṭipūjes-
sāmīti." So aññadatthu vijjā-caraṇa-sampannass'; eva
paricārako sampajjati. Imāya kho Ambaṭṭha anuttarāya
vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya idaṃ catutthaṃ apāya-mukhaṃ
bhavati.
‘Imāya kho Ambaṭṭha anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampa-
dāya imāni {cattāri} apāya-mukhāni bhavanti.
4. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Api nu tvaṃ imāya
anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya sandissasi sācariyako
ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama. Ko cāhaṃ bho Gotama sā-
cariyako, kā ca anuttarā vijjā-caraṇa-sampadā? Āra-
ko 'haṃ4 bho Gotama anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya
sācariyako ti.'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Api nu tvaṃ imañ c'
eva anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇa-
māno khāri-vividhaṃ ādāya5 araññe vanam ajjhogāhasi6
"sācariyako pavatta-phala-bhojano bhavissāmāti?"'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Api nu tvaṃ imañ c'
eva anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇa-
māno pavattaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhisambhuṇamāno
kuddāla-piṭakaṃ ādāya araññe vanam ajjhogāhasi
"sācariyako kandamūlaphala-bhojano bhavissāmāti."'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Api nu tvaṃ imaṃ
c'; eva anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇa-
māno, pavattaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhisambhuṇa-
māno, kandamūlaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhisambhuṇa-
māno, gāma-sāmantaṃ vā nigama-sāmantaṃ vā
agyāgāraṃ karitvā aggiṃ paricaranto acchasi sācariyako
ti?'

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1 Bp agyāgāraṃ; Sd āgāraṃ (here and below).
2 Bp satthiṃ.
3 Bp phalaṃ.
4 Bp ārakāhaṃ.
5 Sd khāriṃ vividham ādāya; Bp khāri-vidham ādāra.
6 So all MSS. twice.

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D. iii. 2. 7] POKKHARASĀDI. 103
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Api nu tvaṃ imañ
c'; eva anuttaraṃ vijjā-caraṇa-sampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇa-
māno, pavattaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhisambhuṇamāno,
kandamūlaphala-bhojanatañ ca anabhisambhuṇamāno,
aggi-paricariyañ ca anabhisambhuṇamāno, cātummahā-
pathe catudvāraṃ agāraṃ karitvā acchasi sācariyako: "Yo
imāhi catuhi disāhi āgamissati samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā taṃ
mayaṃ yathā sattiṃ yathā balaṃ paṭipūjessāmāti"?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
5. ‘Iti kho Ambaṭṭha imāya c'; eva tvaṃ1 anuttarāya
vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya parihīnako2 sācariyako, ye c'; ime
anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya cattāri apāya-mukhāni
bhavanti tato c'; asi3 parihīno sācariyako, bhāsitā kho
pana te esā Ambaṭṭha ācariyena brāhmaṇena Pokkharasātinā
vācā: "Ke ca muṇḍakā4 samaṇakā ibbhā kiṇhā5 bandhu-
padāpaccā, kā ca tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ sākacchā"6 ti
attanā āpāyiko7 pi aparipūramāno. Pass'; Ambaṭṭha
yāva aparaddhañ ca te idaṃ ācariyassa brāhmaṇassa Pok-
kharasātissa.
6. ‘Brāhmaṇo kho pan'; Ambaṭṭha Pokkharasādi rañño
Pasenadissa Kosalassa dattikaṃ {bhuñjati}. Tassa rājā
Pasenadi Kosalo sammukhī-bhāvaṃ pi na dadāti. Yadā
pi tena manteti tiro dussan tena manteti. Yassa kho pan'
Ambaṭṭha dhammikaṃ payataṃ8 bhikkhaṃ patigaṇheyya,9
kathaṃ tassa rājā Pasenadi Kosalo sammukhī-bhāvaṃ pi
na dadeyya? Pass'; Ambaṭṭha yāva aparaddhañ ca te
idaṃ ācariyassa brāhmaṇassa Pokkharasātissa.
7. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Idha rājā Pasenadi
Kosalo hatthi-gīvāya vā nisinno assapiṭṭhe vā nisinno
rathūpatthare vā ṭhito uggehi vā {rājaññehi} vā kañcid eva

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1 SS omit.
2 Bp parihīno.
3 Sd adds yā; Bp ca tvaṃ.
4 Sd mundakā; Sc muddhakā; Bp muddakā.
5 St kiṇhaṃ (see ante, D. iii. 1. 11); Bp kaṇhā; Sc kinhā.
6 Bp sāgacchā.
7 Bp Sc apāyiko.
8 Sd Bp payātam.
9 All MSS. t, not ṭ.

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104 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 2. 7
mantanaṃ1 manteyya. So tamhā padesā apakkamma
ekamante tiṭṭheyya atha āgaccheyya suddo vā sudda-dāso
vā. So tasmiṃ padese ṭhito tad eva mantanaṃ manteyya:
"Evaṃ pi rājā Pasenadi Kosalo abhāsi." Api nu so
rājā-bhaṇitaṃ vā bhaṇati, rājā-mantanaṃ vā manteti,
tāvatā2 so assa rājā vā rāja-matto3 vā ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
8. ‘Evam eva kho tvaṃ Ambaṭṭha: "Ye te ahesuṃ
brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ
pavattāro yesam idaṃ etarahi brāhmaṇā {porāṇaṃ} manta4-
padaṃ5 gītaṃ pavuttaṃ6 samihitaṃ tad anugāyanti tad
anubhāsanti bhāsitaṃ anubhāsanti vācitaṃ anuvācenti --
seyyathīdam Aṭṭhako7 Vāmako Vāmadevo Vessāmitto
Yamataggi8 Aṅgiraso Bhāradvājo Vāseṭṭho Kassapo Bhagu
-- tyāhaṃ mante adhiyāmi sācariyako" ti9 tāvatā tvaṃ
bhavissasi isi vā isittāya vā paṭipanno ti n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ
vijjati.
9. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Ambaṭṭha? Kinti te sutaṃ
brāhmaṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariya-pācariyā-
naṃ bhāsamānānaṃ? Ye te ahesuṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pub-
bakā isayo mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ pavattāro yesaṃ
idaṃ etarahi brāhmaṇā porāṇaṃ manta10-padaṃ gītaṃ
pavuttaṃ samihitaṃ tad anugāyanti tad anubhāsanti
bhāsitaṃ anubhāsanti vācitaṃ anuvācenti -- seyyathīdaṃ
Aṭṭhako Vāmako {Vāmadevo} Vessāmitto Yamataggi Aṅgi-
raso Bhāradvājo Vāseṭṭho Kassapo Bhagu -- evaṃ su te
sunahātā11 suvilittā kappita-kesa-massū āmutta-mālābha-
raṇā12 odāta-vattha-vasanā pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samap-
pitā samaṅgi-bhūtā paricārenti seyyathā pi tvaṃ etarahi
sācariyako ti?'

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1 Sct mantaṃ.
2 Bp ettāvatā.
3 Bp rājaṃ matto.
4 Sct mantaṃ.
5 Sc patta-.
6 Bp pavattaṃ.
7 See Tevijja Sutta, 13, and ‘Vinaya Texts,'; ii. 130.
8 Sm Yamadaggī
9 Scmt omit ti.
10 Bp Sct mantaṃ.
11 Bp nhātā; Sc evaṃ tesu bhoto.
12 Bp maṇi-kuṇḍalābharanā; Sc amutta-mālā.

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D. iii. 2. 9] LUXURY OF THE BRAHMANS. 105
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
10. ‘1Evaṃ su te sālīnaṃ odanaṃ2 vicita-kāḷakaṃ aneka-
sūpaṃ aneka-byañjanaṃ paribhuñjanti seyyathā pi tvaṃ
etarahi sācariyako ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘3 Evaṃ su te veṭhaka-nata-passāhi nārīhi paricārenti
seyyathā pi tvaṃ etarahi sācariyako ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘4 Evaṃ su te kutta-vālehi vaḷavā-ratheni dīghāhi pato-
da-laṭṭhīhi5 vāhane 6vitudantā vicaranti6 seyyathā pi
tvaṃ etarahi sācariyako ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘7 Evaṃ su te ukkiṇṇa-parikhāsu8 okkhitta-palighāsu9
nagarūpakārikāsu dīghāsi-baddhehi10 purisehi rakkhāpenti
seyyathā pi tvaṃ etarahi sācariyako ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘11 Iti kho Ambaṭṭha n'; eva tvaṃ isi na pana isittāya
paṭipanno sācariyako. Yassa12 kho pana Ambaṭṭha mayi
kaṅkhā vā vimati vā, so maṃ pañhena, ahaṃ veyyā-
karaṇena sobhissāmīti.'13
11. Atha kho Bhagavā vihārā nikkhamma caṅkamaṃ
abbhuṭṭhāsi. Ambaṭṭho pi māṇavo vihārā nik-
khamma caṅkamaṃ abbhuṭṭhāsi. Atha kho Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo Bhagavantaṃ caṅkamantaṃ anucaṅkamamāno
Bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni sam-
mannesi. Addasā kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavato kāye
dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā

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1 Bp inserts pa for kinti te sutaṃ . . . Bhagu.
2 Bp inserts bhucimaṃsupabhecanaṃ.
3 Bp inserts pa as above.
4 Bp inserts pa as above; Sc omits this paragraph.
5 St patodayaṭṭhāhi-
6-6 Bp vitudentā.
7 Bp inserts pa as above.
8 Sd parikāsu; Bp paridāsu.
9 Sd phalighāsu.
10 Bp vudhehi.
11 Bp inserts la.
12 Scm yassa vā.
13 Bp sovissāmīti; Sc sossāmīti; Sdt soladdhissāmīti; Sm sobhissāmīti.

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106 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 2. 11
dve. Dvīsu mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati
nādhimuccati na sampasīdati, kosohite ca vattha-guyhe
pahūta-jivhatāya ca.
12. Atha kho Bhagavato etad ahosi: ‘Passati kho me
ayaṃ Ambaṭṭho māṇavo dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni
yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve. Dvīsu mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu
kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati, kosohite
ca vattha-guyhe pahūta-jivhatāya cāti.'
Atha kho Bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṃkhāraṃ
abhisaṃkhāsi yathā addasa Ambaṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavato
kosohitaṃ vattha-guyhaṃ. Atha kho Bhagavā jivhaṃ
ninnāmetvā ubho pi kaṇṇa-sotāni anumasi paṭimasi, ubho
pi nāsika-sotāni anumasi paṭimasi, kevalam pi nalāṭa-
maṇḍalaṃ jivhāya chādesi.1
Atha kho Ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassa etad ahosi:--
‘Samannāgato kho samaṇo Gotamo dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-
lakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi no aparipuṇṇehīti.'; Bhagavantaṃ
etad avoca: ‘Handa ca dāni mayaṃ bho Gotama gac-
chāma, bahu-kiccā mayaṃ bahu-karaṇīyā ti.'
‘Yassā dāni tvaṃ Ambaṭṭha kālaṃ maññasīti.'
Atha kho Ambaṭṭho {māṇavo} vaḷavā-rathaṃ āruyha
pakkāmi.
13. Tena kho pana samayena brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi
Ukkaṭṭhāya nikkhamitvā mahatā brāhmaṇa-gaṇena sad-
dhiṃ sake ārāme nisinno hoti, Ambaṭṭhaṃ yeva māṇavaṃ
patimānento. Atha kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo yena sako ārāmo
tena pāyāsi. Yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi yānena {gantvā} yānā
paccorohitvā pattiko va yena brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi ten'
upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā brāhmaṇaṃ Pokkharasādiṃ
abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ
kho {Ambaṭṭhaṃ} māṇavaṃ brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi etad
avoca:--
14. ‘Kacci tāta Ambaṭṭha addasa taṃ bhavantaṃ Gota-
man ti?'
‘Addasāma kho mayaṃ bho taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotaman
ti.'
‘Kacci tāta Ambaṭṭha taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ tathā-

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D. iii. 2. 15] AMBAṬṬHA RETURNS. 107
santaṃ yeva saddo abbhuggato, no aññathā? Kacci
pana so bhavaṃ Gotamo tādiso, no aññādiso1 ti?'
‘Tathā-santaṃ yeva bho taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
tathā saddo abbhuggato, no aññathā. Tādiso ca bho so
bhavaṃ Gotamo, no aññādiso.2 Samannāgato ca bho so
bhavaṃ Gotamo dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇehi pari-
puṇṇehi no aparipuṇṇehīti.'
‘Ahu pana te tāta Ambaṭṭha samaṇena Gotamena
saddhiṃ kocid eva kathā-sallāpo ti?'
‘Ahu me bho samaṇena Gotamena saddhiṃ kocid eva
kathā-sallāpo ti.'
‘Yathā kathaṃ pana te tāta Ambaṭṭha ahu samaṇena
Gotamena saddhiṃ kocid eva kathā-sallāpo ti?'
Atha kho Ambaṭṭho māṇavo yāvatako ahosi Bhagavatā
saddhiṃ kathā-sallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ3 brāhmaṇassa Pokkha-
rasādissa ārocesi.
15. Evaṃ vutte brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi Ambaṭṭhaṃ
māṇavaṃ etad avoca: ‘Aho vata re amhākaṃ paṇḍitaka,
aho vata re amhākaṃ bahussutaka, aho vata re amhākaṃ
tevijjaka! Evarūpena kira bho puriso atthacarakena
kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ
nirayaṃ uppajjeyya. Yad4 eva kho tvaṃ Ambaṭṭha taṃ
bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ āsajja āsajja avacāsi, atha kho
so bhavaṃ Gotamo amhehi5 pi evaṃ upanīyya upanīyya6
avaca. Aho vata re amhākaṃ paṇḍitaka, aho vata re
amhākaṃ bahussutaka, aho vata re amhākaṃ tevijjaka7 !
Evarūpena kira bho puriso atthacarakena kāyassa bhedā
param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatim vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ
uppajjeyyāti.'
So kupito anattamano Ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ padasā
yeva pavattesi, icchati ca tāvad eva Bhagavantaṃ dassa-
nāya upasaṃkamituṃ.

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1 Sc aññathādiso.
2 Bp aññatādiso.
3 Scmt omit taṃ (but not in 17).
4 Scd yāvad.
5 Scm aggamhehi.
6 Sd Bp upaneyya ( comp. A. iii. 60. 7; M. i. 251).
7 Sd Bp -kā . . . -kā . . . -kā (twice).

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108 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 2. 16
16. Atha kho te brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ Pokkharasādiṃ
etad avocuṃ: ‘Ativikālo kho bho ajja samaṇaṃ Gota-
maṃ dassanāya1 upasaṃkamituṃ, sve2 dāni bhavaṃ
Pokkharasādi samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya3 upasaṃ-
kamissatīti.'
Evaṃ4 kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi sake nivesane {paṇī-
taṃ} khādaniyaṃ bhojaniyaṃ paṭiyādetvā5 yānesu āropetvā
ukkāsu dhārīyamānāsu Ukkaṭṭhāya niyyāsi, yena Icchā-
naṅkala-vana-saṇḍo tena pāyāsi. Yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi
yānena gantvā, yānā paccorohitvā pattiko va yena Bhagavā
ten'; upasaṃkami. Upasaṃkamitvā {Bhagavatā} saddhiṃ
sammodi sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā,
ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho brāhmaṇo
Pokkharasādi Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:--
17. ‘Āgama6 nuvidha7 bho Gotama amhākaṃ antevāsī
Ambaṭṭho māṇavo ti?'
‘Āgamā kho te idha8 brāhmaṇa antevāsī Ambaṭṭho
māṇavo ti.'
‘Ahu pana te bho Gotama Ambaṭṭhena māṇavena sad-
dhiṃ koci9 kathā-sallāpo ti?'
‘Ahu kho me brāhmaṇa Ambaṭṭhena māṇavena saddhiṃ
kocid eva kathā-sallāpo ti.'
‘Yathā kathaṃ pana te bho Gotama ahu Ambaṭṭhena
māṇavena saddhiṃ kocid eva kathā-sallāpo ti?'
Atha kho Bhagavā yāvatiko ahosi Ambaṭṭhena māṇa-
vena saddhiṃ kathā-sallāpo taṃ sabbaṃ brāhmaṇassa
Pokkharasātissa ārocesi.
Evaṃ vutte brāhmaṇo Pokkharasāti Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Bālo bho Gotama Ambaṭṭho māṇavo. Khama-
taṃ10 bhavaṃ Gotamo Ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassāti.'
‘Sukhī hotu brāhmaṇa11 Ambaṭṭho māṇavo ti.'

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1 Sd Bp omit.
2 Sd Bp sve ca.
3 Sd Bp dassanaṃ.
4 Sd Bp evaṃ atha.
5 Bp paṭiyādāpetvā.
6 Bp agamā (see ii. 12).
7 Bp nu khvidha.
8 Sm kho te'dha; Sc te kho idha; Bp agamā te b-.
9 So all MSS. here only; Bp koci also in the next two speeches.
10 Bp khamatu.
11 Sd Bp brāhmaṇo.

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D. iii. 2. 21] THE THIRTY-TWO MARKS. 109
18. Atha kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi Bhagavato kāye
dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni sammannesi. Addasā
kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi Bhagavato kāye dvattiṃsa
mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve. Dvīsu
mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati
na sampasīdati, kosohite ca vattha-guyhe pahūta-jivhatāya
ca.
19. Atha kho Bhagavato etad ahosi: ‘Passati kho me
ayaṃ brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-
lakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve. Dvīsu mahā-
purisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na
sampasīdati kosohite ca vattha-guyhe pahūta-jivhatāya
cāti.'
Atha kho Bhagavā tathārūpaṃ iddhābhisaṃkhāraṃ
abhisaṃkhāsi yathā addasa brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi
Bhagavato kosohitaṃ vattha-guyhaṃ. Atha kho Bhagavā
jivhaṃ ninnāmetvā ubho pi kaṇṇa-sotāni anumasi paṭi-
masi, ubho pi nāsika-sotāni anumasi paṭimasi, kevalam pi
nalāṭa-maṇḍalaṃ jivhāya chādesi.
Atha kho brāhmaṇassa Pokkharasādissa etad ahosi:
‘Samannāgato bho samaṇo Gotamo dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-
lakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi no aparipuṇṇehīti.'; Bhagavantaṃ
etad avoca: ‘Adhivāsetu me bhavaṃ Gotamo ajjatanāya
bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhu-saṃghenāti.'; Adhivāsesi Bha-
gavā tuṇhī-bhāvena.
20. Atha kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi Bhagavato adhivā-
sanaṃ viditvā Bhagavato kālaṃ ārocesi: ‘Kālo bho
Gotama, niṭṭhitaṃ bhattan ti.'; Atha kho Bhagavā
pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya sad-
dhiṃ bhikkhu-saṃghena yena brāhmaṇassa Pokkharasā-
dissa parivesanā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā paññatte
āsane nisīdi. Atha kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi Bhagavan-
taṃ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santap-
pesi sampavāresi, māṇavakā ca bhikkhu-saṃghaṃ. Atha
kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi Bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ
onīta-patta-pāṇiṃ aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā
ekamantaṃ nisīdi.
21. Ekamantaṃ nisinnassa kho brāhmaṇassa Pokkhara-

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110 AMBAṬṬHA SUTTA. [D. iii. 2. 21
sādissa Bhagavā ānupubbikathaṃ1 kathesi seyyathīdaṃ
dānakathaṃ sīlakathaṃ {sagga-kathaṃ,} kāmānaṃ {ādīnavaṃ}
okāraṃ saṃkilesaṃ nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi.
Yadā Bhagavā aññāsi brāhmaṇaṃ Pokkharasādiṃ kalla-
cittaṃ mudu-cittaṃ vinīvaraṇa-cittaṃ udagga-cittaṃ
pasanna-cittaṃ atha2 yā buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā
dhamma-desanā taṃ pakāsesi: dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ
nirodhaṃ maggaṃ. Seyyathā pi nāma suddhaṃ vatthaṃ
apagata-kāḷakaṃ sammad eva rajanaṃ patigaṇheyya,3
evam eva brāhmaṇassa Pokkharasādissa tasmiṃ yeva
āsane virajaṃ vītamalaṃ dhamma-cakkhuṃ udapādi:
"yaṃ kiñci samudaya-dhammaṃ sabban taṃ nirodha-
dhamman ti."
22. Atha kho brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi diṭṭha-dhammo
patta-dhammo vidita-dhammo pariyogāḷha-dhammo tiṇṇa-
vicikiccho vigata-kathaṃkatho {vesārajja-ppatto} aparapac-
cayo satthu sāsane Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:--
‘Abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama, abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama !
Seyyathā pi bho Gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭic-
channaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya,
andhakāre vā tela-{pajjotaṃ} dhāreyya "cakkhumanto rūpāni
dakkhintīti," evam eva bhotā Gotamena {aneka-pariyāyena}
dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ kho bho Gotama saputto
sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco bhagavantaṃ4 Gotamaṃ
saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañ ca {bhikkhu-saṃghañ} ca. Upā-
sakam maṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ
saraṇaṃ gataṃ. Yathā ca bhavaṃ Gotamo Ukkaṭṭhāyaṃ
aññāni upāsaka-kulāni upasaṃkamati, evam eva bhavaṃ
Gotamo Pokkharasādi-kulaṃ upasaṃkamatu. Tattha ye te
māṇavakā vā {māṇavikā} vā bhagavantaṃ4 Gotamaṃ abhivā-
dissanti vā paccuṭṭhassanti vā āsanaṃ vā udakaṃ vā das-
santi cittaṃ vā pasādessanti, tesaṃ taṃ bhavissati dīgha-
rattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti.'
‘{Kalyāṇaṃ} vuccati brāhmaṇāti.'
AMBAṬṬHA-SUTTAṂ TATIYAṂ.

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1 Sd Bp anupubbi-.
2 Sd Bp atha kho.
3 Bp paṭigaṇheyya.
4 So all MSS.

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111
[iv. Soṇadaṇḍa1 Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Aṅgesu
cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ
pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi yena Campā tad avasari.
Tatra sudaṃ Bhagavā Campāyaṃ viharati Gaggarāya Pok-
{kharaṇiyā} tīre. Tena kho pana samayena Soṇadaṇḍo
Brāhmaṇo Campaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭho-
dakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rāja-bhoggaṃ2 raññā Māgadhena Seni-
yena Bimbisārena dinnaṃ3 rāja-dāyaṃ4 brahma-deyyaṃ.
2. Assosuṃ kho Campeyyakā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā:
‘Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulā
pabbajito Aṅgesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-
saṃghena saddhiṃ pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi Cam-
paṃ anuppatto Campāyaṃ viharati Gaggarāya pokkha-
raṇiyā tīre. Taṃ kho pana Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā
arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato
loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathī satthā deva-man-
ussānaṃ buddho bhagavā." So imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ
samārakaṃ5 sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ
{sadeva-manussaṃ} sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti. So
dhammaṃ deseti ādi-kalyāṇaṃ majjhe kalyāṇaṃ pariyo-
sāna-kalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ {savyañjanaṃ}, kevala-paripuṇ-
ṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti. Sādhu
kho pana tathā-rūpānaṃ arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti.'

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1 Scd always Sona-; St varies; Bmp Sm always Soṇa-.
2 Sc bhogyaṃ (as in iii. 1. 1.)
3 Smt dinna- but see 5.
4 Sc dāyādaṃ.
5 Scdm Bp omit.

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112 SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA. [D. iv. 2
Atha kho Campeyyakā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā Campāyaṃ
nikkhamitvā saṃghā saṃghī gaṇī-bhūtā yena Gaggarā
pokkharaṇī ten'; upasaṃkamanti.
3. Tena kho pana samayena Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo upari-
pāsāde divā-seyyaṃ upagato hoti. Addasā kho Soṇadaṇḍo
brāhmaṇo Campeyyake brāhmaṇa-gahapatike Campāya
nikkhamitvā saṃghā saṃghī gaṇī-bhūte yena Gaggarā pok-
kharaṇī ten'; upasaṃkamante. Disvā khattaṃ1 āman-
tesi:
‘Kin nu kho bho khatte Campeyyakā brāhmaṇa-gahapa-
tikā Campāya nikkhamitvā saṃghā saṃghī gaṇi-bhūtā
yena Gaggarā pokkharaṇī ten'; upasaṃkamantīti?'
‘Atthi2 samaṇo Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulā pab-
bajito. Aṅgesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃ-
ghena saddhiṃ pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi Campaṃ
anuppatto {Campāyaṃ} viharati {Gaggarāya} pokkharaṇiyā
tīre. Taṃ kho pana Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo3
kittisaddo abbhuggato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-
sambuddho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato lokavidū anut-
taro purisa-damma-sārathī satthā deva-manussānaṃ
buddho {bhagavā} ti." Tam ete bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamantīti.'
‘Tena hi bho khatte yena Campeyyakā brāhmaṇa-gaha-
patikā ten'; upasaṃkama,4 {upasaṃkamitvā} Campeyyake
brāhmaṇa-gahapatike evaṃ vadehi;5 Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo
evam āha: "Āgamentu kira bhavanto, Soṇadaṇḍo pi
brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamissa-
tīti."'
‘Evaṃ bho'; ti kho so khattā Soṇadaṇḍassa brāhmaṇassa
paṭissutvā yena Campeyyakā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā ten'
upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Campeyyake brāhmaṇa-gaha-
patike etad avoca:

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1 Sct khatte; Bp khettaṃ: and so afterwards (as at D. i. 1. 21).
2 Bp Atthi kho bho.
3 Scdt kalyāṇa; Sm Bp -ṇo.
4 Scdt -kami; Bp -kamiti; Sm omits.
5 Scdmt vadesi.

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D. iv. 4] {SOṆADAṆḌA} AND THE BRAHMANS. 113
‘Soṇadaṇḍo bho brāhmaṇo evam āha: "Āgamentu kira
bhavanto, Soṇadaṇḍo pi brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamissatīti."'
4. Tena kho pana samayena nānā-verajjakānaṃ brāh-
maṇānaṃ pañca-mattāni brāhmaṇa-satāni Campāyaṃ paṭi-
vasanti kenacid eva karaṇīyena. Assosuṃ bho te brāh-
maṇā: ‘Soṇadaṇḍo kira brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamissatīti.'; Atha kho te brāhmaṇā
yena Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo ten'; upasaṃkamiṃsu, upasaṃ-
kamitvā Soṇadaṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etad avocuṃ:
"Saccaṃ kira bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamissatīti?'
‘Evaṃ kho me bho hoti, aham pi samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya {upasaṃkamissāmīti}.'
‘Mā bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya
upasaṃkami, na arahati bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo samaṇaṃ
Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Sace bhavaṃ Soṇa-
daṇḍo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamissati,
bhoto Soṇadaṇḍassa yaso hāyissati, samaṇassa Gotamassa
yaso abhivaḍḍhissati. Yam pi bhoto Soṇadaṇḍassa yaso
hāyissati samaṇassa Gotamassa yaso abhivaḍḍhissati, iminā
p'; aṅgena na arahati bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo samaṇaṃ Gota-
maṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ, samaṇo tveva Gotamo
arahati bhavantaṃ Soṇadaṇḍaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkami-
tuṃ. Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā1 akkhitto
anupakkuṭṭho2 jāti-vādena. Yam pi bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo
ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva
sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-
vādena, iminā p'; aṅgena na arahati bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo
samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ, samaṇo
tveva Gotamo arahati bhavantaṃ Soṇadaṇḍam dassanāya
upasaṃkamituṃ. Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo aḍḍho mahad-
dhano mahābhogo . . . pe . . . Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo

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1 SS -mahā (twice here, twice in 6, and always in D. v. 6-12);
Bp pitāmaha-.
2 Bp Old. in the O. C. on Pāc. 83, anupakuṭṭhio.

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114 SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA. [D. iv. 5
ajjhāyako mantadharo tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍu-
keṭubhānaṃ sākkhara-ppabhedānaṃ itihāsa-pañcamānaṃ
padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyata-mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu ana-
vayo. Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko
paramāya vaṇṇa-pokkharatāya samannāgato brahma-vaṇṇī
brahma-vaccasī1 akkhuddāvakāso dassanāya. Bhavaṃ hi
Soṇadaṇḍo sīlavā vuddha-sīlī vuddha-sīlena samannāgato.
Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo kalyāṇa-vāco kalyāṇa-{vākkaraṇo}
poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya aneḷagalāya2 at-
thassa viññāpaniyā. Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo bahunnaṃ
ācariya-pācariyo tīṇi māṇavaka-satāni mante vāceti, bahū
kho pana nānā-disā nānā-janapadā māṇavakā āgacchanti
bhoto Soṇadaṇḍassa santike mantatthikā mante adhiyitu-
kāmā.3 Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo jiṇṇo vuddho mahallako
addhagato vayo anuppatto, samaṇo Gotamo taruṇo c'; eva
taruṇa-paribbājako4 ca. Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo rañño Māga-
dhassa Seniyassa Bimbisārassa sakkato garukato mānito5
pūjito apacito. Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇassa Pok-
kharasādissa6 sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito.
Bhavaṃ hi Soṇadaṇḍo Campaṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ
satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rāja-bhoggaṃ7 raññā
Māgadhena Seniyena Bimbisārena dinnaṃ rāja-dāyaṃ8
brahma-deyyaṃ. Yam pi bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo Campaṃ
ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ
rāja-bhoggaṃ raññā Māgadhena Seniyena Bimbisārena
dinnaṃ rāja-dāyaṃ brahma-deyyam, iminā p'; aṅgena na
arahati bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya
upasaṃkamituṃ, samaṇo tveva Gotamo arahati bhavan-
taṃ Soṇadaṇḍaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamitun ti.'
6. Evaṃ vutte {Soṇadaṇḍo} brāhmaṇo te brāhmaṇe etad
avoca:

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1 Sd vaḍḍī; Sct vaḍḍhī; Sum. Sm vaccasī; Bp vacchasi.
2 Scdm anelagalāya; St Bp anelagaḷāya; see MV. v. 13. 9; viii. 6. 2.
3 All MSS. ī.
4 Bp pabbajito.
5 St māṇito (and below).
6 Sct sādissa; Sm omits the clause.
7 Sc bhogga.
8 Sc dāyādaṃ.

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D. iv. 6] REASONS FOR GOTAMA'S PRECEDENCE. 115
‘Tena hi bho mama pi suṇātha, yathā mayam eva ara-
hāma taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ,
na tv'; eva arahati so bhavaṃ Gotamo amhākaṃ dassanāya
upasaṃkamituṃ. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo ubhato
sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā
pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena. Yam
pi bho samaṇo Gotamo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto
anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vadena, iminā p'; aṅgena na arahati so
bhavaṃ Gotamo amhākaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ,
atha kho mayam eva arahāma taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Samaṇo Gotamo mahantaṃ
ñāti-saṃghaṃ ohāya pabbajito.1 Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo
pahūtaṃ hirañña-suvaṇṇaṃ ohāya pabbajito bhūmi-gatañ
ca vehāsaṭṭhañ ca. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo daharo va
samāno susukāḷa-keso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato
paṭhamena vayasā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito.
Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo akāmakānaṃ2 mātā-pitunnaṃ
assu-mukhānaṃ rudantānaṃ kesa-massuṃ ohāretvā kāsā-
yāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito.
Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko
paramāya vaṇṇa-pokkharatāya samannāgato brahma-vaṇṇī
brahma-vaccasī3 akkhuddāvakāso dassanāya. Samaṇo
khalu bho Gotamo sīlavā ariya-sīlī kusala-sīlī4 kusala-sīlena
samannāgato. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo kalyāṇa-vāco
kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya
aneḷagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā. Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo bahunnaṃ ācariya-pācariyo. Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo khīṇa-kāma-rāgo vigata-cāpallo. Samaṇo khalu
bho Gotamo kamma-vādī kiriya-vādī apāpa-purekkhāro
brahmaññāya pajāya. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo uccā
kulā pabbajito ādīnakkhattiya5-kulā. Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo aḍḍha-kulā pabbajito mahaddhanā mahā-bhogā.

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1 Bp inserts a gha.
2 Sct akāmakāmānaṃ, and so Burnouf ‘Lotus,'; 863.
3 Scdt vaḍḍhi; Bp vacchasi (as in 13).
4 Sd Bp omit.
5 Scd ādinakkh-; Bp abhinna-khattiya-.

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116 SONADANDA SUTTA. [D. iv. 6
Samaṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ tiro raṭṭhā tiro janapadā
sampucchituṃ āgacchanti. Samaṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ
anekāni devatā-sahassāni pāṇehi1 saraṇaṃ gatāni. Sama-
ṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhug-
gato: "Iti pi so bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho vijjā-
caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-damma-
sārathī satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho bhagavā ti."
Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo dvattiṃsa-mahāpurisa-lak-
khaṇehi samannāgato. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo ehi-
sāgata2-vādī sakhilo sammodako abbhākuṭiko uttāna-
mukho pubba-bhāsī. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo catunnaṃ
parisānaṃ sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito.
Samaṇe3 khalu bho Gotame4 bahū devā5 manussā ca abhi-
ppasannā. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo yasmiṃ gāme vā
nigame vā paṭivasati na tasmiṃ gāme vā nigame vā ama-
nussā manusse viheṭhenti. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo
saṃghī gaṇī gaṇācariyo puthu-tittha-karānaṃ aggam
akkhāyati. Yathā kho pana bho ekesaṃ samaṇa-brāhma-
ṇānaṃ yathā vā tathā vā yaso samudāgacchati na h'; evaṃ
samaṇassa Gotamassa yaso samudāgato, atha kho anut-
tarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya samaṇassa Gotamassa yaso
samudāgato. Samaṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ rājā Māgadho
Seniyo Bimbisāro saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco
pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato. Samaṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ
rājā Pasenadi Kosalo saputto sabhariyo sapariso sāmacco
pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato. Samaṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ
brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi saputto sabhariyo sapariso
sāmacco pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo
rañño Māgadhassa Seniyassa Bimbisārassa sakkato garu-
kato mānito pūjito apacito. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo
rañño Pasenadi-Kosalassa sakkato garukato mānito pūjito
apacito. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo brāhmaṇassa Pok-
kharasādissa6 sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito.

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1 Sm pānehi here but ṇ below.
2 Bp svāgata.
3 Sdmt ṇo; Sc omits the whole clause; Bp ṇe altered to -ṇo.
4 Sdmt Gotamo.
5 Sdt deva.
6 Sd -satidissa; Bp sātissa.

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D. iv. 8] SOṆADAṆḌA'S FEARS. 117
Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo Campaṃ anuppatto Campāyaṃ
viharati Gaggarāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre. Ye kho pana1 keci
samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā amhākaṃ {gāmakkhettaṃ} āgac-
chanti atithī no te honti. Atithī pi kho pan'; amhehi sakkā-
tabbā garukātabbā mānetabbā pūjetabbā apacetabbā. Yam
pi bho samaṇo Gotamo Campaṃ anuppatto Campāyaṃ
viharati Gaggarāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre, atith'; amhākaṃ
samaṇo Gotamo. Atithi kho2 pan'; amhehi sakkātabbo
garukātabbo mānetabbo pūjetabbo apacetabbo. Iminā
p'; aṅgena na {arahati so} bhavaṃ Gotamo amhākaṃ dassanāya
upasaṃkamituṃ, atha kho3 mayam eva arahāma taṃ
bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Ettake
kho ahaṃ bho tassa bhoto Gotamassa vaṇṇe pariyāpuṇāmi,
no ca kho so bhavaṃ4 Gotamo ettaka-vaṇṇo, aparimāṇa-
vaṇṇo hi so bhavaṃ Gotamo ti.'
7. Evaṃ vutte te brāhmaṇā Soṇadaṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ
etad avocuṃ: ‘Yathā kho bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo samaṇassa
Gotamassa vaṇṇe5 bhāsati ito ce pi so bhavaṃ Gotamo
yojana-sate viharati alam eva saddhena kula-puttena
dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ api {puṭaṃsenāpi}.6 Tena hi
bho sabbe va samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃka-
missāmāti.'
Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo mahatā brāhmaṇa-
gaṇena7 saddhiṃ yena Gaggarā8 pokkharaṇī ten'; upasaṃ-
kami.
8. Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍassa brāhmaṇassa tiro-vana-saṇḍa-
gatassa evaṃ cetasā parivitakko udapādi:
‘Ahaṃ ce va kho pana samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ pañhaṃ
puccheyyaṃ, tatra ce maṃ samaṇo Gotamo evaṃ vadeyya:
"Na9 c'; esa brāhmaṇa pañho evaṃ pucchitabbo, evaṃ
nām'; esa brāhmaṇa pañho pucchitabbo" ti tena maṃ ayaṃ
parisā paribhaveyya: "Bālo Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo avyatto,

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1 Bp adds bho.
2 Sdt atithiko.
3 Bp adds pana.
4 Bp no kho bhavaṃ.
5 Sdtm vaṇṇo; Bp vaṇṇaṃ (Sum Sc vaṇṇe).
6 Bp puṭosenāpi (but see A. iv. 190).
7 Sd saṃghena.
8 Sc Gaggarāya.
9 Bp na kho (as in 10).

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118 SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA. [D. iv. 8
nāsakkhi samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ yoniso pañhaṃ pucchitun ti."
Yaṃ kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya yaso pi tassa hā-
yetha, yassa kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogā pi tassa hāyey-
yuṃ, yaso-laddhā kho pan'; amhākaṃ bhogā. Maṃ ce va
kho pana samaṇo Gotamo pañhaṃ puccheyya, tassa cāham
pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ na ārādheyyaṃ.1 Tatra ce
maṃ samaṇo Gotamo evaṃ vadeyya, "Na c'; esa brāh-
maṇa pañho evaṃ vyākātabbo, evaṃ nām'; esa brāhmaṇa
pañho vyākātabbo" ti tena maṃ ayaṃ parisā paribhaveyya:
"Bālo Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo avyatto, nāsakkhi samaṇassa
Gotamassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ ārādhetun2 ti."
Yaṃ kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya yaso pi tassa
hāyetha, yassa kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogā pi tassa
hāyeyyuṃ, yaso-laddhā kho pan'; amhākaṃ bhogā. Ahaṃ
ce va kho pana evaṃ samīpa-gato samāno adisvā samaṇaṃ
Gotamaṃ nivatteyyaṃ tena maṃ ayaṃ parisā paribha-
veyya: "Bālo Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo avyatto mānat-
thaddho bhīto ca, no visahi3 samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya
upasaṃkamituṃ, kathaṃ hi nāma evaṃ samīpa-gato
samāno adisvā samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ nivattissatīti?" Yaṃ
kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya yaso pi tassa hāyetha,
yassa kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogā pi tassa hāyeyyuṃ,
yaso-laddhā kho pan'; amhākaṃ bhogā ti.'
9. Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo yena Bhagavā ten'
upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi
sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ
nisīdi. Campeyyakā pi kho brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā app
ekacce Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu,
app ekacce Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sammoda-
nīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu,
app ekacce yena Bhagavā ten'; añjalim panāmetvā4 ekam-
antaṃ nisīdiṃsu, app ekacce nāma-gottaṃ sāvetvā ekam-
antaṃ nisīdiṃsu, app ekacce tuṇhī-bhūtā ekamantaṃ
nisīdiṃsu.

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1 Sd āraddheyyaṃ; St ādheyyaṃ; Bp ārodheyyaṃ.
2 Bp ārodhetun.
3 Bp visahati.
4 Bp paṇāmetvā.

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D. iv. 12] SOṆADAṆDA'S FEARS. 119
10. Tatra pi sudaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo bahulam
anuvitakkento nisinno hoti:--
‘Ahaṃ ce va kho pana samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ pañhaṃ
puccheyyaṃ, tatra ce maṃ samaṇo Gotamo evaṃ vadeyya:
"Na c'; esa brāhmaṇa pañho evaṃ pucchitabbo, evaṃ nām'
esa brāhmaṇa pañho pucchitabbo" ti tena maṃ ayaṃ
parisā paribhaveyya: "Bālo Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo avyatto,
nāsakkhi samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ yoniso pañhaṃ pucchitun
ti." Yaṃ kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya yaso pi tassa
hāyetha, yassa kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogā pi tassa
hāyeyyuṃ, yaso-laddhā kho pan'; amhākaṃ bhogā. Maṃ
ce va kho pana samaṇo Gotamo pañhaṃ puccheyya, tassa
cāhaṃ pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ na ārādheyyaṃ,
tatra ce maṃ samaṇo Gotamo evaṃ vadeyya: "Na c'; esa1
brāhmaṇa pañho evaṃ vyākātabbo, evaṃ nām'; esa2 brāh-
maṇa pañho vyākātabbo" ti tena maṃ ayaṃ parisā paribha-
veyya: "Bālo Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo avyatto, nāsakkhi
samaṇassa Gotamassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ
ārādhetun ti." Yaṃ kho panāyaṃ parisā paribhaveyya
yaso pi tassa hāyetha, yassa pana yaso hāyetha bhogā pi
tassa hāyeyyuṃ, yaso-laddhā kho pan'; amhākaṃ bhogā.
Aho vata maṃ samaṇo Gotamo sake ācariyake tevijjake
pañhaṃ puccheyya.3 Addhā vat'; assāhaṃ cittaṃ ārādhey-
yaṃ pañhassa veyyākaraṇenāti!
11. Atha kho Bhagavato Soṇadaṇḍassa brāhmaṇassa
cetasā ceto-parivitakkam aññāya etad ahosi: ‘Vihaññati
kho ayaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo sakena cittena. Yan
nūnāhaṃ Soṇadaṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ sake ācariyake4 tevij-
jake pañhaṃ puccheyyan ti.'
Atha kho Bhagavā Soṇadaṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etad avoca:
‘Katihi5 pana brāhmaṇa aṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā
brāhmaṇaṃ paññāpenti, ‘Brāhmaṇo 'smīti'; ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti?'
12. Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍassa brāhmaṇassa etad ahosi:

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1 Sdt na kho 'sa; Sm na kho; Bp na kho esa.
2 Scd nāmo sa.
3 SS puccheyyāti.
4 St ācayake.
5 All MSS. ī.

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120 SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA. [D. iv. 12
‘Yaṃ vata no ahosi icchitaṃ yaṃ ākaṅkhitaṃ yaṃ
adhippetaṃ yaṃ adhipatthitaṃ -- "Aho vata maṃ samaṇo
Gotamo sake ācariyake tevijjake pañhaṃ puccheyya, addhā
vat'; assāhaṃ cittaṃ ārādheyyaṃ pañhassa veyyākaraṇ-
enāti" -- tatra maṃ samaṇo Gotamo sake ācariyake tevij-
jake pañhaṃ pucchati. Addhā vat'; assāhaṃ cittaṃ ārādhes-
sāmi pañhassa veyyākaraṇenāti.'
13. Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo abbhunnāmetvā
kāyaṃ anuviloketvā parisaṃ Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Pañcahi bho Gotama aṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā
brāhmaṇaṃ paññāpenti, ‘Brāhmaṇo 'smīti'1 ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyya. Kata-
mehi pañcahi? Idha bho brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto hoti
mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitā-
mahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena. Ajjhāyako
hoti manta-dharo tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍu-
keṭubhānaṃ {sākkhara-ppabhedānaṃ} itihāsa-pañcamānaṃ
padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyata-mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu ana-
vayo. Abhirūpo hoti dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇa-
pokkharatāya samannāgato brahma-vaṇṇī brahma-vaccasī2
{akkhuddāvakāso} dassanāya. Sīlavā hoti vuddha-sīlī
vuddha-sīlena samannāgato. Paṇḍito ca hoti medhāvī
paṭhamo vā dutiyo vā sujaṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ. Imehi kho
bho Gotama pañcahi aṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā
brāhmaṇaṃ paññāpenti, ‘Brāhmaṇo 'smīti'; ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti.'
14. ‘Imesaṃ pana brāhmaṇa pañcannaṃ aṅgānaṃ
sakkā ekaṃ aṅgaṃ ṭhapayitvā catuhi aṅgehi samannā-
gataṃ brāhmaṇaṃ paññāpetuṃ, ‘Brāhmaṇo 'smīti'; ca
vadamāno sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ
āpajjeyyāti?'
‘Sakkā bho Gotama. Imesaṃ hi bho Gotama pañ-
cannaṃ aṅgānaṃ vaṇṇaṃ ṭhapayāma. Kiṃ3 hi vaṇṇo
karissati? Yato kho bho brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto hoti
mātito ca {pitito} ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā

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1 Stm 'mhīti.
2 Bp vacchasi (as in 6).
3 SS kim hi (kiṃ hi in 15, 16).

