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DN24: Pāṭika Sutta – About Pāṭikaputta
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The Charlatan
1Thus have I heard.[n.732] With this Sutta, the third and final division of the Nikaya starts. It is curious that this division is named after one of the poorest texts in the whole Nikaya, but this probably has little significance other than mnemonic. But the Sutta itself is misnamed, since its ‘anti-hero’ (if that dubious distinction does not rather belong to the wretched Sunakkhatta!) is actually referred to as Patikaputta or ‘Patika’s son’, and his own name is unrecorded. Perhaps Pāṭikasutta stands, by a kind of haplology, for *Pāṭikaputtasutta. Once the Lord was staying among the Mallas. Anupiya is the name of a Malla town, and the Lord, having dressed in the early morning and taken his robe and bowl, went to Anupiya for alms. Then he thought: ‘It is too early for me to go into Anupiya for alms. Suppose I were to visit the hermitage[n.733] Ārāma: lit. ‘pleasure’, hence a pleasure-park. It came to be used for such parks as were presented to the Buddha, or to other ‘ascetics and Brahmins’. Hence its modem sense of ‘temple-complex, monastery-complex’. of the wanderer Bhaggava-gotta?’ And he did so.
2And the wanderer Bhaggava-gotta said: 'Come, Blessed Lord, welcome, Blessed Lord! At last the Blessed Lord has gone out of his way to come here. Be seated, Lord, a seat is prepared.' The Lord sat down on the prepared seat, and Bhaggava took a low stool and sat down to one side. Then he said: 'Lord, a few days ago Sunakkhatta the Licchave[n.734] First mentioned at DN 6.5. His name, most inappropriately, means 'born under a lucky star'. came to me and said: "Bhaggava, I have left the Blessed Lord. I am no longer under his rule." Is that really so, Lord?' 'It is true, Bhaggava.[n.735] His personal name was Channa, but the Buddha addresses him by his 'surname' (cf. n.179). His clan seem to have been potters.
3'A few days ago, Sunakkhatta came to me, saluted me, sat down to one side, and said: "Lord, I am leaving the Blessed Lord, I am no longer under the Lord's rule." So I said to him: "Well, Sunakkhatta, did I ever say to you: 'Come, Sunakkhatta, be under my rule'?" "No, Lord." "Or did you ever say to me: 'Lord, I will be under your rule'?" "No, Lord." "So, Sunakkhatta, if I did not say that to you and you did not say that to me — you foolish man, who are you and what are you giving up? Consider, foolish man, how far the fault is yours."
4"'Well, Lord, you have not performed any miracles."[n.736] Cf. DN 11.5, where the performance of 'miracles' is condemned by the Buddha (as it is here too, though he text goes on to contradict the Master's words). On the significance of this for dating the Sutta, RD's wise words should be noted (p. 3): 'We are not entitled on these facts to suppose that the Patika Suttanta was either later or earlier than the Kevaddha … The editors may have been tolerant of whichever of the opposing views they did not share.' Those who seek to establish chronological criteria should bear such considerations in mind. "And did I ever say to you: 'Come under my rule, Sunakkhatta, and I will perform miracles for you'?" "No, Lord." "Or did you ever say to me: 'Lord, I will be under your rule if you will perform miracles for me'?" "No, Lord." "Then it appears, Sunakkhatta, that I made no such promises, and you made no such conditions. Such being the case, you foolish man, who are you and what are you giving up?
'"What do you think, Sunakkhatta? Whether miracles are performed or not — is it the purpose of my teaching Dhamma to lead whoever practises it[n.737]Takkara: 'the so-doer'. to the total destruction of suffering?" "It is, Lord." "So, Sunakkhatta, whether miracles are performed or not, the purpose of my teaching Dhamma is to lead whoever practises it to the total destruction of suffering. Then what purpose would the performance of miracles serve? Consider, you foolish man, how far the fault is yours."
5"'Well, Lord, you do not teach the beginning of things."
6"And did I ever say to you: 'Come under my rule, Sunakkhatta, and I will teach you the beginning of things'?" "No, Lord." …
7Such being the case, you foolish man, who are you and what are you giving up?
8'"Sunakkhatta, you have in many ways spoken in praise of me among the Vajjians, saying: 'This Blessed Lord is an Arahant, a fully-enlightened Buddha, endowed with wisdom and conduct, the Well-Farer, Knower of the worlds, incomparable Trainer of men to be tamed, Teacher of gods and humans, the Buddha, the Blessed Lord.'
9You have in many ways spoken in praise of the Dhamma, saying: 'Well-proclaimed by the Blessed Lord is the Dhamma, visible here and now, timeless, inviting inspection, leading onward, to be realised by the wise, each one for himself.'
10You have in many ways spoken in praise of the order of monks, saying: 'Well-trained is the order of the Lord's disciples, trained in uprightness, methodically-trained, excellently-trained is the order of the Lord's disciples, that is, the four pairs of men, the eight classes of individuals. This is the order of the Lord's disciples, worthy of respect, worthy of homage, worthy of gifts, worthy of salutation, an unsurpassed field in the world for merit.'
11'"In these ways you have spoken in praise of me, of the Dhamma, and of the order among the Vajjians. And I say to you, I declare to you, Sunakkhatta, there will be those who will say: 'Sunakkhatta the Licchavi was unable to maintain the holy life under the ascetic Gotama, and being thus unable he abandoned the training and reverted to a base life.'[n.738] Hīnāy' āvatto. That, Sunakkhatta, is what they will say."
12And, Bhaggava, at my words Sunakkhatta left this Dhamma and discipline like one condemned to hell.
Korakkhattiya
13'Once, Bhaggava, I was staying among the Khulus,[n.740] The name is doubtful. RD has 'Bumus'. I follow DA. at a place called Uttarakā, a town of theirs. In the early morning I went with robe and bowl into Uttarakā for alms, with Sunakkhatta as my attendant. And at that time the naked ascetic Korakkhattiya the "dog-man"[n.xxx]A dog-ascetic like Seniya in MN 57, who was told by the Buddha that if he persisted in this practice he would be reborn either in hell or 'in the company of dogs'. was going round on all fours, sprawling on the ground, and chewing and eating his food with his mouth alone. Seeing him, Sunakkhatta thought: "Now that is a real Arahant ascetic, who goes round on all fours, sprawling on the ground, and chewing and eating his food with his mouth alone."
14And I, knowing his thought in my own mind, said to him: "You foolish man, do you claim to be a follower of the Sakyan?" "Lord, what do you mean by this question?" "Sunakkhatta, did you not, on seeing that naked ascetic going around on all fours, think: 'Now that is a real Arahant ascetic, who goes round on all fours, sprawling on the ground, and chewing and eating his food with his mouth alone'?" "I did, Lord. Does the Blessed Lord begrudge others their Arahantship?"
15"I do not begrudge others their Arahantship, you foolish man! It is only in you that this evil view has arisen. Cast it aside lest it should be to your harm and sorrow for a long time! This naked ascetic Korakkhattiya, whom you regard as a true Arahant, will die in seven days from indigestion,[n.741] Alasakena. RD has 'of epilepsy', for which there seems to be no evidence. The sub-commentary and Buddhadatta's dictionary suggest 'indigestion', which seems not unreasonable. and when he is dead he will reappear among the Kālakañja asuras, who are the very lowest grade of asuras.[n.742] See n.512. The Kalakañjas, described as 'terrible to see', are mentioned in DN 20.12. And when he is dead he will be cast aside on a heap of bīraṇa-grass in the charnel-ground. If you want to, Sunakkhatta, you can go to him and ask him if he knows his fate. And it may be that he will tell you: 'Friend Sunakkhatta, I know my fate. I have been reborn among the Kālakañja asuras, the very lowest grade of asuras.'"
16'Then Sunakkhatta went to Korakkhattiya and told him what I had prophesied, adding: "Therefore, friend Korakkhattiya, be very careful what you eat and drink, so that the ascetic Gotama's words may be proved wrong!"
17And Sunakkhatta was so sure that the Tathāgata's words would be proved wrong that he counted up the seven days one by one. But on the seventh day Korakkhattiya died of indigestion, and when he was dead he reappeared among the Kālakañja asuras, and his body was cast aside on a heap of bīraṇa-grass in the charnel-ground.
18'And Sunakkhatta heard of this, so he went to the heap of bīraṇa-grass in the charnel-ground where Korakkhattiya was lying, struck the body three times with his hand, and said: "Friend Korakkhattiya, do you know your fate?" And Korakkhattiya sat up and rubbed his back with his hand, and said: "Friend Sunakkhatta, I know my fate. I have been reborn among the Kālakañja asuras, the very lowest grade of asuras." And with that, he fell back again.
19'Then Sunakkhatta came to me, saluted me, and sat down to one side. And I said to him: "Well, Sunakkhatta, what do you think? Has what I told you about the 'dog-man' Korakkhattiya come true or not?" "It has come about the way you said, Lord, and not otherwise." "Well, what do you think, Sunakkhatta? Has a miracle been performed or not?" "Certainly, Lord, this being so, a miracle has been performed, and not otherwise." "Well then, you foolish man, do you still say to me, after I have performed such a miracle: 'Well, Lord, you have not performed any miracles'? Consider, you foolish man, how far the fault is yours." And at my words Sunakkhatta left this Dhamma and discipline like one condemned to hell.
Kaḷāramuṭṭhaka
20'Once, Bhaggava, I was staying at Vesālī, at the Gabled Hall in the Great Forest. And at that time there was a naked ascetic living in Vesālī called Kaḷāramuṭṭhaka[n.743] The form of this name is doubtful. RD has Kandaramasuka. Again, I follow DA. who enjoyed great gains and fame in the Vajjian capital. He had undertaken seven rules of practice: "As long as I live I will be a naked ascetic and will not put on any clothes; as long as I live I will remain chaste and abstain from sexual intercourse; as long as I live I will subsist on strong drink and meat, abstaining from boiled rice and sour milk; as long as I live I will never go beyond the Udena shrine to the east of Vesāli, the Gotamaka shrine to the south, the Sattamba shrine to the west, nor the Bahuputta shrine to the north."[n.744] For these, see DN 16.3.2 and notes there. And it was through having undertaken these seven rules that he enjoyed the greatest gains and fame of all in the Vajjian capital.
