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Majjhima Nikāya 21

Kakacūpamasutta

The Simile of the Saw · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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not‘No indeedvata you wretchre anythingkiñci, naughtypāpi maiddāsi, later in the daydivātaraṁ you got up (quote)uṭṭhāsī’ti angrykupitā upsetanattamanā displeased wordsanattamanavācaṁ blurted outnicchāresi.
thenAtha indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, to Kāḷīkāḷiyā the maiddāsiyā this occurredetadahosi:
actually present‘santaṁyeva indeedkho myme mistressayyā withinajjhattaṁ angerkopaṁ notna showspātukaroti, notno absentasantaṁ.
just these of mineMayhamevete work dutieskammantā well-organizedsusaṁvihitā, because of whichyena myme mistressayyā actually presentsantaṁyeva withinajjhattaṁ angerkopaṁ notna showspātukaroti, notno absentasantaṁ.
why don’t IYannūnāhaṁ to a greaterbhiyyoso degreemattāya the mistressayyaṁ test (quote)vīmaṁseyyan’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, Kāḷīkāḷī the maiddāsī even later in the daydivātaraṁyeva got upuṭṭhāsi.
thenAtha indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, Vedehikāvedehikā the housewifegahapatānī to Kāḷīkāḷiṁ the maiddāsiṁ said thisetadavoca:
hey‘he wenchje Kāḷī (quote)kāḷī’ti.
what‘Kiṁ, ma’am? (quote)ayye’ti?
why‘Kiṁ, wenchje, during the daydivā did you get up? (quote)uṭṭhāsī’ti?
not‘Na indeed, ma’amkhvayye, anything (quote)kiñcī’ti.
not‘No indeedvata you wretchre anythingkiñci, naughtypāpi maiddāsi, during the daydivā you got up (quote)uṭṭhāsī’ti angrykupitā upsetanattamanā a door-pinaggaḷasūciṁ having grabbedgahetvā on the headsīse a blowpahāraṁ gaveadāsi, the headsīsaṁ cracked openvobhindi.

thenAtha indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, Kāḷīkāḷī the maiddāsī with crackedbhinnena headsīsena with bloodlohitena pouringgalantena to the neighborspaṭivissakānaṁ denouncedujjhāpesi:
see, ladies‘passathayye, of the gentle onesoratāya the deedkammaṁ;
see, ladiespassathayye, of the placid onenivātāya the deedkammaṁ, see, ladiespassathayye, of the calm oneupasantāya the deedkammaṁ.
how indeedKathañhi possiblynāma to her only maidekadāsikāya during the daydivā she got up (quote)uṭṭhāsīti angrykupitā upsetanattamanā a door-pinaggaḷasūciṁ having grabbedgahetvā on the headsīse a blowpahāraṁ will givedassati, the headsīsaṁ will crack open (quote)vobhindissatī’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, about Vedehikāvedehikāya the housewifegahapatāniyā after someaparena timesamayena suchevaṁ a badpāpako reputationkittisaddo spreadabbhuggacchi:
fierce‘caṇḍī Vedehikāvedehikā the housewifegahapatānī, ill-temperedanivātā Vedehikāvedehikā the housewifegahapatānī, not calmanupasantā Vedehikāvedehikā the housewife (quote)gahapatānī’ti.

just soEvameva indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, here someidhekacco monkbhikkhu only so longtāvadeva the gentlest of the gentlesoratasorato ishoti the most placid of the placidnivātanivāto ishoti the calmest of the calmupasantūpasanto ishoti as long asyāva notna disagreeableamanāpā courses of speechvacanapathā touch himphusanti.
whenYato butca, monksbhikkhave, a monkbhikkhuṁ disagreeableamanāpā courses of speechvacanapathā touchphusanti, thenatha the monkbhikkhu ‘gentle’ (quote)‘sorato’ti should be knownveditabbo, ‘placid’ (quote)‘nivāto’ti should be knownveditabbo, ‘calm’ (quote)‘upasanto’ti should be knownveditabbo.
not INāhaṁ thattaṁ, monksbhikkhave, monkbhikkhuṁ ‘easy to admonish’ (quote)‘suvaco’ti callvadāmi whoyo for the sake of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sickcīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārahetu easy to admonishsuvaco ishoti, amenabilitysovacassataṁ attainsāpajjati.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa reason?hetu?
for thatTañhi thatso, monksbhikkhave, monkbhikkhu robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sickcīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṁ not gettingalabhamāno notna easy to admonishsuvaco ishoti, notna amenabilitysovacassataṁ attainsāpajjati.
whoYo butca indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, a monkbhikkhu only the teachingdhammaṁyeva honoringsakkaronto, the teachingdhammaṁ in high regardgaruṁ holdingkaronto, the teachingdhammaṁ reveringmānento, the teachingdhammaṁ worshippingpūjento, the teachingdhammaṁ veneratingapacāyamāno easy to admonishsuvaco ishoti, amenabilitysovacassataṁ attainsāpajjati, him Itamahaṁ ‘easy to admonish’ (quote)‘suvaco’ti callvadāmi.
thereforeTasmātiha, monksbhikkhave, only the teaching‘dhammaṁyeva honoringsakkarontā, the teachingdhammaṁ in high regardgaruṁ holdingkarontā, the teachingdhammaṁ reveringmānentā, the teachingdhammaṁ worshippingpūjentā, the teachingdhammaṁ veneratingapacāyamānā easy to admonishsuvacā we will bebhavissāma, amenabilitysovacassataṁ we will attain (quote)āpajjissāmā’ti.