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pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena, ajjhā-
yako ca hoti manta-dharo tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sani-
ghaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṃ {sākkhara-ppabhedānaṃ} itihāsa-pañca-
mānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyata-mahāpurisa-lak-
khaṇesu anavayo, sīlavā ca hoti vuddha-sīlī vuddha-sīlena
samannāgato, paṇḍito ca hoti medhāvī paṭhamo vā dutiyo
vā sujaṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ -- imehi kho bho Gotama
catuh'; aṅgehi1 samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ pañ-
ñāpenti, ‘Brāhmaṇo 'smīti'; ca vadamāno sammā vadeyya
na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti.'
15. ‘Imesaṃ pana brāhmaṇa catunnaṃ aṅgānaṃ sakkā
ekaṃ aṅgaṃ {ṭhapayitvā} tīhi aṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāh-
maṇaṃ paññāpetuṃ, "Brāhmaṇo 'smīti" ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti?'
‘Sakkā bho Gotama. Imesaṃ hi bho Gotama catunnaṃ
aṅgānaṃ mante {ṭhapayāma}. Kiṃ hi mantā karissanti?
Yato kho bho brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto hoti mātito ca pitito
ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā
akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena, sīlavā ca hoti vuddha-
sīlī vuddha-sīlena samannāgato, paṇḍito ca hoti medhāvī
paṭhamo vā dutiyo vā sujaṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ -- imehi kho
bho Gotama tīh'; aṅgehi1 samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā brāh-
maṇaṃ paññāpenti, "Brāhmaṇo 'smīti" ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti.'
16. ‘Imesaṃ pana brāhmaṇa tiṇṇaṃ aṅgānaṃ sakkā
ekaṃ aṅgaṃ {ṭhapayitvā} dvīh'; aṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāh-
maṇaṃ paññāpetuṃ, "Brāhmaṇo 'smīti" ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti?'
‘Sakkā bho Gotama. Imesaṃ hi bho Gotama tiṇṇaṃ
aṅgānaṃ jātiṃ {ṭhapayāma}. Kiṃ hi jāti karissati? Yato
kho bho2 brāhmaṇo sīlavā ca hoti vuddha-sīlī vuddha-
sīlena samannāgato, paṇḍito ca hoti medhāvī paṭhamo vā
dutiyo vā sujaṃ {paggaṇhantānaṃ} -- imehi kho bho Gotama
dvīh'; aṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ paññā-
penti, "Brāhmaṇo 'smīti" ca vadamāno sammā vadeyya
na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti.'

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1 Bp catuhi . . . tīhi.
2 Scdmt omit; Bp bhogota.

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122 SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA. [D. iv. 17
17. Evaṃ vutte te brāhmaṇā Soṇadaṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ
etad avocuṃ:
‘Mā bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo evaṃ avaca ! Mā bhavaṃ
{Soṇadaṇḍo} evaṃ avaca ! Apavadat'; eva1 bhavaṃ {Soṇa-}
daṇḍo vaṇṇaṃ2 apavadati mante2 apavadati jātiṃ, ekaṅ-
sena bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo samaṇass'; eva Gotamassa vādaṃ
anupakkhandatīti.'
18. Atha kho Bhagavā te {brāhmaṇe} etad avoca: ‘Sace
kho3 tumhākaṃ brāhmaṇā4 evaṃ hoti, "Appassuto ca Soṇa-
daṇḍo brāhmaṇo, akalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo ca Soṇadaṇḍo brāh-
maṇo, duppañño ca Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo, na ca pahoti
Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo5 samaṇena Gotamena saddhiṃ
asmiṃ vacane patimantetun7 ti," tiṭṭhatu Soṇadaṇḍo brāh-
maṇo, tumhe mayā saddhiṃ mantavho. Sace pana tum-
hākaṃ6 brāhmaṇā evaṃ hoti: Bahussuto ca6 Soṇadaṇḍo
brāhmaṇo, kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo ca Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo,
paṇḍito ca Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo, pahoti ca Soṇadaṇḍo
brāhmaṇo samaṇena Gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane
patimantetun7 ti," tiṭṭhatha tumhe, Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo
mayā saddhiṃ mantetūti.'8
19. Evaṃ vutte Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Tiṭṭhatu bhavaṃ Gotamo, tuṇhī bhavaṃ Gotamo
hotu, aham eva tesaṃ saha dhammena paṭivacanaṃ
karissāmīti.'
Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo te brāhmaṇe etad avoca:
‘Mā bhavanto evaṃ avacuttha,9 mā bhavanto evaṃ ava-
cuttha -- "Apavadat'; eva10 bhavaṃ Soṇadaṇḍo vaṇṇaṃ
apavadati mante apavadati jātiṃ, {ekaṃsena} bhavaṃ Soṇa-

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1 Scdm apavadate. See 19.
2 Scmt omit.
3 All MSS. vo (see iii. 18).
4 Bp brahmaṇānaṃ.
5 Sct repeat na ca pahoti S- b-; and so Sm erased.
6-6 Sc brāhmaṇa etad avoca; St brāhmaṇaṃ etad avocā;
Sm brāhmaṇo etad avoca; Sd Bp brāhmaṇānaṃ e. h. b. c.
7 Sd Bp paṭimantetun.
8 Sc mantetun ti; St mante ti; Bp paṭimantetūti.
9 Bp omits repetition of this clause.
10 Only St here apavadate.

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D. iv. 21] AṄGAKA. 123
daṇḍo samaṇass'; eva Gotamassa vādaṃ anupakkhandatīti."
Nāhaṃ bho apavadāmi vaṇṇaṃ vā mante vā jātiṃ vā ti.'
20. Tena kho pana samayena Soṇadaṇḍassa brāhmaṇassa
bhāgineyyo Aṅgako nāma māṇavako tassaṃ1 {parisāyaṃ}
nisinno hoti. Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo te brāh-
maṇe etad avoca: ‘Passanti no bhonto imaṃ Aṅgakaṃ
māṇavakaṃ amhākaṃ bhāgineyyan ti.'
‘Evaṃ bho.'2
‘Aṅgako kho bho māṇavako abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko
paramāya vaṇṇa-pokkharatāya samannāgato brahma-vaṇ-
ṇī brahma-vaccasī3 akkhuddāvakāso dassanāya, nāssa
imissā4 parisāya samasamo atthi vaṇṇena {ṭhapetvā} {sama-
ṇaṃ} Gotamaṃ. Aṅgako kho bho māṇavako ajjhāyako
manta-dharo tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍu-keṭu-
bhānaṃ {sākkhara-ppabhedānaṃ}5 itihāsa-pañcamānaṃ
padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyata-mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu
anavayo. Aham assa mante vācetā. Aṅgako kho bho
māṇavako ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-
gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupak-
kuṭṭho jāti-vādena. Aham assa mātā-pitaro jānāmi. Aṅ-
gako kho bho māṇavako pāṇam pi haneyya adinnam pi
ādiyeyya paradāram pi gaccheyya musā pi bhaṇeyya6
majjam pi piveyya, ettha dāni bho kiṃ vaṇṇo karissati,
kiṃ mantaṃ, kiṃ jāti? Yato kho bho brāhmaṇo sīlavā ca
hoti vuddha-sīlī vuddha-sīlena samannāgato, paṇḍito ca
hoti medhāvī paṭhamo vā dutiyo vā sujaṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ,
imehi kho bho dvīh'; aṅgehi samannāgataṃ brāhmaṇā
brāhmaṇaṃ paññāpenti, "Brāhmaṇo 'smīti" ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti.'
21. ‘Imesaṃ pana brāhmaṇa dvinnaṃ aṅgānaṃ sakkā
ekaṃ aṅgaṃ {ṭhapayitvā} ekena aṅgena samannāgataṃ brāh-
maṇaṃ paññāpetuṃ, "Brāhmaṇo 'smīti" ca vadamāno
sammā vadeyya na ca pana musā-vādaṃ āpajjeyyāti?'

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1 Sd tassa.
2 So all MSS.
3 Sd vaḍḍī St vaḍasī Sm vaddhi Bp vacchasi.
4 Sd 'missā: Bp imassaṃ parisayaṃ.
5 Bp sakkhara-.
6 So all MSS. (Scdt n): Sum. bhāseyya.

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124 SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA. [D. iv. 21
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama. Sīla-paridhotā hi bho Gotama
paññā, {paññā}-paridhotaṃ sīlaṃ, yattha sīlaṃ tattha paññā,
yattha paññā tattha sīlaṃ, sīlavato paññā paññāvato sīlaṃ,
sīla-{paññāṇañ} ca pana lokasmiṃ aggam akkhāyati. Seyya-
thā pi bho Gotama hatthena vā hatthaṃ dhopeyya,1 pādena
vā pādaṃ dhopeyya, evam eva kho bho Gotama sīla-
paridhotā paññā, paññā-paridhotaṃ sīlaṃ, yattha sīlaṃ
tattha paññā, yattha paññā tattha sīlaṃ, sīlavato paññā
paññāvato sīlaṃ, sīla-{paññāṇañ} ca pana lokasmiṃ aggam
akkhāyatīti.'
22. ‘Evam etaṃ brāhmaṇa. Sīla-paridhotā hi brāhmaṇa
paññā, paññā-paridhotaṃ sīlaṃ, yattha sīlaṃ tattha paññā,
yattha paññā tattha sīlaṃ, sīlavato paññā paññāvato sīlaṃ,
sīla-{paññāṇañ} ca pana lokasmiṃ aggam akkhāyati. Kata-
maṃ pana taṃ brāhmaṇa sīlaṃ, katamā sā paññā ti?'
‘Ettaka-paramā va mayaṃ bho Gotama etasmiṃ atthe.
Sādhu vata bhavantaṃ yeva bho Gotamaṃ paṭibhātu etassa
bhāsitassa attho ti.'
23. ‘Tena hi brāhmaṇa suṇāhi, sādhukaṃ manasi-
karohi, bhāsissāmīti.'
‘Evaṃ bho'; ti kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo Bhagavato
paccassosi.
Bhagavā etad avoca:
‘Idha brāhmaṇa Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ sam-
mā-sambuddho . . . yathā Sāmañña-phale evaṃ vitthā-
retabbaṃ] . . .. Evaṃ kho brāhmaṇa bhikkhu sīla-
sampanno hoti. Idam pi kho taṃ brāhmaṇa sīlaṃ.
‘ . . . pe2 . . . paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati
. . . pe . . . dutiyajjhānaṃ . . . pe . . . tatiyajjhānaṃ
. . . catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati . . . pe . . .
{ñāṇa}-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti . . .
pe . . . idam pi 'ssa hoti paññāya . . . pe . . . nāparaṃ
{itthattāyāti} pajānāti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti paññāya. Ayaṃ
kho sā brāhmaṇa paññā3 ti.'
24. Evaṃ vutte Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ
etad avoca: ‘Abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama, abhikkantaṃ bho

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1 Bp dhoveyya.
2 SS omit this pe.
3 Scdmt paññāyāti.

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D. iv. 26] SOṆADAṆḌA'S CONVERSION 125
Gotama. Seyyathā pi bho Gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkuj-
jeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ
ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā tela-{pajjotaṃ} dhāreyya: "cak-
khumanto rūpāni dakkhintīti," evam eva bhotā1 Gotamena
aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ Bhagavan-
taṃ Gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañ ca bhikkhu-
saṃghañ ca, upāsakam maṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo dhāretu
ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ. Adhivāsetu ca me
bhavaṃ Gotamo svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhu-
saṃghenāti.'
Adhivāsesi Bhagavā tuṇhī-bhāvena. Atha kho {Soṇa-
daṇḍo} brāhmaṇo Bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā uṭṭhāy'
āsanā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pak-
kāmi. Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo tassā rattiyā
accayena sake nivesane paṇītaṃ khādaniyaṃ bhojaniyaṃ
paṭiyādāpetvā Bhagavato kālaṃ ārocāpesi: ‘Kālo bho
Gotama, niṭṭhitaṃ bhattan ti.'
25 Atha kho Bhagavā pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā
patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya saddhiṃ bhikkhu-saṃghena yena
{Soṇadaṇḍassa} brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṃ ten'; upasaṃkami,
upasaṃkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo
brāhmaṇo Buddha-pamukhaṃ bhikkhu-saṃghaṃ paṇītena
khādaniyena bhojaniyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi.
Atha kho Soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ
onīta-patta-pāṇiṃ aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekam-
antaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho Soṇadaṇḍo
brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
26. ‘Ahañ ce va kho pana bho Gotama parisa-gato
samāno āsanā vuṭṭhahitvā Bhagavantaṃ2 Gotamaṃ abhi-
vādeyyaṃ, tena maṃ sā parisā paribhaveyya. Yaṃ kho
pana sā parisā paribhaveyya yaso pi tassa hāyetha, yassa
kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogā pi tassa hāyeyyuṃ, yaso-
laddhā kho pan'; amhākaṃ bhogā. Ahañ ce va kho pana bho
Gotama parisa-gato samāno añjaliṃ paggaṇheyyaṃ, āsanā
me taṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo paccuṭṭhānaṃ dhāretu. Ahañ

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1 Sm bho (and so in iii. 22; comp. iii. 17, 19).
2 Bp Bhavantaṃ.

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126 SOṆADAṆḌA SUTTA. [D. iv. 26
ce va kho pana bho Gotama parisa-gato samāno veṭhanaṃ
omuñceyyaṃ, sirasā me taṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo abhivādanaṃ
dhāretu. -- Ahañ ce va kho pana bho Gotama yāna-gato
samāno yānā paccorohitvā Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ abhivā-
deyyaṃ, tena maṃ sā parisā paribhaveyya. Yaṃ kho
pana sā parisā paribhaveyya, yaso pi tassa hāyetha, yassa
kho pana yaso hāyetha bhogā pi tassa hāyeyyuṃ, yaso-
laddhā kho1 pan'; {amhākaṃ} bhogā. Ahañ ce va kho1
pana2 bho Gotama yāna-gato samāno patoda-laṭṭhiṃ
{abbhunnāmeyyaṃ}, yānā me taṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo paccoro-
hanaṃ dhāretu. Ahañ ce va kho pana bho Gotama yāna-
gato samāno hatthaṃ apanāmeyyaṃ, sirasā me taṃ bhavaṃ
Gotamo abhivādanaṃ dhāretūti.'
27. Atha kho Bhagavā Soṇadaṇḍaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dham-
miyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sam-
pahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmīti.
SOṆADAṆḌA-SUTTAṂ.3

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1 Scdt omit.
2 Bp omits.
3 Bp Soṇadaṇḍa-suttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ catutthaṃ.

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127
[v. Kūṭadanta Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Maga-
dhesu1 cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena
saddhiṃ pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi yena Khānumataṃ2
nāma Magadhānaṃ Brāhmaṇa-gāmo tad avasari. Tatra
sudaṃ Bhagavā Khānumate viharati Ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ.
Tena kho pana samayena Kūṭadanto3 brāhmaṇo Khānu-
mataṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhañ-
ñaṃ rāja-bhoggaṃ raññā Māgadhena Seniyena Bimbisārena
dinnaṃ rāja-dāyaṃ brahma-deyyaṃ. Tena kho pana
samayena Kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa mahā yañño upak-
khaṭo4 hoti, satta ca usabha-satāni satta ca vacchatara-
satāni satta ca {vacchatarī}-satāni satta ca aja-satāni satta
ca urabbha-satāni {thūṇūpanītāni} honti yaññatthāya.
2. Assosuṃ kho Khānumatakā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā:
‘Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulā pab-
bajito Magadhesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃ-
ghena saddhiṃ pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi Khānumataṃ
anuppatto Khānumate viharati Ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ. Taṃ
kho pana Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo
abbhuggato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-{sambud-
dho} vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-
damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho bhagavā

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1 Scmt Bp Mag-; Sd Māg- (throughout).
2 Sm khāṇum- always.
3 Bp always Kuta.
4 Sc upakkaṭṭho; Sd upakkhato; Bp upakkhato.

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128 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 2
ti." So imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ
sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ {sadeva-manussaṃ} sayaṃ
abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti. So dhammaṃ deseti ādi-
kalyāṇaṃ majjhe kalyāṇaṃ pariyosāna-kalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ
savyañjanaṃ, kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahma-
cariyaṃ pakāseti. {Sādhu} kho pana tathā-rūpānaṃ arahataṃ
dassanaṃ hotīti.'; Atha kho Khānumatakā {brāhmaṇa}-
gahapatikā Khānumatā nikkhamitvā saṃghā saṃghī1 gaṇī-
bhūtā yena Ambalaṭṭhikā ten'; upasaṃkamanti.
3. Tena kho pana samayena Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo upari-
pāsāde divā-seyyaṃ upagato hoti. Addasā kho Kūṭadanto
brāhmaṇo Khānumatake {brāhmaṇa}-gahapatike Khānu-
matā nikkhamitvā saṃghā saṃghī gaṇī-bhūte yena Amba-
laṭṭhikā ten'; upasaṃkamante. Disvā khattaṃ āmantesi:
‘Kin nu kho bho khatte Khānumatakā brāhmaṇa-gaha-
patikā Khānumatā nikkhamitvā saṃghā saṃghī gaṇī-bhūtā
yena Ambalaṭṭhikā ten'; upasaṃkamantīti?'
‘Atthi kho bho samaṇo2 Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-
kulā pabbajito. Māgadhesu cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā
bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi
Khānumataṃ anuppatto Khānumate viharati Ambalaṭṭhi-
kāyaṃ. Taṃ kho pana Bhagavantaṃ3 Gotamaṃ evaṃ
kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ
sammā-sambuddho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū
anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ
buddho bhagavā ti." Tam ete Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamantīti.'
4. Atha kho Kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa etad ahosi:
‘Sutaṃ kho4 pana me taṃ: "Samaṇo Gotamo tividha5-
yañña-sampadaṃ soḷasa-parikkhāraṃ jānātīti." Na kho
panāhaṃ jānāmi tividha-yañña-sampadaṃ soḷasa-parik-
khāraṃ, icchāmi cāhaṃ mahā-yaññaṃ yajituṃ. Yan {nūnā-}

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1 Bpm saṃgha-saṃghi.
2 Scdmt add khalu bho.
3 Bp bhavantaṃ (twice).
4 Sdt Bp omit.
5 B tividhaṃ always. See 9, etc. Only at end of 20
SS have tividhā (and there Sm has the ā struck out).

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D. v. 6] KŪṬADANTA AND THE BRAHMANS. 129
haṃ samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ upasaṃkamitvā tividha-yañña-
sampadaṃ soḷasa-parikkhāraṃ puccheyyan ti.'
Atha kho Kūṭadanto Brāhmaṇo taṃ khattaṃ āmantesi:
‘Tena hi bho khatte yena Khānumatakā brāhmaṇa-gaha-
patikā ten'; upasaṃkama,1 upasaṃkamitvā Khānumatake
brāhmaṇa-gahapatike evaṃ vadehi: "Kūṭadanto bho
brāhmaṇo evam āha: Āgamentu kira bhavanto, Kūṭadanto
pi brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃka-
missatīti."'
‘Evaṃ bho'; ti kho so khattā Kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa
paṭissutvā yena Khānumatakā brāhmaṇa-gahapatikā ten'
upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Khānumatake brāhmaṇa-
gahapatike etad avoca: ‘Kūṭadanto bho brāhmaṇo evam
āha: "Āgamentu kira bhavanto, Kūṭadanto pi brāhmaṇo
samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamissatīti."'
5. Tena kho pana samayena anekāni brāhmaṇa-satāni
Khānumate paṭivasanti: ‘Kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa
mahā-yaññaṃ anubhavissāmāti.'; Assosuṃ kho te brāh-
maṇā: ‘Kūṭadanto kira brāhmaṇo samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamissatīti.'; Atha kho te brāhmaṇā
yena Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo ten'; upasaṃkamiṃsu, upasaṃ-
kamitvā Kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etad avocuṃ:
‘Saccaṃ kira bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamissatīti?'
‘Evaṃ kho me bho hoti, aham pi samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamissāmīti.'
6. ‘Mā bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya
upasaṃkami, na arahati bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto samaṇaṃ
Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Sace bhavam
Kūṭadanto samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamis-
sati, bhoto Kūṭadantassa yaso hāyissati, samaṇassa Gota-
massa yaso abhivaḍḍhissati. Yam pi bhotā Kūṭadantassa
yaso hāyissati, samaṇassa Gotamassa yaso abhivaḍḍhissati,
iminā p'; aṅgena na arahati bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto samaṇaṃ
Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Samaṇo tveva
Gotamo arahati bhavantaṃ Kūṭadantaṃ dassanāya upa-

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1 All MSS. -kami. (Compare iv. 3.)

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130 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 6
saṅkamituṃ. Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto ubhato sujāto mātito
ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā1-
yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho2 jāti-vādena. Yam pi bhavaṃ
Kūṭadanto ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-
gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupak-
kuṭṭho jāti-vādena, iminā p'; aṅgena na arahati bhavaṃ Kūṭa-
danto samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ,
samaṇo tveva Gotamo arahati bhavantaṃ Kūṭadantaṃ das-
sanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto aḍḍho
mahaddhano mahā-bhogo . . . pe . . . Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto
ajjhāyako manta-dharo tiṇṇam vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍu-
keṭubhānaṃ sākkhara-ppabhedānaṃ itihāsa-pañcamānaṃ
padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyata-mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu ana-
vayo. Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko
paramāya vaṇṇa-pokkharatāya samannāgato brahma-vaṇṇī
brahma-vaccasī3 akkhuddāvakāso dassanāya. Bhavaṃ hi
Kūṭadanto sīlavā vuddha-sīlī vuddha-sīlena samannāgato.
Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto kalyāṇa-vāco kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo
poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya aneḷagalāya4
atthassa viññāpaniyā. Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto bahunnaṃ
ācariya-pācariyo tīṇi māṇavaka-satāni mante vāceti, bahū
kho pana nānā-disā nānā-janapadā māṇavakā āgacchanti
bhoto Kūṭadantassa santike mantatthikā mante adhiyitu5-
kāmā. Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto jiṇṇo vuddho mahallako
addhagato vayo anuppatto, samaṇo Gotamo taruṇo c'; eva
taruṇa-paribbājako6 ca. Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto rañño
Māgadhassa Seniyassa Bimbisārassa sakkato garukato
mānito pūjito apacito. Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇassa
Pokkharasādissa7 sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito.

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1 SS mahā- (twice in 6, and twice in 7, and twice in 12).
See iv. 4.
2 Bp akhitto anupakuṭho (see iii. 3. 58).
3 SS vaḍḍhī; Bp vacchasi as at 7.
4 Scd anelagalāya; Smt Bp anelagaḷāya.
5 All MSS. adhīyitu (See "Journal P. T. S." 1886, and J. 4. 496).
6 Sd pabbajako; Bp pabbajito.
7 Bp Pokkharasātissa.

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D. v. 7] REASONS FOR GOTAMA'S PRECEDENCE. 131
Bhavaṃ hi Kūṭadanto Khānumataṃ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ1
satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rāja-bhoggaṃ raññā Māga-
dhena Seniyena Bimbisārena dinnaṃ rāja-dāyaṃ brahma-
deyyaṃ. Yaṃ pi bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto Khānumataṃ ajjhā-
vasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ rāja-
bhoggaṃ raññā Māgadhena Seniyena Bimbisārena dinnaṃ
rāja-dāyaṃ brahma-deyyaṃ, iminā p'; aṅgena na arahati
bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃ-
kamituṃ, samaṇo tveva Gotamo arahati bhavantaṃ
Kūṭadantaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamitun ti.'
7. Evaṃ vutte Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo te brāhmaṇe etad
avoca:
‘Tena hi bho mama pi suṇātha, yathā mayam eva ara-
hāma taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkami-
tuṃ, na tveva arahati so bhavaṃ Gotamo amhākaṃ das-
sanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo
ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva
sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho {jāti}-vādena.
Yam pi bho samaṇo {Gotamo} ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito
ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā ak-
khitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena, iminā p'; aṅgena na arahati
so bhavaṃ Gotamo amhākaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ,
atha kho mayam eva arahāma taṃ bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo
mahantaṃ ñāti-saṃghaṃ ohāya2 pabbajito. Samaṇo khalu
bho Gotamo pahūtaṃ hirañña-suvaṇṇaṃ ohāya pabbajito
bhūmi-gatañ ca vehāsaṭṭhañ ca. Samaṇo khalu bho Go-
tamo daharo va samāno susukāḷa-keso bhadrena yobbanena
samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ
pabbajito. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo akāmakānaṃ mātā-
pitunnaṃ assu-mukhānaṃ rudantānaṃ kesa-massuṃ
ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāri-
yaṃ pabbajito. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo abhirūpo
dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇa-pokkharatāya saman-
nāgato brahma-vaṇṇī brahma-vaccasī3 akkhuddāvakāso

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1 Bp satthussadaṃ.
2 Sd Bp pahāya.
3 SS vaḍḍhī; Bp vacchasi.

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132 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 7
dassanāya. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo sīlavā ariya-sīlī
kusala-sīlī kusala-sīlena samannāgato. Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo kalyāṇa-vāco kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya
samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya aneḷagalāya1 atthassa viññā-
paniyā. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo bahunnaṃ ācariya-
pācariyako. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo khīṇa-kāma-rāgo
vigata-cāpallo. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo kamma-vādī
kiriya-vādī apāpa-purekkhāro brahmaññāya pajāya. Samaṇo
khalu bho Gotamo uccā kulā pabbajito ādīnakkhattiya-
kulā.2 Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo aḍḍha-kulā pabbajito
mahaddhanā mahā-bhogā. Samaṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ
tiro raṭṭhā tiro janapadā saṃpucchituṃ āgacchanti. Sa-
maṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ anekāni devatā-sahassāni3
pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gatāni. Samaṇaṃ khalu bho Gotamaṃ
evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā
arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato
loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi satthā deva-
manussānaṃ buddho bhagavā ti." Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo dvattiṃsa mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇehi samannāgato.
Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo ehi-sāgata-vādī4 sakhilo sam-
modako abbhākuṭiko uttāna-mukho pubba-bhāsī. Samaṇo
khalu bho Gotamo catunnaṃ parisānaṃ sakkato garukato
mānito pūjito apacito. Samaṇe khalu bho Gotame5 bahū
devā ca manussā ca abhippasannā. Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo yasmiṃ gāme vā nigame vā paṭivasati na tasmiṃ
gāme vā nigame vā amanussā manusse viheṭhenti. Samaṇo
khalu bho Gotamo saṃghī gaṇī gaṇācariyo puthu-tittha-
karānam aggam akkhāyati. Yathā kho pana bho ekesaṃ
samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ yathā vā tathā vā yaso samudā-
gacchati na h'; eva6 samaṇassa Gotamassa yaso samudāgato,
atha kho anuttarāya vijjā-caraṇa-sampadāya samaṇassa
Gotamassa yaso samudāgato. Samaṇaṃ khalu bho
Gotamaṃ rājā Māgadho Seniyo Bimbisāro saputto sabhariyo

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1 Scd anelagalāya; Smt Bp anelagaḷāya.
2 Sc ādiya-kulā; B asambhinnakh-.
3 B sata-sahassāni.
4 Bp -svāgata-.
5 Sm has loc.; all other MSS. nom.
6 MSS. eva here, evaṃ in iv. 6.

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D. v. 8] DUTY TO GUESTS. 133
sapariso sāmacco pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato. Samaṇaṃ khalu
bho Gotamaṃ rājā Pasenadi Kosalo saputto sabhariyo
sapariso sāmacco pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato. Samaṇaṃ khalu
bho Gotamaṃ brāhmaṇo Pokkharasādi1 saputto sabhariyo
sapariso sāmacco pāṇehi saraṇaṃ gato. Samaṇo khalu
bho Gotamo rañño Māgadhassa Seniyassa Bimbisārassa
sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito. Samaṇo khalu
bho Gotamo rañño Pasenadissa Kosalassa sakkato garukato
mānito pūjito apacito. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo Brāh-
maṇassa Pokkharasādissa2 sakkato garukato mānito pūjito
apacito. Samaṇo khalu bho Gotamo Khānumataṃ anup-
patto Khānumate viharati Ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ. Ye kho pana
keci samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā amhākaṃ gāmakkhettaṃ
āgacchanti atithī no te honti. Atithī kho pan'; amhehi
sakkātabbā garukātabbā mānetabbā pūjetabbā apacetabbā.
Yam pi bho samaṇo Gotamo Khānumataṃ anuppatto
Khānumate viharati Ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ atith'; amhākaṃ
samaṇo Gotamo. Atithi kho pan'; amhehi sakkātabbo
garukātabbo mānetabbo pūjetabbo apacetabbo. Iminā
p'; aṅgena na arahati so bhavaṃ Gotamo amhākaṃ das-
sanāya upasaṃkamituṃ, atha kho mayam eva arahāma
tam bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamituṃ.
Ettake kho aham bho tassa bhoto Gotamassa vaṇṇe pari-
yāpuṇāmi, no ca kho so bhavaṃ Gotamo ettaka-vaṇṇo,
aparimāṇa-vaṇṇo hi so bhavaṃ Gotamo ti.'
8. Evaṃ vutte te brāhmaṇā Kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ
etad avocuṃ: ‘Yathā kho bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto samaṇassa
Gotamassa vaṇṇe3 bhāsati ito ce pi so bhavaṃ Gotamo
yojana-sate viharati alam eva saddhena kula-puttena das-
sanāya upasaṃkamituṃ api {puṭaṃsenāpi}. Tena hi bho
sabbe va samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ dassanāya upasaṃkamis-
sāmāti.'
Atha kho Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo mahatā brāhmaṇa-
gaṇena saddhiṃ yena Ambalaṭṭhikā yena Bhagavā ten'
upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sam-

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1 All MSS. -sāti.
2 Bp -sātissa (SS all d here).
3 All MSS. vaṇṇo (as most at D. iv. 7).

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134 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 8
modiṃ sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam-
antaṃ nisīdi. Khānumatakā pi kho brāhmaṇa-gaha-
patikā app ekacce Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ
nisīdiṃsu, app ekacce Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu
sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ
nisīdiṃsu, {app} ekacce yena Bhagavā ten'; añjaliṃ panā-
metvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu, app ekacce nāma-gottaṃ
sāvetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu, app ekacce tuṇhī-bhūtā
ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu.
9. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo Bha-
gavantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Sutaṃ me taṃ bho Gotama: "Samaṇo Gotamo tividha-
yañña-sampadaṃ1 soḷasa-parikkhāraṃ jānātīti." Na kho
panāhaṃ jānāmi tividha-yañña-sampadaṃ soḷasa-parik-
khāraṃ, icchāmi cāhaṃ mahā-yaññaṃ yajituṃ. Sādhu me
bhavaṃ Gotamo tividha-yañña-sampadaṃ soḷasa-parik-
khāraṃ desetūti.'; ‘Tena hi brāhmaṇa suṇohi, sādhukaṃ
manasi-karohi, bhāsissāmīti.'
‘Evaṃ bho '; ti kho Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo Bhagavato
paccassosi. Bhagavā etad avoca:
10. ‘Bhūta-pubbaṃ brāhmaṇa rājā Mahā-vijito nāma
ahosi aḍḍho mahaddhano mahā-bhogo pahūta-jātarūpa-raja-
to pahūta-vittūpakaraṇo pahūta-dhana-dhañño paripuṇṇa-
kosa-koṭṭhāgāro. Atha kho brāhmaṇa rañño Mahā-viji-
tassa {rahogatassa} {patisallīnassa}2 evaṃ cetaso parivitakko
udapādi: "Adhigatā kho me vipulā mānusakā bhogā,
mahantaṃ paṭhavi-maṇḍalaṃ abhivijiya ajjhāvasāmi. Yan
nūnāhaṃ mahā-yaññaṃ yajeyyaṃ yaṃ mama assa dīgha-
rattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti." Atha kho brāhmaṇa rājā Mahā-
vijito purohitaṃ3 brāhmaṇaṃ āmantāpetvā4 etad avoca:
"Idha mayhaṃ brāhmaṇa {rahogatassa} {patisallīnassa} evaṃ
cetaso parivitakko udapādi: ‘Adhigato me vipulā mānusakā

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1 Bp vidhaṃ thrice (and so Scm the first time only). See 4.
2 All MSS. twice t; Sct Bp twice ṇ; Sdm twice n (Old.
CV. vii. 1. 2, ṭ and n); at vi. 2, 3, SS patisallīno.
3 Sd and St often porohit-; Bp usually parohit-.
4 Bp āmantetvā (and in 12).

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D. v. 11] STEPS BEFORE THE SACRIFICE. 135
bhogā, mahantaṃ paṭhavi-maṇḍalaṃ abhivijiya ajjhāva-
sāmi. Yan nūnāhaṃ mahā-yaññaṃ yajeyyaṃ, yaṃ mama
assa dīgha-rattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti.'; Icchām'; ahaṃ brāh-
maṇa mahā-yaññaṃ yajituṃ. Anusāsatu maṃ bhavaṃ
yaṃ mama assa dīgha-rattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti."
11. ‘Evaṃ vutte brāhmaṇa purohito brāhmaṇo rājānaṃ
Mahā-vijitaṃ etad avoca: "Bhoto kho rañño janapado
sakaṇṭako1 sa-upapīḷo,2 gāma-ghātā pi dissanti [nigama-
ghātā pi dissanti3] nagara-ghātā pi dissanti pantha-duhanā
pi dissanti. Bhavañ ce kho4 pana rājā evaṃ sakaṇṭake
janapade sa-upapīḷe balim uddhareyya, akicca-kārī assa
tena bhavaṃ rājā. Siyā kho pana bhoto rañño evam assa:
‘Aham etaṃ dassu-khīlaṃ5 vadhena vā bandhena6 vā
jāniyā7 vā garahāya vā pabbājanāya vā samūhanissāmīti,'
na kho pan'; etassa dassu-khīlassa evaṃ sammā samug-
ghāto hoti. Ye te hatāvasesakā bhavissanti, te pacchā
{rañño} janapadaṃ viheṭhessanti.8 Api ca kho idaṃ saṃ-
vidhānaṃ āgamma evam etassa dassu-khīlassa sammā
{samugghāto} hoti. Tena hi bhavaṃ rājā ye bhoto rañño
janapade ussahanti kasi-gorakkhe tesam bhavaṃ rājā bīja-
bhattaṃ anuppādetu,9 ye bhoto rañño janapade ussahanti
vaṇijjāya tesam bhavaṃ rājā pābhataṃ anuppādetu, ye
bhoto rañño janapade ussahanti rāja-porise tesam bhavaṃ
rājā bhatta-vetanaṃ pakappetu, te ca manussā sa-kamma-
pasutā rañño janapadaṃ na viheṭhessanti, mahā ca rañño
rāsiko bhavissati, khemaṭṭhitā janapadā akaṇṭakā an-
upapīḷā, manussā ca mudā modamānā ure putte naccentā
apāruta-gharā maññe viharissantīti."
"‘Evaṃ bho" ti kho brāhmaṇa rājā Mahā-vijito purohi-
tassa brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā, ye rañño janapade ussa-

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1 Sd thrice and Sc here sakaṇṭhako.
2 Sd Bp uppilo.
3 Scmt omit.
4 Sd bhavaṃ ce va kho; Bp bhavaṃ kho.
5 Scd dasasu.
6 Sd bandhanena.
7 Sct janiyāya.
8 Bp vihedissanti.
9 Scdmt -ppadetu, but Scd just below ā and see next paragraph.
(Bp ā both times).

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136 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 11
hiṃsu kasi-{gorakkhe} tesam bhavaṃ rājā {Mahā}-vijito bīja-
bhattaṃ anuppādesi,1 ye rañño janapade ussahiṃsu vaṇij-
jāya tesaṃ rājā Mahā-vijito pābhataṃ anuppādesi, ye rañño
janapade ussahiṃsu rāja-porise, tesaṃ rājā Mahā-vijito
bhatta-vetanaṃ pakappesi, te ca manussā sa-kamma-pasutā
rañño janapadaṃ na viheṭhesuṃ,2 mahā ca rañño rāsiko
ahosi, khemaṭṭhitā janapadā akaṇṭakā anupapīḷā, manussā
ca mudā modamānā ure putte naccentā apāruta-gharā
maññe vihariṃsu.
12. ‘Atha kho brāhmaṇa rājā Mahā-vijito purohitaṃ brāh-
maṇaṃ āmantāpetvā etad avoca: "Samūhato kho me bho
dassu-khīlo, bhoto saṃvidhānaṃ āgamma mahā ca me
rāsiko khemaṭṭhitā janapadā akaṇṭakā anupapīḷā manussā
ca mudā modamānā ure putte naccentā apāruta-gharā
maññe vihariṃsu. Icchām'; ahaṃ brāhmaṇa mahā-
yaññaṃ yajituṃ. Anusāsatu maṃ bhavaṃ yaṃ mama
assa dīgha-rattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti."
"‘Tena hi bhavaṃ rājā ye bhoto rañño janapade khat-
tiyā anuyuttā3 negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca te bhavaṃ rājā
āmantayataṃ: ‘Icchām'; ahaṃ bho mahā-yaññaṃ yajituṃ,
anujānantu me bhonto yaṃ mama assa dīgha-rattaṃ
hitāya sukhāyāti.'; Ye bhoto rañño janapade amaccā
pārisajjā negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca . . . pe . . . brāh-
maṇa-mahāsāla negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca . . . pe . . .
gahapati-necayikā4 negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca, te bhavaṃ
rājā āmantayataṃ: ‘Icchām'; ahaṃ bho mahā-yaññaṃ
yajituṃ, anujānantu me bhavanto yam mama assa dīgha-
rattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti."'
"‘Evaṃ bho" ti kho brāhmaṇa rājā Mahā-vijito puro-
hitassa brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā ye rañño janapade khattiyā
anuyuttā negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca, te rājā Mahā-vijito

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1 Sc anuppadesi; Bb twice -ppadāsi (but just below Scdmt -ppā-).
2 Scdt -ṭheyyuṃ; Sm -ṭheyyuṃ corrected to -ṭhesuṃ; Bp vihedhisu.
3 Bp anuyanta.
4 Sct here nomayikā and Sd nevayikā; Bp twice venayikā;
Sm Bm necayikā; and so SS below.

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D. v. 13] CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KING. 137
āmantesi: "Icchām'; ahaṃ bho mahā-yaññaṃ yajituṃ,
anujānantu me bhavanto yaṃ mama assa dīgha-rattaṃ
hitāya sukhāyāti." "Yajataṃ bhavaṃ rājā yaññaṃ,
yañña-kālo mahā-rājāti."
‘Ye rañño janapade amaccā pārisajjā negamā c'; eva
jānapadā ca . . . pe . . . brāhmaṇa-mahāsālā negamā c'
eva jānapadā ca, gahapati-necayikā negamā c'; eva jānapadā
ca, te rājā Mahā-vijito āmantesi: "Icchām'; ahaṃ bho
mahā-yaññaṃ yajituṃ, anujānantu me bhavanto yaṃ
mama assa dīgha-rattaṃ hitāya sukhāyāti." "Yajataṃ
bhavaṃ rājā yaññam, yañña-kālo mahā-rājāti."
‘Iti 'me cattāro anumati-pakkhā tass'; eva yaññassa
parikkhārā bhavanti.
13. ‘Rājā Mahā-vijito aṭṭhaṅgehi samannāgato --
Ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva
sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena
-- Abhirūpo {dassanīyo} pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇa-pok-
kharatāya samannāgato brahma-vaṇṇī brahma-vaccasī1
akkhuddāvakāso dassanāya -- Aḍḍho {mahaddhano} mahā-
bhogo pahūta-jātarūpa-rajato pahūta-vittūpakaraṇo pahūta-
dhana-dhañño paripuṇṇa-kosa-koṭṭhāgāro -- Balavā catur-
aṅginiyā senāya samannāgato assavāya2 ovāda-pati-
karāya3 patapati4 maññe paccatthike yasasā -- Saddho
dāyako dāna-pati anāvaṭa-dvāro samaṇa-brāhmaṇa-kapa-
ṇiddhika-vaṇibbaka-yācakānaṃ opāna-bhūto puññāni
karoti -- Bahussuto tassa tass'; eva {suta-jātassa} -- Tassa tass'
eva kho pana bhāsitassa atthaṃ jānāti: "Ayaṃ imassa
bhāsitassa attho, ayaṃ imassa bhāsitassa attho" ti --
Paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī paṭibalo atītānāgata-paccuppanne
atthe cintetuṃ.5 Rājā Mahā-vijito imehi aṭṭhaṅgehi
samannāgato. Iti imāni pi aṭṭhaṅgāni tass'; eva yaññassa
parikkhārā bhavanti.

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1 SS vaḍḍhī; Bmp vacchasi.
2 Sd assatassa; Sc assa vā.
3 Sd parikāya; Sm parikarāya; Bmp paṭikarāya.
4 Sc panapati; Bm sadavati; Bp sahati pati.
5 Sum. cintetuṃ; so Bmp and SS below 17. Here SS mantetuṃ;
comp. 19.

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138 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 13
14. Purohito brāhmaṇo catuh'; aṅgehi samannāgato --
Ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko
yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-
vādena -- Ajjhāyako manta-dharo tiṇṇaṃ vedānaṃ pāragū
sanighaṇḍu-keṭubhānaṃ sākkhara-ppabhedānaṃ itihāsa-
pañcamānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyata-mahāpurisa-
lakkhaṇesu anavayo -- Sīlavā vuddha-sīlī vuddha-sīlena
samannāgato -- Paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī paṭhamo vā dutiyo
vā sujaṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ. Purohito brāhmaṇo imehi
catuh'; aṅgehi samannāgato. Iti imāni pi cattār'; aṅgāni
tass'; eva yaññassa parikkhārā bhavanti.
15. ‘Atha kho brāhmaṇa purohito brāhmaṇo rañño
Mahā-vijitassa pubbe va yaññā tisso vidhā desesi: "Siyā
kho pana bhoto rañño mahā-yaññaṃ yiṭṭhu-kāmassa kocid
eva vippaṭisāro: ‘Mahā vata me bhogakkhandho vigacchis-
satīti,'; so bhotā raññā vippaṭisāro na karaṇīyo. Siyā kho
pana bhoto rañño mahā-yaññaṃ yajamānassa kocid eva
vippaṭisāro: "Mahā vata me bhogakkhandho vigacchatīti,"
so bhotā raññā vippaṭisāro na karaṇīyo. Siyā kho pana
bhoto rañño mahā-yaññaṃ yiṭṭhassa kocid eva vippaṭisāro:
"Mahā vata me bhogakkhandho vigato" ti. so bhotā raññā
vippaṭisāro na karaṇīyo ti."
‘Imā kho brāhmaṇa purohito brāhmaṇo rañño Mahā-
vijitassa pubbe va yaññā tisso vidhā desesi.'
16. ‘Atha kho brāhmaṇa purohito brāhmaṇo rañño
Mahā-vijitassa pubbe va yaññā dasah'; ākārehi paṭiggā-
hakesu vippaṭisāraṃ paṭivinodetuṃ:1 "Āgamissanti kho
bhoto yaññaṃ pāṇātipātino pi pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā. Ye
tattha pāṇātipātino tesaṃ yeva tena, ye tattha pāṇātipātā
paṭiviratā te ārabbha yajatam bhavam2 modatam bhavaṃ
cittam eva bhavaṃ antaraṃ pasādetu. Āgamissanti kho
bhoto yaññaṃ adinnādāyino pi adinnādānā paṭiviratā . . .
pe . . . kāmesu micchācārino pi kāmesu micchācārā
paṭiviratā, musā-vādino pi mūsā-vādā paṭiviratā, {pisuṇā}-
vācā pi {pisuṇā}-vācāya paṭiviratā, pharusā-vācā pi pharusā-
vācāya paṭiviratā, samphappalāpino pi, samphappalāpā

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1 Bmp paṭivinesi.
2 Bmp add sajjataṃ bhavam always.