21'Now Sunakkhatta went to see Kaḷāramuṭṭhaka and asked him a question which he could not answer, and because he could not answer it he showed signs of anger, rage and petulance. But Sunakkhatta thought: "I might cause this real Arahant ascetic offence. I don't want anything to happen that would be to my lasting harm and misfortune!"
22'Then Sunakkhatta came to me, saluted me, and sat down to one side. I said to him: "You foolish man, do you claim to be a follower of the Sakyan?" "Lord, what do you mean by this question?" "Sunakkhatta, did you not go to see Kaḷāramuṭṭhaka and ask him a question he could not answer, and did he not thereupon show signs of anger, rage and petulance? And did you not think: 'I might cause this real Arahant ascetic offence. I don't want anything to happen that would be to my lasting harm and misfortune'?" "I did, Lord. Does the Blessed Lord begrudge others their Arahantship?"
23"I do not begrudge others their Arahantship, you foolish man. It is only in you that this evil view has arisen. Cast it aside lest it should be to your harm and sorrow for a long time! This naked ascetic Kaḷāramuṭṭhaka, whom you regard as a true Arahant, will before long be living clothed and married, subsisting on boiled rice and sour milk. He will go beyond all the shrines of Vesālī, and will die having entirely lost his reputation."
24And indeed all this came about.
25'Then Sunakkhatta, having heard what had happened, came to me…And I said: "Well, Sunakkhatta, what do you think? Has what I told you about Kaḷaramuṭṭhaka come about, or not? … Has a miracle been performed or not?" … And at my words Sunakkhatta left this Dhamma and discipline like one condemned to hell.
Patikaputta
26'Once, Bhaggava, I was staying at Vesālī in the Gabled Hall in the Great Forest. And at that time there was a naked ascetic living in Vesālī called Patikaputta, who enjoyed great gains and fame in the Vajjian capital. And he made this declaration in the assembly of Vesālī: "The ascetic Gotama claims to be a man of wisdom, and I make the same claim. It is right that a man of wisdom should show it by performing miracles. If the ascetic Gotama will come half-way to meet me, I will do likewise. Then we could both work miracles, and if the ascetic Gotama performs one miracle, I will perform two. If he performs two, I will perform four. And if he performs four, I will perform eight. However many miracles the ascetic Gotama performs, I will perform twice as many!"
27'Then Sunakkhatta came to me, saluted me, sat down to one side, and told me what Patikaputta had said.
28I said: "Sunakkhatta, that naked ascetic Patikaputta is not capable of meeting me face to face unless he takes back his words, abandons that thought, and gives up that view. And if he thinks otherwise, his head will split in pieces."[n.745] A curious threat that (as RD observes) never comes to anything, and is of course pre-Buddhist.
29'"Lord, let the Blessed Lord have a care what he says, let the Well-Farer have a care what he says!" "What do you mean by saying that to me?" "Lord, the Blessed Lord might make an absolute statement about Patikaputta's coming. But he might come in some altered shape, and thus falsify the Blessed Lord's words!"
30'"But, Sunakkhatta, would the Tathagata make any statement that was ambiguous?"
31"Lord, does the Blessed Lord know by his own mind what would happen to Patikaputta?
32Or has some deva told the Tathagata?"
33"Sunakkhatta, I know it by my own mind, and I have also been told by a deva.
34For Ajita, the general of the Licchavis, died the other day and has been reborn in the company of the Thirty-Three Gods. He came to see me and told me: 'Lord, Patikaputta the naked ascetic is an impudent liar! He declared in the Vajjian capital: "Ajita, the general of the Licchavis, has been reborn in the great hell!"
35–36But I have not been reborn in the great hell, but in the company of the Thirty-Three Gods. He is an impudent liar…'
37Thus, Sunakkhatta, I know what I have said by my own mind, but I have also been told by a deva. And now, Sunakkhatta, I will go into Vesālī for alms. On my return, after I have eaten, I will go for my midday rest to Pāṭikaputta's park. You may tell him whatever you wish."
Miracles
38'Then, having dressed, I took my robe and bowl and went into Vesālī for alms. On my return I went to Patikaputta's park for my midday rest. Meanwhile Sunakkhatta rushed into Vesālī and declared to all the prominent Licchavis: "Friends, the Blessed Lord has gone into Vesālī for alms, and after that he has gone for his midday rest to Pātṭkaputta's park. Come along, friends, come along! the two great ascetics are going to work miracles!" And all the prominent Licchavis thought: "The two great ascetics are going to work miracles! Let us go along!"
39And he went to the distinguished and wealthy Brahmins and householders, and to the ascetics and Brahmins of various schools, and told them the same thing, and they too thought: "Let us go along!"
40And so all these people came along to Paṭikaputta's park, hundreds and thousands of them.
41'And Pāṭikaputta heard that all these people had come to his park, and that the ascetic Gotama had gone there for his midday rest. And at the news he was overcome with fear and trembling, and his hair stood on end. And thus terrified and trembling, his hair standing on end, he made for the Tinduka lodging of the wanderers.[n.746] A home for wanderers which had been charitably donated near some Tinduka trees.
42When the assembled company heard that he had gone to the Tinduka lodging, they instructed a man to go there to Pāṭikaputta and say to him:
43"Friend Pāṭikaputta, come along! All these people have come to your park, and the ascetic Gotama has gone there for his midday rest. Because you declared to the assembly at Vesālī: 'The ascetic Gotama claims to be a man of wisdom, and I make the same claim … as verse 15. However many miracles he performs, I will perform twice as many!' So now come half-way: the ascetic Gotama has already come half-way to meet you, and is sitting for his midday rest in Your Reverence's park."
44'The man went and delivered the message …
45… and on hearing it Pāṭikaputta said: "I'm coming, friend, coming!" but, wriggle as he might, he could not get up from his seat. Then the man said: "What's the matter with you, friend Pāṭikaputta? Is your bottom stuck to the seat, or is the seat stuck to your bottom? You keep saying: 'I'm coming, friend, I'm coming!', but you only wriggle and can't get up from your seat." And even at these words, Pāṭikaputta still wriggled about, but could not rise.
46'And when that man realised that Pāṭikaputta could not help himself, he went back to the assembly and reported the situation. And then I said to them: "Pāṭikaputta the naked ascetic is not capable of meeting me face to face unless he takes back his words, abandons that thought, and gives up that view. And if he thinks otherwise, his head will split in pieces."'
End of first recitation-section
47'Then, Bhaggava, one of the ministers of the Licchavis rose from his seat and said: "Well, gentlemen, just wait a little till I I have been to see whether I can bring Pāṭikaputta to the assembly."
48–49So he went to the Tinduka lodging and said to Pāṭikaputta: "Come along, Pāṭikaputta, it is best for you to come. All these people have come to your park and the ascetic Gotama has gone there for his midday rest. If you come, we will make you the winner and let the ascetic Gotama be defeated."
50'So the minister returned to the assembly and reported on the situation. Then I said: "Pāṭikaputta, is not capable of meeting me … Even if the good Licchavis were to think: 'Let us bind him with thongs and try to drag him with yoked oxen!' he would burst the thongs. He is not capable of meeting me face to face … "
51–52'Then Jāliya, a pupil of the wooden-bowl ascetic,[n.747] Cf. DN 6.23 and DN 7, which is named after him. rose from his seat…, went to the Tinduka lodging and said to Pāṭikaputta: "Come along, Pāṭikaputta, … if you come, we will make you the winner and let the ascetic Gotama be defeated."
53'And Pāṭikaputta said: "I'm coming, friend, I'm coming!" but wriggle as he might, he could not get up from his seat…
54–57'Then, when Jaliya realised the situation, he said:
"Patikaputta, once long ago the lion, king of beasts, thought: 'Suppose I were to make my lair near a certain jungle. Then I could emerge in the evening, yawn, survey the four quarters, roar my lion's roar three times, and then make for the cattle-pasture. I could then pick out the very best of the herd for my kill and, having had a good feast of tender meat, return to my lair.'
And he did accordingly.
58"'Now there was an old jackal who had grown fat on the lion's leavings, and he was proud and strong. And he thought: 'What difference is there between me and the lion, king of beasts? Suppose I were to make my lair near the jungle…' So he chose a lair accordingly and emerging in the evening, he surveyed the four quarters, and then thought: 'Now I will roar a lion's roar three times', – and he gave out the howl of his kind, a jackal howl. For what has the wretched howl of a jackal in common with a lion's roar?
59In just the same way, Pāṭikaputta, you live off the achievements of the Well-Farer and feed on the Well-Farer's leavings, imagining you can set yourself up beside the Tathagatas, Arahants and fully-enlightened Buddhas. But what have wretched Patikaputtas in common with them?"
60'Then, being unable even with the aid of this parable to get Pāṭikaputta, to rise from his seat, Jāliya uttered this verse:
61"Thinking himself a lion, the jackal says:
'I'm the king of beasts', and tries to roar
A lion's roar, but only howls instead.
Lion is lion and jackal jackal still.
62In just the same way, Patikaputta, you are living off the achievements of the Well-Farer…"
63'And, being unable even with the aid of this parable to get Patikaputta to rise from his seat, Jāliya uttered this verse:
64"Following another's tracks, and fed
On scraps, his jackal-nature he forgets,
Thinking: 'I'm a tiger', tries to roar
A mighty roar, but only howls instead.
65Lion is lion and jackal's jackal still.