thus indeedEvañhi by youvo, monksbhikkhave, should be trainedsikkhitabbaṁ.

these fivePañcime, monksbhikkhave, courses of speechvacanapathā with whichyehi to youvo otherspare speakingvadamānā might addressvadeyyuṁ—
timelykālena orvā untimelyakālena orvā;
truebhūtena orvā falseabhūtena orvā;
gentlesaṇhena orvā harshpharusena orvā;
beneficialatthasaṁhitena orvā harmfulanatthasaṁhitena orvā;
with a heart of lovemettacittā orvā with secret hatedosantarā orvā.
timelyKālena orvā, monksbhikkhave, otherspare speakingvadamānā might addressvadeyyuṁ untimelyakālena orvā;
truebhūtena orvā, monksbhikkhave, otherspare speakingvadamānā might addressvadeyyuṁ falseabhūtena orvā;
gentlesaṇhena orvā, monksbhikkhave, otherspare speakingvadamānā might addressvadeyyuṁ harshpharusena orvā;
beneficialatthasaṁhitena orvā, monksbhikkhave, otherspare speakingvadamānā might addressvadeyyuṁ harmfulanatthasaṁhitena orvā;
with a heart of lovemettacittā orvā, monksbhikkhave, otherspare speakingvadamānā might addressvadeyyuṁ with secret hatedosantarā orvā.
even thenTatrāpi by youvo, monksbhikkhave, thusevaṁ should be trainedsikkhitabbaṁ:
not‘na andceva ourno mindcittaṁ degeneratevipariṇataṁ will becomebhavissati, notna andca badpāpikaṁ speechvācaṁ we will blurt outnicchāressāma, full of sympathyhitānukampī andca we will remainviharissāma with a heart of lovemettacittā, notna with secret hatedosantarā.

and thatTañca personpuggalaṁ imbued with lovemettāsahagatena with a heartcetasā pervadingpharitvā we will remainviharissāma, and with that as basistadārammaṇañca the entiresabbāvantaṁ worldlokaṁ imbued with lovemettāsahagatena with a mindcittena abundantvipulena expansivemahaggatena limitlessappamāṇena free of enmityaverena free of ill willabyābajjhena pervadingpharitvā we will remain (quote)viharissāmā’ti.
thus indeedEvañhi by youvo, monksbhikkhave, should be trainedsikkhitabbaṁ.

just asSeyyathāpi, monksbhikkhave, a personpuriso would come alongāgaccheyya a spade and basketkudālapiṭakaṁ carryingādāya.
heSo thusevaṁ would sayvadeyya:
I‘ahaṁ thisimaṁ great earthmahāpathaviṁ without earthapathaviṁ will make (quote)karissāmī’ti.
heSo heretatra and theretatra would digvikhaṇeyya, heretatra and theretatra would scattervikireyya, heretatra and theretatra would spitoṭṭhubheyya, heretatra and theretatra would urinateomutteyya:
without earth‘apathavī be!bhavasi, without earthapathavī be! (quote)bhavasī’ti.
thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññatha, monksbhikkhave,
couldapi reallynu thatso personpuriso thisimaṁ great earthmahāpathaviṁ without earthapathaviṁ make? (quote)kareyyā”ti?
no“No indeed thishetaṁ, venerable sirbhante”.
that“Taṁ of whatkissa reason?hetu”?
for this“Ayañhi, venerable sirbhante, great earthmahāpathavī is deepgambhīrā immeasurableappameyyā.
itSā notna easysukarā without earthapathavī to makekātuṁ;
only so faryāvadeva andca ratherpana thatso personpuriso of wearinesskilamathassa of frustrationvighātassa a partakerbhāgī would be (quote)assā”ti.

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