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D. v. 17] OBJECTORS TO THE SACRIFICE. 139
paṭiviratā, abhijjhāluno pi anabhijjhāluno pi, vyāpanna-
cittā pi avyāp anna-cittā pi, micchā-diṭṭhikā pi sammā-
diṭṭhikā pi. Ye tattha micchā-diṭṭhikā tesaṃ yeva tena, ye
tattha sammā-diṭṭhikā te ārabbha yajatam bhavaṃ moda-
tam bhavaṃ cittam eva bhavaṃ antaraṃ pasādetūti."
Imehi kho brāhmaṇa purohito brāhmaṇo rañño Mahā-
vijitassa pubbe va yaññā dasah'; ākārehi paṭiggāhakesu
vippaṭisāraṃ paṭivinodesi1.
17. ‘Atha kho brāhmaṇa purohito brāhmaṇo rañño
Mahā-vijitassa mahā-yaññaṃ yajamānassa soḷasehi ākārehi
cittaṃ sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṃsesi.
"Siyā kho pana bhoto rañño mahā-yaññaṃ yajamānassa
kocid eva vattā: ‘Rājā kho Mahā-vijito mahā-yaññaṃ
yajati, no ca khvassa āmantitā khattiyā anuyuttā negamā
c'; eva jānapadā ca atha ca pana bhavaṃ rājā evarūpaṃ
mahā-yaññaṃ yajatīti.'; Evam pi bhoto rañño vattā
dhammato2 n'; atthi, bhoto kho pana rañño āmantitā
khattiyā anuyuttā negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca, iminā ca
p'; etaṃ bhavaṃ rājā jānātu: ‘Yajatam bhavaṃ modatam
bhavaṃ cittam eva bhavaṃ antaraṃ pasādetu.'; -- Siyā kho
pana bhoto rañño mahā-{yaññaṃ} yajamānassa kocid eva
vattā: ‘Rājā kho Mahā-vijito mahā-yaññaṃ yajati, no ca
khvassa3 āmantitā amaccā pārisajjā negamā c'; eva jāna-
padā ca . . . pe . . . brāhmaṇa-mahāsālā negamā c'; eva
jānapadā ca . . . pe . . . gahapati-necayikā negamā c'; eva
jānapadā ca atha ca pana bhavaṃ rājā evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ
yajatīti.'; Evam pi bhoto rañño vattā dhammato n'; atthi,
bhoto pana rañño āmantitā gahapati-necayikā negamā
c'; eva jānapadā ca, iminā p'; etaṃ bhavaṃ4 rājā jānātu:
‘Yajatam bhavaṃ modatam bhavaṃ cittam eva bhavaṃ
antaraṃ pasādetu.'; -- Siyā kho pana bhoto rañño mahā-
yaññaṃ yajamānassa kocid eva vattā: ‘Rājā kho Mahā-
vijito mahā-yaññaṃ yajati, no ca kho ubhato sujāto mātito
ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko ca yāva sattamā pitāmahā-

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1 Scmt Bm paṭivinesi (but see Sum. p. 300).
2 Scdt dhammatā here (-to below).
3 Bm kho tassa.
4 Smt bhavaṃ taṃ; Sd bhavantaṃ.

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140 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 17
yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena, atha ca pana
bhavaṃ rājā evarūpaṃ mahā-yaññaṃ yajatīti.'; Evam pi
kho bhoto rañño vattā dhammato n'; atthi, bhavaṃ kho
pana rājā ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-
gahaṇiko ca yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupak-
kuṭṭho {jāti-vādena}, iminā p'; etaṃ bhavaṃ rājā jānātu:
‘Yajatam bhavaṃ, modatam bhavaṃ, cittam eva bhavaṃ
antaraṃ pasādetu.'; -- Siyā kho pana bhoto rañño mahā-
yaññaṃ yajamānassa kocid eva vattā: ‘Rājā kho Mahā-
vijito mahā-yaññaṃ yajati, no ca kho abhirūpo dassanīyo
pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇa-pokkharatāya samannāgato
brahma-vaṇṇī brahma-vaccasī akkhuddāvakāso dassanāya
. . . pe . . . no ca kho aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo
pahūta-jātarūpa-rajato pahūta-vittūpakaraṇo pahūta-
dhana-dhañño paripuṇṇa-kosa-koṭṭhāgāro . . . pe . . . no
ca kho balavā caturaṅginiyā senāya samannāgato assavāya
ovāda-patikarāya1 patapati2 maññe paccatthike yasasā . . .
pe . . . no ca kho {saddho} dāyako dāna-pati anāvaṭa-dvāro
samaṇa-brāhmaṇa-{kappaṇiddhika}-{vaṇibbaka}-yācakānaṃ
opāna-{bhūto} puññāni karoti . . . pe . . . no ca kho bahus-
suto tassa tassa suta-jātassa, . . . pe . . . no ca kho tassa
tass'; eva kho pana bhāsitassa atthaṃ jānāti: ‘Ayaṃ imassa
bhāsitassa attho, ayaṃ imassa bhāsitassa attho ti.'; . . .
pe . . . no ca kho paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī paṭibalo atītā-
nāgata-{paccuppanne} atthe cintetuṃ . . . pe . . . atha ca
pana bhavaṃ rājā evarūpaṃ mahā-yaññaṃ yajatīti.'; Evam
pi bhoto rañño vattā dhammato n'; atthi, bhavaṃ kho pana
rājā paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī paṭibalo atītānāgata-paccup-
panne atthe cintetuṃ, iminā p'; etaṃ bhavaṃ rājā jānātu:
‘Yajatam bhavaṃ, modatam bhavaṃ, cittam eva bhavaṃ
antaraṃ pasādetu.'; -- Siyā kho pana bhoto rañño mahā-yañ-
ñaṃ yajamānassa kocid eva vattā: ‘Rājā kho Mahā-vijito
mahā-yaññaṃ yajati, no ca kho tassa purohito brāhmaṇo
ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva
sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena,
atha ca pana bhavaṃ rājā evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ yajatīti.'

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1 Bmp paṭi-.
2 Sc panapati; Bm sadavati; Bp sahavati.

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D. v. 18] THE RIGHT KIND OF SACRIFICE. 141
Evam pi bhoto rañño vattā dhammato n'; atthi, bhoto kho
rañño purohito brāhmaṇo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca
saṃsuddha-gahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahā-yugā akkhitto
anupakkuṭṭho jāti-vādena, iminā p'; etaṃ bhavaṃ rājā
jānātu: ‘Yajataṃ bhavaṃ, modataṃ bhavaṃ, cittam eva
bhavaṃ antaraṃ pasādetu . . . pe . . . Siyā kho pana
bhoto rañño mahā-yaññaṃ yajamānassa kocid eva vattā;
‘Rājā kho Mahā-vijito mahā-yaññaṃ yajati, no ca khv
assa purohito brāhmaṇo ajjhāyako manta-dharo tiṇṇaṃ
vedānaṃ pāragū sanighaṇḍu keṭubhānaṃ sākkhara-ppa-
bhedānaṃ itihāsa-pañcamānaṃ padako veyyākaraṇo lokā-
yata-mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇesu anavayo . . . pe . . . no ca
khvassa purohito brāhmaṇo sīlavā vuddha-sīlī vuddha-
sīlena samannāgato . . . pe . . . no ca khvassa purohito
brāhmaṇo paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī paṭhamo vā dutiyo vā
sujaṃ paggaṇhantānaṃ, atha ca pana bhavaṃ rājā evarū-
paṃ mahā-yaññaṃ yajatīti.'; Evam pi bhoto rañño vattā
dhammato n'; atthi, bhoto kho pana rañño purohito brāhmaṇo
paṇḍito viyatto medhāvī paṭhamo vā dutiyo vā sujaṃ pag-
gaṇhantānaṃ, iminā p'; etaṃ bhavaṃ rājā jānātu: ‘Yajatam
bhavaṃ, modatam bhavaṃ, cittam eva bhavaṃ {antaraṃ}
pasādetūti."
‘Imehi kho brāhmaṇa purohito brāhmaṇo rañño Mahā-
vijitassa mahā-yaññaṃ yajamānassa soḷasehi ākārehi cittaṃ
sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṃsesi.
18. ‘Tasmiṃ kho brāhmaṇa yaññe n'; eva gāvo haññiṃsu
na ajeḷakā haññiṃsu na kukkuṭa-sūkarā haññiṃsu, na vi-
vidhā pāṇā saṃghātaṃ āpajjiṃsu, na rukkhā chijjiṃsu
yūpatthāya, na dabbhā lūyiṃsu barihisatthāya, ye pi 'ssa
ahesuṃ dāsā ti vā pessā ti vā kammakarā ti vā te pi na
daṇḍa-tajjitā na bhaya-tajjitā, na assu-mukhā rudamānā
parikammāni akaṃsu.1 Atha kho ye icchiṃsu te akaṃsu,
ye na icchiṃsu te na akaṃsu, yaṃ icchiṃsu taṃ akaṃsu,
yaṃ na icchiṃsu, na taṃ akaṃsu. Sappi-tela-navanīta-
dadhi-madhu-phāṇitena c'; eva so yañño niṭṭhānam aga-
māsi.

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1 Compare Puggala iv.24 and Saṃyutta iii. 1. 9. 5.

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142 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 19
19. 1 ‘Atha kho brāhmaṇa khattiyā anuyuttā negamā
c'; eva jānapadā ca, amaccā pārisajjā negamā c'; eva jānapadā
ca, brāhmaṇa-mahāsālā negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca, gaha-
pati-necayikā negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca pahūtaṃ sāpatey-
yaṃ ādāya rājānaṃ Mahā-vijitaṃ upasaṃkamitvā evam
āhaṃsu; "Idaṃ, deva, pahūtaṃ sāpateyyaṃ devaṃ yeva
uddissa ābhataṃ, taṃ devo patigaṇhātūti."
"Alam bho mama pi idaṃ pahūtaṃ sāpateyyaṃ dham-
mikena [balinā] 2 abhisaṃkhittaṃ.3 Tañ ca vo hotu, ito ca
bhīyo harathāti."
‘Te raññā paṭikkhittā ekamantaṃ apakkamma evaṃ
sammantesuṃ:4 "Na kho etaṃ amhākaṃ patirūpaṃ
mayaṃ imāni sāpateyyāni punad eva sakāni {gharāni} paṭi-
hareyyāma. Rājā kho Mahā-vijito mahā-yaññaṃ yajati,
hand'; assa mayaṃ anuyāgino homāti."
20. ‘Atha kho brāhmaṇa puratthimena yaññāvāṭassa
khattiyā anuyuttā negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca dānāni paṭ-
ṭhapesuṃ, dakkhiṇena yaññāvāṭassa amaccā pārisajjā
negamā c'; eva jānapadā ca dānāni paṭṭhapesuṃ, pacchi-
mena yaññāvāṭassa brāhmaṇa-mahāsālā negamā c'; eva
jānapadā ca dānāni paṭṭhapesum, uttarena yaññāvāṭassa
gahapati-necayikānegamā c'; eva jānapadā ca dānāni paṭṭha-
pesuṃ. Tesu pi brāhmaṇā yaññesu n'; eva gāvo haññiṃsu
na ajeḷakā haññiṃsu na kukkuṭa-sūkarā {haññiṃsu}, na vi-
vidhā pāṇā saṃghātaṃ āpajjiṃsu, na rukkhā chijjiṃsu yūp-
atthāya, na dabbhā lūyiṃsu barihisatthāya,5 ye pi tesaṃ
ahesuṃ dāsā ti vā pessā ti vā {kammakarā} ti vā te pi na
daṇḍa-tajjitā na bhaya-tajjitā na assu-mukhā rudamānā
parikammāni akaṃsu. Atha kho ye icchiṃsu te akaṃsu,
ye na icchiṃsu na te akaṃsu, yaṃ icchiṃsu taṃ akaṃsu,
yaṃ na icchiṃsu na taṃ akaṃsu. Sappi-tela-navanīta-
dadhi-madhu-phāṇitena c'; eva te yaññā niṭṭhānam āga-
maṃsu.

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1 This section recurs (nearly) at Mahā-sudassana Sutta i. 64, 65.
2 Scmt omit.
3 Sd Bp abhisankhataṃ (see Mil. 46, 3).
4 Bmp samacintesuṃ (comp. 13).
5 Bm para-hiṃsatthāya.

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‘Iti cattāro ca anumati-pakkhā, rājā Mahā-vijito aṭṭhaṅ-
gehi samannāgato, purohito brāhmaṇo catuh'; aṅgehi
samannāgato, tisso ca vidhā. Ayaṃ vuccati brāhmaṇa
tividhā1 yañña-sampadā soḷasa-parikkhārā ti.'
21. Evaṃ vutte te brāhmaṇā unnādino uccā-saddā ma-
hā-saddā ahesuṃ: ‘Aho yañño, aho yañña-sampadā ti.'
Kūṭadanto pana brāhmaṇo tuṇhī-bhūto va nisinno hoti.
Atha kho te brāhmaṇā Kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etad
avocuṃ:
‘Kasmā pana bhavaṃ Kūṭadanto samaṇassa Gotamassa
subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodatīti.'
‘Nāhaṃ bho samaṇassa Gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhā-
sitato nābbhanumodāmi, muddhā pi tassa vipateyya2 yo
samaṇassa Gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanu-
modeyya. Api ca me bho evaṃ hoti: "Samaṇo Gotamo
na evam āha: ‘Evam me sutan'; ti vā, ‘Evaṃ arahati
bhavitun'; ti vā, api ca samaṇo Gotamo ‘Evan tadā āsi,
itthaṃ tadā āsi,'; tveva abhāsi."3 Tassa mayhaṃ bho evaṃ
hoti: "Addhā samaṇo Gotamo tena samayena rājā vā
ahosi Mahā-vijito yañña-sāmi, purohito vā brāhmaṇo tassa
yaññassa yājetā ti." Abhijānāti pana bhavaṃ Gotamo
{evarūpaṃ} yaññaṃ yajitvā vā yājetvā vā kāyassa bhedā
param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ {upapajjitā} ti?'
‘Abhijānām'; ahaṃ brāhmaṇa evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ yajitvā
vā yājetvā vā kāyassa-bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ sag-
gaṃ lokaṃ {upapajjitā}. Ahan tena samayena purohito
brāhmaṇo ahosiṃ tassa yaññassa yājetā ti.'
22. ‘Atthi pana bho Gotama añño yañño imāya ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya appaṭṭhataro ca
appa-samārabbhataro4 ca mahapphalataro ca mahāni-
saṃsataro cāti?'

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1 So all MSS. but Sm has the ā struck out. See 4.
2 So Scmt Bmp; Sd vippateyya; Old. vipphāl-; Fausb. vipāt-
(C. v. 11. 1; Dhp 72). See iii. 21.
3 Sm bhāsi; Bm bhāsati.
4 Scmt samārabbha, and so Sd from 24 onwards, Bpm and Sd at first
mbh. In D. i. 1.10 all MSS. mbh; in i. 1. 11 Sm bbh.

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144 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 22
‘Atthi kho brāhmaṇa añño yañño imāya ti-vidhāya yañ-
ña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya appaṭṭhataro ca appa-
samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro
cāti.'
‘Katamo pana so bho Gotama yañño imāya ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya appaṭṭhataro ca
paṇītataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca
mahānisaṃsataro cāti?'
‘Yāni kho tāni brāhmaṇa nicca-dānāni anukūla1-yaññāni
sīlavante pabbajite uddissa dīyanti, ayaṃ kho brāhmaṇa
yañño imāya ti-vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhā-
rāya appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahap-
phalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro cāti.'
23. ‘Ko nu kho bho Gotama hetu ko paccayo yena taṃ
nicca-dānaṃ anukūla-yaññaṃ imāya ti-vidhāya yañña-
sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya appaṭṭhatarañ ca appa-
samārabbhatarañ ca mahapphalatarañ ca mahānisaṃsata-
rañ cāti?'
‘Na kho brāhmaṇa evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ upasaṃkamanti
arahanto vā arahanta-maggaṃ vā samāpannā. Taṃ kissa
hetu? Dissanti h'; ettha brāhmaṇa daṇḍappahārā pi galag-
gahā pi. Tasmā evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ na upasaṃkamanti
arahanto vā arahanta-maggaṃ vā samāpannā. Yāni kho
pana tāni nicca-dānāni anukūla-yaññāni sīlavante pabbajite
uddissa dīyanti, evarūpaṃ kho brāhmaṇa yaññaṃ upa-
saṅkamanti arahanto vā arahanta-maggaṃ vā samāpannā.
Taṃ kissa hetu? Na h'; ettha brāhmaṇa dissanti daṇḍap-
pahārā pi galaggahā pi. Tasmā evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ upa-
saṅkamanti arahanto vā arahanta-maggaṃ vā samāpannā.
Ayaṃ kho brāhmaṇa hetu ayaṃ paccayo yen'; etaṃ nicca-
dānaṃ anukūla-yaññaṃ imāya ti-vidhāya yañña-sampadāya
soḷasa-parikkhārāya appaṭṭhatarañ ca appa-samārabbhata-
rañ ca mahapphalatarañ ca mahānisaṃsatarañ cāti.'
24. ‘Atthi pana bho Gotama añño yañño imāya ca ti-
vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca
nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samā-

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D. v. 25] WHAT IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE? 145
rabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro
cāti?'
‘Atthi kho brāhmaṇa añño yañño imāya ca ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca nicca-
dānena anukūla-yaññena appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samā-
rabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro cāti.
‘Katamo pana so bho Gotama yañño imāya ca1 ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca nicca-
dānena anukūla-yaññena appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samārab-
bhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro cāti?'
‘Yo kho brāhmaṇa cātuddisaṃ saṃghaṃ uddissa vi-
hāraṃ karoti, ayaṃ kho brāhmaṇa yañño imāya ca ti-
vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca
nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena appaṭṭhataro ca appa-
samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro
cāti.
25. ‘Atthi pana bho Gotama añño yañño imāya ca ti-
vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca
nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena
appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro
mahānisaṃsataro cāti?'
‘Atthi kho brāhmaṇa añño yañño imāya ca ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca nicca-
dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena app-
aṭṭhataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca
mahānisaṃsataro cāti.'
‘Katamo pana so bho Gotama añño yañño imāya ca ti-
vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca
nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena ap-
paṭṭhataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca
mahānisaṃsataro cāti?'
‘Yo kho brāhmaṇa pasanna-citto Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ
gacchati Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchati Saṃghaṃ saraṇaṃ
gacchati, ayaṃ brāhmaṇa yañño imāya ca ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca nicca-
dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena appaṭṭha-

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146 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 25
taro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahā-
nisaṃsataro cāti.
26. ‘Atthi pana bho Gotama añño yañño imāya ca ti-
vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca
nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena
imehi ca saraṇāgamanehi appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samā-
rabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro cāti?'
‘Atthi kho, brāhmaṇa, añño yañño imāya ca ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca nicca-
dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena imehi ca
saraṇāgamanehi appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca
mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro cāti.'
‘Katamo pana so bho Gotama añño yañño imāya ca ti-
vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca
nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca {vihāra}-dānena
imehi ca saraṇāgamanehi appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samārab-
bhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro cāti?'
‘Yo kho brāhmaṇa pasanna-citto sikkhā-padāni samā-
diyati, -- pāṇātipātā veramaṇī, adinnādānā veramaṇī, kāmesu
micchācārā veramaṇī, musā-vādā veramaṇī, surā-meraya-
majja-pamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī -- ayaṃ kho brāhmaṇa yañño
imāya ca ti-vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya
iminā ca nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-
dānena imehi ca saraṇāgamanehi appaṭṭhataro ca appa-
samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro
cāti.'
27. ‘Atthi pana bho Gotama añño yañño imāya ca
ti-vidhāya yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā
ca nicca-dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena
imehi ca saraṇāgamanehi imehi ca sikkhā-padehi appa-
ṭṭhataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca
mahānisaṃsataro cāti?'
‘Atthi kho brāhmaṇa añño yañño imāya ca ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca nicca-
dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena imehi ca
saraṇāgamanehi imehi ca sikkhā-padehi appaṭṭhataro ca
appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃ-
sataro cāti.'

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D. v. 28] WHAT IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE? 147
‘Katamo so bho Gotama yañño imāya ca ti-vidhāya
yañña-sampadāya soḷasa-parikkhārāya iminā ca nicca-
dānena anukūla-yaññena iminā ca vihāra-dānena imehi ca
saraṇāgamanehi imehi ca sikkhā-padehi appaṭṭhataro ca
appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsa-
taro cāti?'
‘Idha brāhmaṇa Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ
sammāsambuddho . . . yathā Sāmañña-phale evaṃ vit-
thāretabbaṃ . . . pe . . . Evaṃ kho brāhmaṇa bhikkhu
sīla-sampanno hoti.
. . . pe . . . paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.
Ayaṃ kho brāhmaṇa yañño purimehi yaññehi appaṭṭhataro
ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃ-
sataro ca.
. . . pe . . . dutivajjhānaṃ . . . tatiyajjhānaṃ . . .
catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Ayam pi kho
brāhmaṇa yañño purimehi yaññehi appaṭṭhataro ca appa-
samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro ca.
. . . pe . . . ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhi-
ninnāmeti. Ayam pi kho brāhmaṇa yañño purimehi
yaññehi appaṭṭhataro ca appa-samārabbhataro ca mahap-
phalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro ca.
. . . pe . . . "nāparaṃ itthattāyāti" pajānāti. Ayaṃ kho
brāhmaṇa yañño purimehi yaññehi appaṭṭhataro ca appa-
samārabbhataro ca mahapphalataro ca mahānisaṃsataro
ca. Imāya ca brāhmaṇa yañña-sampadāya aññā yañña-
sampadā uttarītarā vā paṇītatarā vā n'; atthīti.'
28. Evaṃ vutte Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama, abhikkantaṃ bho
Gotama. Seyyathā pi bho Gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkuj-
jeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ
ācikkheyya, andha-kāre vā tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya: "cak-
khumanto rūpāni dakkhintīti," evam eva1 bhotā Gotamena
aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ Bhagavan-
taṃ Gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, dhammañ ca bhikkhu-
saṃghañ ca, upāsakam maṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo dhāretu
ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gataṃ.2 Esāhaṃ bho

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1 Smt evam evaṃ (see p. 85 and 109).
2 Smt saraṇāgataṃ.

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148 KŪṬADANTA SUTTA. [D. v. 28
{Gotama} satta ca usabha-satāni satta ca vacchatara-satāni
satta ca vacchatarī-satāni satta ca aja-satāni satta ca
urabbha-satāni muñcāpemi, jīvitaṃ demi, haritāni c'; eva
tiṇāni khādantu sītāni ca pāniyāni pivantu, sīto ca nesaṃ
vāto upavāyatan1 ti.'
29. Atha kho Bhagavā Kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa anu-
pubbikathaṃ kathesi seyyathīdaṃ dāna-kathaṃ sīla-
kathaṃ sagga-kathaṃ kāmānaṃ ādīnavaṃ okāraṃ saṃ-
kilesaṃ, nekkhamme ānisaṃsaṃ pakāsesi. Yadā Bhagavā
aññāsi Kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ kalla-cittaṃ mudu-cittaṃ
vinīvaraṇa-cittaṃ udagga-cittaṃ pasanna-cittaṃ, atha yā
Buddhānaṃ sāmukkaṃsikā dhamma-desanā taṃ pakāsesi:
dukkhaṃ samudayaṃ nirodhaṃ maggaṃ. Seyyathā pi nāma
suddhaṃ vatthaṃ apagata-kāḷakaṃ sammad eva rajanaṃ
patigaṇheyya, evam eva Kūṭadantassa brāhmaṇassa tas-
miṃ yeva āsane virajaṃ vīta-malaṃ dhamma-cakkhuṃ
udapādi: ‘yaṃ kiñci samudaya-dhammaṃ sabban taṃ
nirodha-dhamman ti.'2
30. Atha kho Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo diṭṭha-dhammo patta-
dhammo vidita-dhammo pariyogāḷha-dhammo tiṇṇa-vici-
kiccho vigata-kathaṃkatho {vesārajja-ppatto} aparappaccayo
satthu sāsane Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca: ‘Adhivāsetu me
bhavaṃ Gotamo svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhu-
saṃghenāti.'
Adhivāsesi Bhagavā tuṇhī-bhāvena. Atha kho Kūṭadanto
brāhmaṇo Bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ viditvā, uṭṭhāy'; āsanā
Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi.
Atha kho Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo tassā rattiyā accayena sake
yaññāvāṭe paṇītaṃ khādaniyaṃ bhojaniyaṃ paṭiyādetvā
Bhagavato kālaṃ ārocāpesi: ‘Kālo bho Gotama, niṭṭhitaṃ
bhattan ti.'
Atha kho Bhagavā pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-
cīvaraṃ ādāya saddhiṃ bhikkhu-saṃghena yena Kūṭadan-
tassa brāhmaṇassa yaññāvāṭo ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃ-
kamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Atha kho Kūṭadanto brāh-

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1 Sd Bm upavāyatūti; Bp omits the section.
2 See D. iii. 21; Mahāvagga i. 7. 5, 6.

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maṇo Buddha-pamukhaṃ bhikkhu-saṃghaṃ paṇītena
khādaniyena bhojaniyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi.
Atha kho Kūṭadanto brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ
onīta-patta-pāṇiṃ aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekam-
antaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho Kūṭadantaṃ
{brāhmaṇaṃ} Bhagavā dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samā-
dapetvā samuttejetvā {sampahaṃsetvā} uṭṭhāy'; āsanā pak-
kāmīti.
KŪṬADANTA-SUTTAṂ.1

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1 Bm Kuṭadanta-suttaṃ nitthitaṃ pañcamaṃ.

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150
[vi. Mahāli Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Vesāli-
yaṃ viharati Mahāvane {kūṭāgāra-}sālāyaṃ. Tena kho pana
samayena sambahulā Kosalakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā Māga-
dhakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā Vesāliyaṃ paṭivasanti kenacid
eva karaṇīyena. Assosuṃ kho te Kosalakā ca brāhmaṇa-
dūtā Māgadhakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā: ‘Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulā pabbajito Vesāliyaṃ
viharati Mahāvane kūṭāgāra-sālāyaṃ. Taṃ kho pana
Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhug-
gato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho
vijjā-caraṇa-{sampanno} sugato loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-
damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho bhagavā."
So imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ
sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ {sadeva-manussaṃ} sayaṃ
abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti. So dhammaṃ deseti
ādi-kalyāṇaṃ majjhe kalyāṇaṃ pariyosāna-kalyāṇaṃ
sātthaṃ savyañjanaṃ, kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ
brahma-cariyaṃ pakāseti. Sādhu kho pana tathā-rūpānaṃ
arahataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti."'
2. Atha kho te Kosalakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā Māgadhakā
ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā yena Mahāvanaṃ kūṭāgāra-sālā ten'
upasaṃkamiṃsu. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā Nāgito
Bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha kho te Kosalakā ca
brāhmaṇa-dūtā Māgadhakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā yen'; āyasmā
Nāgito ten'; upasaṃkamiṃsu, upasaṃkamitvā āyasmantaṃ
Nāgitaṃ etad avocuṃ: ‘Kahan nu kho bho Nāgita etarahi
so bhavaṃ Gotama viharati, dassana-kāmā hi mayaṃ taṃ
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D. vi. 4] THE VISIT TO GOTAMA. 151
‘Akālo kho āvuso Bhagavantaṃ dassanāya, patisallīno
Bhagavā ti.'; Atha kho te Kosalakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā
Māgadhakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā tatth'; eva ekamantaṃ nisī-
diṃsu: ‘Disvā va mayaṃ taṃ Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ
gamissāmāti.'
3. Oṭṭhaddho pi Licchavi mahatiyā Licchavi-parisāya
saddhiṃ yena Mahāvanaṃ kūṭāgāra-sālā yen'; āyasmā
Nāgito ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā āyasmantaṃ
Nāgitaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ
ṭhito kho Oṭṭhaddho Licchavi āyasmantaṃ Nāgitaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Kahan nu kho bhante Nāgita etarahi so Bhagavā
viharati arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho, dassana-kāmā hi
mayaṃ taṃ Bhagavantam arahantaṃ sammā-{sambud-}
dhanti?'
‘Akālo kho Mahāli Bhagavantaṃ dassanāya, patisallīno
Bhagavā'; ti. Oṭṭhaddho pi Licchavi tatth'; eva ekamantaṃ
nisīdi: ‘Disvā v'; ahan taṃ Bhagavantaṃ gamissāmi ara-
hantaṃ sammā-sambuddhan ti.'
4. Atha kho Sīho1 samaṇuddeso yen'; āyasmā Nāgito ten'
upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā āyasmantaṃ Nāgitaṃ abhi-
{vādetvā} ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho Sīho
samaṇuddeso āyasmantaṃ Nāgitaṃ etad avoca: ‘Ete
bhante Kassapa sambahulā Kosalakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā
Māgadhakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā idh'; upasaṃkantā Bhagavan-
taṃ dassanāya. Oṭṭhaddho pi2 Licchavi mahatiyā Licchavi-
parisāya saddhiṃ idh'; upasaṃkanto Bhagavantaṃ dassa-
nāya. Sādhu bhante Kassapa labhataṃ esā janatā dassa-
nāyāti.'
‘Tena hi Sīha tvaṃ yeva Bhagavato ārocehīti.'
‘Evaṃ bhante'; ti kho Sīho samaṇuddeso āyasmato
Nāgitassa paṭissutvā yena Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkami, upa-
saṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi.
Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho Sīho samaṇuddeso Bhagavantaṃ
etad avoca: ‘Ete bhante sambahulā Kosalakā ca brāhmaṇa-
dūtā Māgadhakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā idh'; upasaṃkantā
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1 Sd and Bp (throughout) Siho.
2 MSS. omit.

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152 MAHĀLI SUTTA. [D. vi. 4
Licchavi-parisāya saddhiṃ idh'; upasaṃkanto Bhagavantaṃ
dassanāya. Sādhu bhante labhataṃ esā janatā1 Bhaga-
vantaṃ dassanāyāti.'
‘Tena hi Sīha vihāra-pacchāyāya2 āsanaṃ paññāpe-
hīti.'
‘Evam bhante'; ti kho Sīho samaṇuddeso Bhagavato
paṭissutvā vihāra-pacchāyāya āsanaṃ paññāpesi. Atha
kho Bhagavā vihārā nikkhamma3 vihāra-pacchāyāya
paññatte āsane nisīdi.
5. Atha kho te Kosalakā ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā Māgadhakā
ca brāhmaṇa-dūtā yena Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkamiṃsu.
Upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu sam-
modanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisī-
diṃsu. Oṭṭhaddho pi Licchavi mahatiyā Licchavi-parisāya
saddhiṃ yena Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā
Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ
nisinno kho Oṭṭhaddho Licchavi Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca:
‘Purimāni bhante divasāni purimatarāni Sunakkhatto
Licchavi-putto yenāhaṃ ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā
maṃ etad avoca: "Yad agge ahaṃ Mahāli Bhagavantaṃ
upanissāya viharissāmi4 na ciraṃ tīṇi vassāni, dibbāni
hi kho {rūpāni} passāmi piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni raja-
nīyāni, no ca kho dibbāni saddāni suṇāmi piya-rūpāni
kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyānīti." Santān'; eva nu kho
bhante Sunakkhatto Licchavi-putto dibbāni saddāni nāssosi5
piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni, no udāhu asantā-
nīti?'
‘Santān'; eva kho Mahālī Sunakkhatto Licchavi-putto
dibbāni saddāni nāssosi piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni raja-
nīyāni no asantānīti.'
6. ‘Ko nu kho bhante hetu, ko paccayo, yena santān'
eva Sunakkhatto Licchavi-putto dibbāni saddāni nāssosi
piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni no asantānīti?'

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1 Bp parisā.
2 Bp -yāyaṃ (thrice).
3 Bp omits vihārā nikkhamma.
4 Bp viharāmi.
5 Bp nassosi throughout, so St here and Sct in 11.

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D. vi. 7] SEEING HEAVENLY SIGHTS. 153
‘Idha Mahāli bhikkhuno puratthimāya disāya ekaṃsa-
bhāvito samādhi hoti dibbānaṃ {rūpānaṃ} dassanāya piya-
rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca1 kho
dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ {kāmūpasaṃ-
hitānaṃ} rajanīyānaṃ. So puratthimāya disāya ekaṃsa-
bhāvite samādhimhi dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-
rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca
kho dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kām-
ūpasaṃhitānaṃ {rajanīyānaṃ}, puratthimāya disāya dibbāni
rūpāni passati piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni, no
ca kho dibbāni saddāni suṇāti piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni
rajanīyāni. Taṃ kissa hetu? Evaṃ h'; etaṃ Mahāli hoti
bhikkhuno puratthimāya disāya ekaṃsa-bhāvite samā-
dhimhi dibbānaṃ {rūpānaṃ} dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ
kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho dibbānaṃ sad-
dānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanī-
yānaṃ.
7. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Mahāli bhikkhuno . . . pe . . .
{dakkhiṇāya} disāya . . . pacchimāya disāya . . . uttarāya
disāya . . . uddham adho tiriyaṃ ekaṃsa-bhāvito samādhi
hoti dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpa-
saṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ
savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ.
So uddham adho tiriyaṃ ekaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi dib-
bānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitā-
naṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya
piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, uddham
adho tiriyaṃ dibbāni rūpāni passati piya-rūpāni kām-
ūpasaṃhitāni {rajanīyāni}, no ca kho dibbāni saddāni suṇāti
piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni. Tam kissa hetu?
Evaṃ h'; etaṃ2 Mahāli hoti bhikkhuno uddham adho tiriyaṃ
ekaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya
piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho
dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃ-
hitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ.

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1 Sdt often va.
2 Sd evaṃ hetu five times; Sc in 9 evaṃ hoti.

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154 MAHĀLI SUTTA. [D. vi. 8
8. ‘Idha Mahāli bhikkhuno puratthimāya disāya ekaṃsa-
bhāvito samādhi hoti dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya piya-
rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho
dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃ-
hitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ. So puratthimāya disāya ekaṃsa-
bhāvite samādhimhi dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya piya-
rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho
dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃ-
hitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, puratthimāya disāya dibbāni saddāni
suṇāti piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni, no ca kho
dibbāni rūpāni passati piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni raja-
nīyāni. Tam kissa hetu? Evaṃ h'; etaṃ Mahāli hoti bhik-
khuno puratthimāya disāya ekaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi
dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpa-
saṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ
dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyā-
naṃ.
9. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Mahāli bhikkhuno dakkhiṇāya disāya
. . . pacchimāya disāya . . . uttarāya disāya . . . uddham
adho tiriyaṃ ekaṃsa-bhāvito samādhi hoti dibbānaṃ sad-
dānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ raja-
nīyānaṃ, no ca kho dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-
rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ. So uddham
adho tiriyaṃ ekaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi dibbānaṃ
saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ
rajanīyānaṃ, no ca kho dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya
piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, uddhaṃ
adho tiriyaṃ dibbāni saddāni suṇāti piya-rūpāni kāmūpa-
saṃhitāni rajanīyāni, no ca kho dibbāni rūpāni passati
piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni. Taṃ kissa
hetu? Evaṃ h'; etaṃ Mahāli hoti {bhikkhuno} uddham adho
tiriyaṃ ekaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ
savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyā-
naṃ, no ca kho dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-
rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ.
10. ‘Idha Mahāli bhikkhuno puratthimāya disāya ubha-
yaṃsa-bhāvito samādhi hoti dibbānañ ca rūpānaṃ dassa-
nāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ

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D. vi. 12] NOT HEARING HEAVENLY SOUNDS. 155
dibbānaṃ saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃ-
hitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ. So {puratthimāya} disāya ubha-
yaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi dibbānaṃ rūpānaṃ dassanāya
piyā-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānam, dibbānañ
ca saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpāsamhitāṇaṃ
rajanīyānaṃ, puratthimāya disāya dibbāni ca rūpāni pas-
sati piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni, dibbāni
saddāni suṇāti piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni.
Tam kissa hetu? Evaṃ h'; etaṃ Mahāli hoti bhikkhuno
puratthimāya disāya ubhayaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi dib-
bānaṃ saddānaṃ dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃ-
hitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, dibbānañ ca saddānaṃ savanāya
piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ.
11. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Mahāli bhikkhuno {dakkhiṇāya}
disāya . . . pe . . . pacchimāya disāya . . . uttarāya
disāya . . . uddham adho tiriyaṃ ubhayaṃsa-bhāvito
samādhi hoti dibbānañ ca rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-
rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, dibbānañ ca
saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ
rajanīyānaṃ. So uddham adho tiriyaṃ ubhayaṃsa-bhāvite
samādhimhi dibbānañ ca {rūpānaṃ} dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ
kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ, dibbānañ ca saddānaṃ
savanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ,
uddham adho tiriyaṃ dibbāni rūpāni passati piya-rūpāni
kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni, dibbāni ca saddāni suṇāti
piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni. Taṃ kissa
hetu? Evaṃ h'; etaṃ Mahāli hoti bhikkhuno uddham adho
tiriyaṃ ubhayaṃsa-bhāvite samādhimhi dibbānañ ca
rūpānaṃ dassanāya piya-rūpānaṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ
rajanīyānaṃ, dibbānañ ca saddānaṃ savanāya piya-rūpā-
naṃ kāmūpasaṃhitānaṃ rajanīyānaṃ.
‘Ayaṃ kho Mahāli hetu, ayaṃ paccayo, yena santān'
eva Sunakkhatto Licchavi-putto dibbāni saddāni nāssosi
piya-rūpāni kāmūpasaṃhitāni rajanīyāni, no asantānīti.'
12. ‘Etāsaṃ nūna bhante samādhi-bhāvanānaṃ sac-
chikiriyā-hetu bhikkhū Bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ caran-
tīti?'
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156 MAHĀLI SUTTA. [D. vi. 12
yā-hetu bhikkhū mayi brahmacariyaṃ caranti. Atthi kho
Mahāli aññe ca dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca
yesaṃ sacchikiriyā-hetu bhikkhū mayi brahmacariyaṃ
carantīti.'
13. ‘Katame pana te bhante dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇī-
tatarā ca yesaṃ sacchikiriyā-hetu bhikkhū Bhagavati1
brahmacariyaṃ caranti?'
‘Idha Mahāli bhikkhu tiṇṇaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā
sotāpanno hoti avinipāta-dhammo niyato sambodhi-parā-
yano. Ayaṃ pi kho Mahāli dhammo uttaritaro ca paṇīta-
taro ca yassa sacchikiriyā-hetu bhikkhū mayi brahmacari-
yaṃ caranti.
‘Puna ca paraṃ Mahāli bhikkhu tiṇṇaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ
parikkhayā rāga-dosa-mohānaṃ tanuttā sakadāgāmī2 hoti,
sakid eva imaṃ lokaṃ āgantvā dukkhass'; antaṃ karoti.
Ayaṃ pi kho Mahāli dhammo uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca
yassa sacchikiriyā-hetu bhikkhū mayi brahmacariyaṃ
caranti.
‘Puna ca paraṃ Mahāli bhikkhu pañcannaṃ orambhā-
giyānaṃ saṃyojanānaṃ parikkhayā opapātiko hoti tattha-
parinibbāyi anāvatti-dhammo tasmā lokā. Ayaṃ pi kho
Mahāli dhammo uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca yassa sacchi-
kiriyā-hetu bhikkhū mayi brahmacariyaṃ caranti.
‘Puna ca paraṃ Mahāli bhikkhu āsavānaṃ khayā anā-
savaṃ {ceto}-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme
sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. Ayaṃ
pi kho Mahāli dhammo uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca yassa
sacchikiriyā-hetu bhikkhū mayi brahmacariyaṃ caranti.
‘Ime kho Mahāli dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca
yesaṃ sacchikiriyā-hetu bhikkhū mayi brahmacariyaṃ
carantīti.'
14. ‘Atthi pana bhante maggo, atthi paṭipadā etesaṃ
dhammānaṃ sacchikiriyāyāti?'
‘Atthi kho Mahāli maggo, atthi paṭipadā etesaṃ dham-
mānaṃ sacchikiriyāyāti.'

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1 Sd mayi.
2 MSS gāmi, comp. Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, ii. 7.

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D. vi. 17] SOUL AND BODY. 157
‘Katamo pana bhante maggo, katamo paṭipadā, etesaṃ
dhammānaṃ sacchikiriyāyāti?'
‘Ayaṃ eva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo seyyathīdaṃ sam-
mā-diṭṭhi sammā-saṅkappo sammā-vācā sammā-kammanto
sammā-ājīvo sammā-vāyāmo sammā-sati sammā-samādhi.
Ayaṃ kho Mahāli maggo, ayaṃ paṭipadā etesaṃ dham-
mānaṃ sacchikiriyāya.
15. ‘Ekaṃ idāhaṃ Mahāli samayaṃ Kosambiyaṃ viharā-
mi Ghositārāme. Atha kho dve pabbajitā Maṇḍisso ca
paribbājako Jāliyo ca dārupattik-{antevāsī} yenāhaṃ ten'
upasaṃkamiṃsu, upasaṃkamitvā mama saddhiṃ sammo-
diṃsu, sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam-
antaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho dve pabbajitā
maṃ etad avocuṃ:
"‘Kin nu kho āvuso bho1 {Gotama} taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarī-
ram udāhu aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran ti?"
"‘Tena h'; āvuso suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasikarotha bhā-
sissāmīti."
"‘Evaṃ āvuso" ti kho te dve pabbajitā mama paccasso-
suṃ. Atha kho cāhaṃ etad avocaṃ:2
16. ‘Idh'; āvuso Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ sammā-
sambuddho . . . pe . . . yathā Sāmañña-phale evaṃ vit-
thāretabbaṃ.3 . . . Evaṃ kho āvuso bhikkhu sīla-sam-
panno hoti.
. . . pe4 . . . pathamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.
Yo nu kho āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallan
nu kho tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?'
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati kallaṃ
tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā
"aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ passāmi.
Atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā.
17. ‘Dutiyajjhānaṃ . . . pe . . . tatiyajjhānam . . .

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1 Sm omits.
2 Sm omits Evaṃ . . . avocaṃ.
3 D. ii. 40-63.
4 D. ii. 64-75.

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158 MAHĀLI SUTTA. [D. vi. 17
catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.1 Yo nu kho āvuso
bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallan nu kho tass'
etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā "aññaṃ
jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?'
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallaṃ
tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā "aññaṃ
jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ pas-
sāmi, atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarī-
ran" ti vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā.
18. ‘Ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti.2
Yo nu kho āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallan
nu kho tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā
"aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?'
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati kallaṃ
tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā "aññaṃ
jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ passāmi,
atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā.
19. "‘Nāparaṃ {itthattāyāti}" pajānāti.3 Yo nu kho āvuso
bhikkhu evaṃ {jānāti} evaṃ passati, kallan nu kho tass'; etaṃ
vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ
aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, na4
kallaṃ tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā
"aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ passāmi,
atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
Idam avoca Bhagavā. Attamano Oṭṭhaddho Licchavi
Bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandīti.
MAHĀLI SUTTANTAṂ.

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1 D. ii. 77-81.
2 D. ii. 83-96.
3 D. ii. 97.
4 Sdt omit (as in vii. 5).

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159
[vii. Jāliya Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Kosam-
biyaṃ viharati Ghositārāme. Atha kho1 dve pabbajitā
Maṇḍisso ca paribbājako Jāliyo ca dārupattik-antevāsī yena
Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkamiṃsu. Upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavatā
saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu, sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ {sārāṇīyaṃ}
{vītisāretvā} ekamantaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu. Ekamantaṃ {thitā kho
te dve pabbajitā Bhagavantaṃ etad avocuṃ:
‘Kin nu kho āvuso Gotama taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīraṃ
udāhu aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran ti?'
‘Tena h'; āvuso suṇātha sādhukaṃ manasikarotha
bhāsissāmīti.'
‘Evam āvuso'; ti kho te dve pabbajitā Bhagavato
paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etad avoca:
2. ‘Idh'; āvuso Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ sammā-
sambuddho . . .pe . . . yathā Sāmañña-phale2 evaṃ
vitthāre tabbaṃ . . . Evaṃ kho āvuso bhikkhu sīla-
sampanno hoti.
. . .pe . . .3 paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.
Yo nu kho āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati,
kallan nu kho tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sari-
ran" ti vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ annaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?'
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallaṃ
tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā
"aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ passāmi.
Atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā.

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1 Bp Tena kho pana samayena for Atha kho.
2 D. ii. 40-63.
3 D. ii. 64-75.