66In just the same way, Patikaputta, you are living off the achievements of the Well-Farer…"
67'And, being unable even with this parable to get Pāṭikaputta, to rise from his seat, Jāliya uttered this verse:
68"Gorged on frogs and mice from threshing-floors,
And corpses cast aside in charnel-grounds,
In lonely forests wild the jackal thinks:
'I'm the king of beasts', and tries to roar
A lion's roar, but only howls instead.
Lion is lion and jackal's jackal still.
69In just the same way, Pāṭikaputta, you are living off the achievements of the Well-Farer, feeding on the Well-Farer's leavings, imagine you can set yourself up beside the Tathāgatas, Arahants and full-enlightened Buddhas. But what have wretched Pāṭikaputtas in common with them?"
70'Then, being unable even with this parable to get Pāṭikaputta to rise from his seat, Jāliya returned to the assembly and reported on the situation.
71'Then I said: "Pāṭikaputtas is not capable of meeting me face to face unless he takes back his words, abandons that thought and gives up that view… Even if the good Licchavis were to think: 'Let us bind him with thongs and try to drag him here with yoked oxen', he would burst the thongs. He is not capable of meeting me face to face … If he thinks otherwise, his head will split in pieces."
72'Then, Bhaggava, I instructed, inspired, fired and delighted that assembly with a talk on Dhamma. And having thereby delivered that company from the great bondage,[n.748] DA seems to imply that he brought them all to Arahantship: more modestly, one might settle for the 'opening of the Dhamma-eye' (see n.140). thus rescuing eighty-four thousand beings from the great path of peril, I entered into the fire-element[n.749] Tejo-dhātuṁ samāpajjitvā: RD translates 'entered on jhāna by the method of flame' with no comment, and DA, more remarkably, is silent. Could this peculiarly unnecessary miracle have been inserted later? and rose into the air to the height of seven palm-trees, and projecting a beam for the height of another seven so that it blazed and shed fragrance, I then reappeared in the Gabled Hall in the Great Forest.[n.750] All this despite the Buddha’s expressed dislike of miracles. See note to verse 1.4 above and compare with DN 11.5, where the performance of 'miracles' is condemned by the Buddha as it is here too, though he text contradicts the Master's words
73'And there Sunakkhatta came to me, saluted me and sat down to one side. I said: "What do you think, Sunakkhatta? Has what I told you about Pāṭikaputta come about, or not?" "It has, Lord."
74"And has a miracle been performed, or not?" "It has, Lord." "Well then, you foolish man, do you still say to me after I have performed such a miracle: 'Well, Lord, you have not performed any miracles'? Consider, you foolish man, how far the fault is yours."
75And, Bhaggava, at my words Sunakkhatta left this Dhamma and discipline like one condemned to hell.
The Beginning of Things
76'Bhaggava, I know the first beginning of things,[n.751] Aggañña. See DN 27 for a full development of the theme of 'beginnings' — not, of course, in the sense of an absolute first cause, for which Buddhism has no use. and I know not only that, but what surpasses it in value.[n.752] Or 'goes beyond it' — even to omniscience, says DA, not quite correctly. And I am not under the sway of what I know, and not being under its sway I have come to know for myself that quenching,[n.753] Nibbuti: a term associated with Nibbāna, though actually from a different root. by the realisation of which the Tathagata cannot fall into perilous paths.[n.754] Anaya: 'wrong leading', i.e. into suffering or trouble.
77There are, Bhaggava, some ascetics and Brahmins who declare as their doctrine that all things began with the creation by a god,[n.755] Issara (Skt. Īśvara): 'God as creator and ruler', now often the Christian God. or Brahma. I have gone to them and said: "Reverend sirs, is it true that you declare that all things began with the creation by a god, or Brahma?" "Yes", they replied. Then I asked: "In that case, how do the reverend teachers declare that this came about?" But they could not give an answer, and so they asked me in return. And I replied:
78'"There comes a time, friends, sooner or later after a long period, when this world contracts. At a time of contraction, beings are mostly reborn in the Abhassara Brahma world. And there they dwell, mind-made, feeding on delight, self luminous, moving through the air, glorious – and they stay like that for a very long time.
79'But the time comes, sooner or later after a long period, when this world begins to expand. In this expanding world an empty palace of Brahma appears. And then one being, from exhaustion of his life-span or of his merits, falls from the Abhassara world and arises in the empty Brahma-palace. And there he dwells, mind-made, feeding on delight, self-luminous, moving through the air, glorious – and he stays like that for a very long time.
80'Then in this being who has been alone for so long there arises unrest, discontent and worry, and he thinks: "Oh, if only some other beings would come here!" And other beings, from exhaustion of their life-span or of their merits, fall from the Abhassara world and arise in the Brahmapalace as companions for this being. And there they dwell, mind-made,… and they stay like that for a very long time.
81'And then, that being who first arose there thinks: "I am Brahma, the Great Brahma, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, the All-Powerful, the Lord, the Maker and Creator, Ruler, Appointer and Orderer, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be. These beings were created by me. How so? Because I first had this thought: 'Oh, if only some other beings would come here!' That was my wish, and then these beings came into this existence!"
82But those beings who arose subsequently think: "This, friends, is Brahma, Great Brahma, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, the All-Powerful, the Lord, the Maker and Creator, Ruler, Appointer and Orderer, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be. How so? We have seen that he was here first, and that we arose after him."
83'And this being that arose first is longer-lived, more beautiful and more powerful than they are. And it may happen that some being falls from that realm and arises in this world.
84Having arisen in this world, he goes forth from the household life into homelessness. Having gone forth, he by means of effort, exertion, application, earnestness and right attention attains to such a degree of mental concentration that he thereby recalls his last existence, but recalls none before that.
85That, Reverend Sirs, is how it comes about that you teach that all things began with the creation by a god, or Brahma." And they said: "We have heard this, Reverend Gotama, as you have explained."
86But I know the first beginning of things… and not being under the sway of what I know I have come to know that quenching by the realisation of which the Tathāgata cannot fall into perilous ways.
87–91'There are some ascetics and Brahmins who declare that the beginning of things was due to corruption by pleasure. I went to them and asked them if this was their view. "Yes", they replied. Reverend Sirs, is how it comes about that you teach that the beginning of things was due to corruption by pleasure." And they said: "We have heard this, Reverend Gotama, as you have explained."
92–96'There are some ascetics and Brahmins who declare that the beginning of things was due to corruption of mind. I went to them and asked them if this was their view. "Yes", they replied. I asked them how this came about, and when they could not explain, I said: "There are, friends, certain devas called Corrupted in Mind. They spend an excessive amount of time regarding each other with envy… their minds become corrupted, and they fall away See Sutta 1, verses 2.10–13. That, Reverend Sirs, is how it comes about that you teach that the beginning of things was due to corruption of mind." And they said: "We have heard this, Reverend Gotama, as you have explained."
97'There are, Bhaggava, some ascetics and Brahmins who declare that the beginning of things was due to chance. I went to them and asked them if this was their view. "Yes", they replied. I asked them how this came about, and when they could not explain, I said:
98"There are, friends, certain devas called Unconscious. As soon as a perception arises in them, those devas fall from that realm.
99And it may happen that a being falls from that realm and arises in this world. He…recalls his last existence, but none before that.
100He thinks: "The self and the world have arisen by chance. How so? Before this I did not exist. They think: 'Now from non-being I have been brought to being.' That, Reverend Sirs, is how it comes about that you teach that the beginning of things was due to chance." And they said: "We have heard this, Reverend Gotama, as you have explained."
101But I know the first beginning of things, and I know not only that, but what surpasses it in value. And I am not under the sway of what I know, and not being under its sway I have come to know for myself that quenching, by the realisation of which the Tathāgata cannot fall into perilous paths.
102'And I, Bhaggava, who teach this and declare this am wrongly, vainly, lyingly and falsely accused by some ascetics and Brahmins who say: "The ascetic Gotama is on the wrong track,[n.756] Viparīto: 'reversed, changed'. and so are his monks. He has declared that whoever has attained to the stage of deliverance called 'the Beautiful'[n.757] Cf. DN 15.49. finds everything repulsive." But I do not say this. What I say is that whenever anyone has attained to the stage of deliverance called "the Beautiful", he knows that it is beautiful.'
103'Indeed, Lord, they are on the wrong track themselves who accuse the Lord and his monks of error. I am so delighted with the Lord that I think the Lord is able to teach me to attain and remain in the deliverance called "the Beautiful".'
104'It is hard for you, Bhaggava, holding different views, being of different inclinations and subject to different influences, following a different discipline and having had a different teacher, to attain and remain in the deliverance called "the Beautiful". You must strive hard, putting your trust in me, Bhaggava.'
'Lord, even if it is hard for me to attain and remain in the deliverance called "the Beautiful", still I will place my trust in the Lord.'[n.758] RD says: 'Buddhaghosa judges that this was merely affected appreciation. But we are not told anything of the later history of this man.' DA does, however, add that the Buddha’s words 'made an impression on him in the future'. Could it be that Bhaggava's allegedly dubious reaction is DA's coded way of expressing doubts about this Sutta? Not only is the main Part inferior and contradictory, if humorous, but it concludes, first with an appendix (2.14ff.) on the beginning of things which is clumsily tacked on, doubtless in response to Sunakkhatta's remarks at 1.5 (which were adequately answered there), and then (2.21) with an even more irrelevant appendix to that appendix. Another curious feature is that it is probably the only Sutta in the Canon which consists almost entirely of a narrative (as opposed to a discourse) related by the Buddha to a third party (and, at that, an obscure character not owing him any allegiance).
105Thus the Lord spoke, and Bhaggava the wanderer was delighted and rejoiced at the Lord's words.
1. Sunakkhattavatthu
1Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā mallesu viharati anupiyaṁ nāma mallānaṁ nigamo. Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya anupiyaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi. Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi: "atippago kho tāva anupiyāyaṁ piṇḍāya carituṁ. Yannūnāhaṁ yena bhaggavagottassa paribbājakassa ārāmo, yena bhaggavagotto paribbājako tenupasaṅkameyyan"ti.
2Atha kho bhagavā yena bhaggavagottassa paribbājakassa ārāmo, yena bhaggavagotto paribbājako tenupasaṅkami. Atha kho bhaggavagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "etu kho, bhante, bhagavā. Svāgataṁ, bhante, bhagavato. Cirassaṁ kho, bhante, bhagavā imaṁ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṁ idhāgamanāya. Nisīdatu, bhante, bhagavā, idamāsanaṁ paññattan"ti. Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane. Bhaggavagottopi kho paribbājako aññataraṁ nīcaṁ āsanaṁ gahetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho bhaggavagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "purimāni, bhante, divasāni purimatarāni sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ etadavoca: 'paccakkhāto dāni mayā, bhaggava, bhagavā. Na dānāhaṁ bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharāmī'ti. Kaccetaṁ, bhante, tatheva, yathā sunakkhatto licchaviputto avacā"ti? "Tatheva kho etaṁ, bhaggava, yathā sunakkhatto licchaviputto avaca.
3Purimāni, bhaggava, divasāni purimatarāni sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto maṁ etadavoca: 'paccakkhāmi dānāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ. Na dānāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharissāmī'ti. Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'api nu tāhaṁ, sunakkhatta, evaṁ avacaṁ, ehi tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, mamaṁ uddissa viharāhī'ti? 'No hetaṁ, bhante'. 'Tvaṁ vā pana maṁ evaṁ avaca – ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharissāmī'ti? 'No hetaṁ, bhante'. 'Iti kira, sunakkhatta, nevāhaṁ taṁ vadāmi—ehi tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, mamaṁ uddissa viharāhīti. Napi kira maṁ tvaṁ vadesi—ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharissāmīti. Evaṁ sante, moghapurisa, ko santo kaṁ paccācikkhasi? Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṁ aparaddhan'ti.
4'Na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karotī'ti. 'Api nu tāhaṁ, sunakkhatta, evaṁ avacaṁ—ehi tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, mamaṁ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṁ te uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissāmī'ti? 'No hetaṁ, bhante'. 'Tvaṁ vā pana maṁ evaṁ avaca—ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissatī'ti? 'No hetaṁ, bhante'. 'Iti kira, sunakkhatta, nevāhaṁ taṁ vadāmi—ehi tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, mamaṁ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṁ te uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissāmīti; napi kira maṁ tvaṁ vadesi – ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissatīti. Evaṁ sante, moghapurisa, ko santo kaṁ paccācikkhasi?
Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, kate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye akate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā'ti? 'Kate vā, bhante, uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye akate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye yassatthāya bhagavatā dhammo desito so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā'ti. 'Iti kira, sunakkhatta, kate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye, akate vā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriye, yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāya. Tatra, sunakkhatta, kiṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ kataṁ karissati? Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṁ aparaddhan'ti.
5'Na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā aggaññaṁ paññapetī'ti? 'Api nu tāhaṁ, sunakkhatta, evaṁ avacaṁ—ehi tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, mamaṁ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṁ te aggaññaṁ paññapessāmī'ti? 'No hetaṁ, bhante'.
6'Tvaṁ vā pana maṁ evaṁ avaca—ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me aggaññaṁ paññapessatī'ti? 'No hetaṁ, bhante'.
7'Iti kira, sunakkhatta, nevāhaṁ taṁ vadāmi—ehi tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, mamaṁ uddissa viharāhi, ahaṁ te aggaññaṁ paññapessāmīti. Napi kira maṁ tvaṁ vadesi – ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ uddissa viharissāmi, bhagavā me aggaññaṁ paññapessatīti. Evaṁ sante, moghapurisa, ko santo kaṁ paccācikkhasi? Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, paññatte vā aggaññe, apaññatte vā aggaññe, yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā'ti? 'Paññatte vā, bhante, aggaññe, apaññatte vā aggaññe, yassatthāya bhagavatā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā'ti. 'Iti kira, sunakkhatta, paññatte vā aggaññe, apaññatte vā aggaññe, yassatthāya mayā dhammo desito, so niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāya. Tatra, sunakkhatta, kiṁ aggaññaṁ paññattaṁ karissati? Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṁ aparaddhaṁ.
8Anekapariyāyena kho te, sunakkhatta, mama vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme—itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, anekapariyāyena mama vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme.
9Anekapariyāyena kho te, sunakkhatta, dhammassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme – svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhīti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, anekapariyāyena dhammassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme.
10Anekapariyāyena kho te, sunakkhatta, saṅghassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme – suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, ujuppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, ñāyappaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, sāmīcippaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, yadidaṁ cattāri purisayugāni aṭṭha purisapuggalā, esa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassāti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, anekapariyāyena saṅghassa vaṇṇo bhāsito vajjigāme.
11Ārocayāmi kho te, sunakkhatta, paṭivedayāmi kho te, sunakkhatta. Bhavissanti kho te, sunakkhatta, vattāro, no visahi sunakkhatto licchaviputto samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṁ carituṁ, so avisahanto sikkhaṁ paccakkhāya hīnāyāvattoti. Iti kho te, sunakkhatta, bhavissanti vattāro'ti.
12Evaṁ kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto mayā vuccamāno apakkameva imasmā dhammavinayā, yathā taṁ āpāyiko nerayiko.
2. Korakkhattiyavatthu
13Ekamidāhaṁ, bhaggava, samayaṁ thūlūsu viharāmi uttarakā nāma thūlūnaṁ nigamo. Atha khvāhaṁ, bhaggava, pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sunakkhattena licchaviputtena pacchāsamaṇena uttarakaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisiṁ. Tena kho pana samayena acelo korakkhattiyo kukkuravatiko catukkuṇḍiko chamānikiṇṇaṁ bhakkhasaṁ mukheneva khādati, mukheneva bhuñjati. Addasā kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ kukkuravatikaṁ catukkuṇḍikaṁ chamānikiṇṇaṁ bhakkhasaṁ mukheneva khādantaṁ mukheneva bhuñjantaṁ. Disvānassa etadahosi: 'sādhurūpo vata bho ayaṁ samaṇo catukkuṇḍiko chamānikiṇṇaṁ bhakkhasaṁ mukheneva khādati, mukheneva bhuñjatī'ti.
14Atha khvāhaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattassa licchaviputtassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'tvampi nāma,moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī'ti. 'Kiṁ pana maṁ, bhante, bhagavā evamāha: "tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī"'ti? 'Nanu te, sunakkhatta, imaṁ acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ kukkuravatikaṁ catukkuṇḍikaṁ chamānikiṇṇaṁ bhakkhasaṁ mukheneva khādantaṁ mukheneva bhuñjantaṁ disvāna etadahosi—sādhurūpo vata bho ayaṁ samaṇo catukkuṇḍiko chamānikiṇṇaṁ bhakkhasaṁ mukheneva khādati, mukheneva bhuñjatī'ti? 'Evaṁ, bhante. Kiṁ pana, bhante, bhagavā arahattassa maccharāyatī'ti?
15'Na kho ahaṁ, moghapurisa, arahattassa maccharāyāmi. Api ca tuyhevetaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ, taṁ pajaha. Mā te ahosi dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya. Yaṁ kho panetaṁ, sunakkhatta, maññasi acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ—sādhurūpo ayaṁ samaṇoti. So sattamaṁ divasaṁ alasakena kālaṁ karissati. Kālaṅkato cakālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatra upapajjissati. Kālaṅkatañca naṁ bīraṇatthambake susāne chaḍḍessanti. Ākaṅkhamāno ca tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ upasaṅkamitvā puccheyyāsi—jānāsi, āvuso korakkhattiya, attano gatinti? Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, sunakkhatta, vijjati yaṁ te acelo korakkhattiyo byākarissati—jānāmi, āvuso sunakkhatta, attano gatiṁ; kālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatrāmhi upapanno'ti.
16Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yena acelo korakkhattiyo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ etadavoca: 'byākato khosi, āvuso korakkhattiya, samaṇena gotamena—acelo korakkhattiyo sattamaṁ divasaṁ alasakena kālaṁ karissati. Kālaṅkato ca kālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatra upapajjissati. Kālaṅkatañca naṁ bīraṇatthambake susāne chaḍḍessantīti. Yena tvaṁ, āvuso korakkhattiya, mattaṁ mattañca bhattaṁ bhuñjeyyāsi, mattaṁ mattañca pānīyaṁ piveyyāsi. Yathā samaṇassa gotamassa micchā assa vacanan'ti.
17Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto ekadvīhikāya sattarattindivāni gaṇesi, yathā taṁ tathāgatassa asaddahamāno. Atha kho, bhaggava, acelo korakkhattiyo sattamaṁ divasaṁ alasakena kālamakāsi. Kālaṅkato ca kālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatra upapajji. Kālaṅkatañca naṁ bīraṇatthambake susāne chaḍḍesuṁ.
18Assosi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto: 'acelo kira korakkhattiyo alasakena kālaṅkato bīraṇatthambake susāne chaḍḍito'ti. Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yena bīraṇatthambakaṁ susānaṁ, yena acelo korakkhattiyo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ tikkhattuṁ pāṇinā ākoṭesi: 'jānāsi, āvuso korakkhattiya, attano gatin'ti? Atha kho, bhaggava, acelo korakkhattiyo pāṇinā piṭṭhiṁ paripuñchanto vuṭṭhāsi. 'Jānāmi, āvuso sunakkhatta, attano gatiṁ. Kālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatrāmhi upapanno'ti vatvā tattheva uttāno papati.
19Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, yatheva te ahaṁ acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ ārabbha byākāsiṁ, tatheva taṁ vipākaṁ, aññathā vā'ti? 'Yatheva me, bhante, bhagavā acelaṁ korakkhattiyaṁ ārabbha byākāsi, tatheva taṁ vipākaṁ, no aññathā'ti. 'Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, yadi evaṁ sante kataṁ vā hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ, akataṁ vā'ti? 'Addhā kho, bhante, evaṁ sante kataṁ hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ, no akatan'ti. 'Evampi kho maṁ tvaṁ, moghapurisa, uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karontaṁ evaṁ vadesi—na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karotīti. Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṁ aparaddhan'ti. Evampi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto mayā vuccamāno apakkameva imasmā dhammavinayā, yathā taṁ āpāyiko nerayiko.
3. Acelakaḷāramaṭṭakavatthu
20Ekamidāhaṁ, bhaggava, samayaṁ vesāliyaṁ viharāmi mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ. Tena kho pana samayena acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako vesāliyaṁ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme. Tassa sattavatapadāni samattāni samādinnāni honti: 'yāvajīvaṁ acelako assaṁ, na vatthaṁ paridaheyyaṁ, yāvajīvaṁ brahmacārī assaṁ, na methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭiseveyyaṁ, yāvajīvaṁ surāmaṁseneva yāpeyyaṁ, na odanakummāsaṁ bhuñjeyyaṁ. Puratthimena vesāliṁ udenaṁ nāma cetiyaṁ, taṁ nātikkameyyaṁ, dakkhiṇena vesāliṁ gotamakaṁ nāma cetiyaṁ, taṁ nātikkameyyaṁ, pacchimena vesāliṁ sattambaṁ nāma cetiyaṁ, taṁ nātikkameyyaṁ, uttarena vesāliṁbahuputtaṁ nāma cetiyaṁ taṁ nātikkameyyan'ti. So imesaṁ sattannaṁ vatapadānaṁ samādānahetu lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme.
21Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yena acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā acelaṁ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṁ pañhaṁ apucchi. Tassa acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako pañhaṁ puṭṭho na sampāyāsi. Asampāyanto kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātvākāsi. Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhattassa licchaviputtassa etadahosi: 'sādhurūpaṁ vata bho arahantaṁ samaṇaṁ āsādimhase. Mā vata no ahosi dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāyā'ti.
22Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī'ti. 'Kiṁ pana maṁ, bhante, bhagavā evamāha – tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī'ti? 'Nanu tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, acelaṁ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṁ upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṁ apucchi. Tassa te acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako pañhaṁ puṭṭho na sampāyāsi. Asampāyanto kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātvākāsi. Tassa te etadahosi: "sādhurūpaṁ vata bho arahantaṁ samaṇaṁ āsādimhase. Mā vata no ahosi dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāyā"'ti. 'Evaṁ, bhante. Kiṁ pana, bhante, bhagavā arahattassa maccharāyatī'ti?
23'Na kho ahaṁ, moghapurisa, arahattassa maccharāyāmi, api ca tuyhevetaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ, taṁ pajaha. Mā te ahosi dīgharattaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya. Yaṁ kho panetaṁ, sunakkhatta, maññasi acelaṁ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṁ—sādhurūpo ayaṁ samaṇoti, so nacirasseva parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṁ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālaṁ karissatī'ti.
24Atha kho, bhaggava, acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako nacirasseva parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṁ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālamakāsi.
25Assosi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto: 'acelo kira kaḷāramaṭṭako parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṁ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālaṅkato'ti. Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, yatheva te ahaṁ acelaṁ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṁ ārabbha byākāsiṁ, tatheva taṁ vipākaṁ, aññathā vā'ti? 'Yatheva me, bhante, bhagavā acelaṁ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṁ ārabbha byākāsi, tatheva taṁ vipākaṁ, no aññathā'ti. 'Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, yadi evaṁ sante kataṁ vā hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ akataṁ vā'ti? 'Addhā kho, bhante, evaṁ sante kataṁ hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ, no akatan'ti. 'Evampi kho maṁ tvaṁ, moghapurisa, uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karontaṁ evaṁ vadesi: "na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karotī"ti. Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṁ aparaddhan'ti. Evampi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto mayā vuccamāno apakkameva imasmā dhammavinayā, yathā taṁ āpāyiko nerayiko.
4. Acelapāthikaputtavatthu
26Ekamidāhaṁ, bhaggava, samayaṁ tattheva vesāliyaṁ viharāmi mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ. Tena kho pana samayena acelo pāthikaputto vesāliyaṁ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme. So vesāliyaṁ parisati evaṁ vācaṁ bhāsati: 'samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo, ahampi ñāṇavādo. Ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ dassetuṁ. Samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṁ āgaccheyya, ahampi upaḍḍhapathaṁ gaccheyyaṁ. Te tattha ubhopi uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ kareyyāma. Ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, dvāhaṁ karissāmi. Dve ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, cattārāhaṁ karissāmi. Cattāri ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, aṭṭhāhaṁ karissāmi. Iti yāvatakaṁ yāvatakaṁ samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmī'ti.
27Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto maṁ etadavoca: 'acelo, bhante, pāthikaputto vesāliyaṁ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme. So vesāliyaṁ parisati evaṁ vācaṁ bhāsati: "samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo, ahampi ñāṇavādo. Ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ dassetuṁ. Samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṁ āgaccheyya, ahampi upaḍḍhapathaṁ gaccheyyaṁ. Te tattha ubhopi uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ kareyyāma. Ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, dvāhaṁ karissāmi. Dve ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, cattārāhaṁ karissāmi. Cattāri ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, aṭṭhāhaṁ karissāmi. Iti yāvatakaṁ yāvatakaṁ samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmī"'ti.
28Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'abhabbo kho, sunakkhatta, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa – ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyā'ti.
29'Rakkhatetaṁ, bhante, bhagavā vācaṁ, rakkhatetaṁ sugato vācan'ti. 'Kiṁ pana maṁ tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, evaṁ vadesi—rakkhatetaṁ, bhante, bhagavā vācaṁ, rakkhatetaṁ sugato vācan'ti? 'Bhagavatā cassa, bhante, esā vācā ekaṁsenaodhāritā —abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa – ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. Acelo ca, bhante, pāthikaputto virūparūpena bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgaccheyya, tadassa bhagavato musā'ti.
30'Api nu, sunakkhatta, tathāgato taṁ vācaṁ bhāseyya yā sā vācā dvayagāminī'ti? 'Kiṁ pana, bhante, bhagavatā acelo pāthikaputto cetasā ceto paricca vidito – abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti?
31Udāhu, devatā bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ—abhabbo, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyā'ti?
32'Cetasā ceto paricca vidito ceva me, sunakkhatta, acelo pāthikaputto—abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
33Devatāpi me etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ—abhabbo, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
34Ajitopi nāma licchavīnaṁ senāpati adhunā kālaṅkato tāvatiṁsakāyaṁ upapanno. Sopi maṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamārocesi—alajjī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto; musāvādī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto. Mampi, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto byākāsi vajjigāme—ajito licchavīnaṁ senāpati mahānirayaṁ upapannoti.
35Na kho panāhaṁ, bhante, mahānirayaṁ upapanno; tāvatiṁsakāyamhi upapanno. Alajjī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto; musāvādī, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto; abhabbo ca, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
36Iti kho, sunakkhatta, cetasā ceto paricca vidito ceva me acelo pāthikaputto abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. Devatāpi me etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ—abhabbo, bhante, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti.
37So kho panāhaṁ, sunakkhatta, vesāliyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena acelassa pāthikaputtassa ārāmo tenupasaṅkamissāmi divāvihārāya. Yassadāni tvaṁ, sunakkhatta, icchasi, tassa ārocehī'ti.
5. Iddhipāṭihāriyakathā
38Atha khvāhaṁ, bhaggava, pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya vesāliṁ piṇḍāya pāvisiṁ. Vesāliyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena acelassa pāthikaputtassa ārāmo tenupasaṅkamiṁ divāvihārāya. Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto taramānarūpo vesāliṁ pavisitvā yena abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā abhiññāte abhiññāte licchavī etadavoca: 'esāvuso, bhagavā vesāliyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena acelassa pāthikaputtassa ārāmo tenupasaṅkami divāvihārāya. Abhikkamathāyasmanto abhikkamathāyasmanto, sādhurūpānaṁ samaṇānaṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ bhavissatī'ti. Atha kho, bhaggava, abhiññātānaṁ abhiññātānaṁ licchavīnaṁ etadahosi: 'sādhurūpānaṁ kira, bho, samaṇānaṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ bhavissati; handa vata, bho, gacchāmā'ti.
39Yena ca abhiññātā abhiññātā brāhmaṇamahāsālā gahapatinecayikā nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā tenupasaṅkami. Upasaṅkamitvā abhiññāte abhiññāte nānātitthiye samaṇabrāhmaṇe etadavoca: 'esāvuso, bhagavā vesāliyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena acelassa pāthikaputtassa ārāmo tenupasaṅkami divāvihārāya. Abhikkamathāyasmanto abhikkamathāyasmanto, sādhurūpānaṁ samaṇānaṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ bhavissatī'ti. Atha kho, bhaggava, abhiññātānaṁ abhiññātānaṁ nānātitthiyānaṁ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ etadahosi: 'sādhurūpānaṁ kira, bho, samaṇānaṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ bhavissati; handa vata, bho, gacchāmā'ti.
40Atha kho, bhaggava, abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī, abhiññātā abhiññātā ca brāhmaṇamahāsālā gahapatinecayikā nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā yena acelassa pāthikaputtassa ārāmo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu. Sā esā, bhaggava, parisā mahā hoti anekasatā anekasahassā.
41Assosi kho, bhaggava, acelo pāthikaputto: 'abhikkantā kira abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā ca brāhmaṇamahāsālā gahapatinecayikā nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā. Samaṇopi gotamo mayhaṁ ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno'ti. Sutvānassa bhayaṁ chambhitattaṁ lomahaṁso udapādi. Atha kho, bhaggava, acelo pāthikaputto bhīto saṁviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto yena tindukakhāṇuparibbājakārāmo tenupasaṅkami.