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160 JĀLIYA SUTTA. [D. vii. 3
3. ‘Dutiyajjhānaṃ . . . pe1 . . . tatiyajjhānaṃ . . .
catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Yo nu kho āvuso
bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallan nu kho tass'
etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā "aññaṃ
jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?'
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallaṃ
tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā
"aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etam āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ passāmi,
atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā.
4. ‘Ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti.2
Yo nu kho āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallan
nu kho tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?'
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallan
tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā
"aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ passāmi,
atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sariran" ti vā.
5. "‘Nāparaṃ itthattāyāti" pajānāti.3 Yo nu kho āvuso
bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, kallan nu kho tass'
etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā "aññam
jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti?"
‘Yo so āvuso bhikkhu evaṃ jānāti evaṃ passati, na4
kallaṃ tass'; etaṃ vacanāya "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti vā
"aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
‘Ahaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ āvuso evaṃ jānāmi evaṃ passāmi,
atha ca panāhaṃ na vadāmi "taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā "aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā ti.'
Idam avoca Bhagavā. Attamanā te dve pabbajitā
Bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandun ti.
JĀLIYA-SUTTANTAṂ.

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1 D. ii. 77-81.
2 D. ii. 83-96.
3 D. ii. 97.
4 Sdt omit (as in Mahāli).

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161
[viii. Kassapa Sīhanāda Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Ujuñ-
ñāyaṃ1 viharati Kaṇṇakatthale2 miga-dāye. Atha kho
acelo Kassapo yena Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃ-
kamitvā Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi, sammodanīyaṃ
kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ atthāsi. Eka-
mantaṃ ṭhito kho acelo Kassapo Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca:
2. ‘Sutam m'; etaṃ bho Gotama: "Samaṇo Gotamo
sabban tapaṃ garahati, sabban tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ3 ekaṃ-
sena upakkosati upavadatīti." Ye te bho Gotama evam
āhaṃsu: "Samaṇo Gotamo sabban tapaṃ garahati,
sabban tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ ekaṃsena upakkosati upavada-
tīti," kacci te bho4 Gotamassa vutta-vādino, na ca Bhaga-
vantaṃ Gotamaṃ abhūtena abbhācikkhanti, dhammassa
cānudhammaṃ vyākaronti, na ca koci sahadhammiko
vādānuvādo gārayhaṃ ṭhānaṃ āgacchati? Anabbhakkhātu-
kāmā hi mayaṃ bhavantam Gotaman ti.'5
3. ‘Ye te Kassapa evam āhaṃsu: "Samaṇo Gotamo
sabban tapaṃ garahati, sabban tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ ekaṃ-
sena upakkosati upavadatīti," na me te vutta-vādino,
abbhācikkhanti ca pana man te asatā abhūtena. Idhā-
haṃ Kassapa ekaccan tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ passāmi, dibbena

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1 Sc Ujukāyā; Sm Ujuṃñāyam; St Ujañāyaṃ; BB Ujuñāyaṃ.
2 Sct Gr Kannakatthale.
3 Sd adds taṃ.
4 BB bhoto.
5 Comp. A. iii. 57; M. i. 368, 482.

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162 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 3
cakkhunā visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena1 . . . pe2
. . . kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ
vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ uppannaṃ.3 Idha panāhaṃ Kassapa
ekaccaṃ tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ passāmi dibbena cakkhunā
visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena . . . pe4 . . . kāyassa
bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ uppannaṃ.
Idhāhaṃ Kassapa ekaccaṃ tapassiṃ appa-dukkha-vihāriṃ
passāmi dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkanta-mānu-
sakena . . . pe . . . kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ
duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ uppannaṃ. Idha panāhaṃ
Kassapa ekaccaṃ tapassiṃ appa-dukkha-vihāriṃ passāmi
dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena . . .
pe . . . kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ
lokaṃ uppannaṃ. {Yo 'haṃ} Kassapa imesaṃ tapassīnaṃ
evaṃ āgatiñ5 ca gatiñ ca cutiñ ca uppattiñ6 ca yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāmi, so 'haṃ kiṃ sabbaṃ tapaṃ garahissāmi,
sabbaṃ7 tapassiṃ lūkhājīviṃ ekaṃsena upakkosissāmi
upavadissāmi?
4. ‘Santi Kassapa eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā paṇḍita nipuṇā
kata-para-ppavādā vāla-vedhirūpā vobhindantā8 maññe
caranti paññā-gatena diṭṭhi-gatāni. Tehi pi me saddhiṃ
ekaccesu ṭhānesu sameti, ekaccesu ṭhānesu na sameti.
Yan te ekaccaṃ vadenti9 "sādhūti," mayaṃ pi taṃ
ekaccaṃ vadema "sādhūti." Yan te ekaccaṃ vadenti
"na sādhūti," mayaṃ pi taṃ ekaccaṃ vadema "na
sādhūti." Yan te ekaccaṃ vadenti "sādhūti," mayan taṃ
ekaccaṃ vadema "na sādhūti." Yan te ekaccaṃ vadenti
"na sādhūti," mayan taṃ ekaccaṃ vadema "sādhūti."
Yaṃ mayaṃ ekaccaṃ vadema "sādhūti," pare pi taṃ
ekaccaṃ vadenti "sādhūti." Yaṃ mayaṃ ekaccaṃ vadema
"na sādhūti," pare pi taṃ ekaccaṃ vadenti "na sādhūti."

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1 BB mānussakena, and below.
2 All MSS. omit.
3 BB upapannaṃ, and below.
4 BB omit thrice.
5 SS agatiñ.
6 BB upapattiñ.
7 BB add vā. Sd BB te bhindantā. See i. 2. 26.
9 BB vadanti eight times; SS here a, then seven times e.

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D. viii. 8] HERESAY REPORTS. 163
1Yaṃ mayaṃ ekaccaṃ vadema "sādhūti," pare pi taṃ
ekaccaṃ vadenti "na sādhūti." 1Yaṃ mayaṃ ekaccaṃ
vadema "na sādhūti," pare pi taṃ ekaccaṃ vadenti
"sādhūti."
5. ‘Tyāhaṃ upasaṃkamitvā evaṃ vadāmi: "Yesu no
avuso ṭhānesu na sameti, tiṭṭhantu tāni ṭhānāni. Yesu
ṭhānesu sameti, tattha viññū samanuyuñjantaṃ samanu-
gāhantaṃ samanubhāsantaṃ satthārā vā satthāraṃ saṃ-
ghena vā saṃghaṃ: ‘Ye imesaṃ2 bhavataṃ dhammā
akusalā akusala-{saṃkhātā}, sāvajjā sāvajja-saṃkhātā asevi-
tabbā asevitabba-saṃkhātā nālam-ariyā3 nālamariya-saṃ-
khātā kiṇhā4 kiṇha-saṃkhātā, ko ime dhamme {anavasesaṃ}
pahāya vattati, samaṇo vā Gotamo5 pare vā pana bhonto
gaṇācariyā ti?'; "
6. ‘Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ Kassapa vijjati yaṃ viññū
samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā evaṃ
vadeyyuṃ: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā akusalā
akusala-saṃkhātā sāvajjā sāvajja-saṃkhātā asevitabbā
asevitabbā-saṃkhātā nālam-ariyā nālamariya-saṃkhātā
kiṇhā kiṇhā-saṃkhātā, samaṇo Gotamo ime dhamme
{anavesasaṃ} pahāya vattati, yaṃ vā pana bhonto pare
gaṇācariyā ti." Iti ha Kassapa viññū samanuyuñjantā
samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā amhe va tattha yebhuy-
yena {pasaṃseyyuṃ.}
7. ‘Aparam pi no Kassapa viññū samanuyuñjantaṃ
samanugāhantaṃ samanubhāsantaṃ satthārā vā satthāraṃ
saṃghena vā saṃghaṃ: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā
kusalā kusala-saṃkhātā anavajjā anavajja-saṃkhātā sevi-
tabbā sevitabba-saṃkhātā alam-ariyā alamariya-saṃkhātā
sukkā sukka-saṃkhātā, ko ime dhamme anavasesaṃ
samādāya vattati, samaṇo vā Gotamo, pare vā pana bhonto
gaṇācariyā ti?"
8. ‘Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ Kassapa vijjati yaṃ viññū
samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā evaṃ

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1 BB invert these clauses.
2 Sm always imesam.
3 BB na alam, four times.
4 BB kaṇh-, four times.
5 SS insert vā.

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164 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 8
vadeyyuṃ: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā kusalā
kusala-saṃkhātā anavajjā anavajja-saṃkhātā sevitabbā
sevitabba-saṃkhātā alam-ariyā alamariya-saṃkhātā sukkā
sukka-saṃkhātā, samaṇo Gotamo ime dhamme anavasesaṃ
samādāya vattati, yaṃ vā pana bhonto pare gaṇācariyā
ti." Iti ha Kassapa viññū samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā
samanubhāsantā 1amhe va1 tattha yebhuyyena {pasaṃ}-
seyyuṃ.
9 ‘Aparam pi no Kassapa {viññū} samanuyuñjantaṃ
samanugāhantaṃ samanubhāsantaṃ satthārā vā satthāraṃ
saṃghena vā saṃghaṃ: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā
akusalā akusala-saṃkhātā sāvajjā sāvajja-saṃkhātā asevi-
tabbā asevitabba-saṃkhātā nālam-ariyā nālamariya-saṃ-
khātā kiṇhā kiṇha-saṃkhātā, ko ime dhammā {anavasesaṃ}
pahāya vattati, Gotama-sāvaka-saṃgho vā, pare2 vā pana
bhonto gaṇācariya-sāvaka-saṃghā ti?"3
10. 4 ‘Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ Kassapa vijjati yaṃ viññū
samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā evaṃ
{vadeyyuṃ}: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā akusalā
akusala-saṃkhātā sāvajjā sāvajja-saṃkhātā asevitabbā
asevitabba-saṃkhātā nālam-ariyā nālamariya-saṃkhātā
kiṇhā kiṇha-saṃkhātā, Gotama-sāvaka-saṃgho ime
dhamme anavasesaṃ pahāya vattati, yam vā pana bhonto
pare gaṇācariya-sāvaka-saṃghā ti." Iti ha5 Kassapa
viññū samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā
amhe va tattha yebhuyyena {pasaṃseyyuṃ.}
11. ‘Aparam pi no Kassapa viññū samanuyuñjantaṃ

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1-1 Scdmt aham eva.
2 BB apare.
3 Sd saṃgho.
4 Scdmt all insert here ‘Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ Kassapa vijjati
yaṃ viññū samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā amhe va
tattha evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā akusalā
akusala-saṃkhātā sāvajjā savajja-saṃkhātā asevitabbā
asevitabba-saṃkhātā nālam-ariyā nālamariya-saṃkhātā kiṇhā
kiṇha-saṃkhātā, ko ime dhamme anavasesam pahāya vattati
Gotamasāvaka-saṃgho vā pare vā pana bhonto
gaṇācariyasāvaka-saṃghā ti."
5 SS vā.

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D. viii. 14] PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE. 165
samanugāhantaṃ samanubhāsantaṃ satthārā vā {satthāraṃ}
saṃghena vā saṃghaṃ: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā
kusalā kusala-saṃkhātā anavajjā anavajja-saṃkhātā sevi-
tabbā sevitabba-saṃkhātā alam-ariyā alamariya-saṃkhātā
sukkā sukka-saṃkhātā, ko ime dhamme anavasesaṃ
samādāya vattati, Gotama-sāvaka-saṃgho vā pare vā pana
bhonto gaṇācariya-sāvaka-saṃghā ti?"1
12. ‘Ṭhānam kho pan'; etaṃ Kassapa vijjati yaṃ
viññū samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā
evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ye imesaṃ bhavataṃ dhammā kusalā
kusala-saṃkhātā anavajjā anavajja-saṃkhātā sevitabbā
sevitabba-saṃkhātā alam-ariyā alamariya-saṃkhātā sukkā
sukka-saṃkhātā, Gotama-sāvaka-saṃgho ime dhamme
anavasesaṃ samādāya vattati, yaṃ vā pana bhonto pare2
vā gaṇācariya-sāvaka-saṃghā ti."5 Iti ha Kassapa viññū
samanuyuñjantā samanugāhantā samanubhāsantā amhe
va tattha yebhuyyena {pasaṃseyyuṃ}.
13. ‘Atthi Kassapa maggo, atthi paṭipadā, yathā4 paṭi-
panno sāmaṃ yeva ñassati sāmaṃ {dakkhiti}5: "Samaṇo
Gotamo kāla-vadī bhūta-vādī attha-vādī dhamma-vādī vi-
naya-vādī ti." Katamo ca Kassapa maggo, katamā paṭi-
padā, yathā paṭipanno sāmaṃ yeva ñassati sāmaṃ {dakkhiti}:
"Samaṇo va Gotamo kāla-vādī bhūta-vādī attha-vādī
dhamma-vādī vinaya-vādī ti"? Ayam eva Ariyo Aṭṭhaṅ-
giko Maggo, seyyathīdaṃ sammā-diṭṭhi sammā-saṅkappo
sammā-vācā sammā-kammanto sammā-ājīvo sammā-vāyāmo
sammā-sati sammā-samādhi. Ayaṃ kho Kassapa maggo,
ayaṃ paṭipadā, yathā paṭipanno sāmaṃ yeva ñassati sāmaṃ
{dakkhiti}: "Samaṇo va Gotamo kāla-vādī bhūta-vādī attha-
vādī dhamma-vādī vinaya-vādī ti."'
14. Evaṃ vutte acelo Kassapo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Ime6 kho āvuso Gotama tapo-pakkamā ekesaṃ7 samaṇa-

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1 SS saṃgho.
2 All MSS insert vā.
3 SS saṃgho.
4 SS insert vā.
5 Scmt dakkhīti; Sd dakkhiti here, below -īti; BB dakkhati
(see M. i.566).
6 BB add pi.
7 BB etesaṃ thrice.

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166 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 14
brāhmaṇānaṃ sāmañña-saṃkhātā ca brāhmañña-saṃkhātā
ca. Acelako1 hoti muttācāro hatthāpalekhano, na-ehi-
bhadantiko,2 na-tiṭṭha-bhadantiko, nābhihaṭaṃ na uddissa-
kaṭaṃ na nimantanaṃ3 sādiyati. So na kumbhi-mukhā
patigaṇhāti, na kaḷopi-mukhā patigaṇhāti,4 na eḷakamanta-
raṃ na daṇḍamantaraṃ na musalamantaraṃ, na dvinnaṃ
bhuñjamānānaṃ, na gabbhiniyā na pāyamānāya na puris-
antara-gatāya, na saṃkittisu,5 na yattha sā upaṭṭhito
hoti, na yattha makkhikā saṇḍa-saṇḍa-cārinī,6 na macchaṃ
na {maṃsaṃ,} na sūram na merayaṃ na thusodakaṃ pivati.7
So ekāgāriko va hoti ekālopiko, dvāgāriko vā hoti dvālopiko,
sattāgāriko vā hoti sattālopiko. Ekissā pi dattiyā yāpeti,
dvīhi pi dattīhi yāpeti, sattahi pi dattīhi yāpeti. Ekāhi-
kam pi āhāraṃ āhāreti, dvīhikam pi āhāraṃ āhāreti, sattā-
hikam pi āhāraṃ āhāreti, iti evarūpaṃ addha-māsikam pi
pariyāya-bhatta-bhojanānuyogam anuyutto viharati.
Ime hi kho āvuso Gotama tapo-pakkamā ekesaṃ
samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ sāmañña-saṃkhātā ca brāhmañña-
saṃkhātā ca. Sāka-bhakkho vā hoti, sāmāka-bhakkho
vā hoti, nīvāra-bhakkho vā hoti, daddula8-bhakkho
vā hoti, haṭa-bhakkho vā hoti, kaṇa-bhakkho vā hoti,
ācāma-bhakkho vā hoti, piññāka-bhakkho vā hoti, tiṇa-
bhakkho vā hoti, gomaya-bhakkho vā hoti, vana-mūla-
phalāhāro yāpeti pavatta-phala-bhojī.
Ime hi kho āvuso Gotama tapo-pakkamā ekesaṃ samaṇa-
brāhmaṇānam sāmañña-saṃkhātā ca brāhmañña-saṃkhātā
ca. Sāṇāni pi dhāreti, masāṇāni pi dhāreti, chava-dussāni
pi dhāreti, paṅsu-kūlāni pi dhāreti, tirīṭāni9 pi dhāreti,

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1 For this description of the Acelako, comp. M. i. 77, PP.
iv. 24 etc.
2 BB bhaddantiko always.
3 So all seven MSS. Faus. at J. i. 116, etc., and Tr. loc. cit. ṇ.
Old. C. vi. 21, etc., and Morris have n.
4 SS omit n. k. p. Child. spells khalopi. Tr. at Mil. 107 has khaḷopi,
at M. i. 77 kaḷopi (as BB here. See his "Pāli Misc.," p. 60).
Morris has khaḷopi.
5 Sm BB samkittīsu.
6 Sm cārīni; Sc cāriti; BB carinī.
7 Scmt pipati.
8 Scm daddūla.
9 BB tiriṭāni.

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D. viii. 15] BRAHMAN ASCETICS. 167
ajināni1 pi dhāreti, ajinakkhipam2 pi dhāreti, kusa-
cīram pi dhāreti vākā-cīram pi dhāreti, phalaka-cīram
pi dhāreti, kesa-kambalam pi dhāreti, vāla-kambalam pi
dhāreti, ulūka-pakkham pi dhāreti. Kesa-massu-locako
pi hoti kesa-massu-locanānuyogam anuyutto, ubbhaṭṭhako
pi hoti āsana-paṭikkhitto, ukkuṭiko pi hoti {ukkuṭika-ppa-
dhānam} anuyutto, kaṇṭakāpassayiko pi hoti kaṇṭakā-
passaye seyyaṃ kappeti,3 phalaka-seyyam pi kappeti,4
thaṇḍila5-seyyam pi kappeti, ekapassayiko pi hoti rajojalla-
dhare, abbhokāsiko pi hoti yathāsanthatiko, vekaṭiko pi
hoti vikaṭa-bhojanānuyogam anuyutto, āpānako pi hoti
āpānakattam anuyutto, sāya-tatiyakam pi udakorohanānu-
yogam anuyutto viharatīti.'
15. ‘Acelako ce pi Kassapa hoti muttācāro hatthāpa-
lekhano . . . pe . . . iti evarūpaṃ addha-māsikam pi
pariyāya-bhatta-bhojanānuyogam anuyutto viharati, tassa
cāyaṃ sīla-sampadā citta-sampadā paññā-sampadā abhā-
vitā hoti asacchikatā, atha kho so ārakā va6 sāmaññā,
ārakā va brahmaññā. Yato kho Kassapa bhikkhu averaṃ
avyāpajjhaṃ7 metta-cittaṃ bhāveti, āsavānañ ca8 khayā
anāsavaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati,
ayaṃ vuccati Kassapa bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo
iti pi. Sāka-bhakkho ce pi Kassapa hoti,
sāmāka-bhakkho ce pi Kassapa hoti, nīvāra-bhakkho . . .
pe . . . vana-mūla-phalāhāro yāpeti pavatta-phala-bhojī,
tassa cāyaṃ sīla-sampadā citta-sampadā paññā-sampadā
abhāvitā hoti asacchikatā, atha kho so ārakā va sāmaññā
ārakā va brahmaññā. Yato kho Kassapa bhikkhu averaṃ
avyāpajjhaṃ metta-cittaṃ bhāveti, āsavānañ ca khayā
anāsavaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va

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1 So all MSS; Sum. ajinaṃ.
2 SS ajinakkhisaṃ.
3 M. and PP. omit down to sāyatatiyakaṃ.
4 Sct omit down to āpānako.
5 Sd BB taṇḍila (see Dhp. 141 = D. iv. 339).
6 Scmt ca . . . ca (thrice).
7 BB abyāpajjaṃ (thrice).
8 SS omit ca, thrice.

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168 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 15
dhamme sayaṃ {abhiññā} sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati,
ayaṃ vuccati Kassapa bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo
iti pi. {Sāṇāni} ce pi Kassapa dhāreti,
{masāṇāni} pi dhāreti . . . pe . . . sāya-tatiyakam pi udak-
orohanānuyogam anuyutto viharati, tassa cāyaṃ sīla-
sampadā citta-sampadā paññā-sampadā abhāvitā hoti
asacchikatā, atha kho so ārakā va sāmaññā ārakā va
brahmaññā. Yato kho Kassapa bhikkhu averaṃ avyā-
pajjhaṃ metta-cittam bhāveti, āsavānañ ca khayā anāsa-
vaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme
sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati, ayaṃ
vuccati Kassapa bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo iti pīti.'
16. Evaṃ vutte acelo Kassapo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Dukkaraṃ bho Gotama sāmaññaṃ, dukkaraṃ brahmañ-
ñan ti.'
‘Pakati1 kho esā Kassapa lokasmiṃ "Dukkaraṃ sāmañ-
ñaṃ dukkaraṃ brahmaññan" ti. Acelako ce pi Kassapa
hoti, muttācāro hatthāpalekhano . . . pe . . . iti evarū-
pam addha-māsikam pi pariyāya-bhatta-bhojanānuyogam
anuyutto viharati, imāya ca Kassapa mattāya iminā ca
tapo-pakkamena sāmaññaṃ vā abhavissa brahmaññaṃ vā
dukkaraṃ sudukkaraṃ, n'; etam abhavissa kallaṃ vaca-
nāya "Dukkaraṃ sāmaññaṃ dukkaraṃ brahmaññan ti."
Sakkā ca pan'; etaṃ abhavissa kātuṃ gahapatinā va gaha-
pati-puttena vā antamaso kumbha-dāsiyā pi: "Handā-
haṃ acelako homi muttācāro hatthāpalekhano . . . pe . . .
iti evarūpaṃ addha-māsikam pi pariyāya-bhatta-bhojanā-
nuyogam anuyutto viharāmīti." Yasmā ca kho Kassapa
aññatr'; eva imāya mattāya aññatra iminā tapo-pakkamena
sāmaññaṃ vā hoti brahmaññaṃ vā dukkaraṃ sudukkaraṃ,
tasmā etaṃ kallaṃ vacanāya "Dukkaraṃ sāmaññaṃ duk-
karaṃ brahmaññan ti." Yato kho Kassapa bhikkhu
averaṃ avyāpajjhaṃ metta-cittaṃ bhāveti, āsavānañ ca
khayā anāsavaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ {diṭṭhe} va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati,
ayaṃ vuccati Kassapa bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo

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1 Sd pakatikā; Scmt kacci nu (see 17).

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D. viii. 16] BRAHMAN ASCETICS. 169
iti pi. Sāka-bhakkho ce pi Kassapa hoti,
sāmāka-bhakkho . . . pe . . . vana-mūla-phalāhāro
yāpeti pavatta-phala-bhojī, imāya ca Kassapa mattāya
iminā ca tapo-pakkamena sāmaññaṃ vā abhavissa brah-
maññaṃ vā dukkaraṃ sudukkaram, n'; etaṃ abhavissa
kallaṃ vacanāya "Dukkaraṃ sāmaññaṃ dukkaraṃ brah-
maññan ti." Sakkā ca pan'; etaṃ abhavissa kātuṃ gaha-
patinā vā gahapati-puttena vā antamaso kumbha-dāsiyā
pi: "Handāhaṃ sāka-bhakkho vā homi sāmāka-bhakkho
. . . pe . . . vana-mūla-phalāhāro yāpemi pavatta-phala-
bhojī ti." Yasmā ca kho Kassapa aññatr'; eva imāya
mattāya aññatra iminā tapo-pakkamena sāmaññaṃ vā
hoti brahmaññaṃ vā dukkaraṃ sudukkaraṃ, tasmā etaṃ
kallaṃ vacanāya "Dukkaraṃ {sāmaññaṃ} dukkaraṃ brah-
maññan ti." Yato kho Kassapa bhikkhu averaṃ avyā-
pajjhaṃ metta-cittaṃ bhāveti, āsavānañ ca khayā anāsavaṃ
ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ
abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati, ayaṃ vuccati
Kassapa bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo iti pi.
{Sāṇāni} ce pi Kassapa dhāreti, {masāṇāni} pi dhāreti . . .
pe . . . sāya-tatiyakam pi udakorohanānuyogam anuyutto
viharati, imāya ca Kassapa mattāya iminā tapo-pakka-
mena sāmaññaṃ vā abhavissa brahmaññaṃ vā dukkaraṃ
sudukkaraṃ, n'; etaṃ abhavissa kallaṃ vacanāya "Duk-
karaṃ sāmaññaṃ dukkaraṃ brahmaññan ti." Sakkā ca
pan'; etaṃ abhavissa kātuṃ gahapatinā vā gahapati-puttena
vā antamaso kumbha-dāsiyā pi: "Handāhaṃ {sāṇāni} pi
dhāremi, {masāṇāni} pi dhāremi . . . pe . . . sāya-tatiya-
kam pi udakorohanānuyogam anuyogo {viharāmīti}." Yasmā
ca kho Kassapa aññatr'; eva imāya mattāya aññatra iminā
tapo-pakkamena sāmaññaṃ vā hoti brahmaññaṃ vā duk-
karaṃ sudukkaraṃ, tasmā etaṃ kallaṃ vacanāya "Duk-
karaṃ sāmaññaṃ, dukkaraṃ brahmaññan ti." Yato kho
Kassapa bhikkhu averaṃ avyāpajjhaṃ metta-cittaṃ
bhāveti, āsavānañ ca khayā anāsavaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ
paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sac-
chikatvā upasampajja viharati, ayaṃ vuccati Kassapa
bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo iti pīti.'

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170 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 17
17. Evaṃ vutte acelo Kassapo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Dujjāno bho Gotama samaṇo, dujjāno brāhmaṇo ti.'
‘Pakati kho esā Kassapa lokasmiṃ "Dujjāno samaṇo,
dujjāno brāhmaṇo ti." Acelako ce pi Kassapa hoti, muttā-
cāro hatthāpalekhano . . . pe . . . iti evarūpaṃ addha-
māsikam pi pariyāya-bhatta-bhojanānuyogam anuyutto
viharati, imāya ca Kassapa mattāya iminā tapo-pakkamena
samaṇo vā abhavissa brāhmaṇo vā dujjāno sudujjāno, n'
etaṃ abhavissa kallaṃ vacanāya "Dujjāno samaṇo,
dujjāno brāhmaṇo ti." Sakkā ca pan'; eso abhavissa
ñātuṃ1 gahapatinā vā gahapati-puttena vā antamaso
kumbha-dāsiyā pi: "ayaṃ acelako2 muttācāro hatthā-
palekhano . . . pe . . . iti evarūpaṃ addha-māsikam pi
pariyāya-bhatta-bhojanānuyogam anuyutto viharatīti."
Yasmā ca kho Kassapa aññatr'; eva imāya mattāya aññatra
iminā tapo-pakkamena samaṇo vā hoti brāhmaṇo vā
dujjāno sudujjāno, tasmā etaṃ kallaṃ vacanāya "Dujjāno
samaṇo, dujjāno brāhmaṇo ti." Yato kho Kassapa bhikkhu
averaṃ avyāpajjhaṃ metta-cittaṃ bhāveti, āsavānañ ca
khayā anāsavaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati,
ayaṃ vuccati Kassapa bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo
iti pi. Sāka-bhakkho ce pi Kassapa hoti, sāmāka-bhakkho
. . . pe . . . vana-mūla-phalāhāro yāpeti pavatta-phala-
bhojī, imāya ca Kassapa mattāya iminā tapo-pakkamena
samaṇo vā abhavissa brāhmaṇo vā dujjāno sudujjāno, n'
etaṃ abhavissa kallaṃ vacanāya "Dujjāno samaṇo,
dujjāno brāhmaṇo ti." Sakkā ca pan'; eso abhavissa
ñātuṃ gahapatinā vā gahapati-puttena vā antamaso
kumbha-dasiyā pi, "ayaṃ sāka-bhakkho sāmāka-{bhakkho}
. . . pe . . . vana-mūla-phalāhāro yāpeti pavatta-phala-
bhojī ti." Yasmā ca kho Kassapa aññatr'; eva imāya
mattāya {aññatra} iminā tapo-pakkamena samaṇo vā hoti
brāhmaṇo vā dujjāno sudujjāno, tasmā etaṃ kallaṃ
vacanāya "Dujjāno samaṇo, dujjāno brāhmaṇo ti." Yato
kho Kassapa bhikkhu averaṃ avyāpajjhaṃ metta-cittaṃ

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1 SS kātuṃ.
2 BB add hoti.

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D. viii. 18] THE RIGHT WAY. 171
bhāveti, āsavānañ ca khayā anāsavam ceto-vimuttiṃ
paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-
katvā upasampajja viharati, ayaṃ vuccati Kassapa bhikkhu
Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo iti pi. {Sāṇāni} ce pi
Kassapa dhāreti, {masāṇāni} pi dhāreti . . . pe . . . sāya-
tatiyakam pi udakorohanānuyogam anuyutto viharati,
imāya ca Kassapa mattāya iminā tapo-pakkamena samaṇo
vā brāhmaṇo vā abhavissa1 dujjāno sudujjāno, n'; etam
abhavissa kallaṃ vacanāya "Dujjāno samaṇo dujjāno
brāhmaṇo ti." Sakkā ca2 pan'; eso abhavissa ñātuṃ
gahapatinā vā gahapati-puttena vā antamaso kumbha-
dāsiyā pi: "Ayaṃ {sāṇāni} pi dhāreti {masāṇāni} pi
dhāreti . . . pe . . . sāya-tatiyakam pi udakorohanānu-
yogam anuyutto viharatīti." Yasmā ca kho Kassapa
aññatr'; eva imāya mattāya aññatra iminā tapo-pakkamena
samaṇo vā hoti brāhmaṇo vā dujjāno sudujjāno, tasmā
etaṃ kallaṃ vacanāya "Dujjāno samaṇo, dujjāno
brāhmaṇo ti." Yato kho Kassapa bhikkhu averaṃ avyā-
pajjhaṃ metta-cittaṃ bhāveti, āsavānañ ca khayā anā-
savaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme
sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati, ayaṃ
vuccati Kassapa bhikkhu Samaṇo iti pi Brāhmaṇo {iti} pīti.'
18. Evaṃ vutte acelo Kassapo Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Katamā pana sā bho Gotama sīla-sampadā,
katamā citta-sampadā, katamā paññā-sampadā ti?'
‘Idha Kassapa Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ sammā-
sambuddho . . . pe3 . . . bhaya-dassāvī, samādāya sik-
khati sikkhā-padesu, kāyakamma-{vacī-kammena} samannā-
gato kusalena, parisuddhājīvo sīla-sampanno, indriyesu
gutta-dvāro, sati-sampajaññena samannāgato, santuṭṭho.
‘Kathañ ca Kassapa bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti? Idha
Kassapa bhikkhu {pāṇātipātaṃ} pahāya pāṇātipātā paṭi-
virato hoti, nihita-daṇḍo, nihita-sattho lajjī dayāpanno
sabbapāṇabhūta-hitānukampī viharati. Idam pi 'ssa hoti

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1 BB Samaṇo vā abhavissa Brahmaṇo vā.
2 All MSS. omit here.
3 D. ii. 40-42.

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172 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 18
sīla-sampadāya [yathā Sāmañña-phale1 evaṃ vitthāretab-
baṃ] . . . ‘Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāh-
maṇā saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā, te eva-rūpāya
tiracchāna-vijjāya micchā-jīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti, sey-
yathīdaṃ santi-kammaṃ paṇidhi-kammaṃ . . . pe2 . . .
osadhīnaṃ paṭimokkho iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-
vijjāya micchā-jīvā paṭivirato hoti. Idam assa hoti {sīla-}
sampadāya.
‘Sa kho so Kassapa bhikkhu evaṃ sīla-sampanno na
kutoci bhayaṃ samanupassati, yad idam sīla-saṃvarato.
Seyyathā pi Kassapa rājā khattiyo muddhāvasitto nihita-
paccāmitto na kutoci bhayaṃ samanupassati, yad idaṃ
paccatthikato,3 evam eva kho Kassapa bhikkhu evaṃ sīla-
sampanno na kutoci bhayaṃ samanupassati, yad idaṃ
sīla-saṃvarato. So iminā ariyena sīla-kkhandhena saman-
nāgato ajjhattaṃ anavajja-sukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedeti. Evaṃ
kho Kassapa bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti. Ayaṃ kho sā4
Kassapa sīla-sampadā.
19. 5 ‘Kathañ ca Kassapa bhikkhu indriyesu gutta-dvāro
hoti? Idha Kassapa bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvāna
nimittaggāhī hoti . . . pe6 . . . manindriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ
viharantaṃ abhijjhā domanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā
anvāssaveyyuṃ tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati rakkhati
manindriyaṃ, manindriyaṃ saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. So iminā
ariyena indriya-saṃvarena samannāgato ajjhattaṃ avyā-
seka-sukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedeti. Evaṃ kho Kassapa bhikkhu
indriyesu gutta-{dvāro} hoti . . . pe7 . . . tass'; ime pañca
nīvaraṇe pahīne attani samanupassato pamojjaṃ jāyati,
pamuditassa pīti jayati, pīti-manassa kāyo passambhati,
passaddha-kāyo sukhaṃ vedeti, sukhino cittaṃ samādhi-
yati, so vivicc'; eva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi

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1 D. ii. 43-61 inclusive.
2 D. ii. 62.
3 BB paccattikato (and so at D. ii. 63).
4 BB omit.
5 BB pa . . . paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati . . . pa . . . idam
assa hoti citta-sampadāya . . . pa . . . dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ.
6 D. ii. 64.
7 D. ii. 64-75.

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D. viii. 20] THE SOAP-MAKER. 173
savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pīti-sukham {paṭhama}-jjhā-
naṃ upasampajja viharati. So imam eva kāyaṃ viveka-
jena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti parisandeti paripūreti
parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa vivekajena
pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti. {Seyyathā} pi Kassapa
dakkho nahāpako vā nahāpakantevāsī vā {kaṃsa-}thale
nahāniya-{cuṇṇāni} ākiritvā, udakena paripphosakaṃ parip-
phosakaṃ sanneyya, sā h'; assa nahāniya-piṇḍi snehā-
nugatā sneha-paretā santara-bāhirā phuṭā snehena, na ca
paggharaṇī -- evam eva kho Kassapa bhikkhu imam eva
kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti parisandeti
paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa
vivekajena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti
citta-sampadāya.
‘Puna ca paraṃ Kassapa bhikkhu vitakka-vicārānaṃ
vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ
avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ dutiya-
jjhānaṃ . . . pe1 . . . tatiyajjhānaṃ . . . pe2 . . . ca-
tutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati . . . pe3 . . . Idam
pi 'ssa hoti citta-sampadāya. Ayaṃ kho sā Kassapa citta-
sampadā.
20. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte4 parisuddhe pariyodāte
{anaṅgaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
{ānejjappatte} ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhinin-
nāmeti. So evaṃ pajānāti: "Ayaṃ kho me kāyo rūpī
cātummahābhūtiko mātā-pettika-sambhavo odāta-kummā-
sūpacayo aniccucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-{viddhaṃ-
sana}-dhammo, idañ ca pana me {viññāṇaṃ} ettha sitaṃ
ettha paṭibaddhan ti."
‘Seyyathā pi Kassapa maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā
aṭṭhaṅso suparikamma-kato accho vippasanno sabbākāra-
sampanno, tatr'; idaṃ suttaṃ āvutaṃ nīlaṃ vā pītaṃ vā
lohitaṃ vā odātaṃ vā paṇḍu-suttaṃ vā ti. Evam eva kho
Kassapa bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyo-

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1 D. ii. 77-79.
2 D. ii. 79-81.
3 D. ii. 81,82.
4 BB . . . pa . . . abhinīharati abhininnāmeti . . . pa . . . idam
assa hoti paññā-sampadāya.

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174 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 20
dāte {anaṅgaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye
ṭhite {ānejjappatte} ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati
abhininnāmeti. So evaṃ pajānāti: "Ayaṃ kho me kāyo
rūpī cātummahābhūtiko mātā-pettika-sambhavo odāta-
kummāsūpacayo aniccucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-
{viddhaṃsana}-dhammo, idañ ca pana me {viññāṇaṃ} ettha
sitaṃ ettha paṭibaddhan ti." Idam pi 'ssa hoti paññā-
sampadāya . . . pe1 . . . "nāparaṃ itthattāyāti" pajānāti.
Idam pi 'ssa hoti paññā-sampadāya. Ayaṃ kho sā Kassapa
paññā-sampadā.
Imāya ca Kassapa sīla-sampadāya citta-sampadāya
paññā-sampadāya aññā sīla-sampadā citta-sampadā paññā-
sampadā {uttaritarā} vā paṇītatarā vā n'; atthi.
21. ‘Santi Kassapa eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā sīla-vādā.
Te aneka-pariyāyena sīlassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsanti. Yāvatā
Kassapa ariyam paramaṃ sīlaṃ, nāhaṃ tattha attano
sama-samaṃ samanupassāmi kuto bhīyyo.2 Atha kho3
aham eva tattha bhīyyo yadidaṃ adhisīlaṃ.
‘Santi Kassapa eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā tapo-jigucchā-
vādā. Te aneka-pariyāyena tapo-jigucchāya vaṇṇaṃ
bhāsanti. Yāvatā Kassapa ariyā paramā tapo-jigucchā
nāhaṃ tattha attano sama-samaṃ samanupassāmi kuto
bhīyyo. Atha kho aham eva tattha bhīyyo yadidaṃ
adhijegucchaṃ.
‘Santi Kassapa eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā paññā-vādā. Te
aneka-pariyāyena paññāya vaṇṇaṃ bhāsanti. Yāvatā
Kassapa ariyā paramā paññā, nāhaṃ tattha attano sama-
samaṃ {samanupassāmi} kuto bhīyyo. Atha kho aham eva
tattha bhīyyo yadidam adhipaññā.4
‘Santi Kassapa eke samaṇa-brāhmaṇā vimutti-vādā.
Te aneka-pariyāyena vimuttiyā vaṇṇaṃ bhāsanti. Yāvatā
Kassapa ariyā paramā vimutti, nāhaṃ tattha attano sama-
samaṃ samanupassāmi kuto bhīyyo. Atha kho aham eva
tattha bhīyyo yadidam adhimutti.

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1 D. ii. 85-98.
2 BB bhiyyo, and below.
3 SS omit atha kho, but all give it below.
4 SS paññāya; BB paññaṃ.

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D. viii. 23] THE SHOUT OF VICTORY. 175
22. ‘Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ Kassapa vijjati yaṃ añña-
titthiyā1 paribbājakā evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Sīha-nādaṃ kho
Samaṇo Gotamo nadati, tañ ca kho suññāgāre nadati no
parisāsūti." Te "Mā h'; evan" ti assu2 vacanīyā. "Sīha-
nādañ ca Samaṇo Gotamo nadati, parisāsu ca nadatīti,"
evam assu Kassapa vacanīyā. Ṭhānaṃ kho pan'; etaṃ
Kassapa vijjati yam añña-titthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ vadey-
yuṃ: "Sīha-nādañ ca Samaṇo Gotamo nadati, parisāsu
ca nadati, na ca kho visārado nadati." . . ..visārado ca
nadati -- . . . pe . . . "na ca kho naṃ pañhaṃ pucchanti
. . . pañhañ ca naṃ pucchanti, -- . . . pe . . . "na ca
kho pan'; etaṃ pañhaṃ puṭṭho vyākaroti" . . . "pañhañ
ca nesaṃ puṭṭho vyākaroti" -- . . . pe . . . "na ca kho
pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ ārādheti" . . . "pañhassa
ca veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ ārādheti" -- . . . pe . . . "na
ca kho sotabbaṃ assa maññanti" . . . "sotabbaṃ c'; assa
maññanti" -- . . . pe . . . "na ca kho sutvā pasīdanti"
. . . "sutvā c'; assa pasīdanti" -- . . . pe . . . na ca kho
pasannā pasannākāraṃ karonti" . . . "pasannā pasan-
nākārañ ca karonti" -- . . . pe . . . "na ca kho tathat-
tāya paṭipajjanti" . . . "tathattāya ca paṭipajjanti" --
. . . pe . . . "na ca kho paṭipannā ārādhentīti."3 Te
"Mā h'; evan" ti 'ssu vacanīyā. "Sīha-nādañ ca Samaṇo
Gotamo nadati, parisāsu ca nadati, visārado ca nadati,
pañhañ ca naṃ pucchanti, pañhañ ca nesaṃ puṭṭho
vyākaroti, pañhassa veyyākaraṇena cittaṃ ārādheti, sotab-
bañ c'; assa4 maññanti, sutvā ca pasīdanti, pasannā ca
pasannākāraṃ5 karonti, tathattāya ca paṭipajjanti, {paṭi-
pannā} ca ārādhentīti," evam assu Kassapa vacanīyā.
23. ‘Ekam idāhaṃ Kassapa samayaṃ Rājagahe viharāmi
Gijjha-kūṭe pabbate. Tatra maṃ aññataro tapasa6-brah-

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1 St adds riyo.
2 BB 'ssu.
3 All the MSS. are very confused throughout this intricate passage
in which they omit all the spaces and pe's.
4 BB ca (omitting assa), both here and above.
5 BB for p. c. p. k. have (here and above) pasannākārañ ca karonti.
6 Scmt tesa; Sd cesa; Sum. sa.

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176 KASSAPA SĪHANĀDA SUTTA. [D. viii. 23
macārī Nigrodho nāma adhijegucche pañhaṃ pucchi.1
Tassāhaṃ adhijegucche pañhaṃ puṭṭho vyākāsiṃ. Vyākate
ca pana me attamano ahosi, paraṃ viya mattāyāti.'
‘Ko hi bhante Bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā na attamano
assa paraṃ2 viya mattāya? Aham pi3 bhante Bhagavato
dhammaṃ sutvā attamano paraṃ viya mattāya. Abhik-
kantaṃ bhante, abhikkantaṃ bhante. Seyyathā pi bhante
nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya,
mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā tela-paj-
jotaṃ dhāreyya: "Cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhintīti,"4
-- evam evaṃ5 Bhagavatā aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakā-
sito. Esāhaṃ bhante Bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi
dhammañ ca bhikkhu-saṃghañ ca. Labheyyāhaṃ bhante
Bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ, labheyyaṃ upasampadan
ti.'
24. ‘Yo6 kho Kassapa añña-titthiya-pubbo7 imasmiṃ
dhamma-vinaye8 ākaṅkhati {pabbajjaṃ}8 ākaṅkhati upasam-
padaṃ so cattāro māse parivasati, catunnaṃ māsānaṃ
accayena āraddha-citta9 bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti
bhikkhu-bhāvāya. Api ca m'; ettha puggala-vemattatā
viditā ti.'
‘Sace bhante añña-titthiya-pubbā imasmiṃ dhamma-
vinaye10 ākaṅkhantā {pabbajjaṃ}10 ākaṅkhantā11 upasampa-
daṃ cattāro māse parivasanti, catunnaṃ māsānaṃ accayena
āraddha-cittā bhikkhū pabbājenti upasampādenti bhikkhu-
bhāvāya, ahaṃ cattāri vassāni parivasissāmi, catunnaṃ
vassānaṃ accayena āraddha-cittā bhikkhū pabbājentu
upasampādentu bhikkhu-bhāvāyāti.'
Alattha kho acelo Kassapo Bhagavato santike pabbaj-

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1 BB apucchi. (The whole dialogue is given in D. xxv. See also
Sum. 45).
2 SS na attamano aparam.
3 BB add hi.
4 BB dakkhanti.
5 BB eva.
6 SS Ye.
7 Sct pubbe.
8-8 Scd omit.
9 S. xii. 17.17 adds parivuṭṭha-parivāsaṃ (read -vāsā). M.PṢ.
p. 59 and M. i. 391 as here.
10-10 SS omit.
11 BB ākaṅkhanti twice.

[page 177]
D. viii. 4] KASSAPA BECOMES AN ARAHAT. 177
jaṃ, alatthūpasampadaṃ.1 Acirūpasampanno kho pan'
āyasmā Kassapo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto
viharanto, na cirass'; eva yass'; atthāya kula-puttā sammad
eva agārasmā {anagāriyaṃ} pabbajanti tad anuttaraṃ
brahma-cariya-pariyosānaṃ diṭṭhe va {dhamme} sayaṃ
abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi: ‘{Khīṇā} jāti,
vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ
{itthattāyāti}'; abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca kho pan'; āyasmā
Kassapo arahataṃ ahosīti.
Kassapa-Sīhanāda-Suttantaṃ.2

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1 BB alatth'; upa- . . . acir'; upa- (Childers, Trenckner,
and Feer alattha).
2 BB Mahā-Sīhanāda-Suttantaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ aṭṭhamaṃ.

[page 178]
178
[ix. Poṭṭhapāda Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvat-
thiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena
kho pana samayena Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako samayap-
pavādake tindukācīre1 eka-sālake2 Mallikāya3 ārāme
{paṭivasati} mahatiyā paribbājaka-parisāya saddhiṃ ti-
mattehi4 paribbājaka-satehi.
2. Atha kho Bhagavā pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā,
patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya Sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Atha kho
Bhagavato etad ahosi: ‘Atippago kho tāva Sāvatthiyaṃ
piṇḍāya carituṃ, yan nūnāhaṃ yena samayappavādako
tindukācīro eka-sālako Mallikāya ārāmo yena Poṭṭhapādo
paribbājako ten'; upasaṃkameyyan ti.'; Atha kho Bhagavā
yena samayappavādako tindukācīro eka-{sālako} Mallikāya
ārāmo ten'; upasaṃkami.
3. Tena kho pana samayena Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako
mahatiyā paribbājaka-parisāya saddhiṃ nisinno hoti un-
nādiniyā uccāsadda-mahāsaddāya aneka-vihitaṃ tiracchāna-
kathaṃ kathentiyā, seyyathīdaṃ rāja-kathaṃ cora-kathaṃ
mahāmatta-kathaṃ senā-kathaṃ bhaya-kathaṃ yuddha-
kathaṃ anna-kathaṃ pāna-kathaṃ vattha-kathaṃ sayana-
kathaṃ mālā-kathaṃ gandha-kathaṃ ñāti-kathaṃ yāna-
kathaṃ gāma-kathaṃ nigama-kathaṃ nagara-katham

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1 SS tiṇḍukātīre here, but not in Sum. In 2 only Sd has -tīro.
2 Scdt sālike and so St in 2.
3 See J. iv. 148 foll. Dhp. Aṭṭh. 248.
4 BB tiṅsa-.

[page 179]
D. ix. 6] GOTAMA AND POṬṬHAPĀDA. 179
janapada-kathaṃ itthi-kathaṃ1 sūra-kathaṃ visikhā-
kathaṃ kumbhaṭṭhāna-kathaṃ pubba-peta-kathaṃ nānatta-
kathaṃ lokakkhāyikaṃ {samudda-kkhāyikaṃ} itibhavābhava-
kathaṃ iti vā iti.2
4. Addasā kho Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako Bhagavantaṃ
dūrato va āgacchantaṃ, disvā3 sakaṃ parisaṃ saṇṭhāpesi:4
‘Appasaddā bhonto hontu, mā bhonto saddam akattha.
Ayaṃ Samaṇo Gotamo āgacchati, appasadda-kāmo kho
pana5 so āyasmā appasaddassa vaṇṇa-vādī, appeva nāma
appasaddaṃ parisaṃ viditvā {upasaṃkamitabbaṃ} maññey-
yāti.'
Evaṃ vutte te paribbājakā tuṇhī ahesuṃ.
5. Atha kho Bhagavā yena Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako ten'
upasaṃkami. Atha kho Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako Bhaga-
vantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Etu kho bhante Bhagavā, sāgataṃ6 bhante Bhagavato,
cirassaṃ kho bhante Bhagavā imaṃ pariyāyam akāsi
yadidaṃ idh'; āgamanāya, nisīdatu bhante Bhagavā, idam
āsanaṃ paññattan ti.'
Nisīdi Bhagavā paññatte āsane. Poṭṭhapādo kho7 parib-
bājako aññataraṃ nīcaṃ āsanaṃ {gahetvā}, ekamantaṃ
nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho Poṭṭhapādaṃ parib-
bājakaṃ Bhagavā etad avoca:
‘Kāya nu 'ttha Poṭṭhapāda etarahi kathāya sannisinnā,
kā ca pana vo antarā kathā vippakatā ti?'
6. Evaṃ vutte Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako Bhagavantaṃ
etad avoca:
‘Tiṭṭhat'; esā bhante kathā yāya mayaṃ etarahi kathāya
sannisinnā, n'; esā8 bhante kathā Bhagavato dullabhā
bhavissati pacchā pi savanāya. Purimāni bhante divasāni
purimatarāni nānā-titthiyānaṃ {samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ} ku-
tūhala9-sālāya sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ abhisaññā-

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1 BB add purisa-kathaṃ; as Sd BB at D.i.1.17 (not in M.V.v.6.3).
2 BB omit iti.
3 BB disvāna.
4 Sm saṇṭhapesi.
5 BB omit.
6 Sd BB svāgataṃ.
7 BB pi kho.
8 SS n'esāhaṃ.
9 BB kotuhala.

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180 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 6
nirodhe kathā udapādi: "Kathan nu kho bho abhisañña-
nirodho hotīti?" Tatr'; ekacce evam āhaṃsu: "Ahetu-
apaccayā purisassa saññā uppajjanti pi nirujjhanti pi.
Yasmiṃ samaye uppajjanti saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti,
yasmiṃ samaye nirujjhanti, asaññī tasmiṃ samaye hotīti."
Itth'; eke abhisaññā-nirodhaṃ paññāpenti. Tam añño
evam āha: "Na kho nām'; etaṃ bho1 evaṃ bhavissati.
Saññā hi bho purisassa attā, sā ca kho upeti pi apeti pi.
Yasmiṃ samaye upeti saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti, {yasmiṃ}
samaye apeti asaññī tasmiṃ samaye hotīti." Itth'; eke
abhisaññā-nirodhaṃ paññāpenti. Tam añño evam āha:
"Na kho nām'; etaṃ bho evaṃ bhavissati. Santi hi bho
samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā. Te imassa
purisassa saññaṃ upakaḍḍhanti pi apakaḍḍhanti pi.
Yasmiṃ samaye upakaḍḍhanti saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti,
yasmiṃ samaye apakaḍḍhanti asaññī tasmiṃ samaye
hotīti." Itth'; eke abhisaññā-nirodhaṃ paññāpenti. Tam
añño evam āha: "Na kho nām'; etaṃ bho evam bhavissati.
Santi hi bho devatā mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā. Te imassa
purisassa saññaṃ upakaḍḍhanti pi apakaḍḍhanti pi.
Yasmiṃ samaye upakaḍḍhanti saññī tasmiṃ samaye hoti,
yasmiṃ samaye apakaḍḍhanti asaññī tasmiṃ samaye
hotīti." Itth'; eke abhisaññā-nirodhaṃ paññāpenti. Tassa
mayhaṃ bhante Bhagavantaṃ yeva ārabbha sati udapādi:
"Aho nūna Bhagavā aho nūna Sugato, yo imesaṃ dham-
mānaṃ sukusalo ti."2 Bhagavā pakataññū abhisaññā-
nirodhassa. Kathan nu kho bhante abhisaññā-nirodho
hotīti?'
7. ‘Tatra Poṭṭhapāda ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā evam
āhaṃsu: "Ahetu-appaccayā purisassa saññā uppajjanti
pi nirujjhanti pīti" ādiso va tesaṃ aparaddhaṃ. Taṃ
kissa hetu? Sahetū hi Poṭṭhapāda sappaccayā purisassa

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1 BB na kho pana me taṃ bho (thrice). In the next clause SS omit bho,
and in the third Sm omits it, and Sdt have hoti.
2 SS Aho nūna bhagavā sugato yo (Sdm so) bhante kusalo.
(Sm has imesaṃ inserted, as a correction, after so.)

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D. ix. 9] THE RIGHT TRAINING. 181
saññā uppajjanti pi nirujjhanti pi. Sikkhā ekā saññā
uppajjanti, sikkhā ekā saññā nirujjhanti.1
‘Kā ca sikkhā?'; ti Bhagavā avoca. ‘Idha Poṭṭhapāda
Tathāgato loke uppajjati, arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho . . .
pe2 . . . kāya-kamma-vacī-kammena samannāgato kusa-
lena parisuddhājīvo sīla-sampanno indriyesu gutta-dvāro
sati-sampajaññena samannāgato santuṭṭho. Kathañ ca
Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti? Idha Poṭṭha-
pāda bhikkhu {pāṇātipātaṃ} pahāya pāṇātipātā paṭivirato
hoti, nihita-daṇḍo nihita-sattho lajjī dayāpanno sabbapāṇa-
bhūta-hitānukampī viharati. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ
. . . pe . . . Yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
saddhā-deyyāni bhojanāni bhuñjitvā, te evarūpāya tirac-
chāna-vijjāya micchā-jīvena jīvikaṃ kappenti, seyyathīdaṃ
santi-kammaṃ, paṇidhi-kammaṃ . . . pe . . . osadhīnaṃ
paṭimokkho; iti vā iti evarūpāya tiracchāna-vijjāya mic-
chājīvā paṭivirato hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti sīlasmiṃ.
8. ‘Sa3 kho Poṭṭhapāda evaṃ sīla-sampanno na kuto ci
bhayaṃ samanupassati yadidaṃ sīla-saṃvarato. Seyyathā
pi Poṭṭhapāda rājā khattiyo {muddhāvasitto} nihita-paccāmitto
na kuto ci bhayaṃ samanupassati yadidaṃ paccatthikato,
evam eva kho Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu evaṃ sīla-sampanno na
kuto ci bhayaṃ samanupassati yadidaṃ sīla-saṃvarato. So
iminā ariyena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato ajjhattaṃ
anavajja-{sukhaṃ} paṭisaṃvedeti. Evaṃ kho Poṭṭhapāda
bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti.4
9. ‘Kathañ ca Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu indriyesu gutta-dvāro
hoti? Idha Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṃ disvā na
nimittaggāhī hoti nānuvyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikaraṇam
enaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhā-
domanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ, tassa
{saṃvarāya} paṭipajjati, rakkhati cakkhundriyaṃ, cakkhun-

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1 BB uppajjati . . . nirujjhati (and so in 10, 16, etc.).
2 BB yathā Sāmañaphalaṃ evaṃ vitthāretabbaṃ and omit down to
end of 8 (D. ii. 40-63).
3 BB atha as in D. ii. 63.
4 BB add . . . pa . . . and omit 9.

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182 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 9
driye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. Sotena saddaṃ sutvā . . . pe . . .
ghānena gandhaṃ ghāyitvā, jivhāya rasaṃ sayitvā,
kāyena poṭṭhabbaṃ1 phusitvā, manasā dhammaṃ viññāya,
na nimittaggāhī hoti nānuvyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikara-
ṇam enaṃ manindriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhij-
jhā-domanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ
tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati manindriyaṃ, man-
indriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. So iminā ariyena indriya-
saṃvarena samannāgato ajjhattaṃ avyāseka-sukhaṃ
paṭisaṃvedeti. Evaṃ kho Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu indriyesu
gutta-dvāro hoti. . . . pe [D. ii. 65-74] . . .
10. 2 ‘Tass'; ime pañca nīvaraṇe pahīne attani samanu-
passato pāmujjaṃ3 jāyati, pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pīti-
manassa kāyo passambhati, passaddha-kāyo sukhaṃ
vedeti, sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati. So vivicc'; eva kāmehi
vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vive-
kajaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ paṭhamajjhānam upasampajja viharati.
Tassa yā purimā kāma-saññā sā nirujjhati. Vivekaja-pīti-
sukha-sukhuma-sacca-saññā4 tasmiṃ samaye hoti, vive-
kaja-{pīti-sukha}-sukhuma-sacca-saññī yeva tasmiṃ samaye
hoti. Evam pi sikkhā ekā saññā uppajjanti, sikkhā ekā
saññā nirujjhanti.5 Ayaṃ sikkhā'; ti Bhagavā avoca.
11. 6 ‘Puna ca paraṃ Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu vitakka-
vicārānaṃ vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso
ekodibhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ
dutiyajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Tassa yā purimā
vivekajaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ sukhuma-sacca-saññā sā nirujjhati.
Samādhija-{pīti-sukha}-sukhuma-sacca-saññā tasmiṃ samaye

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1 So SS (see D.ii. 64).
2 Cp. D.ii. 75.
3 BB pāmojjaṃ (SS here u, but o at D.ii. 75).
4 In 10,11 MSS. have vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ, in 12-15 the ṃ's
are usually omitted.
5 BB in 10-16 uppajjati . . . nirujjhati. SS -anti in 10-14.
In 15 Sdt -ati . . . ati; Sc -anti . . . anti;
Sm -ati . . . -anti. In 16 SS ati . . . anti;
(Sum. requires plural, see 22.)
6 Cp. D. ii. 77.

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D. ix. 15] THE RIGHT TRAINING. 183
hoti, samādhija-{pīti-sukha}-sukhuma-sacca-saññī yeva tasmiṃ
samaye hoti. Evam pi sikkhā ekā saññā uppajjanti,
sikkhā ekā saññā nirujjhanti. Ayaṃ sikkhā ti'; Bhagavā
avoca.
12. 1 ‘Puna ca paraṃ Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu pītiyā ca
virāgā upekhako2 ca viharati sato ca sampajāno, sukhañ ca
kāyena {paṭisaṃvedeti} yan taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti: "Upe-
khako satimā sukha-vihārī ti," tatiyajjhānaṃ upasampajja
viharati. Tassa yā purimā samādhijaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ suk-
huma-sacca-saññā sā nirujjhati. Upekhā-sukha-sukhuma-
sacca-saññā tasmiṃ samaye hoti, upekhā-sukha-sukhuma-
sacca-saññī yeva tasmiṃ samaye hoti. Evam pi sikkhā
ekā saññā uppajjanti, sikkhā ekā saññā nirujjhanti. Ayaṃ
sikkhā'; ti Bhagavā avoca.
13. 3 ‘Puna ca paraṃ Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu sukhassa ca
pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubb'; eva somanassa-domanas-
sānaṃ atthagamā {adukkha-m-asukhaṃ} upekhā-sati-pārisud-
dhiṃ catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Tassa yā purimā
upekhā-sukha-sukhuma-sacca-saññā sā nirujjhati. {Aduk-
kha-m-asukha}-sukhuma-sacca-saññā tasmiṃ samaye hoti,
{adukkha-m-asukha}-sukhuma-sacca-saññī yeva tasmiṃ sam-
aye hoti. Evam pi sikkhā ekā saññā uppajjanti, sikkhā ekā
saññā nirujjhanti. Ayaṃ sikkhā'; ti Bhagavā avoca.
14. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu sabbaso rūpa-
saññānaṃ samatikkamā4 paṭigha-saññānaṃ atthagamā
nānatta-saññānaṃ amanasi-kārā "ananto ākāso ti" ākāsān-
añcāyatanaṃ upasampajja viharati.5 Tassa yā purimā rūpa-
saññā sā nirujjhati. Ākāsānañcāyatana-sukha-sukhuma-
sacca-saññā tasmiṃ samaye hoti, ākāsānañcāyatana-
sukhuma-sacca-saññī yeva tasmiṃ samaye hoti. Evam
pi sikkhā ekā saññā uppajjanti, sikkhā ekā saññā niruj-
jhanti. Ayaṃ sikkhā'; ti Bhagavā avoca.
15. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsān-

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1 Cp. D. ii. 79.
2 BB upekkhako and so always.
3 Cp. D. ii. 81.
4 BB samatikkamma, as in 15, 16; but see M.PṢ. p. 30.
5 See D. i. 3. 13-15.

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184 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 15
añcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma "anantaṃ {viññāṇan} ti" {viññāṇ-
añcāyatanaṃ} upasampajja viharati. Tassa yā purimā
ākāsānañcāyatana-sukhuma-sacca-saññā, sā nirujjhati.
{Viññāṇañcāyatana}-sukhuma-sacca-saññā tasmiṃ samaye
hoti, {viññāṇañcāyatana}-sukhuma-sacca-saññī yeva tasmiṃ
samaye hoti. Evam pi sikkhā ekā saññā uppajjanti, sikkhā
ekā saññā nirujjhanti. Ayaṃ sikkhā'; ti Bhagavā avoca.
16. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu sabbaso {viññāṇ-
añcāyatanaṃ} samatikkamma "n'; atthi kiñcīti" ākiñcaññā-
yatanaṃ upasampajja viharati. Tassa yā purimā {viññāṇ-
añcāyatana}-sukhuma-sacca-saññā, sā nirujjhati. Ākiñ-
caññāyatana-sukhuma-sacca-saññā tasmiṃ samaye hoti,
ākiñcaññāyatana-sukhuma-sacca-saññī yeva tasmiṃ samaye
hoti. Evam pi sikkhā ekā saññā uppajjanti, sikkhā ekā
saññā nirujjhanti. Ayaṃ sikkhā'; ti Bhagavā avoca.
17. ‘Yato kho Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu idha saka-saññī hoti,
so tato amutra tato amutra anupubbena saññaggaṃ
phusati. Tassa saññagge ṭhitassa evaṃ hoti: "Cetaya-
mānassa me pāpiyo,1 acetayamānassa me seyyo. Ahañ ce va
kho pana ceteyyaṃ {abhisaṅkhareyyaṃ}, imā ca me saññā
nirujjheyyuṃ, aññā ca oḷārikā saññā uppajjeyyuṃ.2 Yan
nūnāham na ceteyyaṃ na abhisaṃkhareyyanti." So na c'
eva ceteti na abhisaṃkharoti. Tassa acetayato anabhisaṃ-
kharoto3 tā c'; eva saññā nirujjhanti, aññā ca oḷārikā saññā
na uppajjanti. So nirodhaṃ phusati. Evaṃ kho Poṭṭhapāda
anupubbābhisaññā-nirodha-sampajāna-samāpatti hoti.
18. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi, Poṭṭhapāda? Api nu te ito pubbe
evarūpā anupubbābhisaññā-nirodha-sampajāna4-samāpatti
suta-pubbā ti?'
‘No h'; etaṃ bhante. Evaṃ kho ahaṃ bhante Bhagavato
bhāsitaṃ ājānāmi:-- "Yato kho Poṭṭhapāda bhikkhu idha
saka-saññī hoti, so tato amutra tato amutra anupubbena
saññaggaṃ phusati. Tassa saññagge ṭhitassa evaṃ hoti:

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1 BB pāpiyyo, and so in 18.
2 Scmt uppajjeyya abhisaṃkharoti (omitting yan . . . na,
which they have in 18).
3 BB na abhi-.
4 SS sampādana.

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D. ix. 21] SAÑÑĀ BEFORE ÑĀṆA. 185
‘Cetayamānassa me pāpiyo, acetayamānassa me seyyo.
Ahañ ce va kho pana ceteyyaṃ {abhisaṅkhareyyaṃ}, imā ca
me saññā nirujjheyyuṃ, aññā ca oḷārikā saññā uppajjeyyuṃ.
Yan nūnāhaṃ na ceteyyaṃ na abhisaṃkhareyyan ti?'
So na c'; eva ceteti, na abhisaṃkharoti. Tassa acetayato
anabhisaṃkharoto tā1 c'; eva saññā nirujjhanti, aññā ca
oḷārikā saññā na uppajjanti. So nirodhaṃ phusati. Evaṃ
kho Poṭṭhapāda anupubbābhisaññā-nirodha-sampadāna2-
samāpatti hotīti."'
‘Evaṃ kho Poṭṭhapādāti.'
19. ‘Ekaṃ yeva nu kho bhante Bhagavā saññaggaṃ
paññāpeti, udāhu puthu3 pi saññagge paññāpetīti?'
‘Ekam pi kho ahaṃ Poṭṭhapāda saññaggaṃ paññāpemi,
puthu pi saññagge paññāpemīti.'
‘Yathā kathaṃ pana bhante Bhagavā ekam pi saññag-
gaṃ paññāpeti, puthu pi saññagge paññāpetīti?'
‘Yathā yathā kho Poṭṭhapāda nirodhaṃ phusati, tathā
tathā 'haṃ saññaggaṃ paññāpemi, evaṃ kho ahaṃ
Poṭṭhapāda ekam pi4 saññaggaṃ paññāpemi, puthu pi
saññagge paññāpemīti.'
20. ‘Saññā nu kho bhante paṭhamaṃ uppajjati, pacchā
ñāṇaṃ, udāhu paṭhamaṃ ñāṇaṃ uppajjati, pacchā saññā,
udāhu saññā ca ñāṇañ ca apubbaṃ acarimaṃ uppajjan-
tīti?'5
‘Saññā kho Poṭṭhapāda paṭhamaṃ uppajjati, pacchā
ñāṇaṃ, saññuppādā ca pana ñāṇuppādo hoti.6 So evaṃ
pajānāti: "Idappaccayā kira me ñāṇaṃ udapādīti." Iminā
p'; etaṃ7 Poṭṭhapāda pariyāyena veditabbaṃ yathā8 saññā
paṭhamaṃ uppajjati pacchā ñāṇaṃ, saññuppādā ca pana
ñāṇuppādo hotīti.'
21. ‘Saññā nu kho bhante purisassa attā, udāhu aññā
saññā, añño attā ti?'
‘Kim9 pana tvaṃ Poṭṭhapāda attānaṃ paccesīti?'

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1 Sdt na.
2 BB sampajāna.
3 All MSS. ū (four times).
4 SS ekasmiṃ for ekam pi.
5 Comp. Mil. 57.
6 SS hotīti.
7 Scmt etaṃ; BB kho.
8 Scmt tathā.
9 BB Kaṃ.

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186 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 21
‘Oḷārikam kho ahaṃ bhante attānaṃ paccemi rūpiṃ
cātummahābhūtikaṃ1 {kabaliṅkārāhāra}2-bhakkhan ti.'
‘Oḷāriko ca hi3 te Poṭṭhapāda attā abhavissa rūpī4
{cātummahābhūtiko}5 kabaliṅkārāhāra-bhakkho, evaṃ
santaṃ kho te Poṭṭhapāda aññā va6 saññā bhavissati7
añño attā.8 Tad iminā p'; etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda pariyāyena
veditabbaṃ, yathā aññā va saññā bhavissati añño attā.
Tiṭṭhat'; evāyaṃ9 Poṭṭhapāda oḷāriko attā rūpī cātum-
mahābhūtiko kabaliṅkārāhāra-bhakkho, atha imassa puri-
sassa aññā va saññā uppajjanti, aññā va saññā {nirujjhanti}.
Iminā pi kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda pariyāyena veditabbaṃ,
yathā aññā va saññā bhavissati, añño attā ti.'
22. ‘Manomayaṃ kho ahaṃ bhante attānaṃ paccemi
sabbaṅga-paccaṅgiṃ ahīnindriyan'10 ti.
‘Manomayo ca hi te Poṭṭhapāda attā abhavissa sab-
baṅga-paccaṅgī ahīnindriyo evaṃ santam pi kho te Poṭ-
ṭhapāda aññā va saññā bhavissati añño attā. Tad iminā
p'; etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda pariyāyena veditabbaṃ, yathā aññā
va saññā bhavissati añño attā. {Tiṭṭhat'} evāyaṃ Poṭṭha-
pāda manomayo {attā} sabbaṅga-paccaṅgī ahīnindriyo, atha
imassa purisassa aññā va saññā uppajjanti aññā va saññā
nirujjhanti. Iminā pi kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda pariyāyena
veditabbaṃ yathā aññā va saññā bhavissati añño attā ti.'

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1 BB cātumahā-.
2 BB kabaliṅkāra- (thrice). See i. 3. 11.
3 Sc oḷāriko hoti vegi; Sd oḷāriko va hi; Sm oḷāriko hi ce hi;
St oḷārikehi ce hi.
4 Sct Bm bhūtirūpī (and so Sm with bhūti erased).
5 Sct -- mahārājiko ! (and so Sm prima manu).
6 No MS. is consistent as to the five va's printed in each of
the 21-23; either va or ca is written, and sometimes before,
sometimes after aññā.
7 BB bhavissa.
8 BB add ti.
9 Sd ev'ayaṃ; Scmt evabhayaṃ(!); BB sāyaṃ (and so in 22, 23).
10 Scd abhinindriyan thrice, but St BB ahīnindriyaṃ thrice,
and so Sm in the second and third places. See i. 3.12 and
ii. 85, and below, 39.

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D. ix. 25] THE INDETERMINATES. 187
23. ‘Arūpiṃ kho ahaṃ bhante attānaṃ paccemi saññā-
mayan ti.'
‘Arūpī ca hi te Poṭṭhapāda attā abhavissa saññāmayo,
evaṃ santam pi kho te Poṭṭhapāda aññā va saññā bhavis-
sati añño attā. Tad iminā p'; etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda pariyāyena
veditabbaṃ yathā aññā va saññā bhavissati añño attā.
Tiṭṭhat'; evāyaṃ Poṭṭhapāda arūpī attā saññāmayo, atha
imassa purisassa aññā va saññā uppajjanti, aññā va saññā
nirujjhanti. Iminā pi kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda pariyāyena
veditabbaṃ yathā aññā va saññā bhavissati añño attā ti.'
24. ‘Sakkā pan'; etaṃ bhante mayā ñātuṃ: "Saññā
purisassa attā" ti vā, "aññā saññā añño attā" ti vā?'
‘Dujjānaṃ kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda tayā añña-diṭṭhikena
añña-khantikena añña-rucikena aññatrāyogena1 aññatthā-
cariyakena: "Saññā purisassa attā" ti vā, "aññā saññā
añño attā" ti vā.'
25. ‘Sac'; etaṃ bhante mayā dujjānaṃ añña-diṭṭhikena
añña-khantikena añña-rucikena aññatrāyogena aññatthā-
cariyakena: "Saññā purisassa attā" ti vā, "aññā saññā
añño attā" ti vā, kim pana bhante, sassato loko? 2 Idam
eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti?'
‘Avyākataṃ kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā: "Sassato loko, idam
eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti."'
‘Kim pana bhante, asassato loko? Idam eva saccaṃ
mogham aññan ti?'
‘Etam pi kho Poṭṭhapāda avyākataṃ mayā: "Asassato
loko, idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti."'
‘Kim pana bhante, antavā loko? 3 Idam eva saccaṃ
mogham aññanti?'
‘Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda mayā: "Antavā loko,
idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan'; ti.
‘Kim pana bhante, anantavā loko? Idam eva saccaṃ
mogham aññan ti?'

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1 SS twice annatra-payogena.
2 See the questions raised at M. 1. 157, 426, etc.
3 BB pa, down to anantavā loko. Then only the questions are given,
‘tam jīvaṃ taṃ sarīraṃ,'; etc.

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188 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 25
‘Etam pi kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā avyākataṃ: "Anantavā
loko, idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti."'
26. ‘Kim pana bhante, taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīraṃ? Idam
eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti?'1
‘Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda mayā: "Taṃ jīvaṃ
taṃ sarīraṃ, idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti."'
‘Kim pana bhante, aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran ti?
Idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti?'
‘Etam pi kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā avyākataṃ: "Aññaṃ
jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran. Idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan
ti."'
27. ‘Kim pana bhante, hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā?
Idam eva saccam mogham aññan ti?'
‘Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda mayā: "Hoti Tathā-
gato param maraṇā. Idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan
ti."'
‘Kim pana bhante, na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā?
Idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti?'
‘Etam pi kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā avyākataṃ: "Na hoti
Tathāgato param maraṇā. Idam eva saccaṃ mogham
aññan ti."'
‘Kim pana bhante, hoti ca na ca2 hoti Tathāgato param
maraṇā? Idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti?'
‘Avyākataṃ kho etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda mayā: "Hoti ca na
ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā. Idam eva saccaṃ
mogham aññan ti."'
‘Kim pana bhante, n'; eva3 hoti na na hoti Tathāgato
param maraṇā? Idam eva saccaṃ mogham aññan ti?'
‘Etam pi kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā avyākataṃ: "N'; eva
hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param {maraṇā}. Idam eva
saccaṃ mogham aññan ti."'
28. ‘Kasmā4 bhante Bhagavatā5 avyākatan'; ti?
‘Na h'; etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda attha-saṃhitaṃ na dhamma-

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1 SS omit this question.
2 St omits; Sd ca after hoti.
3 SS no ca in the question, n'eva in the answer. Cp. Trenckner,
Majjhima, p. 426.
4 BB add pan'etaṃ. So SS below, 30.
5 SS -to.

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D. ix. 31] THE INDETERMINATES. 189
saṃhitaṃ na ādibrahmacariyakaṃ, na nibbidāya na {virā
gāya}na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sam-
bodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattati.1 Tasmā taṃ mayā
avyākatan ti.'
29. ‘Kim pana bhante Bhagavatā vyākatan ti?'
"‘Idam dukkhan" ti Poṭṭhapāda mayā vyākataṃ.
"Ayaṃ dukkha-samudayo" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā vyā-
kataṃ. "Ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā
vyākataṃ. "Ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī2 {paṭipadā}" ti
kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā vyākatan ti.'
30. ‘Kasmā pan'; etaṃ bhante Bhagavatā vyākatan ti?'
‘Etaṃ hi kho3 Poṭṭhapāda attha-saṃhitaṃ etaṃ
dhamma-saṃhitaṃ etaṃ ādibrahmacariyakaṃ, etaṃ nib-
bidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambo-
dhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati. Tasmātaṃ4 mayā vyākatan
ti.'
‘Evam etaṃ Bhagavā, evam etaṃ Sugata. Yassa dāni
bhante Bhagavā kālaṃ maññatīti.'
Atha kho Bhagavā uṭṭhāy'; āsanā pakkāmi.
31. Atha kho te paribbājakā acira-pakkantassa Bhaga-
vato5 Poṭṭhapādaṃ paribbājakaṃ samantato vācāya sanni-
todakena sañjambhariyaṃ6 akaṃsu: ‘Evam eva panā-
yaṃ Poṭṭhapādo yaṃ yad eva Samaṇo Gotamo bhāsati taṃ
tad ev'; assa7 abbhanumodati: "Evam etaṃ Bhagavā evam
etaṃ Sugatāti." Na kho pana mayaṃ kiñci Samaṇassa
Gotamassa ekaṃsikaṃ dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāma "Sas-
sato loko" ti vā, "Asassato loko" ti vā, "Antavā loko" ti
vā, "Anantavā loko" ti vā, "Taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran" ti
vā, "Aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ sarīran" ti vā, "Hoti Tathāgato
param maraṇā" ti vā, "Na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā"

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1 Sc -nti; Sdmt -ntīti.
2 BB gāmini (and so in 33).
3 BB omit kho.
4 BB etaṃ (but taṃ in 28).
5 SS -pakkante Bhagavato (See M. P. S. 4).
6 Sd BB sañjabbhariyaṃ, and so in 32 (A. 3. 64. 6. sañjambhariṃ
at first, then sañjhambhariṃ).
7 BB tan tad ev'; assa, here and in 32; SS here taṃ tad eva tassa;
in 32 tad ev'assa.

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190 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. x. 31
ti vā, "Hoti ca na ca hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti
vā, "N'; eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti
vā ti.'1
Evaṃ vutte Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako te paribbājake etad
avoca: ‘Aham pi kho bho na2 kiñci Samaṇassa Gotamassa
ekaṃsikaṃ dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmi "Sassato loko" ti
vā, "Asassato loko" ti vā . . . pe . . . "N'; eva hoti na
na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā ti" vā. Api ca Samaṇo
Gotamo bhūtaṃ tacchaṃ tathaṃ paṭipadaṃ paññāpeti
dhammaṭṭhitaṃ3 dhamma-niyāmakaṃ. Bhūtaṃ kho
pana tacchaṃ tathaṃ paṭipadaṃ paññāpentassa dhammaṭ-
ṭhitaṃ dhamma-niyāmakaṃ kathaṃ hi nāma4 mādiso
viññū Samaṇassa Gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nāb-
bhanumodeyyāti?'
32. Atha kho dvīha-tīhassa accayena Citto ca {Hatthisāri
putto}5 Poṭṭhapādo ca paribbājako yena Bhagavā ten'
upasaṃkamiṃsu. Upasaṃkamitvā Citto {Hatthisāriputto}
Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi, Poṭṭhapādo
pana paribbājako Bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi, sammoda-
nīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ kathaṃ {vītisāretvā} ekamantaṃ
nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako
Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Tadā maṃ bhante paribbājakā acira-pakkantassa Bha-
gavato samantato vācāya sannitodakena sañjambhariyaṃ
akaṃsu: "Evam eva panāyaṃ6 Poṭṭhapādo yaṃ yad eva
Samaṇo Gotamo bhāsati, taṃ tad ev'; assa abbhanumodati:
‘Evam etaṃ Bhagavā evam etaṃ Sugatāti.'; Na kho
pana7 mayaṃ kiñci Samaṇassa Gotamassa {ekaṃsikaṃ}
dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāma: ‘Sassato loko'; ti vā, ‘Asas-
sato loko'; ti vā, ‘Antavā loko'; ti vā, ‘Anantavā loko'; ti va,
‘Taṃ jīvaṃ taṃ sarīran'; ti vā, ‘Aññaṃ jīvaṃ aññaṃ
sarīran'; ti vā, ‘Hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'; ti vā, ‘Na
hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'; ti vā, ‘Hoti ca na ca hoti

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1 Scdt omit ti.
2 Sct omit, but insert below.
3 BB -ṭhitataṃ (and so in 32); SS -ṭṭhitam (thrice).
4 SS omit, here and in 32.
5 Sd sāyip-.
6 BB add bhavaṃ.
7 SS omit pana.

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D. ix. 33] WHY INDETERMINATE. 191
Tathāgato param maraṇā'; ti vā, ‘N'; eva hoti na na hoti
Tathāgato param maraṇā'; ti vā."1 Evaṃ vuttāhaṃ
bhante te paribbājake etad avocaṃ: "Aham pi kho bho na
kiñci Samaṇassa Gotamassa {ekaṃsikaṃ} dhammaṃ desitaṃ
ājānāmi, ‘Sassato loko'; ti vā, ‘Asassato loko'; ti vā . . .
pe . . . ‘N'; eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā'
ti vā. Api ca Samaṇo Gotamo bhūtaṃ tacchaṃ tathaṃ
paṭipadaṃ paññāpeti dhamma-ṭṭhitaṃ dhamma-niyāma-
kaṃ. Kathaṃ hi nāma mādiso viññū Samaṇassa Gota-
massa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodeyyāti?"'
33. ‘Sabbe va kho ete Poṭṭhapāda paribbājakā andhā
acakkhukā, tvaṃ yeva nesaṃ eko cakkhumā, {ekaṃsikā} pi
hi Poṭṭhapāda mayā dhammā desitā paññattā, {anekaṃsikā}
pi hi kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā dhammā desitā paññattā.
Katame ca te Poṭṭhapāda mayā {anekaṃsikā} dhammā desitā
paññattā? "Sassato loko" ti vā Poṭṭhapāda mayā ane-
{kaṃsiko} dhammo desito paññatto, "Asassato loko" ti2
kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā {anekaṃsiko} dhammo desito paññatto
"Antavā loko" ti2 kho Poṭṭhapādā mayā . . . pe . . .
"Anantavā loko" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda . . . "Taṃ jīvaṃ
taṃ sarīran" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda . . . "Aññaṃ jīvaṃ
aññaṃ sarīran" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda . . . "Hoti Tathāgato
param maraṇā" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda . . . "Na hoti Tathā-
gato param {maraṇā}" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda . . . "Hoti ca na
hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda . . .
"N'; eva hoti na na hoti Tathāgato param maraṇā" ti kho
Poṭṭhapāda mayā {anekaṃsiko} dhammo desito paññatto.
‘Kasmā3 ca te Poṭṭhapāda mayā {anekaṃsikā}4 dhammā
desitā paññattā? Na h'; ete Poṭṭhapāda attha-saṃhitā, na
dhamma-saṃhitā, na ādibrahmacariyakā, na nibbidāya na
virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhisaññāya na
sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṃvattanti. Tasmā te mayā
{anekaṃsikā} dhammā desitā paññattā.
‘Katame ca te Poṭṭhapāda mayā {ekaṃsikā} dhammā desitā
paññattā? "Idaṃ dukkhan" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā

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1 BB add ti.
2 BB add vā.
3 SS tasmā.
4 All MSS. ekaṅsikā.

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192 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 33
{ekaṃsiko} dhammo desito paññatto. "Ayaṃ dukkha-samu-
dayo" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā {ekaṃsiko} dhammo desito
paññatto. "Ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda
mayā {ekaṃsiko} dhammo desito paññatto. "Ayaṃ dukkha-
nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā" ti kho Poṭṭhapāda mayā {ekaṃsiko}
dhammo desito paññatto.
‘Kasmā ca te Poṭṭhapāda mayā {ekaṃsikā} dhammā desitā
paññattā? Ete Poṭṭhapāda attha-saṃhitā ete dhamma-
saṃhitā ete ādibrahmacariyakā, ete nibbidāya virāgāya
nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya
saṃvattanti. Tasmā te mayā {ekaṃsikā} dhammā desitā
paññattā.
34. ‘Santi Poṭṭhapāda eke samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā} evaṃ-
vādino evaṃ-diṭṭhino: "Ekanta-sukhī attā hoti arogo1
param maraṇā ti." Tyāhaṃ upasaṃkamitvā evaṃ vadāmi:
"Saccaṃ kira tumhe āyasmanto evaṃ vādino evaṃ
diṭṭhino: ‘Ekanta-sukhī attā hoti arogo param maraṇā'; ti?"
Te ce me evaṃ puṭṭhā āmo ti2 paṭijānanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ
vadāmi: "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto ekanta-sukhaṃ
lokaṃ jānaṃ passaṃ viharathāti"? Iti puṭṭhā no ti
vadanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: "Api pana tumhe āyas-
manto ekaṃ vā rattiṃ ekaṃ vā divasaṃ upaḍḍhaṃ vā
rattiṃ upaḍḍhaṃ vā divasaṃ ekanta-{sukhiṃ}3 attānaṃ
sañjānāthāti?"4 Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ
vadāmi: "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto jānātha: ‘Ayaṃ
maggo ayaṃ paṭipadā ekanta-sukhassa lokassa sacchikiri-
yāyāti'?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ
{vadāmi}: "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto yā tā devatā ekanta-
sukhaṃ lokaṃ {uppannā}5 tāsaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ saddaṃ
suṇātha: ‘Suppaṭipann'6 attha mārisā ujupaṭipann'; attha
mārisā ekanta-sukhassa lokassa sacchikiriyāya, mayam pi
hi mārisā evam pi paṭipannā ekanta-sukhaṃ lokaṃ up-

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1 Sdt ārogo.
2 BB āmāti (and so at 35, 36 and xiii. 16).
3 SS sukhī always, except Sm here.
4 Sc pajānathāti; BB sampajānathāti (and so in 36, 38).
5 BB upapannā, here and below.
6 BB supaṭippannā . . . paṭippannā twice.

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D. ix. 36] THE BEAUTIFUL ONE. 193
pannā'; ti?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Taṃ kim maññasi
Poṭṭhapāda? Na nu evaṃ sante tesaṃ samaṇa-brāh-
maṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ1 bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
35. ‘Seyyathā pi puriso evaṃ vadeyya: "Ahaṃ yā
imasmiṃ janapade janapada-kalyāṇī taṃ icchāmi taṃ
kāmemīti." Tam enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa,
yan tvaṃ janapada-kalyāṇiṃ icchasi kāmesi, jānāsi taṃ
janapada-kalyāṇiṃ Khattī vā Brāhmaṇī vā Vessī vā Suddī
vā ti?" Iti puṭṭho no ti vadeyya. Tam enaṃ evaṃ
vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa yaṃ tvaṃ janapada-kalyāṇiṃ
icchasi kāmesi, jānāsi taṃ janapada-kalyāṇiṃ evaṃ-nāmā
evaṃ-gottā ti vā, dīghā vā rassā vā majjhimā ti vā, kāḷī vā
sāmā vā maṅgura-cchavī vā ti, amukasmiṃ gāme vā nigame
vā nagare vā ti?"2 Iti puṭṭho3 no ti vadeyya. Tam
enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa yan tvaṃ na
jānāsi na passasi, taṃ tvaṃ icchasi kāmesīti?" Iti puṭṭho
āmo ti vadeyya. Taṃ kim maññasi Poṭṭhapāda? Na nu
evaṃ sante tassa purisassa appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ
sampajjatīti'?
‘Addhā kho bhante, evaṃ sante tassa purisassa appāṭi-
hīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
36. ‘Evam eva kho Poṭṭhapāda, ye te samaṇa-brāh-
maṇā evaṃ vādino evaṃ diṭṭhino: "Ekanta-sukhī attā
hoti arogo param maraṇā ti," tyāhaṃ upasaṃkamitvā4
evaṃ vadāmi: "Saccaṃ kira tumhe āyasmanto evaṃ-
vādino evaṃ-diṭṭhino: ‘Ekanta-sukhī attā hoti arogo
param maraṇā ti?'; Te ca me evaṃ puṭṭhā āmo ti paṭi-
jānanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: "Api pana tumhe āyas-
manto ekanta-sukhaṃ lokaṃ jānaṃ passaṃ viharathāti?"

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1 BB apāṭihira- in this sutta, appātihira in D. xiii. 14,18;
-kataṃ here, and vary in D. xiii.; Scdt appaṭihīra- in this
sutta, and so in D. xiii. 14, but in xiii.18 foll. usually
appāṭihīra-; as Smt here also, except in the first place;
Sd kathaṃ; Scmt -kataṃ in both suttas.
2 All MSS. ti vā . . . ti vā . . . vā ti . . . vā ti except
that in the first place Sc has vā ti, and Sdmt ti vā ti.
3 SS add samāno (but not at D. xiii. 19).
4 BB omit.

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194 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 36
Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: "Api
pana tumhe āyasmanto ekaṃ vā rattiṃ ekaṃ vā divasaṃ,
upaḍḍhaṃ vā rattiṃ upaḍḍhaṃ vā divasaṃ, ekanta-sukhiṃ
attānaṃ sañjānāthāti?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyāhaṃ
evaṃ vadāmi; "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto jānātha:
‘Ayaṃ maggo ayaṃ paṭipadā ekanta-sukhassa lokassa sac-
chikiriyāyāti'?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ
vadāmi; "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto yā tā devatā ekanta-
sukhaṃ lokaṃ uppannā tāsaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ saddaṃ
suṇātha: ‘Supaṭipann'; attha mārisā uju-{paṭipann}'; attha
mārisā ekanta-sukhassa lokassa sacchikiriyāya, mayam pi
hi mārisā evaṃ paṭipannā ekanta-sukhaṃ lokaṃ uppannā'
ti?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Taṃ kim maññasi Poṭṭha-
pada? Na nu evaṃ sante tesaṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ
appāṭihīra-kataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
‘Addhā kho bhante evaṃ sante tesaṃ samaṇa-brāh-
maṇānaṃ appāṭihīra-kataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
37. ‘Seyyathā pi Poṭṭhapāda puriso cātummahāpathe
nisseṇiṃ kareyya pāsādassa ārohaṇāya. Tam enaṃ evaṃ
vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa yassa1 tvaṃ pāsādassa āro-
haṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ puratthimāya
vā disāya, pacchimāya vā disāya, uttarāya vā disāya, dakkhi-
ṇāya vā disāya,2 ucco vā nīco vā majjhimo vā ti?" Iti puṭṭho
va no ti vadeyya. Tam enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho
purisa yan tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi, tassa tvaṃ pāsādassa
ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosīti." Iti puṭṭho {āmo} ti vadeyya.
Taṃ kim maññasi Poṭṭhapāda? Na nu evaṃ sante tassa
purisassa appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
‘Addhā kho bhante evaṃ sante tassa purisassa appā-
ṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
38. ‘Evam eva kho Poṭṭhapāda ye te samaṇa-brāhmaṇā
evaṃ-vādino evaṃ-diṭṭhino: "Ekanta-sukhī attā hoti
arogo param maraṇā ti," tyāhaṃ upasaṃkamitvā evaṃ
vadāmi: "Saccaṃ kira tumhe āyasmanto evaṃ-vādino
evaṃ-diṭṭhino: ‘Ekanta-sukhī attā hoti arogo param

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1 BB yaṃ.
2 BB (as usual) put the fourth direction 2nd (so in 46).