42Assosi kho, bhaggava, sā parisā: 'acelo kira pāthikaputto bhīto saṁviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto yena tindukakhāṇuparibbājakārāmo tenupasaṅkanto'ti. Atha kho, bhaggava, sā parisā aññataraṁ purisaṁ āmantesi:
43'Ehi tvaṁ, bho purisa, yena tindukakhāṇuparibbājakārāmo, yena acelo pāthikaputto tenupasaṅkama. Upasaṅkamitvā acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ evaṁ vadehi: "abhikkamāvuso, pāthikaputta, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā ca brāhmaṇamahāsālā gahapatinecayikā nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā, samaṇopi gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno; bhāsitā kho pana te esā, āvuso pāthikaputta, vesāliyaṁ parisati vācā samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo, ahampi ñāṇavādo. Ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ dassetuṁ. Samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṁ āgaccheyya ahampi upaḍḍhapathaṁ gaccheyyaṁ. Te tattha ubhopi uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ kareyyāma. Ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, dvāhaṁ karissāmi. Dve ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, cattārāhaṁ karissāmi. Cattāri ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, aṭṭhāhaṁ karissāmi. Iti yāvatakaṁ yāvatakaṁ samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati, taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmī"ti abhikkamasseva kho; āvuso pāthikaputta, upaḍḍhapathaṁ. Sabbapaṭhamaṁyeva āgantvā samaṇo gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno'ti.
44Evaṁ, bhoti kho, bhaggava, so puriso tassā parisāya paṭissutvā yena tindukakhāṇuparibbājakārāmo, yena acelo pāthikaputto tenupasaṅkami. Upasaṅkamitvā acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ etadavoca: 'abhikkamāvuso pāthikaputta, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā ca brāhmaṇamahāsālā gahapatinecayikā nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā. Samaṇopi gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno. Bhāsitā kho pana te esā, āvuso pāthikaputta, vesāliyaṁ parisati vācā—samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo; ahampi ñāṇavādo. Ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ dassetuṁ … pe … taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmīti. Abhikkamasseva kho, āvuso pāthikaputta, upaḍḍhapathaṁ. Sabbapaṭhamaṁyeva āgantvā samaṇo gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno'ti.
45Evaṁ vutte, bhaggava, acelo pāthikaputto 'āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvuso'ti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātuṁ. Atha kho so, bhaggava, puriso acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ etadavoca: 'kiṁ su nāma te, āvuso pāthikaputta, pāvaḷā su nāma te pīṭhakasmiṁ allīnā, pīṭhakaṁ su nāma te pāvaḷāsu allīnaṁ? Āyāmi āvuso, āyāmi āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappasi, na sakkosi āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti. Evampi kho, bhaggava, vuccamāno acelo pāthikaputto 'āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvuso'ti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātuṁ.
46Yadā kho so, bhaggava, puriso aññāsi: 'parābhūtarūpo ayaṁ acelo pāthikaputto. Āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti. Atha taṁ parisaṁ āgantvā evamārocesi: 'parābhūtarūpo, bho, acelo pāthikaputto. Āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti. Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhaggava, taṁ parisaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'abhabbo kho, āvuso, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyā'ti.
Paṭhamabhāṇavāro niṭṭhito.
47Atha kho, bhaggava, aññataro licchavimahāmatto uṭṭhāyāsanā taṁ parisaṁ etadavoca: 'tena hi, bho, muhuttaṁ tāva āgametha, yāvāhaṁ gacchāmi. Appeva nāma ahampi sakkuṇeyyaṁ acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ imaṁ parisaṁ ānetun'ti.
48Atha kho so, bhaggava, licchavimahāmatto yena tindukakhāṇuparibbājakārāmo, yena acelo pāthikaputto tenupasaṅkami. Upasaṅkamitvā acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ etadavoca: 'abhikkamāvuso pāthikaputta, abhikkantaṁ te seyyo, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā ca brāhmaṇamahāsālā gahapatinecayikā nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā. Samaṇopi gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno. Bhāsitā kho pana te esā, āvuso pāthikaputta, vesāliyaṁ parisati vācā—samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo … pe … taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmīti. Abhikkamasseva kho, āvuso pāthikaputta, upaḍḍhapathaṁ. Sabbapaṭhamaṁyeva āgantvā samaṇo gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno. Bhāsitā kho panesā, āvuso pāthikaputta, samaṇena gotamena parisati vācā—abhabbo kho acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. Abhikkamāvuso pāthikaputta, abhikkamaneneva te jayaṁ karissāma, samaṇassa gotamassa parājayan'ti.
49Evaṁ vutte, bhaggava, acelo pāthikaputto 'āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvuso'ti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātuṁ. Atha kho so, bhaggava, licchavimahāmatto acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ etadavoca: 'kiṁ su nāma te, āvuso pāthikaputta, pāvaḷā su nāma te pīṭhakasmiṁ allīnā, pīṭhakaṁ su nāma te pāvaḷāsu allīnaṁ? Āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappasi, na sakkosi āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti. Evampi kho, bhaggava, vuccamāno acelo pāthikaputto 'āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvuso'ti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātuṁ.
50Yadā kho so, bhaggava, licchavimahāmatto aññāsi: 'parābhūtarūpo ayaṁ acelo pāthikaputto āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti. Atha taṁ parisaṁ āgantvā evamārocesi: 'parābhūtarūpo, bho, acelo pāthikaputto āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti. Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhaggava, taṁ parisaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'abhabbo kho, āvuso, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyya. Sace pāyasmantānaṁ licchavīnaṁ evamassa—mayaṁ acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ varattāhi bandhitvā goyugehi āviñcheyyāmāti, tā varattā chijjeyyuṁ pāthikaputto vā. Abhabbo pana acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyā'ti.
51Atha kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī uṭṭhāyāsanā taṁ parisaṁ etadavoca: 'tena hi, bho, muhuttaṁ tāva āgametha, yāvāhaṁ gacchāmi; appeva nāma ahampi sakkuṇeyyaṁ acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ imaṁ parisaṁ ānetun'ti.
52Atha kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī yena tindukakhāṇuparibbājakārāmo, yena acelo pāthikaputto tenupasaṅkami. Upasaṅkamitvā acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ etadavoca: 'abhikkamāvuso pāthikaputta, abhikkantaṁ te seyyo. Abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā licchavī, abhikkantā abhiññātā abhiññātā ca brāhmaṇamahāsālā gahapatinecayikā nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā. Samaṇopi gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno. Bhāsitā kho pana te esā, āvuso pāthikaputta, vesāliyaṁ parisati vācā—samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo … pe … taddiguṇaṁ taddiguṇāhaṁ karissāmīti. Abhikkamasseva, kho āvuso pāthikaputta, upaḍḍhapathaṁ. Sabbapaṭhamaṁyeva āgantvā samaṇo gotamo āyasmato ārāme divāvihāraṁ nisinno. Bhāsitā kho panesā, āvuso pāthikaputta, samaṇena gotamena parisati vācā—abhabbo acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyya. Sace pāyasmantānaṁ licchavīnaṁ evamassa—mayaṁ acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ varattāhi bandhitvā goyugehi āviñcheyyāmāti. Tā varattā chijjeyyuṁ pāthikaputto vā. Abhabbo pana acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ āgaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyāti. Abhikkamāvuso pāthikaputta, abhikkamaneneva te jayaṁ karissāma, samaṇassa gotamassa parājayan'ti.
53Evaṁ vutte, bhaggava, acelo pāthikaputto 'āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvuso'ti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātuṁ. Atha kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ etadavoca: 'kiṁ su nāma te, āvuso pāthikaputta, pāvaḷā su nāma te pīṭhakasmiṁ allīnā, pīṭhakaṁ su nāma te pāvaḷāsu allīnaṁ? Āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappasi, na sakkosi āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti. Evampi kho, bhaggava, vuccamāno acelo pāthikaputto 'āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvuso'ti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātunti.
54Yadā kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī aññāsi: 'parābhūtarūpo ayaṁ acelo pāthikaputto āyāmi, āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti, atha naṁ etadavoca –
55Bhūtapubbaṁ, āvuso pāthikaputta, sīhassa migarañño etadahosi: 'yannūnāhaṁ aññataraṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ nissāya āsayaṁ kappeyyaṁ. Tatrāsayaṁ kappetvā sāyanhasamayaṁ āsayā nikkhameyyaṁ, āsayā nikkhamitvā vijambheyyaṁ, vijambhitvā samantā catuddisā anuvilokeyyaṁ, samantā catuddisā anuviloketvā tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ nadeyyaṁ, tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ naditvā gocarāya pakkameyyaṁ. So varaṁ varaṁ migasaṅghe vadhitvā mudumaṁsāni mudumaṁsāni bhakkhayitvā tameva āsayaṁ ajjhupeyyan'ti.
56Atha kho, āvuso, so sīho migarājā aññataraṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ nissāya āsayaṁ kappesi. Tatrāsayaṁ kappetvā sāyanhasamayaṁ āsayā nikkhami, āsayā nikkhamitvā vijambhi, vijambhitvā samantā catuddisā anuvilokesi, samantā catuddisā anuviloketvā tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ nadi, tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ naditvā gocarāya pakkāmi. So varaṁ varaṁ migasaṅghe vadhitvā mudumaṁsāni mudumaṁsāni bhakkhayitvā tameva āsayaṁ ajjhupesi.