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D. ix. 40] THE SOUL-THEORIES. 195
maraṇā'; ti?" Te ce me evaṃ puṭṭhā āmo ti paṭijānanti.
Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto
ekanta-sukhaṃ lokaṃ jānaṃ passaṃ viharathāti?" Iti
puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: "Api pana
tumhe āyasmanto ekaṃ vā rattiṃ ekaṃ vā divasaṃ, upaḍ-
ḍhaṃ vā rattiṃ upaḍḍhaṃ vā divasaṃ, ekanta-sukhiṃ
attānaṃ sañjānāthāti?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyā-
haṃ evaṃ vadāmi: "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto jānātha:
"Ayaṃ maggo, ayaṃ paṭipadā ekanta-sukhassa lokassa
sacchikiriyāyāti'?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Tyāhaṃ evaṃ
vadāmi: "Api pana tumhe āyasmanto yā tā devatā ekanta-
sukhaṃ lokaṃ uppannā, tāsaṃ1 bhāsamānānaṃ saddaṃ
suṇātha: ‘Supaṭipann'; attha mārisā uju-paṭipann'; attha
mārisā ekanta-sukhassa lokassa sacchikiriyāya, mayam pi
hi mārisā evaṃ paṭipannā ekanta-sukhaṃ lokaṃ uppannā'
ti?" Iti puṭṭhā no ti vadanti. Taṃ kim maññasi Poṭṭha-
pāda? Na nu evaṃ sante tesaṃ samaṇa-brāhmaṇānaṃ
appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
‘Addhā kho bhante evaṃ sante tesaṃ samaṇa-brāhma-
ṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
39. ‘Tayo kho 'me Poṭṭhapāda atta-paṭilābhā,2 oḷāriko
atta-paṭilābho, manomayo atta-paṭilābho, arūpo atta-paṭi-
lābho. Katamo ca Poṭṭhapāda oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho?
Rūpī cātummahābhūtiko {kabaliṅkārāhāra}3-bhakkho, ayaṃ
oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho. Katamo manomayo atta-paṭi-
lābho? Rūpī manomayo sabbaṅga-paccaṅgī ahīnindriyo,4
ayaṃ manomayo atta-paṭilābho. Katamo ca arūpo
atta-paṭilābho? Arūpī saññāmayo, ayaṃ arūpo atta-paṭi-
lābho.
40. ‘Oḷārikassa5 kho ahaṃ Poṭṭhapāda atta-paṭilā-
bhassa pahānāya dhammaṃ desemi, yathā paṭipannānaṃ
vo saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe

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1 BB (here only) add devatānaṃ.
2 SS paṭilābhāya.
3 BB kabaliṅkāra-.
4 Scdt abhinindriyo; Sm abhīnindriyo; BB ahīn- (see 22).
5 BB add pi.

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196 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 40
va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja
viharissathāti. Siyā kho pana te1 Poṭṭhapāda evam
assa: "Saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā
dhammā abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ
ca diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasam-
pajja viharissati,2 dukkho ca kho vihāro ti." Na kho pan'
etaṃ Poṭṭhapāda evaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Saṃkilesikā c'; eva
dhammā {pahīyissanti}, vodāniyā3 dhammā abhivaḍḍhis-
santi, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va dhamme
sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissati, pā-
mujjaṃ c'; eva bhavissati pīti ca passaddhi ca sati ca sam-
pajaññañ ca, sukho ca vihāro.
41. ‘Manomayassa pi kho ahaṃ Poṭṭhapāda atta-paṭi-
lābhassa pahānāya dhammaṃ desemi yathā paṭipannānaṃ
vo4 saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharis-
sathāti. Siyā kho {pana} te Poṭṭhapāda evam assa: "Saṃ-
kilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā abhi-
vaḍḍhissanti, {paññā}-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca {diṭṭhe} va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharis-
sati, dukkho ca kho vihāro cāti."5 Na kho pan'; etaṃ
Poṭṭhapāda evaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Saṃkilesikā c'; eva6
dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā abhivaḍḍhissanti,
paññā-pāripūriṃ {vepullatañ} ca diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ
abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissati, pāmujjaṃ
c'; eva bhavissati pīti ca passaddhi ca sati ca sampajaññañ
ca, sukho ca vihāro.
42. ‘Arūpassa pi kho ahaṃ Poṭṭhapāda atta-paṭilābhassa
pahānāya dhammaṃ desemi yathā paṭipannānaṃ vo
saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā

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1 SS omit te.
2 SS viharissanti here and twice in 41, but Sm -ati the
second time in 40, and all four -ati twice in 42.
3 BB add ca (three times).
4 SS kho.
5 SS dukkho vihāro cāti(here and in 42).
6 SS omit here.

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abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharis-
sathāti. Siyā kho pana te Poṭṭhapāda evam assa:
Saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharis-
sati, dukkho ca kho vihāro ti." Na kho pan'; etaṃ
Poṭṭhapāda evaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Saṃkilesikā c'; eva dhammā
pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-
pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā
sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissati, pāmujjaṃ c'; eva
bhavissati pīti ca passaddhi ca sati ca1 sampajaññañ ca,
sukho ca vihāro.
43. ‘Pare ce Poṭṭhapāda amhe evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:
"Katamo pana so āvuso oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho yassa tumhe
pahānāya dhammaṃ desetha yathā paṭipannānaṃ vo
saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
ābhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe
va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja
viharissathāti?" tesaṃ mayaṃ evaṃ puṭṭhā evaṃ vyāka-
reyyāma: "Ayaṃ vā so āvuso oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho yassa
mayaṃ pahānāya dhammaṃ desema yathā paṭipannānaṃ
vo saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissa-
thāti.'; "
44. ‘Pare ce Poṭṭhapāda amhe evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:
"Katamo pana so āvuso manomayo atta-paṭilābho yassa
tumhe pahānāya dhammaṃ desetha {yathā} paṭipannānaṃ
vo saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharis-
sathāti?" tesaṃ mayaṃ evaṃ puṭṭhā evaṃ vyākareyyāma:
"Ayaṃ vā so āvuso manomayo atta-paṭilābho yassa
mayaṃ pahānāya dhammaṃ desema2 yathā paṭipannānaṃ
vo saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā

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1 SS omit ca.
2 SS deseyyāma (here only).

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198 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 44
abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vi-
harissathāti.'; "
45. 1 ‘Pare ce {Poṭṭhapāda} amhe evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:
"Katamo pana so āvuso arūpo2 atta-paṭilābho yassa tumhe
pahānāya dhammaṃ desetha yathā paṭipannānaṃ vo
saṃkilesikā3 dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe
va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja
viharissathāti'?" tesaṃ mayaṃ evaṃ puṭṭhā evaṃ vyāka-
reyyāma: "Ayaṃ vā so āvuso arūpo atta-paṭilābho yassa4
mayaṃ pahānāya dhammaṃ desema, yathā paṭipannānaṃ
vo saṃkilesikā5 dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā dhammā
{abhivaḍḍhissanti}, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca diṭṭhe va
dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharis-
sathāti.'; "
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Poṭṭhapāda? Nanu evaṃ6 sante
sappāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti'?
‘Addhā kho bhante evaṃ sante sappāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsi-
taṃ sampajjatīti.'
46. ‘Seyyathā pi Poṭṭhapāda puriso nisseṇiṃ kareyya
pāsādassa ārohaṇāya, tass'; eva pāsādassa {heṭṭhā}. Tam
enaṃ evaṃ {vadeyyuṃ}: "Ambho purisa yassa tvaṃ pāsā-
dassa ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ
puratthimāya vā disāya, dakkhiṇāya vā disāya, pacchimāya
vā disāya, uttarāya vā disāya, ucco vā nīco vā majjho vā
ti?" So ce evaṃ vadeyya: "Ayaṃ vā7 so āvuso pāsādo
yassāhaṃ {ārohaṇāya} nisseṇiṃ karomi tass'; eva pāsādassa
{heṭṭhā} ti." Taṃ kiṃ maññasi Poṭṭhapāda? nanu evaṃ
sante tassa purisassa sappāṭihīrakataṃ8 bhāsitaṃ sam-
pajjatīti'?
‘Addhā kho bhante evaṃ sante tassa purisassa sappā-
ṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'

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1 Sc omits this section.
2 SS rūpo.
3 St adds c'; eva.
4 MSS yassa vā (here only).
5 St adds c'; eva.
6 Sct c'; eva; Sm c'evam.
7 BB omit.
8 Sd sappaṭihīrakathaṃ.

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D. ix. 49] THE SOUL-THEORIES. 199
47. ‘Evam eva kho Poṭṭhapāda pare ce amhe evaṃ
puccheyyuṃ: "Katamo pana so āvuso {oḷāriko} atta-paṭilā-
bho"? . . . pe . . . "Katamo pana so āvuso manomayo
atta-paṭilābho?" . . . pe . . . Pare ce Poṭṭhapāda amhe
evaṃ puccheyyuṃ: "Katamo pana so āvuso arūpo atta-
paṭilābho yassa tumhe pahānāya dhammaṃ desetha yathā
paṭipannānaṃ vo saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodā-
niyā dhammā abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepul-
latañ ca diṭṭhe va dhamme abhiññā sacchikatvā upasam-
pajja viharissathāti?" tesaṃ mayaṃ evaṃ puṭṭhā evaṃ
vyākareyyāma: "Ayaṃ vā so āvuso arūpo atta-paṭilābho
yassa mayaṃ pahānāya dhammaṃ desema yathā {paṭi-
pannānaṃ} vo saṃkilesikā dhammā pahīyissanti, vodāniyā
dhammā abhivaḍḍhissanti, paññā-pāripūriṃ vepullatañ ca
diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja
viharissathāti."'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Poṭṭhapāda? Na nu evaṃ sante
sappāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
‘Addhā kho bhante evaṃ sante sappāṭihīrakataṃ
bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
48. Evaṃ vutte Citto Hatthisāri-putto Bhagavantaṃ
etad avoca:
‘Yasmiṃ bhante samaye oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho hoti,
mogh'; assa tasmiṃ samaye manomayo atta-paṭilābho hoti,
mogho arūpo atta-paṭilābho hoti. Oḷāriko assa1 atta-
paṭilābho tasmiṃ samaye sacco hoti. Yasmiṃ bhante
samaye manomayo atta-paṭilābho hoti, mogh'; assa tasmiṃ
samaye oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho hoti, mogho arūpo atta-
paṭilābho hoti. Manomayo assa atta-{paṭilābho} tasmiṃ
samaye sacco hoti. Yasmiṃ bhante samaye arūpo atta-
paṭilābho hoti, mogh'; assa tasmiṃ samaye oḷāriko atta-
paṭilābho hoti, mogho manomayo atta-paṭilābho hoti.
Arūpo assa atta-paṭilābho tasmiṃ samaye sacco hotīti.'
49. ‘Yasmiṃ Citta samaye oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho hoti,
n'; eva tasmiṃ samaye manomayo atta-paṭilābho ti2 saṅ-

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1 BB va 'ssa (thrice).
2 SS hoti for ti throughout 49, 51, 53:

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200 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 49
khaṃ gacchati, na arūpo atta-paṭilābho ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati,
oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho tveva tasmiṃ samaye {saṅkhaṃ}
gacchati. Yasmiṃ Citta samaye manomayo atta-paṭilābho
hoti, n'; eva tasmiṃ samaye oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho ti
saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na arūpo atta-paṭilābho ti saṅkhaṃ
gacchati, manomayo atta-paṭilābho tveva tasmiṃ samaye
saṅkhaṃ gacchati. Yasmiṃ Citta samaye arūpo atta-
paṭilābho hoti, n'; eva tasmiṃ samaye oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho
ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na manomayo atta-paṭilābho ti
saṅkhaṃ gacchati, arūpo atta-paṭilābho tveva tasmiṃ
samaye saṅkhaṃ gacchati. Sace taṃ Citta evaṃ puc-
cheyyuṃ: "Ahosi tvaṃ atītam addhānaṃ, na tvaṃ na
ahosi, bhavissasi tvaṃ anāgatam addhānaṃ, na tvaṃ na
bhavissasi, atthi tvaṃ etarahi, na tvaṃ n'; atthīti?", evaṃ
puṭṭho tvaṃ Citta kin ti vyākareyyāsītī?'
‘Sace maṃ bhante evaṃ puccheyyuṃ: "Ahosi tvaṃ
atītam addhānaṃ na tvaṃ na ahosi, bhavissasi tvaṃ
anāgatam addhānaṃ, na tvaṃ na bhavissasi, atthi tvaṃ
etarahi, na tvaṃ n'; atthīti?" evaṃ puṭṭho ahaṃ bhante
evaṃ vyākareyyaṃ1: "Ahos'; ahaṃ atītam addhānaṃ
nāham nāhosiṃ, bhavissām'; ahaṃ2 anāgatam addhānam
nāhaṃ {na} bhavissāmi, atthāhaṃ etarahi nāhaṃ {n'; atthīti.}"
Evaṃ puṭṭho ahaṃ bhante evaṃ vyākareyyan ti.'3
50. ‘Sace pana taṃ4 Citta evaṃ puccheyyuṃ: "Yo te
ahosi atīto atta-paṭilābho, sveva5 te atta-paṭilābho sacco,
mogho anāgato mogho paccuppanno? Yo vā6 te bhavis-
sati anāgato atta-paṭilābho, sveva te atta-paṭilābho sacco,
mogho anāgato mogho paccuppanno? Yo {vā} te etarahi
paccuppanno atta-paṭilābho, sveva te atta-paṭilābho sacco,
mogho atīto mogho anāgato ti?", evaṃ puṭṭho tvaṃ
Citta kin ti vyākareyyāsīti?'
‘Sace pana maṃ7 bhante evaṃ puccheyyuṃ: "Yo te

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1 BB -yuṃ.
2 SS bhavissāhaṃ.
3 SS vyākareyyaṃ; BB byākareyyan ti.
4 SS evaṃ.
5 Sd so ca; St so ca va (here only); Sm so c'eva; BB so va
through this paragraph, so ca through the next.
6 BB omit vā (six times).
7 SS omit.

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D. ix. 52] THE SOUL-THEORIES. 201
ahosi atīto atta-paṭilābho, sveva te atta-paṭilābho sacco,
mogho anāgato mogho paccuppanno? Yo vā te bhavissati
anāgato atta-paṭilābho, sveva te atta-paṭilābho sacco, mogho
atīto mogho paccuppanno? Yo vā te etarahi paccuppanno
atta-paṭilābho, sveva te atta-paṭilābho sacco, mogho atīto
mogho anāgato ti?", evaṃ puṭṭho ahaṃ bhante evaṃ
vyākareyyaṃ: "Yo me ahosi atīto atta-paṭilābho sveva me
atta-paṭilābho tasmiṃ samaye sacco ahosi, mogho anāgato
mogho paccuppanno. Yo vā me bhavissati anāgato atta-
paṭilābho, sveva me atta-paṭilābho tasmiṃ samaye sacco
bhavissati, mogho atīto bhavissati mogho paccuppanno.
Yo me etarahi paccuppanno atta-paṭilābho, sveva me atta-
paṭilābho sacco, mogho atīto mogho anāgato ti." Evaṃ
puṭṭho ahaṃ bhante vyākareyyan ti.'
51. ‘Evam eva kho Citta yasmiṃ samaye oḷāriko atta-
paṭilābho hoti, n'; eva tasmim samaye manomayo atta-
paṭilābho ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na arūpo atta-paṭilābho
ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho tveva tasmiṃ
samaye saṅkhaṃ gacchati. Yasmiṃ Citta samaye mano-
mayo atta-paṭilābho hoti . . . pe . . . Yasmiṃ Citta sa-
maye arūpo atta-paṭilābho hoti, n'; eva tasmiṃ samaye
oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na1 {manomayo}
atta-paṭilābho ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, arūpo atta-paṭilābho
tveva tasmiṃ samaye saṅkhaṃ gacchati.
52. ‘Seyyathā pi Citta gavā khīraṃ, khīramhā dadhi,
dadimhā navanītaṃ, navanītamhā sappi, sappimhā sappi-
maṇḍo, yasmiṃ samaye khīraṃ hoti n'; eva tasmiṃ samaye
dadhīti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na navanītan ti saṅkhaṃ
gacchati, na sappīti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na sappi-maṇḍo ti
saṅkhaṃ gacchati, khīran tveva tasmiṃ samaye saṅkhaṃ
gacchati; yasmiṃ samaye dadhi hoti . . . navanītaṃ hoti
. . . sappi hoti . . . sappi-maṇḍo hoti, n'; eva tasmiṃ
samaye khīran ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na dadhīti saṅkhaṃ
gacchati, na navanītan ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na sappīti
saṅkhaṃ gacchati, sappi-maṇḍo tveva tasmiṃ samaye
saṅkhaṃ gacchati.

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202 POṬṬHAPĀDA SUTTA. [D. ix. 53
53. ‘Evam eva kho Citta yasmiṃ samaye oḷāriko atta-
paṭilābho hoti . . . pe . . . {Yasmiṃ} Citta samaye mano-
mayo atta-paṭilābho hoti . . . pe . . . Yasmiṃ Citta
samaye arūpo atta-paṭilābho hoti, n'; eva tasmiṃ samaye
oḷāriko atta-paṭilābho ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, na manomayo
atta-paṭilābho ti saṅkhaṃ gacchati, arūpo atta-paṭilābho
tveva tasmiṃ samaye saṅkhaṃ gacchati. Itimā1 kho
Citta loka-samaññā loka-niruttiyo loka-vohārā loka-pañ-
ñattiyo yāhi Tathāgato voharati aparāmasan ti.'
54. Evaṃ vutte Poṭṭhapādo paribbājako Bhagavantaṃ
etad avoca:
‘Abhikkantaṃ bhante, abhikkantaṃ bhante. Seyyathā
pi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paticchannaṃ vā
vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ {ācikkheyya}, andha-kāre
vā tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya: cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhintīti
-- evam evaṃ Bhagavatā aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakā-
sito. Esāhaṃ bhante Bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi
dhammañ ca bhikkhu-saṃghañ ca. Upāsakaṃ maṃ Bha-
gavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ2 gatan ti.'
55. Citto pana Hatthisāri-putto Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca:
‘Abhikkantaṃ bhante, abhikkantaṃ bhante. Seyya-
thā pi bhante nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paticchannaṃ
vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andha-
kāre vā tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya: cakkhumanto rūpāni dak-
khintīti -- evam evaṃ Bhagavatā aneka-pariyāyena dham-
mo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ bhante Bhagavantaṃ saraṇaṃ gac-
chāmi dhammañ ca bhikkhu-saṃghañ ca. Labheyyāhaṃ
bhante Bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ, labheyyaṃ upasam-
padan ti.'
56. Alattha kho Citto Hatthisāri-putto Bhagavato
santike pabbajjaṃ, alattha upasampadaṃ. Acirūpasam-
panno kho pan'; āyasmā Citto Hatthisāri-putto eko3
vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto, na cirass'
eva yass'; atthāya kula-puttā sammad eva agārasmā ana-

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2 So all MSS.
3 BB omit.

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D. ix. 56] CITTA BECOMES AN ARAHAT. 203
gāriyaṃ {pabbajanti} tad anuttaraṃ brahmacariyaṃ
pariyosānaṃ diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-
katvā upasampajja vihāsi, ‘{khīṇā} jāti, vusitaṃ brahma-
cariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparam itthattāyāti'; abbhañ-
ñāsi. Aññataro kho pan'; āyasmā Citto Hatthisāri-putto
arahataṃ ahosīti.
POṬṬHAPĀDA-SUTTANTAṂ.1

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[page 204]
204
[x. Subha Sutta.]
1.1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā Ānando
Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme,
acira-parinibbute Bhagavati. Tena kho pana samayena
Subho māṇavo Todeyya-putto Sāvatthiyaṃ paṭivasati
kenacid eva karaṇīyena.
2. Atha kho Subho māṇavo Todeyya-putto aññataraṃ
māṇavakaṃ1 āmantesi: ‘Ehi tvaṃ māṇavaka, yena
samaṇo Ānando ten'; upasaṃkama,2 upasaṃkamitvā mama
vacanena samaṇaṃ Ānandaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ
{lahu-ṭṭhānaṃ} balaṃ phāsu-vihāraṃ puccha: "Subho māṇavo
Todeyya-putto bhavantaṃ Ānandaṃ appābādham appātaṅ-
kaṃ {lahu-ṭṭhānaṃ} balaṃ phāsu-vihāraṃ pucchatīti," evañ
ca vadehi: "Sādhu kira bhavaṃ Ānando yena Subhassa
māṇavassa Todeyya-puttassa nivesanaṃ ten'; upasaṃ-
kamatu anukampaṃ upādāyāti."'
3. ‘Evaṃ bho'; ti kho so māṇavako Subhassa māṇavassa
Todeyya-puttassa paṭissutvā3 yen'; āyasmā Ānando ten'
upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā āyasmatā Ānandena saddhiṃ
sammodi, sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā
ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so māṇavako
āyasmantaṃ Ānandaṃ etad avoca:
‘Subho māṇavo Todeyya-putto bhavantaṃ Ānandaṃ
appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ {lahu-ṭṭhānaṃ} balaṃ phāsu-
vihāraṃ pucchati, evañ ca vadeti: "Sādhu kira
bhavaṃ Ānando yena Subhassa māṇavassa Todeyya-

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1 Bm māṇavaṃ.
2 SS -kami (and so at xii. 4).
3 Bm paṭisutvā.

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D. x. 1. 5] SUBHA INVITES ĀNANDA. 205
puttassa nivesanaṃ ten'; upasaṃkamatu anukampaṃ
upādāyāti."'
4. Evaṃ vutte āyasmā Ānando taṃ māṇavakam etad
avoca:
‘Akālo kho māṇavaka, atthi me ajja bhesajja-mattā
pītā,1 {app} eva nāma sve pi upasaṃkameyyāma, kālañ ca
samayañ ca upādāyāti.'
Atha kho so māṇavako2 uṭṭhāy'; āsanā yena Subho
māṇavo Todeyya-putto ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā
Subhaṃ māṇavaṃ Todeyya-puttaṃ etad avoca:
‘Avocumha kho mayaṃ bhoto vacanena taṃ bhavantaṃ
Ānandaṃ: "Subho3 māṇavo Todeyya-putto bhavantaṃ
Ānandaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ {lahu-ṭṭhānaṃ} balaṃ
phāsu-vihāraṃ pucchati, evañ ca vadeti: ‘Sādhu kira
bhavaṃ Ānando yena Subhassa māṇavassa Todeyya-
puttassa nivesanaṃ ten'; upasaṃkamatu anukampaṃ
upādāyāti.'; " Evaṃ vutte bho samaṇo Ānando maṃ etad
avoca: "Akālo kho māṇavaka, atthi me ajja bhesajja-
mattā pītā, {app} eva nāma sve pi upasaṃkameyyāma kālañ
ca samayañ ca upādāyāti." Ettāvatā pi kho bho katam'
eva etaṃ4 yato kho so bhavaṃ Ānando okāsam akāsi
svātanāya pi upasaṃkamanāyāti.'
5. Atha kho āyasmā Ānando tassā rattiyā accayena
pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ ādāya Ceta-
kena bhikkhunā pacchā samaṇena yena Subhassa māṇa-
vassa Todeyya-puttassa nivesanaṃ ten'; upasaṃkami,
upasaṃkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi. Atha kho Subho
māṇavo Todeyya-putto yen'; āyasmā Ānando ten'; {upasaṃ-
kami}, upasaṃkamitvā āyasmatā Ānandena saddhiṃ
sammodi, sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā
ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamāntaṃ nisinno kho Subho māṇavo
Todeyya-putto āyasmantaṃ Ānandaṃ etad avoca:

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1 Bm pitā, and below.
2 Sd Evaṃ bho'; ti kho so māṇavako āyasmato Ānandassa paṭisuṇitvā;
and so Bm with paṭisutvā.
3 Bm adds kho.
4 Scmt katamo ca etaṃ; Sd katame ca evaṃ.

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206 SUBHA SUTTA. [D. x. 1. 5
‘Bhavaṃ hi Ānando tassa bhoto Gotamassa dīgha-
rattaṃ upaṭṭhāko santikāvacaro samīpa-cārī. Bhavaṃ etaṃ
Ānando jāneyya yesaṃ so bhavaṃ Gotamo dhammānaṃ
vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi, yattha ca imaṃ janataṃ samādapesi
nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesi.1 Katamesānaṃ kho2 bho Ānanda
dhammānaṃ so bhavaṃ Gotamo vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi, kattha3
ca imaṃ janataṃ samādapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesīti?'
6. ‘Tiṇṇaṃ kho māṇava khandhānaṃ so Bhagavā
vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi, ettha ca imaṃ janataṃ samādapesi
nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesi. Katamesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ? Ariyassa
sīlakkhandhassa, ariyassa samādhikkhandhassa, ariyassa
paññakkhandhassa. Imesaṃ kho māṇava tiṇṇaṃ khan-
dhānaṃ so Bhagavā vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi, ettha ca imaṃ
janataṃ samādapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesīti.'
‘Katamo pana so bho Ānanda ariyo sīlakkhandho yassa
so bhavaṃ Gotamo vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi yattha ca imaṃ jana-
taṃ samādapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesīti?'
47. ‘Idha māṇava Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ
sammā-sambuddho . . . evaṃ kho māṇava bhikkhu sīla-
sampanno hoti.
[See Sāmañña-Phala-Sutta, 40-63.5]
30. ‘Ayaṃ kho so māṇava ariyo sīlakkhandho yassa so
Bhagavā vaṇṇa-vādi ahosi, ettha6 ca imaṃ janataṃ samā-
dapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesi. Atthi c'; ev'; ettha uttariṃ
karaṇīyan ti.'
‘Acchariyaṃ bho Ānanda, abbhutaṃ bho Ānanda. So
cāyaṃ bho Ānanda ariyo sīlakkhandho paripuṇṇo no
aparipuṇṇo, evaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ vāham7 bho Ānanda ariyaṃ

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1 So all other MSS.; Sm ṭhāp- throughout.
2 Bm Gr omit.
3 Sc katamañ; Sd katthañ; Smt kathañ.
4 SS give the full text; Bm inserts ii. 40-43 down to yam pi
māṇava bhikkhu pāṇātipātaṃ . . . sīlasmiṃ. Tato paraṃ sabbaṃ
vitthāretabbaṃ . . . pa . . . yathā vā pan'; eke bhonto, etc.
(D. ii. 62). Ayaṃ kho so māṇava bhikkhu evaṃ sīla-sampanno
(D. ii. 63).
5 In the Subha-Sutta māṇava is substituted for mahārāja.
6 Bm yattha.
7 Bm paripuṇṇañ cāhaṃ.

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D. x. 2. 14] THE HIGHER MORALITY. 207
sīlakkhandhaṃ ito {bahiddhā} aññesu samaṇa-brāhmaṇesu na
samanupassāmi. Evaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ ca bho Ānanda ari-
yaṃ sīlakkhandhaṃ ito {bahiddhā} aññe samaṇa-{brāhmaṇā}
attani samanupasseyyuṃ, te tāvataken'; eva attamanā assu:
"Alam ettāvatā katam ettāvatā anuppatto no sāmaññattho,
n'; atthi no kiñci uttariṃ karaṇīyan ti"? Atha ca pana
bhavaṃ Ānando evam āha: ‘Atthi c'; ev'; ettha uttariṃ
karaṇīyan ti.'
Subha-Suttamhi Paṭhamaka-{Bhāṇavāraṃ}.1
2.1. ‘Katamo pana so bho Ānanda ariyo samādhi-
kkhandho yassa so bhavaṃ Gotamo vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi,
yattha ca imaṃ janataṃ samādapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpe-
sīti'?
‘Kathañ ca māṇava bhikkhu indriyesu gutta-dvāro
hoti? 2 . . . nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa vivekajena
pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti.
[Sāmañña-Phala-Sutta, 64-76.]
13. ‘Yam pi māṇava bhikkhu vivicc'; eva kāmehi vivicca
akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pīti-
sukhaṃ paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati, so imam
eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti, parisan-
deti {paripūreti} parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa
vivekajena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti. Idam pi 'ssa hoti
samādhismiṃ.
14. ‘Puna ca paraṃ māṇava bhikkhu vitakka-{vicārā}-
naṃ3 . . . apphutaṃ hoti.
[Sāmañña-Phala-Sutta, 77,78.]

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1 Bm omits.
2 SS Bm insert whole text.
3 Bm repeats down to apphuṭam assa. Evam eva kho māṇava bhikkhu
|| pa || Yam pi māṇava bhikkhu vittakkavicārānaṃ vupasamā dutiyaṃ
jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati, so imam eva kāyaṃ, etc.

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208 SUBHA SUTTA. [D. x. 2. 15
. . . pe . . . Idam pi 'ssa hoti samādhismiṃ.
16. ‘Puna ca paraṃ māṇava bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā
upekhako viharati1 . . . apphutaṃ hoti.
[Sāmañña-Phala-Sutta, 79-82.]
. . . pe . . . Idam pi 'ssa hoti samādhismiṃ.
19. ‘Ayaṃ kho so māṇava ariyo samādhikkhandho
yassa so Bhagavā vaṇṇa-vādi ahosi, ettha ca2 imaṃ jana-
taṃ samādapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesi. Atthi c'; ev'; ettha
uttariṃ karaṇīyan'; ti.
‘Acchariyaṃ bho Ānanda, abbhutaṃ bho Ānanda. So
cāyaṃ bho Ānanda ariyo samādhikkhandho paripuṇṇo no
aparipuṇṇo, evaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ3 'vāhaṃ4 bho Ānanda
ariyaṃ samādhikkhandhaṃ ito bahiddhā aññesu samaṇa-
brāhmaṇesu na samanupassāmi. Evaṃ paripuṇṇañ ca
bho Ānanda ariyaṃ samādhikkhandhaṃ ito bahiddhā aññe
samaṇa-brāhmaṇā attani samanupasseyyuṃ, te tāva-
taken'; eva attamanā assu: "Alam ettāvatā5 katam ettāvatā5
anuppatto6 sāmaññattho, n'; atthi no kiñci uttariṃ kara-
ṇīyan ti." Atha ca pana bhavaṃ Ānando evam aha:
‘Atthi c'; ev'; ettha uttariṃ karaṇīyan ti.'
20. ‘Katamo pana so bho Ānanda ariyo {paññākhandho}7
yassa so bhavaṃ Gotamo vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi, yattha ca
imaṃ janataṃ samādapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesīti?'8
‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte . . .
ettha paṭibaddhaṃ.
[Sāmañña-Phala-Sutta, 83,84.]
22. ‘Yam pi māṇava bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte pari-
suddhe pariyodāte {anaṅgaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte

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1 Bm repeats as above to evam eva kho māṇava bhikkhu || pa ||
yam pi . . . || pa || tatiyaṃ . . . Puna ca paraṃ māṇava
bhikkhu sukhassa ca . . . apphuṭaṃ hoti. Evam eva kho māṇava
bhikkhu . . . || pa || . . . Yam pi, etc.
2 Sdt omit.
3 Sc aparipuṇṇo; St aparipuṇṇaṃ.
4 Bm cāyaṃ.
5-5 Sct omit.
6 Bm Gr add no.
7 Bm paññak-.
8 Bm -pesi.

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D. x. 2. 37] THE TRUE WISDOM. 209
kammaniye ṭhite ānejjappatte ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhi-
nīharati abhininnāmeti, so evaṃ pajānāti: "Ayaṃ kāyo
rūpī cātummahābhūtiko mātā-pettika-sambhavo odana-
kummās-upacayo anicc-ucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-
{viddhaṃsana}-dhammo, idañ ca pana me {viññāṇaṃ} ettha
sitaṃ ettha paribaddhan ti." Idam pi 'ssa hoti paññāya.
23. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte . . . ahīnindriyaṃ.
[Sāmañña-Phala-Sutta, 85,86.1]
Idam pi 'ssa hoti paññāya.
25. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte . . . nāparaṃ itthattāyāti
{pajānāti}.
[Sāmañña-Phala-Sutta, 87-98.]
36. ‘Yam pi māṇava bhikkhu evaṃ samāhite citte pari-
suddhe pariyodāte {anaṅgaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte
kammaniye ṭhite ānejjappatte āsavānaṃ khayā ñāṇāya
cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti, so "Idaṃ dukkhan"
ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, "Ayaṃ dukkha-samudayo" ti
yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, "Ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho" ti yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāti, "Ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāmini-paṭi-
padā" ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti; "Ime āsavā" ti yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāti, "Ayaṃ āsava-samudayo" ti yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāti, "Ayaṃ āsava-nirodho" ti yathābhūtaṃ
pajānāti, "Ayaṃ āsava-nirodha-gāmini-paṭipadā" ti yathā-
bhūtaṃ pajānāti. Tassa evaṃ jānato evaṃ passato
kāmāsavā pi cittaṃ vimuccati, bhavāsavā pi cittaṃ vimuc-
cati, avijjāsavā pi cittaṃ vimuccati, vimuttasmiṃ vimuttam
iti ñāṇaṃ hoti, "{khīṇā} jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ,
kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyāti" pajānāti. Idam
pi 'ssa hoti paññāya.
37. ‘Ayaṃ kho so māṇava ariyo {paññākhandho} yassa
so Bhagavā vaṇṇa-vādī ahosi, ettha ca imaṃ janataṃ
samādapesi nivesesi patiṭṭhāpesi. N'; atthi c'; ev'; ettha
uttariṃ karaṇīyan ti.'

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1 Bm evam eva kho māṇava bhikkhu || pa || yam pi māṇava bhikkhu
evaṃ samāhite, etc.

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210 SUBHA SUTTA. [D. x. 2. 37
‘Acchariyaṃ bho Ānanda, abbhutam bho Ānanda.1So
cāyaṃ bho Ānanda1 ariyo paññakkhandho paripuṇṇo no
aparipuṇṇo, evaṃ paripuṇṇaṃ cāhaṃ bho Ānanda ariyaṃ
paññakkhandhaṃ ito bahiddhā aññesu samaṇa-brāhmaṇesu
na samanupassāmi. N'; atthi c'; ev'; ettha2 uttariṃ kara-
ṇīyan ti.3 Abhikkantaṃ bho Ānanda, abhikkantaṃ bho
Ānanda. Seyyathā pi bho Ānanda nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkuj-
jeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ
ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya: cakkhu-
manto rūpāni dakkhintīti -- evam eva bhotā Ānandena
aneka-pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṃ bho Ānanda
Bhagavantaṃ4 Gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañ ca
bhikkhu-saṃghañ ca. Upāsakaṃ5 maṃ bhavaṃ Ānando
dhāretu, ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ6 gatan ti.'
SUBHA-SUTTANTAṂ.7

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1-1 Scm omit.
2 Bm samanupassami . . . pa . . . n'; atthi no kiñci ettha.
3 All MSS. ti.
4 Bm taṃ bhavantaṃ.
5 Smt upāsakam.
6 So all MSS.
7 Bm Subha-Suttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ dasamaṃ.

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211
[xi. Kevaddha Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Nāḷan-
dāyaṃ viharati Pāvārikambavane.1 Atha kho Kevaddho2
gahapati-putto yena Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃ-
kamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Eka-
mantaṃ nisinno kho Kevaddho gahapati-putto Bhagavan-
taṃ etad avoca:
‘Ayaṃ bhante Nāḷandā iddhā c'; eva phītā3 ca bahujanā
ākiṇṇa4-manussā Bhagavati abhippasannā. Sādhu bhante
Bhagavā ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ samādisatu, yo uttari-manussa-
dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṃ karissati. Evāyaṃ Nāḷandā
{bhiyyoso mattāya} Bhagavati abhippasīdissatīti.'
Evaṃ vutte Bhagavā Kevaddhaṃ gahapati-puttaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Na kho ahaṃ Kevaddha bhikkhūnaṃ evaṃ dham-
maṃ desemi: "Etha tumhe bhikkhave gihīnaṃ odāta-
vasanānaṃ uttari5-manussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṃ
karothāti."'
2. Dutiyam pi kho Kevaddho gahapati-putto Bhagavan-
taṃ etad avoca:
‘Nāhaṃ bhante Bhagavantaṃ {dhaṃsemi}.6 Api ca evaṃ
vadāmi: "Ayaṃ bhante Nāḷandā iddhā {c'; eva} phītā ca
bahujanā ākiṇṇa-manussā7 Bhagavati abhippasannā. Sādhu
bhante Bhagavā ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ samādisatu yo uttari-

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1 Sct Pavārik-.
2 Bm Kevaḍḍho (Sc occasionally Kevaṭṭo).
3 MSS. pītā.
4 Scdt akiṇṇā (see M. P. S. p. 55).
5 Bm uttariṃ (twice).
6 Sc dhammaṃ desemi; Sd desemi (each twice).
7 Sd twice adds subhikkhā va (as in M. P. S. p. 55).

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212 KEVADDHA SUTTA. [D. xi. 2
manussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṃ karissati. Evāyaṃ
Nāḷandā {bhiyyoso mattāya} Bhagavati abhipasīdissatīti.'
Dutiyam pi kho Bhagavā Kevaddhaṃ gahapati-puttaṃ
etad avoca: ‘Na kho ahaṃ Kevaddha bhikkhūnaṃ evaṃ
dhammaṃ desemi: "Etha tumhe bhikkhave gihīnaṃ
odāta-vasanānaṃ uttari-manussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāri-
yaṃ karothāti."'
3. Tatiyam pi kho Kevaddho gahapati-putto Bhagavan-
taṃ etad avoca:
‘Nāhaṃ bhante Bhagavantaṃ {dhaṃsemi}. Api ca evaṃ
vadāmi: "Ayaṃ bhante Nāḷandā iddhā c'; eva phītā ca
bahujanā ākiṇṇa-manussā Bhagavati abhippasannā. Sā-
dhu bhante Bhagavā ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ samādisatu yo uttari-
manussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṃ karissati. Evāyaṃ
Nāḷandā {bhiyyoso mattāya} Bhagavati abhippasīdissatīti.'
‘Tīṇi kho imāni Kevaddha pāṭihāriyāni mayā sayaṃ
abhiññā sacchikatvā paveditāni. Katamāni {tīṇi}? Iddhi-
pāṭihāriyaṃ ādesanā-pāṭihāriyaṃ anusāsani1-pāṭihāriyaṃ.
4. ‘Katamañ ca Kevaddha iddhi-{pāṭihāriyaṃ}? Idha Ke-
vaddha bhikkhu aneka-vihitaṃ iddhi-vidhaṃ paccanubhoti.
Eko pi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhā pi hutvā eko2 hoti.
Āvi-bhāvaṃ tiro-bhāvaṃ tiro-kuḍḍaṃ tiro-pākāraṃ tiro-
pabbataṃ asajjamāno gacchati seyyathā pi ākāse, paṭhaviyā
pi ummujja-nimujjaṃ karoti seyyathā pi udake, udake
pi abhijjamāno gacchati seyyathā pi paṭhaviyaṃ, ākāse
pi pallaṅkena kamati seyyathā pi pakkhī sakuṇo, ime pi
candima-suriye evaṃ mahiddhike evaṃ mahānubhāve
pāṇinā parimasati parimajjati, yāva Brahma-lokā pi kāyena
va saṃvatteti. Tam enaṃ aññataro saddho pasanno pas-
sati taṃ bhikkhuṃ aneka-vihitaṃ iddhi-vidhaṃ paccanu-
bhontaṃ eko pi hutvā bahudhā bhontaṃ, bahudhā pi hutvā
eko bhontaṃ, āvi-bhāvaṃ tiro-bhāvaṃ tiro-kuḍḍaṃ tiro-
pākāraṃ tiro-pabbataṃ asajjamānaṃ gacchantaṃ seyyathā
pi ākāse, paṭhaviyā pi ummujja-nimujjaṃ karontaṃ sey-

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1 Scmt anusāsani; Sd frequently anusāsanī; So Bm occasionally
(and Morris at A. iii. 60. 4).
2 SS eko pi, but see ii. 87.

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D. xi. 7] ON MIRACLES. 213
yathā pi udake, udake pi abhijjamānaṃ gacchantaṃ sey-
yathā pi paṭhaviyaṃ, ākāse pi pallaṅkena kamantaṃ
seyyathā pi pakkhī sakuṇo, ime pi candima-suriye evaṃ
mahiddhike evaṃ mahānubhāve pāṇinā parimasantaṃ
parimajjantaṃ, yāva Brahma-lokā pi kāyena va saṃvat-
tentaṃ.
5. ‘Tam enaṃ so saddho pasanno aññatarassa {assaddhas-
sa} appasannassa āroceti1: "Acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhu-
taṃ vata bho, samaṇassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.
Amāham bhikkhuṃ addasaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ iddhi-vidhaṃ
paccanubhontaṃ, eko pi hutvā bahudhā bhontam . . . pe
. . . yāva Brahma-lokā pi kāyena va saṃvattentan ti."2
Tam enaṃ so assaddho appasaddho tam saddhaṃ pasan-
naṃ evaṃ vadeyya: "Atthi kho bho Gandhārī nāma vijjā.
Tāya so bhikkhu aneka-vihitaṃ iddhi-vidhaṃ paccanu-
bhoti. Eko pi hutvā bahudhā hoti . . . pe . . . yāva
Brahma-lokā pi kāyena va saṃvattetīti." Taṃ kim
maññasi Kevaddha? Api nu so assaddho appasanno
taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāti?'
‘Vadeyya bhante ti.'
‘Imaṃ kho ahaṃ Kevaddha iddhi-pāṭihāriye ādīnavaṃ
sampassamāno iddhi-pāṭihāriyena aṭṭiyāmi3 harāyāmi
jigucchāmi.
6. ‘Katamañ ca Kevaddha ādesanā-pāṭihāriyaṃ? Idha
Kevaddha bhikkhu parasattānaṃ parapuggalānaṃ cittam
pi ādisati cetasikam pi ādisati vitakkitam pi ādisati vicāri-
tam pi ādisati: "Evam pi te mano ittham pi te mano iti
pi te cittan ti." Tam enaṃ aññataro saddho pasanno
passati taṃ bhikkhuṃ parasattānaṃ parapuggalānaṃ
cittam pi ādisantaṃ cetasikam pi ādisantaṃ vitakkitam pi
ādisantaṃ vicāritam pi ādisantaṃ: "Evam pi te mano
ittham pi te mano iti pi te cittan ti."
7. ‘Tam enaṃ so saddho pasanno aññatarassa assad-
dhassa appasannassa āroceti: ‘Acchariyaṃ vata bho,

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1 Sd Bm ārocesi (and so in 6).
2 All MSS. saṃvattentaṃ (without ti).
3 Scm addhiyāmi Bm addh-.

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214 KEVADDHA SUTTA. [D. xi. 7
abbhutaṃ vata bho, samaṇassa mahiddhikatā mahānu-
bhāvatā. Amāhaṃ bhikkhuṃ addasaṃ parasattānaṃ para-
puggalānaṃ cittam pi ādisantaṃ cetasikam pi ādisantaṃ
vitakkitam pi ādisantaṃ vicāritam pi ādisantaṃ: "Evam
pi te mano ittham pi te mano iti pi te cittan ti." Tam
enaṃ so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ
evaṃ vadeyya: "Atthi kho bho Maṇiko1 nāma vijjā. Tāya
so bhikkhu parasattānaṃ parapuggalānaṃ cittam pi ādi-
sati cetasikam pi ādisati . . . pe . . . evam pi te mano
ittham pi te mano iti pi te cittan ti." Taṃ kim maññasi
Kevaddha? Api nu so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ
pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāti?'
‘Vadeyya bhante ti.'
‘Imaṃ kho ahaṃ Kevaddha ādesanā-pāṭihāriye ādīnavaṃ
sampassamāno ādesanā-pāṭihāriyena aṭṭiyāmi harāyāmi
jigucchāmi.
8. ‘Katamañ ca Kevaddha anusāsani-pāṭihāriyaṃ?
Idha Kevaddha bhikkhu evam anusāsati: "Evaṃ vitak-
ketha mā evam vitakkayittha, evam manasikarotha mā
{evaṃ} manasākattha, idam pajahatha idaṃ upasampajja
viharathāti." Idam pi vuccati Kevaddha anusāsani-pāṭi-
hāriyaṃ.
9. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Kevaddha idha Tathāgato loke up-
pajjati arahaṃ sammāsambuddho . . . pe . . . yathā {Sā-
mañña-phale}2 evaṃ vitthāretabbaṃ . . .
44. 3 ‘Tass'; ime pañca nīvaraṇe pahīne attani samanu-
passato pāmojjaṃ jāyati, pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pīti-
manassa kāyo passambhati, {passaddha}-kāyo sukhaṃ vedeti,
{sukhino} cittaṃ samādhiyati. So vivicc'; eva kāmehi vivicca
akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pīti-
sukhaṃ paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. So imam
eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti parisandeti

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1 Bm Maṇikā.
2 Bm phalaṃ (D. ii. 40-74).
3 Bm evaṃ kho bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti . . . pa . . . paṭhamaṃ
jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. Idam pi vuccati Kevaḍḍha
anusāsanī-pāṭihāriyaṃ . . . ñāṇadassanāya, etc., see next page,
52.