57Tasseva kho, āvuso pāthikaputta, sīhassa migarañño vighāsasaṁvaḍḍho jarasiṅgālo ditto ceva balavā ca. Atha kho, āvuso, tassa jarasiṅgālassa etadahosi: 'ko cāhaṁ, ko sīho migarājā. Yannūnāhampi aññataraṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ nissāya āsayaṁ kappeyyaṁ. Tatrāsayaṁ kappetvā sāyanhasamayaṁ āsayā nikkhameyyaṁ, āsayā nikkhamitvā vijambheyyaṁ, vijambhitvā samantā catuddisā anuvilokeyyaṁ, samantā catuddisā anuviloketvā tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ nadeyyaṁ, tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ naditvā gocarāya pakkameyyaṁ. So varaṁ varaṁ migasaṅghe vadhitvā mudumaṁsāni mudumaṁsāni bhakkhayitvā tameva āsayaṁ ajjhupeyyan'ti.
58Atha kho so, āvuso, jarasiṅgālo aññataraṁ vanasaṇḍaṁ nissāya āsayaṁ kappesi. Tatrāsayaṁ kappetvā sāyanhasamayaṁ āsayā nikkhami, āsayā nikkhamitvā vijambhi, vijambhitvā samantā catuddisā anuvilokesi, samantā catuddisā anuviloketvā tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ nadissāmīti siṅgālakaṁyeva anadi bheraṇḍakaṁyeva anadi, ke ca chave siṅgāle, ke pana sīhanādeti.
59Evameva kho tvaṁ, āvuso pāthikaputta, sugatāpadānesu jīvamāno sugatātirittāni bhuñjamāno tathāgate arahante sammāsambuddhe āsādetabbaṁ maññasi. Ke ca chave pāthikaputte, kā ca tathāgatānaṁ arahantānaṁ sammāsambuddhānaṁ āsādanāti.
60Yato kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī iminā opammena neva asakkhi acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ tamhā āsanā cāvetuṁ. Atha naṁ etadavoca:
61'Sīhoti attānaṁ samekkhiyāna,
Amaññi kotthu migarājāhamasmi;
Tatheva so siṅgālakaṁ anadi,
Ke ca chave siṅgāle ke pana sīhanādeti.
62Evameva kho tvaṁ, āvuso pāthikaputta, sugatāpadānesu jīvamāno sugatātirittāni bhuñjamāno tathāgate arahante sammāsambuddhe āsādetabbaṁ maññasi. Ke ca chave pāthikaputte, kā ca tathāgatānaṁ arahantānaṁ sammāsambuddhānaṁ āsādanā'ti.
63Yato kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī imināpi opammena neva asakkhi acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ tamhā āsanā cāvetuṁ. Atha naṁ etadavoca:
64'Aññaṁ anucaṅkamanaṁ,
Attānaṁ vighāse samekkhiya;
Yāva attānaṁ na passati,
Kotthu tāva byagghoti maññati.
65Tatheva so siṅgālakaṁ anadi,
Ke ca chave siṅgāle ke pana sīhanādeti.
66Evameva kho tvaṁ, āvuso pāthikaputta, sugatāpadānesu jīvamāno sugatātirittāni bhuñjamāno tathāgate arahante sammāsambuddhe āsādetabbaṁ maññasi. Ke ca chave pāthikaputte, kā ca tathāgatānaṁ arahantānaṁ sammāsambuddhānaṁ āsādanā'ti.
67Yato kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī imināpi opammena neva asakkhi acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ tamhā āsanā cāvetuṁ. Atha naṁ etadavoca:
68'Bhutvānabheke khalamūsikāyo,
Kaṭasīsu khittāni cakoṇapāni;
Mahāvane suññavane vivaḍḍho,
Amaññi kotthu migarājāhamasmi;
Tatheva so siṅgālakaṁ anadi,
Ke ca chave siṅgāle ke pana sīhanādeti.
69Evameva kho tvaṁ, āvuso pāthikaputta, sugatāpadānesu jīvamāno sugatātirittāni bhuñjamāno tathāgate arahante sammāsambuddhe āsādetabbaṁ maññasi. Ke ca chave pāthikaputte, kā ca tathāgatānaṁ arahantānaṁ sammāsambuddhānaṁ āsādanā'ti.
70Yato kho, bhaggava, jāliyo dārupattikantevāsī imināpi opammena neva asakkhi acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ tamhā āsanā cāvetuṁ. Atha taṁ parisaṁ āgantvā evamārocesi: 'parābhūtarūpo, bho, acelo pāthikaputto āyāmi āvuso, āyāmi, āvusoti vatvā tattheva saṁsappati, na sakkoti āsanāpi vuṭṭhātun'ti.
71Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhaggava, taṁ parisaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'abhabbo kho, āvuso, acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyya. Sacepāyasmantānaṁ licchavīnaṁ evamassa—mayaṁ acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ varattāhi bandhitvā nāgehi āviñcheyyāmāti. Tā varattā chijjeyyuṁ pāthikaputto vā. Abhabbo pana acelo pāthikaputto taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā mama sammukhībhāvaṁ āgantuṁ. Sacepissa evamassa—ahaṁ taṁ vācaṁ appahāya taṁ cittaṁ appahāya taṁ diṭṭhiṁ appaṭinissajjitvā samaṇassa gotamassa sammukhībhāvaṁ gaccheyyanti, muddhāpi tassa vipateyyā'ti.
72Atha khvāhaṁ, bhaggava, taṁ parisaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandassesiṁ samādapesiṁ samuttejesiṁ sampahaṁsesiṁ, taṁ parisaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṁsetvā mahābandhanā mokkhaṁ karitvā caturāsītipāṇasahassāni mahāviduggā uddharitvā tejodhātuṁ samāpajjitvā sattatālaṁ vehāsaṁ abbhuggantvā aññaṁ sattatālampi acciṁ abhinimminitvā pajjalitvā dhūmāyitvā mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ paccuṭṭhāsiṁ.
73Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṁ licchaviputtaṁ etadavocaṁ: 'taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, yatheva te ahaṁ acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ ārabbha byākāsiṁ, tatheva taṁ vipākaṁ aññathā vā'ti? 'Yatheva me, bhante, bhagavā acelaṁ pāthikaputtaṁ ārabbha byākāsi, tatheva taṁ vipākaṁ, no aññathā'ti.
74'Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sunakkhatta, yadi evaṁ sante kataṁ vā hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ, akataṁ vā'ti? 'Addhā kho, bhante, evaṁ sante kataṁ hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ, no akatan'ti. 'Evampi kho maṁ tvaṁ, moghapurisa, uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karontaṁ evaṁ vadesi – na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karotīti. Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṁ aparaddhan'ti.
75Evampi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto mayā vuccamāno apakkameva imasmā dhammavinayā, yathā taṁ āpāyiko nerayiko.
6. Aggaññapaññattikathā
76Aggaññañcāhaṁ, bhaggava, pajānāmi. Tañca pajānāmi, tato ca uttaritaraṁ pajānāmi, tañca pajānaṁ na parāmasāmi, aparāmasato ca me paccattaññeva nibbuti viditā, yadabhijānaṁ tathāgato no anayaṁ āpajjati.
77Santi, bhaggava, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā issarakuttaṁ brahmakuttaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapenti. Tyāhaṁ upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadāmi: 'saccaṁ kira tumhe āyasmanto issarakuttaṁ brahmakuttaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te ca me evaṁ puṭṭhā, 'āmo'ti paṭijānanti. Tyāhaṁ evaṁ vadāmi: 'kathaṁvihitakaṁ pana tumhe āyasmanto issarakuttaṁ brahmakuttaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaññeva paṭipucchanti. Tesāhaṁ puṭṭho byākaromi:
78'Hoti kho so, āvuso, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṁ loko saṁvaṭṭati. Saṁvaṭṭamāne loke yebhuyyena sattā ābhassarasaṁvattanikā honti. Te tattha honti manomayā pītibhakkhā sayaṁpabhā antalikkhacarā subhaṭṭhāyino ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ tiṭṭhanti.
79Hoti kho so, āvuso, samayo yaṁ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṁ loko vivaṭṭati. Vivaṭṭamāne loke suññaṁ brahmavimānaṁ pātubhavati. Atha kho aññataro satto āyukkhayā vā puññakkhayā vā ābhassarakāyā cavitvā suññaṁ brahmavimānaṁ upapajjati. So tattha hoti manomayo pītibhakkho sayampabho antalikkhacaro subhaṭṭhāyī, ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ tiṭṭhati.
80Tassa tattha ekakassa dīgharattaṁ nivusitattā anabhirati paritassanā uppajjati—aho vata aññepi sattā itthattaṁ āgaccheyyunti. Atha aññepi sattā āyukkhayā vā puññakkhayā vā ābhassarakāyā cavitvā suññaṁ brahmavimānaṁ upapajjanti tassa sattassa sahabyataṁ. Tepi tattha honti manomayā pītibhakkhā sayaṁpabhā antalikkhacarā subhaṭṭhāyino, ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ tiṭṭhanti.
81Tatrāvuso, yo so satto paṭhamaṁ upapanno, tassa evaṁ hoti—ahamasmi brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātāseṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṁ, mayā ime sattā nimmitā. Taṁ kissa hetu? Mamañhi pubbe etadahosi—aho vata aññepi sattā itthattaṁ āgaccheyyunti; iti mama ca manopaṇidhi. Ime ca sattā itthattaṁ āgatāti.
82Yepi te sattā pacchā upapannā, tesampi evaṁ hoti—ayaṁ kho bhavaṁ brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṁ; iminā mayaṁ bhotā brahmunā nimmitā. Taṁ kissa hetu? Imañhi mayaṁ addasāma idha paṭhamaṁ upapannaṁ; mayaṁ panāmha pacchā upapannāti.
83Tatrāvuso, yo so satto paṭhamaṁ upapanno, so dīghāyukataro ca hoti vaṇṇavantataro ca mahesakkhataro ca. Ye pana te sattā pacchā upapannā, te appāyukatarā ca honti dubbaṇṇatarā ca appesakkhatarā ca.
84Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, āvuso, vijjati, yaṁ aññataro satto tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṁ āgacchati. Itthattaṁ āgato samāno agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati. Agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito samāno ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṁ cetosamādhiṁ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte taṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati; tato paraṁ nānussarati.
85So evamāha: "yo kho so bhavaṁ brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṁ, yena mayaṁ bhotā brahmunā nimmitā. So nicco dhuvo sassato avipariṇāmadhammo sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassati. Ye pana mayaṁ ahumhā tena bhotā brahmunā nimmitā, te mayaṁ aniccā addhuvā appāyukā cavanadhammā itthattaṁ āgatā"ti. Evaṁvihitakaṁ no tumhe āyasmanto issarakuttaṁ brahmakuttaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti. Te evamāhaṁsu: 'evaṁ kho no, āvuso gotama, sutaṁ, yathevāyasmā gotamo āhā'ti.
86Aggaññañcāhaṁ, bhaggava, pajānāmi. Tañca pajānāmi, tato ca uttaritaraṁ pajānāmi, tañca pajānaṁ na parāmasāmi, aparāmasato ca me paccattaññeva nibbuti viditā. Yadabhijānaṁ tathāgato no anayaṁ āpajjati.
87Santi, bhaggava, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā khiḍḍāpadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapenti. Tyāhaṁ upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadāmi: 'saccaṁ kira tumhe āyasmanto khiḍḍāpadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te ca me evaṁ puṭṭhā 'āmo'ti paṭijānanti. Tyāhaṁ evaṁ vadāmi: 'kathaṁvihitakaṁ pana tumhe āyasmanto khiḍḍāpadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaññeva paṭipucchanti, tesāhaṁ puṭṭho byākaromi:
88'Santāvuso, khiḍḍāpadosikā nāma devā. Te ativelaṁ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannā viharanti. Tesaṁ ativelaṁ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannānaṁ viharataṁ sati sammussati, satiyā sammosā te devā tamhā kāyā cavanti.
89Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, āvuso, vijjati, yaṁ aññataro satto tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṁ āgacchati, itthattaṁ āgato samāno agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito samāno ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṁ cetosamādhiṁ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte taṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati; tato paraṁ nānussarati.
90So evamāha: "ye kho te bhonto devā na khiḍḍāpadosikā te na ativelaṁ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannā viharanti. Tesaṁ nātivelaṁ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannānaṁ viharataṁ sati na sammussati, satiyā asammosā te devā tamhā kāyā na cavanti, niccā dhuvā sassatā avipariṇāmadhammā sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassanti. Ye pana mayaṁ ahumhā khiḍḍāpadosikā te mayaṁ ativelaṁ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannā viharimhā, tesaṁ no ativelaṁ hassakhiḍḍāratidhammasamāpannānaṁ viharataṁ sati sammussati, satiyā sammosā evaṁ mayaṁ tamhā kāyā cutā, aniccā addhuvā appāyukā cavanadhammā itthattaṁ āgatā"ti. Evaṁvihitakaṁ no tumhe āyasmanto khiḍḍāpadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti. Te evamāhaṁsu: 'evaṁ kho no, āvuso gotama, sutaṁ, yathevāyasmā gotamo āhā'ti.
91Aggaññañcāhaṁ, bhaggava, pajānāmi … pe … yadabhijānaṁ tathāgato no anayaṁ āpajjati.
92Santi, bhaggava, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā manopadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapenti. Tyāhaṁ upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadāmi: 'saccaṁ kira tumhe āyasmanto manopadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te ca me evaṁ puṭṭhā 'āmo'ti paṭijānanti. Tyāhaṁ evaṁ vadāmi: 'kathaṁvihitakaṁ pana tumhe āyasmanto manopadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaññeva paṭipucchanti. Tesāhaṁ puṭṭho byākaromi:
93'Santāvuso, manopadosikā nāma devā. Te ativelaṁ aññamaññaṁ upanijjhāyanti. Te ativelaṁ aññamaññaṁ upanijjhāyantā aññamaññamhi cittāni padūsenti. Te aññamaññaṁ paduṭṭhacittā kilantakāyā kilantacittā. Te devā tamhā kāyā cavanti.
94Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, āvuso, vijjati, yaṁ aññataro satto tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṁ āgacchati. Itthattaṁ āgato samāno agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati. Agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito samāno ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṁ cetosamādhiṁ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte taṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, tato paraṁ nānussarati.
95So evamāha: "ye kho te bhonto devā na manopadosikā te nātivelaṁ aññamaññaṁ upanijjhāyanti. Te nātivelaṁ aññamaññaṁ upanijjhāyantā aññamaññamhi cittāni nappadūsenti. Te aññamaññaṁ appaduṭṭhacittā akilantakāyā akilantacittā. Te devātamhā kāyā na cavanti, niccā dhuvā sassatā avipariṇāmadhammā sassatisamaṁ tatheva ṭhassanti. Ye pana mayaṁ ahumhā manopadosikā, te mayaṁ ativelaṁ aññamaññaṁ upanijjhāyimhā. Te mayaṁ ativelaṁ aññamaññaṁ upanijjhāyantā aññamaññamhi cittāni padūsimhā. Te mayaṁ aññamaññaṁ paduṭṭhacittā kilantakāyā kilantacittā. Evaṁ mayaṁ tamhā kāyā cutā, aniccā addhuvā appāyukā cavanadhammā itthattaṁ āgatā"ti. Evaṁvihitakaṁ no tumhe āyasmanto manopadosikaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti. Te evamāhaṁsu: 'evaṁ kho no, āvuso gotama, sutaṁ, yathevāyasmā gotamo āhā'ti.
96Aggaññañcāhaṁ, bhaggava, pajānāmi … pe … yadabhijānaṁ tathāgato no anayaṁ āpajjati.
97Santi, bhaggava, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā adhiccasamuppannaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapenti. Tyāhaṁ upasaṅkamitvā evaṁ vadāmi: 'saccaṁ kira tumhe āyasmanto adhiccasamuppannaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te ca me evaṁ puṭṭhā 'āmo'ti paṭijānanti. Tyāhaṁ evaṁ vadāmi: 'kathaṁvihitakaṁ pana tumhe āyasmanto adhiccasamuppannaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaññeva paṭipucchanti. Tesāhaṁ puṭṭho byākaromi:
98'Santāvuso, asaññasattā nāma devā. Saññuppādā ca pana te devā tamhā kāyā cavanti.
99Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, āvuso, vijjati. Yaṁ aññataro satto tamhā kāyā cavitvā itthattaṁ āgacchati. Itthattaṁ āgato samāno agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati. Agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito samāno ātappamanvāya padhānamanvāya anuyogamanvāya appamādamanvāya sammāmanasikāramanvāya tathārūpaṁ cetosamādhiṁ phusati, yathāsamāhite citte taṁ saññuppādaṁ anussarati, tato paraṁ nānussarati'.
100So evamāha: 'adhiccasamuppanno attā ca loko ca. Taṁ kissa hetu? Ahañhi pubbe nāhosiṁ, somhi etarahi ahutvā santatāya pariṇato'ti. 'Evaṁvihitakaṁ no tumhe āyasmanto adhiccasamuppannaṁ ācariyakaṁ aggaññaṁ paññapethā'ti? Te evamāhaṁsu: 'evaṁ kho no, āvuso gotama, sutaṁ yathevāyasmā gotamo āhā'ti.
101Aggaññañcāhaṁ, bhaggava, pajānāmi tañca pajānāmi, tato ca uttaritaraṁ pajānāmi, tañca pajānaṁ na parāmasāmi, aparāmasato ca me paccattaññeva nibbuti viditā. Yadabhijānaṁ tathāgato no anayaṁ āpajjati.
102Evaṁvādiṁ kho maṁ, bhaggava, evamakkhāyiṁ eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā asatā tucchā musā abhūtena abbhācikkhanti: 'viparīto samaṇo gotamo bhikkhavo ca. Samaṇo gotamo evamāha—yasmiṁ samaye subhaṁ vimokkhaṁ upasampajja viharati, sabbaṁ tasmiṁ samaye asubhantveva pajānātī'ti. Na kho panāhaṁ, bhaggava, evaṁ vadāmi: 'yasmiṁ samaye subhaṁ vimokkhaṁ upasampajja viharati, sabbaṁ tasmiṁ samaye asubhantveva pajānātī'ti. Evañca khvāhaṁ, bhaggava, vadāmi: 'yasmiṁ samaye subhaṁ vimokkhaṁ upasampajja viharati, subhantveva tasmiṁ samaye pajānātī'"ti.
103"Te ca, bhante, viparītā, ye bhagavantaṁ viparītato dahanti bhikkhavo ca. Evaṁpasanno ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavati. Pahoti me bhagavā tathā dhammaṁ desetuṁ, yathā ahaṁ subhaṁ vimokkhaṁ upasampajja vihareyyan"ti.
104"Dukkaraṁ kho etaṁ, bhaggava, tayā aññadiṭṭhikena aññakhantikena aññarucikena aññatrāyogena aññatrācariyakena subhaṁ vimokkhaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ. Iṅgha tvaṁ, bhaggava, yo ca te ayaṁ mayi pasādo, tameva tvaṁ sādhukamanurakkhā"ti. "Sace taṁ, bhante, mayā dukkaraṁ aññadiṭṭhikena aññakhantikena aññarucikena aññatrāyogena aññatrācariyakena subhaṁ vimokkhaṁ upasampajja viharituṁ.
Yo ca me ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavati pasādo, tamevāhaṁ sādhukamanurakkhissāmī"ti.
105Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamano bhaggavagotto paribbājako bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandīti.
Pāthikasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ paṭhamaṁ.