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paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato kāyassa
vivekajena pīti-sukhena {apphutaṃ} hoti.
45. ‘Seyyathā pi Kevaddha dakkho nahāpako vā nahā-
pakantevāsī vā {kaṃsa-thāle} nahāniya-cuṇṇāni ākiritvā
udakena paripphosakaṃ paripphosakaṃ sanneyya, sā 'ssa
nahāniya-piṇḍi snehānugatā sneha-paretā santara-bāhirā
phuṭā sinehena na ca paggharaṇī -- evam eva Kevaddha
bhikkhu imam eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisan-
deti parisandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbā-
vato kāyassa vivekajena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti. Idam
pi vuccati Kevaddha anusāsani-pāṭihāriyaṃ.
50. 1 . . . ‘catutthajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati . . . pe2
. . . Idam pi vuccati Kevaddha anusāsani-pāṭihāriyaṃ.
52. ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte {anaṅ-
gaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite ānej-
jappatte ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati . . . pe3 . . .
Idam pi vuccati Kevaddha anusāsanī-pāṭihāriyaṃ.
53. 4 . . . nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāti.5 Idaṃ vuccati
Kevaddha anusāsani-pāṭihāriyaṃ.
67. ‘Imāni kho Kevaddha tīṇi pāṭihāriyāni mayā sayaṃ
abhiññā sacchikatvā paveditāni. Bhūtapubbaṃ Kevaddha
imasmiṃ yeva bhikkhu-saṃghe aññatarassa bhikkhuno
evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi: "Kattha nu kho ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti?" Atha
kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu tathā-rūpaṃ samādhiṃ samā-
pajji yathā samāhite citte devayāniyo maggo pātur ahosi.
68. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Cātummahā-
rājikā devā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Cātummahā-
rājike deve etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha {Cātummahārājikā} devā taṃ bhik-

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1 D. ii. 77-81 (omitting the idam pi kho clauses).
2 D. ii. 81, 82.
3 D. ii. 83.
4 D. ii. 84-98 (omitting as above).
5 Bm adds . . . pa . . .

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216 KEVADDHA SUTTA. [D. xi. 68
khum etad avocuṃ: "Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyya-
thīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu, tejo-dhātu, vāyo-dhātu.1
Atthi kho bhikkhu cattāro Mahārājā2 amhehi abhikkan-
tatarā ca paṇītatarā ca. Te kho evaṃ jāneyyuṃ yatth'
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti."'
69. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena cattāro Mahā-
rājā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā cattāro Mahārāje
etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro mahā-
bhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu
āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-{dhātūti}?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha cattāro Mahārājā taṃ bhikkhuṃ
etad avocuṃ: "Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma yatth'
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-{dhātu} āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātu. Atthi kho
bhikkhu {Tāvatiṃsā}3 nāma devā amhehi abhikkantatarā ca
paṇītatarā ca. Te kho evaṃ jāneyyuṃ yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
70. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Tāvatiṅsā
devā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Tāvatiṅse deve etad
avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro {mahābhūtā}
aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe
. . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Tāvatiṅsā devā taṃ bhikkhuṃ
etad avocuṃ: "Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma yatth'
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-{dhātu}. Atthi kho bhik-
khu Sakko nāma devānam indo amhehi abhikkantataro ca
paṇītataro ca. So kho etaṃ jāneyya yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."

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1 All MSS. here dhātūti, and so BB throughout, but SS omit
from 71 onwards.
2 BB -rājāno thrice; SS -rājā thrice (Sum. rājā and BB rāje
in 69).
3 See M. i. 289. etc.

217
1 Bm pa Suyāmo nāma devaputto, Tussītā nāma devā, Santussito nāma
deva-putto down to Vasavatti devaputto, 78.

[page 217]
D. xi. 73] FROM PILLAR TO POST. 217
71. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Sakko devā-
nam indo ten upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Sakkaṃ devā-
nam indaṃ etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Sakko devānam indo taṃ
bhikkhuṃ etad avoca: "Aham pi kho bhikkhu na jānāmi
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, sey-
{yathīdaṃ} paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi
kho bhikkhu Yāmā nāma devā1 amhehi abhikkantatarā ca
paṇītatarā ca. Te kho etaṃ jāneyyuṃ yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
72. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Yāmā devā
ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Yāme deve etad avoca:
"Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā
nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-
dhātūti?"
"Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Yāmā devā taṃ bhikkhuṃ etad
avocuṃ: "Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma yatth'; ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi kho bhik-
khu Suyāmo nāma deva-putto amhehi abhikkantataro ca
paṇītataro ca. So kho etaṃ jāneyya yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ {paṭhavī}-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
73. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Suyāmo deva-
putto ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Suyāmaṃ deva-
puttaṃ etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Suyāmo deva-putto taṃ bhik-
khuṃ etad avoca: "Aham pi kho bhikkhu na jānāmi
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, sey-

[page 218]
218 KEVADDHA SUTTA. [D. xi. 73
yathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi
kho bhikkhu Tusitā1 nāma devā amhehi abhikkantatarā ca
paṇītatarā ca. Te kho etaṃ jāneyyuṃ yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
74. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Tusitā devā
ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Tusite deve etad avoca:
"Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā
nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-
dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Tusitā devā taṃ bhikkhuṃ etad
avocuṃ: "Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma yatth'; ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi kho bhik-
khu Santusito2 nāma deva-putto amhehi abhikkantataro
ca paṇītataro ca. So kho etaṃ jāneyya yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
75. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Santusito
deva-putto ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Santusitaṃ
deva-puttaṃ etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Santusito deva-putto taṃ bhik-
khuṃ etad avoca: "Aham pi kho bhikkhu na jānāmi
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, sey-
yathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi
kho bhikkhu Nimmānaratī nāma devā amhehi abhikkanta-
tarā ca paṇītatarā ca. Te kho etaṃ jāneyyuṃ yatth'; ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
76. ‘Atha3 kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Nimmāna-
ratī devā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Nimmānaratī
deve etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"

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1 Bm Tussītā.
2 Bm Santussito.
3 SS evaṃ (here only).

[page 219]
D. xi. 79] VASAVATTI. 219
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Nimmānaratī devā taṃ bhikkhuṃ
etad {avocuṃ}: Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma yatth'
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi kho Su-
nimmito nāma deva-putto amhehi abhikkantataro ca paṇī-
tataro ca. So kho etaṃ jāneyya yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
77. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Sunimmito
deva-putto ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Sunimittaṃ
deva-puttaṃ etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Sunimmito deva-putto taṃ bhik-
khuṃ etad avoca: "Aham pi kho bhikkhu na jānāmi
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūta aparisesā nirujjhanti, sey-
yathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi
kho bhikkhu Paranimmita-Vasavattī nāma devā amhehi
abhikkantatarā ca paṇītatarā ca. Te kho etaṃ jāneyyuṃ
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, sey-
yathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
78. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Paranimmita-
Vasavattī devā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Paranim-
mita-Vasavattī deve etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Paranimmita-Vasavattī devā
taṃ bhikkhuṃ etad avocuṃ: "Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na
jānāma yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti,
seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi
kho bhikkhu Vasavattī nāma deva-putto amhehi abhikkan-
tataro ca paṇītataro ca. So kho etaṃ jāneyya yatth'; ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
79. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena Vasavattī
deva-putto ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā Vasavattiṃ1

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1 Bm Vasavatti- (as SS at xiii. 36).

[page 220]
220 KEVADDHA SUTTA. [D. xi. 79
deva-puttaṃ etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime
cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Vasavattī deva-putto taṃ bhik-
khuṃ etad avoca: "Aham pi kho bhikkhu na jānāmi
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, sey-
yathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Atthi
kho bhikkhu Brahma-kāyikā nāma devā amhehi abhikkan-
tatarā ca paṇītatarā ca. Te kho etaṃ jāneyyuṃ yatth'
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
80. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu tathā-rūpaṃ samā-
dhiṃ samāpajji1 yathā samāhite citte Brahma-yāniyo
maggo pātur ahosi. Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena
Brahma-kāyikā devā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā
Brahma-kāyike deve etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha Brahma-kāyikā devā taṃ bhik-
khuṃ etad avocuṃ: "Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma
yatth'; ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, sey-
yathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. 2Atthi
kho bhikkhu Brahmā Mahā-brahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto
aññadatthu-daso {vasavattī} issaro kattā nimmātā3 seṭṭho
sañjitā vasī pitā bhūtā-bhavyānaṃ amhehi abhikkantataro
ca paṇītataro ca. So kho etaṃ jāneyya yatth'; ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti."
"‘Kahaṃ pan'; āvuso etarahi so Mahā-brahmā ti?"
"‘Mayam pi kho bhikkhu na jānāma yattha vā Brahmā
yena vā Brahmā {yahiṃ} vā Brahmā. Api ca bhikkhu yathā
nimittā dissanti āloko sañjāyati obhāso pātu bhavati
Brahmā pātu {bhavissati}. {Brahmuno} etaṃ pubbe nimittaṃ
pātubhāvāya yad idaṃ āloko sañjāyati obhāso pātu
bhavatīti."
81. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha Mahā-brahmā na cirass'; eva

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1 SS samāpajjitvā.
2 See D. i. 2. 5.
3 SS nimmitā.

[page 221]
D. xi. 83] MAHĀ-BRAHMĀ. 221
pātur ahosi. Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu yena so1
Mahā-brahmā ten'; upasaṃkami, upasaṃkamitvā2 Brah-
{mānaṃ} etad avoca: "Kattha nu kho āvuso ime cattāro
mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-
dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Evaṃ vutte Kevaddha so Mahā-brahmā taṃ bhikkhuṃ
etad avoca:--
"‘Aham asmi3 bhikkhu Brahmā Mahā-brahmā abhibhū
anabhibhūto aññadatthu-daso vasavattī issaro kattā nim-
mātā seṭṭho sañjitā vasī pitā bhūta-bhavyānan ti."
82. ‘Dutiyam pi kho Kevaddha so bhikkhu taṃ Brah-
{mānaṃ} etad avoca: "Na kho ahan4 taṃ āvuso evaṃ
pucchāmi: ‘Tvaṃ 'si5 Brahmā Mahā-brahmā abhibhū
anabhibhūto aññadatthu-daso vasavattī issaro kattā nim-
mātā seṭṭho sañjitā vasī pitā bhūta-bhavyānan ti?'; Evañ
ca kho ahan taṃ āvuso pucchāmi: "Kattha nu kho āvuso
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"
‘Dutiyam pi kho Kevaddha so Mahā-brahmā taṃ bhik-
khuṃ etad avoca: "Aham asmi6 bhikkhu Brahmā Mahā-
brahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthu-daso vasavattī
issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sañjitā vasī pitā bhūta-bhav-
yānan ti."
83. ‘Tatiyam pi kho Kevaddha so bhikkhu taṃ Mahā-
brahmānaṃ etad avoca: "Na kho ahan taṃ āvuso evaṃ
pucchāmi: ‘Tvaṃ 'si Brahmā Mahā-brahmā abhibhū
anabhibhūto aññadatthu-daso vasavattī issaro kattā nim-
mātā seṭṭho sañjitā vasī pitā bhūta-bhavyānan ti?" Evañ
ca kho ahan taṃ āvuso pucchāmi: "Kattha nu kho āvuso
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu . . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātūti?"'
‘Atha kho so Kevaddha Mahā-brahmā taṃ bhikkhuṃ
bāhāyaṃ gahetvā7 ekamantaṃ apanetvā taṃ bhikkhuṃ

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1 Bm omits.
2 Bm adds taṃ Mahā- (and so in 82, 83).
3 Sd ahāmasmiṃ; Scmt aham pi.
4 Bm 'haṃ (twice).
5 Bm tvam asi (twice).
6 Scmt pi; Sd BB asmiṃ.
7 Scmt bāhatvā for bāhāyaṃ gahetvā.

[page 222]
222 KEVADDHA SUTTA. [D. xi. 83
etad avoca: "Idha bhikkhu1 Brahma-kāyikā devā evaṃ
jānanti: ‘2N'; atthi kiñci Brahmuno {adiṭṭhaṃ}, n'; atthi
kiñci {Brahmuno} aviditam, n'; atthi kiñci Brahmuno asacchi-
katan ti.'; Tasmā ahaṃ3 tesaṃ sammukhā na vyākāsiṃ.
Aham pi kho bhikkhu na jānāmi yatth'; ime cattāro mahā-
bhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu
. . . pe . . . vāyo-dhātu. Tasmāt iha bhikkhu tumh'; ev'
etaṃ dukkataṃ,4 tumh'; ev'; etaṃ aparaddhaṃ, yaṃ tvaṃ
taṃ Bhagavantaṃ atisitvā5 bahiddhā pariyeṭṭhiṃ6 āpajjasi
imassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇāya. Gaccha tvaṃ bhikkhu
tam eva Bhagavantaṃ upasaṃkamitvā imaṃ pañhaṃ
puccha, yathā ca te Bhagavā vyākaroti tathā naṃ dhārey-
yāsīti."
84. ‘Atha kho so Kevaddha bhikkhu seyyathā pi nāma
balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ
vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya, evam eva Brahma-loke antarahito
mama purato pātur ahosi. Atha kho Kevaddha bhikkhu
maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno
kho Kevaddha so bhikkhu maṃ etad avoca: "Kattha nu
kho bhante ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti,
seyyathīdaṃ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-
dhātūti?"
85. ‘Evaṃ vutte ahaṃ Kevaddha taṃ bhikkhuṃ etad
avoca: "Bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhu sāmuddikā vāṇijā tīra-
dassiṃ sakuṇaṃ gahetvā nāvāya samuddaṃ ajjhogāhanti.
Te atīra-dakkhiṇiyā nāvāya tīra-dassiṃ sakuṇaṃ muñcanti.
So gacchat'; eva puratthimaṃ disaṃ, gacchati dakkhiṇaṃ
disaṃ, gacchati pacchimaṃ disaṃ, gacchati uttaraṃ
disaṃ, gacchati uddhaṃ, gacchati anudisaṃ. Sace so
samantā tīraṃ passati, tathā gatako va hoti. Sace pana
so samantā tīraṃ na passati, tam eva nāvaṃ pacchā-
gacchati. Evam eva kho tvaṃ bhikkhu yāva7 yato yāva

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1 Sdt Bm Ime kho maṃ bhikkhuṃ.
2 Bm inserts N'; atthi kiñci Brahmuṇo aññātaṃ.
3 Bm 'haṃ.
4 Bm dukkaṭaṃ.
5 Bm atidhāvitvā.
6 Scdt pariyaṭṭhiṃ (see Sum. 271, J. i. 14. 32).
7 Sd Bm omit; St yava.

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D. xi. 85] THE RIDDLE SOLVED. 223
Brahma-lokā pariyesamāno imassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇaṃ
nājjhagā, atha maṃ1 yeva santike paccāgato. Na kho eso
bhikkhu pañho evaṃ pucchitabbo: ‘Kattha nu kho bhante
ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathīdaṃ
paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti?'; Evañ
ca kho eso bhikkhu pañho pucchitabbo:
Kattha āpo ca paṭhavī2 tejo vāyo na gādhati?
Kattha dīghañ ca rassañ ca {aṇuṃ}3 thūlaṃ subhāsu-
bhaṃ?
Kattha nāmañ ca rūpañ ca asesaṃ uparujjhatīti?
Tatra veyyākaraṇaṃ bhavati:
{Viññāṇaṃ} anidassanaṃ anantaṃ {sabbato-pahaṃ}.
Ettha āpo ca paṭhavī tejo vāyo na gādhati,
Ettha dīghañ ca rassañ ca {aṇuṃ} thūlaṃ subhāsu-
bhaṃ,
Ettha nāmañ ca rūpañ ca asesaṃ uparujjhati,
Viññāṇassa nirodhena etth'; etaṃ uparujjhatīti."'
Idam avoca Bhagavā. Attamano Kevaddho gahapati-
putto4 bhāsitaṃ abhinandīti.
KEVADDHA-SUTTANTAṂ.5

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1 Bm mamaṃ.
2 SS add ca (twice).
3 So all MSS. twice.
4 Sd Bm add Bhagavato.
5 Bm Kevaḍḍha-Suttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ ekādasamaṃ.

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224
[xii. Lohicca Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Kosalesu
cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ
pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-sattehi yena Sālavatikā tad avasari.
Tena kho pana samayena Lohicco brāhmaṇo Sālavatikaṃ
ajjhāvasati sattussadaṃ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṃ sadhaññaṃ
rāja-bhoggaṃ raññā Pasenadi1-Kosalena dinnaṃ rāja-
dāyaṃ brahma-deyyaṃ.
2. Tena kho pana samayena Lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa
evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhi-gataṃ uppannaṃ hoti: ‘Idha
samaṇo vā {brāhmaṇo} vā kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigaccheyya,
kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigantvā na parassa āroceyya, kiṃ
hi paro parassa karissati? Seyyathā pi nāma purāṇaṃ
bandhanaṃ chinditvā aññaṃ navaṃ bandhanaṃ kareyya,
evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpakaṃ lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi.
2Kiṃ hi2 paro parassa karissatīti.'3
3. Assosi kho Lohicco Brāhmaṇo: ‘Samaṇo khalu bho
Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulo pabbajito Kosalesu cāri-
kaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ pañca-
mattehi bhikkhu-satehi Sālavatikaṃ anuppatto. Taṃ kho
pana Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kitti-saddo
abbhuggato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-sambud-
dho vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū anuttaro
purisa-damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho
bhagavā. So imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ samārakaṃ sabrah-
makaṃ sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ sadeva-manussaṃ

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1 Bm Passenadinā (always ss).
2-2 Bm kiñ hi.
3 SS karissati, as in 8

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D. xii. 6] LOHICCA VISITS GOTAMA. 225
sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti. So dhammaṃ deseti
ādi-kalyāṇaṃ majjhe kalyāṇaṃ pariyosāna-{kalyāṇaṃ} sāt-
thaṃ savyañjanaṃ kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brah-
macariyaṃ pakāseti. Sādhu kho pana tathā-rūpānaṃ ara-
hataṃ dassanaṃ hotīti."'
4. Atha kho Lohicco brāhmaṇo Bhesikaṃ nahāpitaṃ1
āmantesi: ‘Ehi tvaṃ samma Bhesike,2 yena Samaṇo
Gotamo ten'; upasaṃkama,3 upasaṃkamitvā mama vaca-
nena samaṇaṃ Gotamaṃ appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ {lahu-ṭ-
ṭhānaṃ} balaṃ phāsu-vihāraṃ puccha: "Lohicco bho
Gotama {brāhmaṇo} bhagavantaṃ4 Gotamaṃ appābādhaṃ
appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsu-vihāraṃ puc-
chatīti"; evañ ca vadehi: "Adhivāsetu kira bhavaṃ Go-
tamo Lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ
bhikkhu-saṃghenāti."'
5. ‘Evaṃ bhante'; ti kho Bhesiko5 nahāpito Lohiccassa
brāhmaṇassa paṭissutvā yena Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkami,
upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ
nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho Bhesiko nahāpito Bhaga-
vantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Lohicco bhante brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ appābādhaṃ
appātaṅkaṃ {lahu-ṭṭhānaṃ} balaṃ phāsu-vihāraṃ pucchati,
evañ ca vadeti: "Adhivāsetu kira bhante Bhagavā Lohic-
cassa brāhmaṇassa svātanāya bhattaṃ saddhiṃ bhikkhu-
saṃghenāti."'
Adhivāsesi Bhagavā tuṇhī-bhāvena.
6. Atha kho Bhesiko nahāpito Bhagavato adhivāsanaṃ
viditvā uṭṭhāy'; āsanā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padak-
khiṇaṃ katvā yena Lohicco brāhmaṇo ten'; upasaṃkami,
upasaṃkamitvā Lohiccaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etad avoca:--
‘Avocumha6 bho mayaṃ bhante tava vacanena taṃ
bhagavantaṃ7: "Lohicco bhante brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ

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1 Bm Rosikaṃ nhāpitaṃ (and so throughout).
2 Sc Bhesika; Bm Rosike, and so 7, 9.
3 SS -mi (as at x. 1. 2, but see xii. 7).
4 Bm bhavantaṃ (see 6).
5 Bm Rosikā, and so onwards.
6 Bm avocumhā mayaṃ.
7 So all MSS.

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226 LOHICCA SUTTA. [D. xii. 6
appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ {lahu-ṭṭhānaṃ} balaṃ phāsu-vihā-
raṃ pucchati, evañ ca vadeti: "Adhivāsetu kira bhante
Bhagavā Lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa svātanāya bhattaṃ sad-
dhiṃ bhikkhu-saṃghenāti." Adhivatthañ ca pana tena
bhagavatā ti.'
7. Atha kho Lohicco Brāhmaṇo tassā rattiyā accayena
sake nivesane paṇītaṃ khādaniyaṃ bhojaniyaṃ paṭiyā-
detvā,1 Bhesikaṃ nahāpitaṃ āmantesi:
‘Ehi tvaṃ samma Bhesike2 yena samaṇo Gotamo ten'
upasaṃkama,3 upasaṃkamitvā samaṇassa Gotamassa kālaṃ
ārocehi: "Kālo bho Gotama, niṭṭhitaṃ bhattan ti."'
‘Evaṃ bhante'; ti kho Bhesiko nahāpito Lohiccassa
{brāhmaṇassa} paṭissutvā, yena Bhagavā ten'; upasaṃkami,
upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ
aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho Bhesiko nahāpito Bhagavato
kālaṃ ārocesi: ‘Kālo bhante, niṭṭhitaṃ bhattan ti.'; Atha
kho Bhagavā pubbaṇha-samayaṃ nivāsetvā patta-cīvaraṃ
ādāya saddhiṃ bhikkhu-saṃghena yena Sālavatikā ten'
upasaṃkami.
8. Tena kho pana samayena Bhesiko nahāpito Bhaga-
vantaṃ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubaddho hoti. Atha kho Bhesiko
nahāpito Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:
‘Lohiccassa4 brāhmaṇassa evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhi-
gataṃ uppannaṃ: "Idha samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā kusa-
laṃ dhammaṃ adhigaccheyya, kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhi-
gantvā na parassa āroceyya, kiṃ hi paro parassa karissati?
Seyyathā pi nāma purāṇaṃ bandhanaṃ chinditvā aññaṃ
navaṃ bandhanaṃ kareyya, evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpakaṃ
lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi. Kiṃ hi paro parassa karissati?"
Sādhu bhante Bhagavā Lohiccaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etasmā
pāpakā {diṭṭhigatā} vivecetūti.'
‘{App} eva nāma siyā Bhesike, {app} eva nāma siyā Bhesike
ti.'
9. Atha kho Bhagavā yena Lohiccassa brāhmaṇassa nive-
sanaṃ ten'; {upasaṃkami}, upasaṃkamitvā paññatte āsane

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1 Bm paṭipādāpetvā.
2 Sc -ko.
3 Sm -kami.
4 Bm adds bhante.

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D. xii. 10] LOHICCA AND HIS TENANTRY. 227
nisīdi. Atha kho Lohicco brāhmaṇo Buddha-pamukhaṃ
bhikkhu-saṃghaṃ {paṇītena khādaniyena} bhojaniyena sahat-
thā santappesi sampavāresi. Atha kho Lohicco brāhmaṇo
Bhagavantaṃ bhuttāviṃ onīta-patta-pāṇiṃ aññataraṃ
nīcaṃ āsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi, ekamantaṃ
nisinnaṃ kho Lohiccaṃ Brāhmaṇaṃ Bhagavā etad
avoca:
‘Saccaṃ kira te Lohicca evarūpaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhi-gataṃ
uppannaṃ: "Idha samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā kusalaṃ
dhammaṃ adhigaccheyya, kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigantvā
na parassa āroceyya. Kiṃ hi paro parassa karissati? Sey-
yathā pi nāma purāṇaṃ bandhanaṃ chinditvā aññaṃ
navaṃ bandhanaṃ kareyya, evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpa-
kaṃ lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi. Kiṃ hi paro parassa karis-
satīti"?'
‘Evam bho Gotama.'
10. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Lohicca? Nanu tvaṃ Sālavati-
kaṃ ajjhāvasī ti?'1
‘Evam2 bho Gotama.'
‘Yo nu kho Lohicca evaṃ vadeyya: "Lohicco brāhmaṇo
Sālavatikaṃ ajjhāvasati, yā Sālavatikāya3 samudaya-sañjāti
Lohicco va taṃ4 brāhmaṇo ekako paribhuñjeyya, na aññe-
saṃ dadeyyāti," evaṃ-vādī so ye taṃ upajīvanti tesaṃ
antarāya-karo vā hoti, no vā ti?'
‘Antarāya-karo bho Gotama.'
‘Antarāya-karo samāno Lohicca5 hitānukampī vā tesaṃ
hoti, ahitānukampī vā'? ti.
‘Ahitānukampi bho Gotama.'
‘Ahitānukampissa mettaṃ vā tesu cittaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ
hoti, sapattakaṃ vā ti?'
‘Sapattakaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Sapattake citte paccupaṭṭhite micchā-diṭṭhī vā hoti,
sammā-diṭṭhī vā ti?'
‘Micchā-diṭṭhī bho Gotama.'

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1 Bm ajjhāvasatīti.
2 Bm adds kho.
3 SS Sālavati (-kāya at 12).
4 Sc omits va taṃ; Sdmt omit taṃ.
5 Bm omits.

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228 LOHICCA SUTTA. [D. xii. 10
‘Micchā-diṭṭhissa kho ahaṃ Lohicca dvinnaṃ gatīnaṃ
aññataraṃ gatiṃ vadāmi, nirayaṃ vā tiracchāna-yoniṃ
vā.
11. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Lohicca? Nanu rājā Pasenadi-
Kosalo Kāsi-Kosalaṃ ajjhāvasatīti?'
‘Evaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Yo nu kho Lohicca evaṃ vadeyya: "Rājā Pasenadi-
Kosalo Kāsi-Kosalaṃ ajjhāvasati, yā Kāsi-Kosale samudaya-
sañjāti rājā va taṃ Pasenadi-Kosalo ekako paribhuñjeyya,
na aññesaṃ dadeyyāti," evaṃ-vādī so ye rājānaṃ Pasenadi-
Kosalaṃ upajīvanti, tumhe c'; eva aññe ca, tesaṃ antarāya-
karo vā hoti, no vā ti?'
‘Antarāya-karo bho Gotama.'
‘Antarāya-karo samāno, hitānukampī vā tesaṃ hoti,
ahitānukampī vā ti?'
‘Ahitānukampī bho Gotama.'
‘Ahitānukampissa mettaṃ vā tesu cittaṃ paccupaṭṭhi-
taṃ hoti, sapattakaṃ vā ti?'
‘Sapattakaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Sapattake citte paccupaṭṭhite, micchā-diṭṭhī vā hoti,
sammā-diṭṭhī vā ti'?
‘Micchā-diṭṭhī bho Gotama.'
‘Micchā-diṭṭhissa kho ahaṃ Lohicca dvinnaṃ gatīnaṃ
aññataraṃ gatiṃ vadāmi, nirayaṃ vā tiracchāna-yoniṃ
vā.
12. ‘Iti kira Lohicca yo evaṃ vadeyya: "Lohicco brāh-
maṇo Sālavatikaṃ ajjhāvasati, yā Salavatikāya samudaya-
sañjāti Lohicco va taṃ brāhmaṇo ekako paribhuñjeyya, na
aññesaṃ dadeyyāti," evaṃ-vādī so ye taṃ upajīvanti, tesaṃ
antarāya-karo hoti, antarāya-karo samāno ahitānukampī
hoti, ahitānukampissa sapattakaṃ cittaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ
hoti, sapattake citte paccupaṭṭhite micchā-diṭṭhī hoti.'
13. ‘Evam eva kho Lohicca yo evaṃ vadeyya: "Idha
samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigaccheyya,
kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigantvā na parassa āroceyya, kiṃ
hi paro parassa karissati? Seyyathā pi nāma purāṇaṃ
bandhanaṃ chinditvā, aññaṃ navaṃ bandhanaṃ kareyya,
evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpakaṃ lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi.

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D. xii. 15] DUTY OF SPREADING THE TRUTH. 229
Kiṃ hi paro parassa karissatīti?" evaṃ-vādī so ye te kula-
puttā Tathāgatappaveditaṃ Dhamma-Vinayaṃ āgamma
evarūpaṃ uḷāraṃ1 visesaṃ adhigacchanti -- sotāpatti-
phalam pi sacchikaronti, sakadāgāmi-phalam pi sacchi-
karonti, anāgāmi-phalam pi sacchikaronti, arahattam pi
sacchikaronti -- ye keci 'me dibbā gabbhā paripācenti
dibbānaṃ bhavānaṃ abhinibbattiyā, tesaṃ antarāya-karo
hoti, antarāya-karo samāno ahitānukampī hoti, ahitānu-
kampissa sapattakaṃ cittaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ hoti, sapattake
citte paccupaṭṭhite micchā-diṭṭhī hoti. Micchā-diṭṭhissa
kho ahaṃ Lohicca dvinnaṃ gatīnaṃ aññataraṃ gatiṃ
vadāmi, nirayaṃ vā tiracchāna-yoniṃ vā.
14. ‘Iti kira Lohicca yo evaṃ vadeyya: "Rājā Pasenadi-
Kosalo Kāsi-Kosalaṃ ajjhāvasati. Yā Kāsi-Kosale samu-
daya-sañjāti rājā va taṃ Pasenadi-Kosalo ekako paribhuñ-
jeyya, na aññesaṃ dadeyyāti," evaṃ-vādī so ye rājānaṃ
Pasenadi-Kosalaṃ upajīvanti, tumhe c'; eva aññe ca, tesaṃ
antarāya-karo hoti, antarāya-karo samāno ahitānukampī
hoti, ahitānukampissa sapattakaṃ cittaṃ paccupaṭṭhitaṃ
hoti, sapattake citte paccupaṭṭhite micchā-{diṭṭhī} hoti.
15. ‘Evam eva kho Lohicca yo evaṃ vadeyya: "Idha
samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigac-
cheyya, kusalaṃ dhammaṃ adhigantvā na parassa
āroceyya, kiṃ hi paro parassa karissati? Seyyathā pi
nāma purāṇaṃ bandhanaṃ chinditvā aññaṃ navaṃ
bandhanaṃ kareyya, evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpakaṃ
lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi, kiṃ hi paro parassa karissa-
tīti?" evaṃ-vādī so ye te kula-puttā Tathāgatappaveditaṃ
Dhamma-Vinayaṃ āgamma evarūpaṃ uḷāraṃ vivesaṃ
adhigacchanti -- sotāpatti-phalam pi sacchikaronti, sakadā-
gāmi-phalam pi sacchikaronti, anāgāmi-phalam pi sacchi-
karonti, arahattam pi sacchikaronti -- ye keci 'me dibbā
gabbhā paripācenti dibbānaṃ bhavānaṃ abhinibbattiyā,
tesaṃ antarāya-karo hoti, antarāya-karo samāno ahitānu-

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1 Sd oḷāraṃ; Sm ulāraṃ; Sct Bm uḷāraṃ here; from 56
onwards; Bp always uḷārikaṃ; SS vary between ul- and
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230 LOHICCA SUTTA. [D. xii. 15
kampī hoti, ahitānukampissa sapattakaṃ cittaṃ paccupaṭ-
ṭhitaṃ hoti, sapattake citte paccupaṭṭhite micchā-diṭṭhī
hoti. Micchā-diṭṭhissa kho ahaṃ Lohicca dvinnaṃ gatīnaṃ
aññataraṃ gatiṃ vadāmi, nirayaṃ vā tiracchāna-yoniṃ
vā.
16. ‘Tayo kho 'me1 Lohicca satthāro ye loke codanā-
rahā, yo ca pan'; evarūpe satthāro codeti, sā codanā bhūtā
tacchā dhammikā anavajjā. Katame tayo? Idha Lohicca
ekacco satthā yass'; atthāya agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito
hoti svāssa sāmaññattho ananuppatto hoti. So taṃ sāmañ-
ñatthaṃ ananupāpuṇitvā sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ deseti:
"Idaṃ vo hitāya, idaṃ vo sukhāyāti." Tassa te2 sāvakā na
sussūsanti, na sotaṃ odahanti, na aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭha-
penti, vokkamma ca3 satthu sāsanā vattanti. So evam
assa codetabbo: "Āyasmā kho yass'; atthāya agārasmā
anagāriyaṃ pabbajito so te sāmaññattho nānuppatto,4 taṃ
tvaṃ sāmaññatthaṃ ananupāpuṇitvā sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ
desesi: ‘Idaṃ vo hitāya, idaṃ vo sukhāyāti.'; Tassa te
sāvakā na sussūsanti, na sotaṃ odahanti, na aññā cittaṃ
upaṭṭhapenti, vokkamma ca5 satthu sāsanā vattanti.
Seyyathā pi nāma ossakkantiyā vā ussukkeyya, param-
mukhiṃ6 vā āliṅgeyya, evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpakaṃ
lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi, kiṃ hi paro parassa karissa-
tīti?"
‘Ayaṃ7 Lohicca paṭhamo satthā yo loke codanāraho, yo
ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ codeti, sā codanā bhūtā tacchā
dhammikā anavajjā.
17. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Lohicca idh'; ekacco satthā yass'
atthāya agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito hoti svāssa sāmañ-
ñattho ananuppatto hoti. So taṃ sāmaññatthaṃ ananu-
pāpuṇitvā sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ deseti: "Idaṃ vo hitāya,
idaṃ vo sukhāyāti." Tassa te sāvakā sussūsanti, sotaṃ

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1 SS omit.
2 Bm omits (and in 17, 18).
3 Bm omits twice (and so Sm here only).
4 Bm ananuppatto.
5 Bm omits.
6 SS parammukhī; Bm paraṃ mukhiṃ.
7 Bm adds kho.

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D. xii. 18] THE THREE BLAMEWORTHY TEACHERS. 231
odahanti, aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhapenti, na ca vokkamma
satthu sāsanā vattanti. So evam assa codetabbo:
"Āyasmā kho yass'; atthāya agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabba-
jito so te sāmaññattho ananuppatto, taṃ tvaṃ sāmaññat-
thaṃ ananupāpuṇitvā sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ desesi: ‘Idam
vo hitāya, idaṃ vo sukhāyāti.'; Tassa te sāvakā sussūsanti,
sotaṃ odahanti, aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhapenti, na ca vokkamma1
satthu sāsanā vattanti. Seyyathā pi nāma sakaṃ khet-
taṃ ohāya paraṃ khettaṃ niddāyitabbaṃ2 maññeyya,
evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpakaṃ lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi,
kiṃ hi paro parassa karissatīti?"
‘Ayaṃ kho Lohicca dutiyo satthā yo loke codanāraho, yo
ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ codeti, sā codanā bhūtā tacchā
dhammikā anavajjā.
18. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Lohicca idh'; ekacco satthā yass'
atthāya agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito hoti svāssa
sāmaññattho anuppatto hoti. So taṃ sāmaññatthaṃ
anupāpuṇitvā sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ deseti: "Idaṃ vo
hitāya, idaṃ vo sukhāyāti." Tassa te sāvakā na sussū-
santi, na sotaṃ odahanti, na aññā cittaṃ upaṭṭhapenti,
na ca vokkamma satthu sāsanā vattanti. So evam assa
codetabbo: "Āyasmā kho yass'; atthāya agārasmā anagāri-
yaṃ pabbajito so te sāmaññattho anuppatto, taṃ tvaṃ
sāmaññatthaṃ anupāpuṇitvā sāvakānaṃ dhammaṃ
desesi3: ‘Idaṃ vo hitāya, idaṃ vo sukhāyāti."'; Tassa te
sāvakā na sussūsanti, na sotaṃ odahanti, na aññā cittaṃ
upaṭṭhapenti, vokkamma ca satthu sāsanā vattanti. Sey-
yathā pi nāma purāṇaṃ bandhanaṃ chinditvā aññaṃ
navaṃ bandhanaṃ kareyya, evaṃ-sampadam idaṃ pāpa-
kaṃ lobha-dhammaṃ vadāmi, kiṃ hi paro parassa karissa-
tīti?"
‘Ayaṃ kho Lohicca tatiyo satthā yo loke codanāraho, yo
ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ codeti, sā codanā bhūtā tacchā
dhammikā anavajjā.

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1 SS -kkamma.
2 So Scmt Bm; Sd nind- (see C. vii. 1.2 and J. 1. 215;
it is from dā No.3 in B. R.).
3 St adds yā.

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232 LOHICCA SUTTA. [D. xii. 18
‘Ime kho Lohicca tayo satthāro ye loke codanārahā, yo
ca pan'; evarūpe satthāro codeti, sā codanā bhūtā tacchā
dhammikā anavajjā ti.'
19. Evaṃ vutte Lohicco Brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Atthi pana bho Gotama koci satthā yo loke na
codanāraho ti?'
‘Atthi kho Lohicca satthā yo loke na codanāraho ti.'
‘Katamo pana so bho Gotama satthā yo loke na coda-
nāraho ti?'
‘Idha Lohicca Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ sammā-
sambuddho1 vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū
anuttaro {purisa}-damma-sārathi satthā deva-manussānaṃ
Buddho Bhagavā . . . yathā Sāmañña-phale evaṃ
vitthāretabbaṃ.2
54. ‘Tass'; ime pañca nīvaraṇe pahīne attani samanu-
passato pāmujjaṃ jāyati, pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pīti-
manassa kāyo passambhati, passaddha-kāyo sukhaṃ vedeti,
sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati. So vivicc'; eva kāmehi vivic-
ca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ
pīti-sukhaṃ paṭhamajjhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. So
imam eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisandeti
parisandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sabbāvato
kāyassa vivekajena pīti-sukhena {apphutaṃ} hoti.
55. ‘Seyyathā pi Lohicca dakkho nahāpako vā nahā-
pakantevāsī vā {kaṃsa-thāle} nahāniya-cuṇṇāni ākiritvā
udakena paripphosakaṃ paripphosakaṃ sanneyya, sā 'ssa
nahāniya-piṇḍi snehānugatā sneha-paretā santara-bāhirā

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1 Bm here inserts || pa || yathā Sāmañña-phalaṃ evaṃ
vitthāretabbaṃ || pa || evaṃ kho Lohicca bhikkhu
sīlasampanno hoti || pa || paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja
viharati. Yasmiṃ kho Lohicca satthari sāvako evarūpaṃ
uḷāraṃ visesaṃ adhigacchati ayaṃ pi kho Lohicca satthā
yo loke na codanāraho. Yo ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ
codeti, sā codanā bhūtā tacchā dhammikā anavajjā || pa ||
dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ || tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ || catutthaṃ jhānaṃ
upasampajja viharati. Yasmiṃ kho Lohicca satthari, etc.
(see 56 ad fin).
2 D. ii. 40-74.

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D. xii. 76] THE BLAEMLESS TEACHER. 233
phuṭā sinehena na ca paggharaṇī -- evam eva kho Lohicca
bhikkhu imam eva kāyaṃ vivekajena pīti-sukhena abhisan-
deti parisandeti paripūreti parippharati, nāssa kiñci sab-
bāvato kāyassa vivekajena pīti-sukhena apphutaṃ hoti.
‘Yasmiṃ kho Lohicca satthari sāvako evarūpaṃ uḷāraṃ
vivesaṃ adhigacchati, ayam pi kho Lohicca satthā yo loke
na codanāraho. Yo ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ codeti,
sā codanā abhūtā atacchā adhammikā sāvajjā.
56. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Lohicca bhikkhu vitakka-vicārānaṃ
{vūpasamā} ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodi-bhāvaṃ
avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pīti-sukhaṃ dutiyajjhā-
naṃ . . . pe1 . . . tatiyajjhānaṃ2 . . . catutthajjhā-
naṃ3 upasampajja viharati.
‘Yasmiṃ kho Lohicca satthari sāvako evarūpaṃ uḷāraṃ
visesaṃ adhigacchati, ayam pi kho Lohicca satthā yo loke
na codanāraho. Yo ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ codeti sā
codanā abhūtā atacchā adhammikā sāvajjā.
62. 4 ‘So evaṃ {samāhite} citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
{anaṅgaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ānejjap-
patte ñāṇa-dassanāya cittaṃ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti.
‘Yasmiṃ kho Lohicca satthari sāvako evarūpaṃ uḷāraṃ
vivesaṃ adhigacchati, ayam pi kho Lohicca satthā yo loke
na codanāraho. Yo ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ codeti,
sā codanā abhūtā atacchā adhammikā sāvajjā.
. . . Pe5 . . .
76. 6 ‘So evaṃ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte
{anaṅgaṇe} vigatūpakkilese mudu-bhūte kammaniye ṭhite
ānejjappatte āsavānaṃ khayā-ñāṇāya cittaṃ abhinīharati
abhininnāmeti. So "Idam dukkhan" ti yathā-bhūtaṃ pajā-
{nāti} . . . nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāti.7
‘Yasmiṃ kho Lohicca satthari sāvako evarūpaṃ
uḷāraṃ visesaṃ adhigacchati, ayaṃ kho Lohicca satthā yo

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1 D. ii. 77.
2 D. ii. 79.
3 D. ii. 81.
4 D. ii. 83; Bm inserts || pa || ñāṇa-dassanāya.
5 D. ii. 85-96; Bm || pa || nāparaṃ, etc. ( 76).
6 D. ii. 97.
7 D. ii. 98.

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234 LOHICCA SUTTA. [D. xii. 77
loke na codanāraho. Yo ca pan'; evarūpaṃ satthāraṃ
codeti, sā codanā abhūtā atacchā adhammikā sāvajjā ti.'
78. Evaṃ vutte Lohicco Brāhmaṇo Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca:--
‘Seyyathā pi bho Gotama puriso purisaṃ naraka-papā-
taṃ papatantaṃ kesesu gahetvā uddharitvā thale patiṭṭha-
peyya, evam evaṃ1 bhotā Gotamena naraka-papātaṃ
papatanto uddharitvā thale patiṭṭhāpito. Abhikkantaṃ
bho Gotama, abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama. Seyyathā pi bho
Gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṃ vā
vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā
tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya: "{cakkhumanto} rūpāni dakkhintīti,"
evam evaṃ2 bhotā Gotamena aneka-pariyāyena dhammo
pakāsito. Esāhaṃ Bhagavantaṃ Gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ
gacchāmi, dhammañ ca {bhikkhu-saṅghañ} ca. Upāsakam
maṃ bhavaṃ Gotamo dhāretu, ajjatagge {pāṇupetaṃ}
saraṇaṃ3 gatan ti.'
LOHICCA-SUTTANTAṂ.4

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1 Bm evāhaṃ.
2 Bm eva.
3 So all MSS.
4 So Sct; Sd Suttaṃ; Bm Lohicca-Suttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ dvādasamaṃ.

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235
[xiii. Tevijja Sutta.]
1. Evam me sutaṃ. Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Kosalesu
cārikaṃ caramāno mahatā bhikkhu-saṃghena saddhiṃ
pañca-mattehi bhikkhu-satehi yena Manasākaṭaṃ nāma
Kosalānaṃ brāhmaṇa-gāmo tad avasari. Tatra sudaṃ
Bhagavā Manasākaṭe viharati uttarena Manasākaṭassa
Aciravatiyā nadiyā1 tīre amba-vane.
2. Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā abhiññātā
abhiññātā brāhmaṇa-mahāsālā {Manasākāṭe} paṭivasanti,
seyyathīdaṃ Caṅkī2 brāhmaṇo Tārukkho brāhmaṇo Pok-
kharasāti brāhmaṇo Jāṇussoṇi3 brāhmaṇo, Todeyya4-
Brāhmaṇo, aññe ca abhiññātā abhiññātā brāhmaṇa-
mahāsālā.
3. Atha kho Vāseṭṭha-Bhāradvājānaṃ5 jaṅghā-vihāraṃ
anucaṅkamantānaṃ anuvicarantānaṃ maggāmagge kathā
udapādi.
4. Vāseṭṭho māṇavo evam āha: ‘Ayam eva uju-maggo,
ayaṃ añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-
sahavyatāya, svāyaṃ akkhāto brāhmaṇena Pokkharasā-
tinā ti.'
5. Bhāradvājo māṇavo evam āha: ‘Ayam eva uju-maggo,

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1 SS nadī here, but Scmt nadiyā in 7.
2 Sd Caṅki.
3 Scd Jānussoni; Sm Jānussoṇi; Bm Jāṇusoni; Bp Jaṇuyoni
(but Bk Jānusoṇi at A. iv. 184).
4 So SS (and SṆ. iii. 9); Bm Todeyyo; Bp Toreyya.
5 Bm adds māṇavānaṃ| (as in SṆ. p. 112); Bp -dvajānaṃ jaṅgha-.

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236 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii. 5
ayaṃ añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-
sahavyatāya, svāyaṃ akkhāto Brāhmaṇena Tārukkhe-
nāti.'
6. {N'eva} kho asakkhi Vāseṭṭho māṇavo Bhāradvājaṃ
māṇavaṃ saññāpetuṃ, na pana asakkhi Bhāradvājo
māṇavo Vāseṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ saññāpetuṃ.
7. Atha kho Vāseṭṭho māṇavo Bhāradvājaṃ māṇavaṃ
āmantesi:
‘Ayaṃ kho Bhāradvāja Samaṇo Gotamo Sakya-putto
Sakya-kulā pabbajito Manasākaṭe viharati uttarena Mana-
sākaṭassa Aciravatiyā nadiyā tīre amba-vane. Taṃ kho
pana bhavantaṃ Gotamaṃ evaṃ kalyāṇo kitti-saddo
abbhuggato: "Iti pi so Bhagavā arahaṃ sammā-sambuddho
vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-vidū anuttaro purisa-
damma-sārathi, satthā deva-manussānaṃ buddho bhagavā
ti." Āyāma bho Bhāradvāja yena Samaṇo Gotamo ten'
{upasaṃkāmissāma}, upasaṃkamitvā etam atthaṃ Samaṇaṃ
Gotamaṃ pucchissāma. Yathā no Samaṇo Gotamo vyāka-
rissati, tathā naṃ dhāressāmāti.'
‘Evaṃ bho'; ti kho Bhāradvājo māṇavo Vāseṭṭhassa
māṇavassa paccassosi.
8. Atha kho Vāseṭṭha-Bhāradvājā1 māṇavā yena Bhaga-
vā ten'; upasaṃkamiṃsu. Upasaṃkamitvā Bhagavatā
saddhiṃ sammodiṃsu, sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ2
vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisidiṃsu. Ekamantaṃ nisinno
kho Vāseṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:--
‘Idha bho Gotama amhākaṃ jaṅghā-vihāraṃ anucaṅka-
mantānaṃ anuvicarantānaṃ maggāmagge kathā udapādi.
Ahaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: "Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam añja-
sāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-sahavyatāya,
svāyaṃ akkhāto Brāhmaṇena Pokkharasātinā ti." Bhārad-
vājo māṇavo evam āha: "Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam
añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-sahavya-
tāya, svāyaṃ akkhāto Brāhmaṇena Tārukkhenāti." Ettha
bho Gotama atth'; eva viggaho, atthi vivādo, atthi nānā-
vādo ti.'

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1 Bm Bhāradvāja- (as BB in SṆ.).
2 Bm sāraṇiyaṃ.

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D. xiii. 11] BRAHMAN VIEWS. 237
9. ‘Iti kira Vāseṭṭha tvaṃ evaṃ vadesi: "Ayam eva
uju-maggo, ayam añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa
Brahma-sahavyatāya, svāyaṃ akkhāto Brāhmaṇena Pok-
kharasātinā ti." Bhāradvājo māṇavo evam āha: "Ayam
eva uju-maggo, ayam añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti tak-
karassa Brahma-sahavyatāya, svāyaṃ akkhāto Brāhmaṇena
Tārukkhenāti." Atha kismiṃ pana vo Vāseṭṭha viggaho,
kismiṃ vivādo, kismiṃ {nānā-vādo} ti?'
10. ‘Maggāmagge bho Gotama. Kiñcāpi bho Gotama
brāhmaṇā nānā-magge paññāpenti -- Addhariyā brāhmaṇā,
Tittiriyā brāhmaṇā, Chandokā brāhmaṇā, Chandāvā1
brāhmaṇā, {Brāhmacariyā}2 brāhmaṇā -- atha kho sabbāni
tāni niyyānikāni niyyanti takkarassa Brahma-sahavyatāya?
Seyyathā pi bho Gotama gāmassa vā nigamassa vā avidūre
bahūni ce pi nānā-maggāni bhavanti, atha kho sabbāni
tāni gāma-samosaraṇāni bhavanti, evam eva kho bho
Gotama kiñcāpi brāhmaṇā nānā-magge paññāpenti --
Addhariyā brāhmaṇā, Tittiriyā brāhmaṇā, Chandokā
brāhmaṇā, Chandāvā brāhmaṇā, Brahmacariyā brāhmaṇā
-- atha kho sabbāni tāni niyyānikāni niyyanti takkarassa
Brahma-sahavyatāyāti?'
11. "‘Niyyantīti" Vāseṭṭha vadesi?'3
"‘Niyyantīti" bho Gotama vadāmi.'
"‘Niyyantīti" Vāseṭṭha vadesi4?'
"‘Niyyantīti" bho Gotama vadāmi.'
"‘Niyyantīti" Vaseṭṭha vadesi.'
"‘Niyyantīti" bho Gotama vadāmi.'

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1 St Bm omit Chandāvā Brāhmaṇā; and so Bm below.
2 Bm Bhavyārijjhā twice; Bp Bavhadija and Cavhadijā.
3 For this section Bm has Niyyantīti Vāseṭṭha vadesi?
Bho Gotama vadāmi niyyantīti.
Vāseṭṭha vadesi niyyantīti?
Bho Gotama vadāmi niyyantīti.
Vāseṭṭha vadesi niyyantīti?
Bho Gotama vadāmi niyyantīti.
and SS only repeat twice (not thrice).
4 Sm vadāmi.

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238 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii. 12
12. ‘Kim pana Vāseṭṭha? atthi koci {tevijjānaṃ} brāh-
maṇānaṃ eka-brāhmaṇo pi yena Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho
ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Kim pana Vāseṭṭha? atthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇā-
naṃ ekācariyo pi yena Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Kiṃ pana Vāseṭṭha? atthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇā-
naṃ ekācariya-pācariyo pi yena Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho
ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Kim pana Vāseṭṭha? atthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇā-
naṃ yāva sattamā ācariya-mahāyugā1 yena Brahmā sakkhi-
diṭṭho ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
13. ‘Kim pana, Vāseṭṭha? ye pi tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇā-
naṃ pubbakā isayo, mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ
pavattāro, yesam idaṃ etarahi tevijjā brāhmaṇā porāṇaṃ
mantapadaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ samihitaṃ2 tad anugāyanti
tad anubhāsanti, bhāsitam anubhāsanti vācitam anuvācenti
-- seyyathīdaṃ Aṭṭhako,3 Vāmako, Vāmadevo, Vessāmitto,
Yamataggi,4 Aṅgiraso, Bhāradvājo, Vāseṭṭho, Kassapo,
Bhagu5 -- te pi evam āhaṃsu: "Mayam etaṃ jānāma
mayaṃ etaṃ passāma yattha vā Brahmā yena vā Brahmā
yahiṃ vā Brahmā ti?"'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
14. ‘Iti kira Vāseṭṭha n'; atthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhma-
ṇānaṃ eka-brāhmaṇo pi yena Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, n'
atthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ekācariyo pi yena
Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, n'; atthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇā-
naṃ ekācariya-pācariyo pi yena Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, n'

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1 Bm ācariyā- (twice).
2 Smt samīhitaṃ (twice here, and in 18, 20).
3 Bm Athako (and below).
4 In 18,20 Sm has -aggī and Aṅgīraso.
5 See the note to ‘Vinaya Texts,'; ii. 130 for all these names.

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D. xiii. 15] THE RISHIS. 239
atthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ yāva sattamā ācariya-
mahāyugā yena Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho. Ye pi kira tevijjā-
naṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo, mantānaṃ kattāro
mantānaṃ pavattāro, yesam idaṃ etarahi tevijjā brāhmaṇā
porāṇaṃ mantapadaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ samihitaṃ tad
anugāyanti tad anubhāsanti, bhāsitaṃ anubhāsanti vācitam
anuvācenti -- seyyathīdaṃ Aṭṭhako Vāmako Vāmadevo
Vessāmitto Yamataggi Aṅgiraso Bhāradvājo Vāseṭṭho
Kassapo Bhagu -- te pi na evam āhaṃsu: "Mayam etaṃ
jānāma mayam etaṃ passāma yattha vā Brahmā yena vā
Brahmā yahiṃ vā Brahmā ti." Te vata1 tevijjā brāhmaṇā
evam āhaṃsu: "Yaṃ na jānāma yaṃ na passāma tassa
sahavyatāya maggaṃ desema, ayam eva uju-maggo ayam
añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-sahavya-
tāyāti."
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Nanu evaṃ sante tevijjā-
naṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ2 bhāsitaṃ sampajja-
tīti'?
‘Addhā3 kho bho Gotama evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ
brāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
15. ‘Te vata4 Vāseṭṭha tevijjā brāhmaṇā yaṃ na jānanti
yaṃ {na} passanti tassa sahavyatāya maggaṃ desessanti:5
"Ayam eva uju-maggo ayam añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti
takkarassa Brahma-sahavyatāyāti," n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha andha-veṇi6 paramparā saṃsattā7
purimo pi na passati majjhimo pi na passati pacchimo pi
na passati -- evam eva kho Vāseṭṭha andha-veṇūpamaṃ
yeva8 tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ bhāsitam, purimo pi na

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1 Sc adds va; Bm va; Bp ca instead of vata (and so in
18, 19, etc.).
2 See ix. 34.
3 Scmt Atha.
4 Bm Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. Te va; Bp Sādhu vata Vāseṭṭha.
5 So SS; Bm desissanti (as in 20).
6 Sd venu; Bp paveṇi.
7 Scdt paramparāyaṃ sattā; Bm paramparasaṃsattā; Bp paramparaṃ
saṃsattā.
8 Bm venūpamaṃ maññe; Bp andha-pa veṇūpamaṃ maññe.

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240 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii. 15
passati majjhimo pi na passati pacchimo pi na passati.
Tesaṃ idaṃ tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ bhāsitaṃ hassakaṃ
yeva sampajjati, nāmakaṃ yeva sampajjati, rittakaṃ yeva
sampajjati tucchakaṃ yeva sampajjati.
16. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Passanti tevijjā
brāhmaṇā candima-suriye, añño vā pi bahujano,1 yato
ca candima-suriyā uggacchanti yattha ca ogacchanti2
āyācanti thomayanti pañjalikā namassamānā anupari-
vattantīti'?
‘Evaṃ bho Gotama. Passanti tevijjā brāhmaṇā
candima-suriye, añño vā pi bahujano, yato ca candima-
suriyā uggacchanti yattha ca ogacchanti āyācanti thoma-
yanti pañjalikā namassamānā anuparivattantīti.'
17. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Yam3 passanti
tevijjā brāhmaṇā candima-suriye, añño vā pi bahujano,
yato candima-suriyā uggacchanti yattha ca ogacchanti
āyācanti thomayanti pañjalikā namassamānā anupari-
vattanti -- pahonti4 candima-suriyānaṃ sahavyatāya mag-
gaṃ desetuṃ: "Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam añjasāyano
niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa candima-suriyānaṃ sahavya-
tāyāti"?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
18. ‘Iti kira Vāseṭṭha yaṃ passanti tevijjā brāhmaṇā
candima-suriye, añño vā pi bahujano, yato ca candima-
suriyā uggacchanti yattha ca ogacchanti āyācanti thoma-
yanti pañjalikā namassamānā anuparivattanti -- tesam pi
{na ppahonti} candima-suriyānaṃ sahavyatāya maggaṃ
desetuṃ: "Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam añjasāyano niyyā-
niko niyyāti takkarassa candima-suriyānaṃ sahavyatā-
yāti." Kim pana na5 kira tevijjehi brāhmaṇehi Brahmā
sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ
ācariyehi Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira tevijjānaṃ

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1 BB sūriye añe cāpi bahujanā (four times).
2 Bm oggacchanti (four times).
3 Sdmt Bm sampassanti; Sc samphassanti; Bp Sum. yam.
4 Sd Bm add tevijjā brāhmanā.
5 St kiṃ hi pana; Scdm kiṃ pana; Bm iti pana na.

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D. xiii. 19] FOLLISH TALK OF THE BRAHMANS. 241
brāhmaṇānaṃ ācariya-pācariyehi Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho,
na pi kira tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ yāva sattamācariya-
mahāyugehi1 Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho. Ye pi kira tevijjā-
naṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo, mantānaṃ kattāro
mantānaṃ pavattāro, yesam idaṃ etarahi tevijjā brāh-
maṇā porāṇaṃ manta-padaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ samihitaṃ
tad anugāyanti tad anubhāsanti, bhāsitam anubhāsanti
vācitam anuvācenti -- seyyathīdaṃ Aṭṭhako Vāmako Vāma-
devo Vessāmitto Yamataggi Aṅgiraso Bhāradvājo Vāseṭṭho
Kassapo Bhagu -- te pi na evam āhaṃsu: "Mayam etaṃ
jānāma mayam etaṃ passāma yattha vā Brahmā yena vā
Brahmā yahiṃ va Brahmā ti." Te vata2 tevijjā brāh-
maṇā evam āhaṃsu: "Yaṃ na jānāma, yaṃ na passāma,
tassa sahavyatāya maggaṃ desema: "Ayam eva uju-
maggo, ayam añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa
Brahma-sahavyatāyāti."'; Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha?
Nanu evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīra-
kataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
‘Addhā bho Gotama evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇā-
naṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
‘Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. Te vata Vāseṭṭha tevijjā brāhmaṇā
yaṃ na jānanti yaṃ na passanti tassa sahavyatāya
maggaṃ desessanti: "Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam añjasā-
yano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-sahavyatāyāti,"
n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
19. 3 ‘Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha puriso evaṃ vadeyya:
"Ahaṃ4 yā imasmiṃ janapade janapada-kalyāṇī taṃ
icchāmi taṃ kāmemīti." Tam enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ:
"Ambho purisa yaṃ tvaṃ janapada-kalyāṇiṃ icchasi
kāmesi, jānāsi taṃ janapada-kalyāṇiṃ Khattiyī vā Brāh-
maṇī vā Vessī vā Suddī vā?'5 Iti puṭṭho no ti vadeyya.
Tam enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa yaṃ tvaṃ
janapada-kalyāṇiṃ icchasi kāmesi, jānāsi taṃ janapada-

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1 Bm sattamā ācariyā mahayugehi (and in 20, 22).
2 Bm va.
3 See ix. 35.
4 Bm adds kho.
5 BB add ti (and so after nagare vā ).

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242 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii. 19
kalyāṇiṃ evaṃ-nāmā evaṃ-gottā ti vā, dīghā vā rassā vā
kāḷī vā1 sāmā vā {maṅgura-cchavī} vā ti, amukasmiṃ gāme
vā nigame vā nagare vā ti?"2 Iti puṭṭho no ti vadeyya.
Tam enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa yaṃ tvaṃ
na jānāsi na passasi, taṃ tvaṃ icchasi kāmesīti?" Iti
puṭṭho āmo ti vadeyya. Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha?
Nanu evaṃ sante tassa purisassa appāṭihīrakataṃ bhā-
sitaṃ sampajjatīti'?
‘Addhā kho bho Gotama evaṃ sante tassa purisassa
appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
20. ‘Evam eva kho Vāseṭṭha, na kira tevijjehi brāh-
maṇehi Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira tevijjānaṃ
brāhmaṇānaṃ ācariyehi Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira
tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ācariya-pācariyehi Brahmā
sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ yāva
sattamācariya-mahāyugehi Brahmā {sakkhi-} diṭṭho. Ye pi
kira tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo, mantānaṃ
kattāro mantānaṃ pavattāro, yesam idaṃ etarahi tevijjā
brāhmaṇā porāṇaṃ mantapadaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ sami-
hitaṃ, tad anugāyanti tad anubhāsanti, bhāsitam anubhā-
santi vācitam anuvācenti -- seyyathīdaṃ Aṭṭhako Vāmako
Vāmadevo Vessāmitto Yamataggi Aṅgiraso Bhāradvājo
Vāseṭṭho Kassapo Bhagu -- te pi na evam āhaṃsu:
"Mayam etaṃ jānāma mayam etaṃ passāma yattha vā
Brahmā yena vā Brahmā yahiṃ vā Brahmā ti." Te vata
tevijjā brāhmaṇā evam āhaṃsu -- "Yaṃ na jānāma, yaṃ na
passāma, tassa sahavyatāya maggaṃ desema: ‘Ayam eva
uju-maggo, ayam añjasāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa
Brahma-sahavyatāyāti."'; Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha?
Nanu evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīra-
kataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
‘Addhā kho bho Gotama evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ brāh-
maṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
‘Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. Te vata Vāseṭṭha tevijjā brāhmaṇā
yaṃ na jānanti, yaṃ na passanti, tassa sahavyatāya

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1 BB majjhimā vā kāḷī vā; Sd kāḷi vā majjhī vā.
2 Sd ti vā.

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D. xiii. 22] THE LADDER. 243
maggaṃ desessanti: "Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam añjasā-
yano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-sahavyatāyāti,"
n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
21. ‘Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha puriso cātummahāpathe1
nisseṇiṃ kareyya pāsādassa ārohaṇāya. Tam enaṃ evaṃ
vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa, yassa2 pāsādassa {ārohaṇāya}
nisseṇiṃ karosi, jānāsi taṃ pāsādaṃ puratthimāya3
disāya, dakkhiṇāya disāya, pacchimāya disāya, uttarāya
disāya, ucco vā nīco vā majjho4 vā ti?" Iti puṭṭho no ti
vadeyya. Tam enaṃ evaṃ vadeyyuṃ: "Ambho purisa,
yaṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi, tassa tvaṃ5 pāsādassa
ārohaṇāya nisseṇiṃ karosīti?" Iti puṭṭho āmo ti vadeyya.
Taṃ kim maññasi, Vāseṭṭha? Nanu evaṃ sante tassa
purisassa appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti?'
‘Addhā kho bho Gotama evaṃ sante tassa purisassa
appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
22. ‘Evam eva kho Vāseṭṭha, na kira tevijjehi brāh-
maṇehi Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira tevijjānaṃ
brāhmaṇānaṃ ācariyehi Brahmā sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira
tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ācariya-pācariyehi Brahmā
sakkhi-diṭṭho, na pi kira tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ yāva
sattamācariya-mahāyugehi brāhmaṇehi Brahmā6 sakkhi-
diṭṭho. Ye pi kira tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā
isayo, mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ pavattāro, yesam idaṃ
etarahi tevijjā brāhmaṇā porāṇaṃ mantapadaṃ gītaṃ
pavuttaṃ samihitaṃ tad anugāyanti tad anubhāsanti,
bhāsitam anubhāsanti vācitam anuvācenti -- seyyathī-
daṃ Aṭṭhako Vāmako Vāmadevo Vessāmitto Yamataggi
Aṅgiraso Bhāradvājo Vāseṭṭho Kassapo Bhagu -- te pi na
evam āhaṃsu: "Mayam etaṃ jānāma mayam etaṃ
passāma yattha vā Brahmā yena vā Brahmā yahiṃ vā
Brahmā ti." Te vata tevijjā brāhmaṇā evam āhaṃsu:
"Yaṃ na jānāma, yaṃ na passāma, tassa sahavyatāya

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1 Bm catumahā-.
2 Bm adds tvaṃ (as SS do at ix. 37).
3 BB add vā (and so before each disāya).
4 BB majjhimo.
5 SS taṃ.
6 Bm sattamā ācariyā mahayugehi Brahmā.

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244 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii.22
maggaṃ desema: ‘Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam añjasā-
yano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-sahavyatā-
yāti."'; Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Nanu evaṃ sante
tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sam-
pajjatīti'?
‘Addhā kho bho Gotama evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ brāh-
maṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatīti.'
23. ‘Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. Te vata Vaseṭṭha tevijjā brāh-
maṇā yaṃ na jānanti, yaṃ na passanti, tassa sahavyatāya
maggaṃ desessanti:1 "Ayam eva uju-maggo, ayam añja-
sāyano niyyāniko niyyāti takkarassa Brahma-sahavyatā-
yāti," n'; etaṃ ṭhānam vijjati.
24. ‘Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha ayam Aciravatī nadī pūrā2
udakassa samatittikā3 kākapeyyā atha puriso āgaccheyya
pāratthiko [pāra-gavesī4] pāra-gāmī pāran taritu-kāmo. So
orima5-tīre ṭhito pārimaṃ tīraṃ avheyya: "Ehi pārā
pāraṃ, ehi pārā pāran ti." Taṃ kim maññasi Vaseṭṭha?
Api nu tassa purisassa avhāyana-hetu6 vā āyācana-hetu
vā patthana-hetu vā abhinandana-hetu vā Aciravatiyā
nadiyā pāriman tīraṃ oriman tīraṃ āgaccheyyāti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
25. ‘Evam eva kho Vāseṭṭha tevijjā brāhmaṇā ye
dhammā brāhmaṇa-karaṇā7 te dhamme pahāya vattamānā,
ye dhammā abrāhmaṇakaraṇā te dhamme samādāya vat-
tamānā, evam āhaṃsu: "Indam avhayāma, Somam
avhayāma, Varuṇam avhayāma, Isānam avhayāma, Pajā-
patim avhayāma, Brahmam avhayāma, Mahiddhim8 avha-
yāma, Yamam avhayāmāti." Te vata Vāseṭṭha tevijjā

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1 All MSS. desissanti.
2 SS purā (and in 26).
3 Bm samatitthikā (and in 26, 29). See Rh. D's. note in ‘Buddhist
Suttas,'; p. 178.
4 Scmt omit and Bm inserts after pāra-gāmi (and so also in 26).
5 Bm orime (and in 26).
6 Smt avhāna (see 25 and D. i. 26).
7 Bm kāraṇā, four times in this , and again in 28, (and so Sm here
corrected to karaṇā).
8 SS omit Mahiddhiṃ and Yamaṃ.

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D. xiii. 28] BOUND ON THE BANK. 245
brāhmaṇā ye dhammā brāhmaṇa-karaṇā te dhamme pahāya
vattamānā, ye dhammā abrāhmaṇakaraṇā te dhamme
samādāya vattamānā, avhāyana1-hetu vā āyācana-hetu vā
patthana-hetu vā abhinandana-hetu vā kāyassa bhedā
param maraṇā {Brahmānaṃ} sahavyūpagā bhavissantīti --
n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
26. ‘Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha ayam Aciravatī nadī pūrā
udakassa samatittikā kākapeyyā atha puriso āgaccheyya
pāratthiko [pāra-gavesī] pāra-gāmī pāran taritu-kāmo. So
orima-tīre daḷhāya anduyā pacchā-bāhaṃ gāḷha-bandhanaṃ
baddho. Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Api nu so puriso2
Aciravatiyā nadiyā orima3-tīrā pāriman tīraṃ gacchey-
yāti?'4
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
27. ‘Evam eva kho Vāseṭṭha pañc'; ime kāma-guṇā
ariyassa vinaye andūti pi vuccanti, bandhanan ti pi
vuccanti.5 Katame pañca? Cakkhu-viññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā
kantā manāpā piya-rūpā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajanīyā,6 sota-
viññeyyā saddā . . . pe . . . ghāna-viññeyyā gandhā . . .
jivhā-viññeyyā rasā . . . kāya-viññeyyā poṭṭhabbā iṭṭhā
kantā manāpā piya-rūpā kāmūpasaṃhitā rajanīyā. Ime
kho Vāseṭṭha pañca kāma-guṇā ariyassa vinaye andūti pi
vuccanti, bandhanan ti pi vuccanti. Ime kho Vāseṭṭha
pañca kāma-guṇe tevijjā brāhmaṇā gathitā mucchitā
ajjhāpannā anādīnava-dassāvī7 anissaraṇa-paññā pari-
bhuñjanti.
28. ‘Te vata Vāseṭṭha tevijjā brāhmaṇā ye dhammā
brāhmaṇa-karaṇā te dhammā pahāya vattamānā,8 ye

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1 SS avhayāna.
2 Scdt omit puriso, but Sdt have it in 29.
3 Bm orimā, (and so in 29).
4 Scdt āgaccheyyāti.
5 Sc andhūti vuccanti bandhanan ti; Sd andhūti pi vuccati bandhanan ti
pi vuccanti; Sm andūti pavuccati bandhanan ti; St andhūti pi vuccati
bandhanan ti pi vuccati; Bp addhu (always).
6 Scd rajanīyyā; Bm rajaniyā (and below).
7 Bm (twice) ajjhopannā anādinava-dassāvino.
8 SS pavattamānā.

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246 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii.28
dhammā abrāhmaṇakaraṇā te dhamme samādāya vat-
tamānā, pañca kāma-guṇe gathitā mucchitā ajjhāpannā
anādīnava-dassāvī anissaraṇa-paññā paribhuñjantā kāma-
anubandhana-baddhā1 kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā {Brah-
mānaṃ} sahavyūpagā bhavissantīti -- n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vij-
jati.2
29. ‘Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha ayaṃ Aciravatī nadī pūrā
udakassa samatittikā kākapeyyā atha puriso āgaccheyya
pāratthiko [pāra-gavesī] pāra-gāmī pāriman taritu-kāmo.
So orime tīre sasīsaṃ pārupitvā3 nipajjeyya.4 Taṃ kim
maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Api nu so puriso Aciravatiyā nadiyā
orima-tīrā pārimaṃ tīraṃ gaccheyyāti'?
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
30. ‘Evam eva kho Vāseṭṭha pañc'; ime nīvaraṇā ariyassa
vinaye āvaraṇā ti pi vuccanti, nīvaraṇā ti pi vuccanti, onahā
ti pi vuccanti, pariyonahā5 ti pi vuccanti. Katame pañca?
Kāmacchanda6-nīvaraṇaṃ vyāpāda-nīvaraṇaṃ thīna-mid-
dha-nīvaraṇaṃ uddhacca-kukkucca-nīvaraṇaṃ vicikicchā-
{nīvaraṇaṃ}. Ime kho Vāseṭṭha pañca nīvaraṇā ariyassa
vinaye āvaraṇā ti pi vuccanti, nīvaraṇā ti pi vuccanti,
onahā ti pi vuccanti, pariyonahā ti pi vuccanti. Imehi kho
Vāseṭṭha pañca7 nīvaraṇehi tevijjā brāhmaṇā āvaṭā nivutā
ophutā8 pariyonaddhā. Te vata Vāseṭṭha tevijjā brāhmaṇā
ye dhammā {brāhmaṇa}-karaṇā te dhamme pahāya vatta-
mānā, ye dhammā abrāhmaṇakaraṇā te dhamme samā-
dāya vattamānā, pañca nīvaraṇehi āvaṭā nivutā ophutā
pariyonaddhā kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā Brah-

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1 Bp addhu-bandha-baddhā.
2 SS vijjatīti.
3 Scdt parūpitvā; Bp pārumpitvā.
4 Bm nippajjeyya.
5 Bm onāpānā . . . pariyonāpānā (twice); Bp onāhā . . . pariyonāhā
(twice).
6 Smt kāma-chanda.
7 Bm pañcahi (twice, and so Sum. p. 59).
8 Bm twice āvuṭā nivuṭā ophuṭā; Bp twice āvuṭā nivutā opuṭā;
SS twice āvaṭā nivutā; Scdm here osatā, below ophutā;
St here osaputā, below osaphutā. (Mil. 161 āvaṭo nivuto ovuto.
SS at Sum. p. 59 āvutā nivutā oputā).

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D. xiii. 34] CHARACTER OF BRAHMĀ. 247
mānaṃ sahavyūpagā bhavissantīti -- n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ
vijjati.
31. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Kiñci1 te sutaṃ
brāhmaṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariya-pācariy-
ānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ? Sapariggaho vā Brahmā aparig-
gaho vā ti?'
‘Apariggaho bho Gotama.'
‘Savera-citto vā avera-citto vā ti?'
‘Avera-citto bho Gotama.'
‘Savyāpajjha2-citto vā avyāpajjha-citto vā ti?'
‘Avyāpajjha-citto bho Gotama.'
‘Saṃkiliṭṭha-citto vā asaṃkiliṭṭha-citto vā ti?'
‘Asaṃkiliṭṭha-citto bho Gotama.'
‘Vasavattī3 vā avasavattī vā ti?'
‘Vasavattī bho Gotama.'
32. Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Sapariggahā vā
tevijjā brāhmaṇā apariggahā vā ti?'
‘Sapariggahā bho Gotama.'
‘Savera-cittā vā avera-cittā vā ti?'
‘Savera-cittā bho Gotama.'
‘Savyāpajjha-cittā vā avyāpajjha-cittā vā ti?'
‘Savyāpajjha-cittā bho Gotama.'
‘Saṃkiliṭṭha-cittā vā asaṃkiliṭṭha-cittā vā ti?'
‘Saṃkiliṭṭha-cittā bho Gotama.'
‘Vasavattī vā avasavattī vā ti?'
‘Avasavattī bho Gotama.'
33. ‘Iti kira Vaseṭṭha sapariggahā tevijjā {brahmaṇā},
apariggaho Brahmā. Api nu kho sapariggahānaṃ tevij-
jānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ apariggahena Brāhmunā saddhiṃ
saṃsandati sametīti'?
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
34. ‘Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. Te vata Vāseṭṭha sapariggahā
tevijjā brāhmaṇā kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā aparig-

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1 Sd Bm kin ti.
2 Sc -pajja; Bm sabyāpajja-, abyāpajja-, (and again 32, 44, 46).
3 Sm Bm vasavatti (six times).

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248 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii. 34
gahassa Brahmuno sahavyūpagā bhavissantīti -- n'; etaṃ
ṭhānaṃ vijjatīti.
35. ‘Iti kira Vāseṭṭha savera-cittā tevijjā brāhmaṇā,
avera-citto Brahmā . . . pe . . . savyāpajjha-cittā tevijjā
brāhmaṇā, avyāpajjha-citto Brahmā . . . pe . . . saṃ-
kiliṭṭha-cittā tevijjā brāhmaṇā, asaṃkiliṭṭha-citto Brahmā
. . . pe . . . avasavattī tevijjā brāhmaṇā, vasavattī Brah-
mā. Api nu kho avasavattīnaṃ tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ
vasavattinā Brahmunā saddhiṃ saṃsandati sametīti'?
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama.'
36. ‘Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. Te vata Vāseṭṭha avasavattī
tevijjā brāhmaṇā kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā vasavattissa1
Brahmuno sahavyūpagā bhavissantīti -- n'; etaṃ ṭhānaṃ
vijjati. Idha kho pana2 Vāseṭṭha tevijjā brāhmaṇā āsīditvā3
saṃsīdanti saṃsīditvā4 visādaṃ va pāpuṇanti5 {sukha}-
taraṃ6 maññe pataranti. Tasmā idaṃ tevijjānaṃ brāhma-
ṇānaṃ tevijjā-īriṇan ti pi vuccati, tevijjā-vipinan ti pi
vuccati, tevijjā-vyasanan ti pi vuccatīti.'7
37. Evaṃ vutte Vāseṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavantam etad
avoca: ‘Sutaṃ m'; etaṃ8 bho Gotama: "Samaṇo Gotamo
Brahmānaṃ sahavyatāya maggaṃ jānātīti."'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Āsanne ito Manasāka-
ṭaṃ, na yito9 dūre Manasākaṭan ti?'
‘Evaṃ bho Gotama āsanne ito Manasākaṭaṃ, na yito
dūre Manasākaṭan ti.'
‘Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Idh'; assa puriso Manasā-
kaṭe jāto vaddho.10 Tam enaṃ Manasākaṭato tāvad eva

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1 SS Vasavatti- (as Bm at xi. 79).
2 Bm adds te.
3 BB ādisitvā.
4 SS sasīdanti sasīditvā.
5 Bm visāraṃ pāpuṇanti; Bp visattaṃ vā pāpuṇanti.
6 BB sukkha-taraṇaṃ.
7 All seven MSS. tevijjā-, and vuccanti, three times; SS itinan;
Bm irinan; Bp iriṇaṃ; Sc vijinan; Bm vivadan; Bp vivanaṃ.
8 Bm sutam etaṃ (and so in 39). Bp = SS.
9 BB na ito twice.
10 Bm jāta-saṃvaddho; Bp jāta-saṃvaṭeddho.

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avassaṭaṃ1 Manasākaṭassa maggaṃ puccheyyuṃ.2 Siyā
nu kho Vāseṭṭha tassa purisassa Manasākaṭe jāta-vad-
dhassa3 Manasākaṭassa maggaṃ puṭṭhassa dandhāyitattaṃ
vā vitthāyitattaṃ vā ti?'
‘No h'; idaṃ bho Gotama. Taṃ kissa hetu? Asu hi
bho Gotama puriso Manasākaṭe jāto vaddho,4 tassa sabbān'
eva Manasākaṭassa maggāni suviditānīti.'
38. ‘Siyā kho Vāseṭṭha tassa purisassa Manasākaṭe
jāta-vaddhassa5 Manasākaṭassa maggaṃ puṭṭhassa dan-
dhāyitattaṃ vā vitthāyitattaṃ vā, no tveva Tathāgatassa
Brahma-loke vā Brahmaloka-gāminiyā vā paṭipadāya puṭ-
ṭhassa dandhāyitattaṃ vā vitthāyitattaṃ vā. Brahmānaṃ
p'; ahaṃ6 Vāseṭṭha pajānāmi Brahma-lokañ ca Brahmaloka-
gāminiñ ca paṭipadaṃ, yathā paṭipanno ca Brahma-lokaṃ
uppanno7 tañ ca pajānāmīti.'
39. Evaṃ vutte Vāseṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavantaṃ etad
avoca: ‘Sutaṃ m'; etaṃ bho Gotama: "Samaṇo Gotamo
Brahmānaṃ sahavyatāya maggaṃ desetīti." Sādhu no
bhavaṃ Gotamo Brahmānaṃ sahavyatāya maggaṃ de-
setu, ullumpatu bhavaṃ Gotamo {Brāhmaṇiṃ} pajan ti.'
‘Tena hi Vāseṭṭha suṇāhi, sādhukaṃ manasikarohi,
bhāsissāmīti.'
‘Evam bho'; ti kho Vāseṭṭho māṇavo Bhagavato paccas-
sosi. Bhagavā etad avoca:
40. ‘Idha Vāseṭṭha Tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṃ
sammā-sambuddho8 vijjā-caraṇa-sampanno sugato loka-

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1 SS avassaṃ.
2 Scm puccheyya; St puccheyyā.
3 BB jāta-saṃvaddhassa.
4 Bm jāta-saṃvaddho; Bp jāvata-saṃvaddho.
5 BB saṃvaddhassa.
6 BB Brahmānañ cāhaṃ'.
7 Bm paṭipanno . . . upapanno.
8 BB || pa || Yathā Sāmañña-phalaṃ evaṃ vitthāretabbaṃ || pa || evaṃ kho
Vāseṭha bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti || pa || Tass'; ime pañca nīvaraṇe
pahīne attani samanupassato pāmujjaṃ jāyati, pamuditassa piti (sic)
jāyati, pitimanassa kāyo passambhati, passaddha-kāyo sukhaṃ ve deti,
sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati. So mettā, etc. ( 76).

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250 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii. 40
vidū anuttaro purisa-damma-sārathi satthā deva-manus-
sānaṃ buddho bhagavā. So imaṃ lokaṃ sadevakaṃ
samārakaṃ sabrahmakaṃ sassamaṇa-brāhmaṇiṃ pajaṃ
{sadeva-manussaṃ} sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti.
So dhammaṃ deseti ādi-kalyāṇaṃ majjhe kalyāṇaṃ pari-
yosāne kalyāṇaṃ sātthaṃ savyañjanaṃ, kevala-paripuṇ-
ṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ pakāseti.
41. ‘Taṃ dhammaṃ suṇāti {gahapati} vā gahapati-putto vā
aññatarasmiṃ vā kule paccājāto. So taṃ dhammaṃ sutvā
Tathāgate saddhaṃ paṭilabhati. So tena saddhā-paṭilābhena
samannāgato iti paṭisañcikkhati: "Sambādho gharāvāso
rajāpatho,"1abbhokāso pabbajjā. Na2 sukaraṃ agāraṃ ajjhā-
vasatā ekanta-{paripuṇṇaṃ} ekanta-parisuddhaṃ saṅkha-
likhitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ. Yan nūnāhaṃ kesa-
massuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā
anagāriyaṃ pabbajeyyan ti." So aparena samayena
appaṃ vā bhoga-kkhandhaṃ pahāya mahantaṃ vā bho-
gakkhandham pahāya, appaṃ vā ñāti-parivaṭṭaṃ pahāya
mahantaṃ vā ñāti-parivaṭṭaṃ pahāya, kesamassuṃ
ohāretvā kasāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāri-
yaṃ pabbajati.
42. ‘So3 evaṃ pabbajito samāno Pātimokkha-saṃvara-
saṃvuto viharati ācāra-gocara-sampanno aṇumattesu
vajjesu bhaya-dassāvī samādāya sikkhati sikkhā-padesu
kāyakamma-{vacī-kammena} samannāgato kusalena pari-
suddhājīvo sīla-sampanno indriyesu gutta-dvāro sati-sam-
pajaññena samannāgato santuṭṭho.
43. ‘Kathañ ca Vāseṭṭha bhikkhu sīla-sampanno hoti?
‘Idha Vāseṭṭha bhikkhu pāṇātipātaṃ pahāya pāṇātipātā
paṭivirato hoti . . . pe4 . . . sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati
. . . pe5 . . .
76. ‘So6 mettā-sahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā

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1 Sct rāja-; Sd rajo-; Sm rājā-.
2 So Sdm; BB Sct omit (D. ii. 41 na idaṃ).
3 Omitted at D. ii. 42.
4 D. ii. 43-75, all of which SS give in full.
5 Bm omits. SS must mean D. ii. 75-98.
6 SS omit.

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D. xiii. 80] THE TRUMPETER. 251
viharati, tathā dutiyaṃ, tathā tatiyaṃ, tathā catutthaṃ.
Iti uddham adho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvan-
taṃ lokaṃ mettā-sahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena
appamāṇena {averena} avyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati.
77. ‘Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha balavā saṅkha-dhamo1 appa-
kasiren'; eva catuddisā viññāpeyya,2evaṃ bhāvitāya kho
Vāseṭṭha2 mettāya ceto-vimuttiyā yaṃ3 pamāṇa-kataṃ
kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati.
Ayam pi kho Vāseṭṭha {Brahmānaṃ} sahavyatāya maggo.
78. ‘Puna ca paraṃ Vāseṭṭha bhikkhu karuṇā-sahaga-
tena cetasā . . . pe . . . muditā-sahagatena cetasā . . .
pe . . . upekhā-sahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā
viharati, tathā dutiyaṃ, tathā tatiyaṃ, tathā catutthaṃ.
Iti uddham adho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvan-
taṃ lokaṃ upekhā-sahagatena cetasā vipulena mahagga-
tena appamāṇena averena avyāpajjhena pharitvā viharati.
79. ‘Seyyathā pi Vāseṭṭha balavā saṅkha-dhamo appa-
kasiren'; eva catuddisā viññāpeyya, evaṃ bhāvitāya kho
Vāseṭṭha upekhāya ceto-vimuttiyā yaṃ pamāṇa-kataṃ
kammaṃ na taṃ tatrāvasissati na taṃ tatrāvatiṭṭhati.
Ayam pi kho Vāseṭṭha Brahmānaṃ sahavyatāya maggo.
80. ‘Taṃ kim maññasi Vāseṭṭha? Evaṃ-vihārī bhik-
khu sapariggaho vā apariggaho vā ti?'
‘Apariggaho bho Gotama.'
‘Savera-citto vā avera-citto vā ti?'
‘Avera-citto bho Gotama.'
‘Savyāpajjha-citto vā avyāpajjha-citto vā ti?'
‘Avyāpajjha-citto bho Gotama.'
‘Saṃkiliṭṭha-citto vā asaṃkiliṭṭha-citto vā ti?'
‘Asaṃkiliṭṭha-citto bho Gotama.'
‘Vasavattī vā avasavattī vā ti?'
‘Vasavattī bho Gotama.'

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1 Scmt Bp dhammo.
2-2 BB evam eva kho Vāseṭṭha evaṃ bhāvitāya (and in 79).
3 Sc omits; Sdt ya; Sm ya erased (in 79 Sc omits; Sdmt yaṃ).

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252 TEVIJJA SUTTA. [D. xiii. 81
81. ‘Iti kira Vāseṭṭha apariggaho bhikkhu, apariggaho
Brahmā. Api nu kho apariggahassa bhikkhuno aparigga-
hena Brahmunā saddhiṃ saṃsandati sametīti?'
‘Evaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. So vata Vāseṭṭha apariggaho bhik-
khu kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apariggahassa {Brah-
muno} sahavyūpago bhavissatīti -- ṭhānam etaṃ vijjati.
‘Iti kira Vāseṭṭha avera-citto bhikkhu, avera-citto
Brahmā . . . pe . . . avyāpajjha-citto bhikkhu, avyā-
pajjha-citto Brahmā . . . pe . . . asaṃkiliṭṭha-citto
bhikkhu, asaṃkiliṭṭha-citto Brahmā; vasavattī bhikkhu,
vasavattī Brahmā. Api nu kho vasavattissa bhikkhuno vasa-
vattinā Brahmunā saddhiṃ saṃsandati sametīti?'
‘Evaṃ bho Gotama.'
‘Sādhu Vāseṭṭha. So vata Vāseṭṭha vasavattī bhikkhu
kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā vasavattissa Brahmuno
sahavyūpago {bhavissatīti} -- ṭhānam etaṃ vijjatīti.'
82. Evaṃ vutte Vāseṭṭha-Bhāradvājā māṇavā Bhaga-
vantaṃ etad avocuṃ:1
‘Abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama, abhikkantaṃ bho Gotama.
Seyyathā pi bho Gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭic-
channaṃ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya,
andha-kāre vā tela-pajjotaṃ dhāreyya: cakkhumanto
rūpāni dakkhintīti -- evam eva bhotā2 Gotamena aneka-
pariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Ete mayaṃ bhavantaṃ3
Gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāma4 dhammañ ca bhikkhu-
saṃghañ ca. Upāsake5 no bhavaṃ Gotamo dhāretu ajja-
tagge pāṇupetam6 saraṇaṃ7 gate'8 ti.
TEVIJJA-SUTTANTAṂ.9
SīLAKKHANDHA-VAGGO.10

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1 SS Vāseṭṭho Bhāradvājo māṇavo; Bp etad avoca.
2 Scdm bho.
3 Scd bhagavantaṃ; St bhavaṃ.
4 Scm gacchāmi.
5 Scdm upāsakaṃ.
6 Bm pāṇupete.
7 Sdt saraṇā-.
8 Scm gato.
9 Bm Tevijja-Suttaṃ Niṭṭhitaṃ Terasamaṃ.
10 Sdmt omit; Bm adds Niṭṭhito.

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1 Brahma-Sāmañña-Ambaṭṭha-Soṇa-Kuṭa-Mahā2-Jālā3
Sīha-Poṭṭha-Subha-Kevaddha4-Lohicca-Tevijja-terasā-ti.

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1 Bm Brahmajālañ ca Sāmaññaṃ Ambaṭṭhaṃ Soṇadaṇḍakaṃ
Kuṭadantañ ca Mahāli || Jāliyaṃ Sīhanādakaṃ
Phoṭṭhapādo tathā Subhamāṇavo Kevaḍḍho pi ca
Lohicco Tevijjo ceti idha suttāni terasā ti.
(MS. terasāni).
2 Sd Mahālī.
3 Sd Jā.
4 Sd Kevaṭṭha.