Dantabhūmisutta

Majjhima Nikāya 125

The Level of the Tamed · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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supposeSeyyathāpi, Aggivessanaaggivessana, of a villagegāmassa orvā of a townnigamassa orvā not·faravidūre a big mountainmahāpabbato.
thenTamenaṁ twodve friendssahāyakā from thattamhā villagegāmā orvā townnigamā orvā having set outnikkhamitvā hand·helphatthavilaṅghakena by whichyena thatso mountainpabbato they would approachtenupasaṅkameyyuṁ; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā oneeko friendsahāyako at the footheṭṭhā mountain·footpabbatapāde would standtiṭṭheyya, oneeko friendsahāyako top·mountainuparipabbataṁ would climbāroheyya.
thenTamenaṁ at the footheṭṭhā mountain·footpabbatapāde standingṭhito friendsahāyako top·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhitaṁ friendsahāyakaṁ thusevaṁ would sayvadeyya:
which‘yaṁ, my dearsamma, whatkiṁ youtvaṁ you seepassasi top·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhito’ti?
heSo thusevaṁ would sayvadeyya:
I see‘passāmi indeedkho Iahaṁ, my dearsamma, top·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhito park·delightfulārāmarāmaṇeyyakaṁ wood·delightfulvanarāmaṇeyyakaṁ meadow·delightfulbhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ delightful lotus pondspokkharaṇīrāmaṇeyyakan’ti.
heSo thusevaṁ would sayvadeyya:
impossible‘aṭṭhānaṁ indeedkho thisetaṁ, my dearsamma, not·opportunityanavakāso thatyaṁ youtvaṁ top·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhito you might seepasseyyāsi park·delightfulārāmarāmaṇeyyakaṁ wood·delightfulvanarāmaṇeyyakaṁ meadow·delightfulbhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ delightful lotus pondspokkharaṇīrāmaṇeyyakan’ti.
thenTamenaṁ top·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhito friendsahāyako lower·mountain·footheṭṭhimapabbatapādaṁ having descendedorohitvā thattaṁ friendsahāyakaṁ by the armbāhāyaṁ having takengahetvā top·mountainuparipabbataṁ having made climbāropetvā for a whilemuhuttaṁ having made catch breathassāsetvā thusevaṁ would sayvadeyya:

which‘yaṁ, dearsamma, what?kiṁ youtvaṁ you seepassasi above·mountainuparipabbate standing?'ṭhito’ti?
heSo thusevaṁ would say:vadeyya:
I see‘passāmi indeedkho Iahaṁ, dearsamma, above·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhito park·delightfulārāmarāmaṇeyyakaṁ wood·delightfulvanarāmaṇeyyakaṁ ground·delightfulbhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ delightful lotus ponds.'pokkharaṇīrāmaṇeyyakan’ti.
heSo thusevaṁ would say:vadeyya:
just now‘idāneva indeedkho by youte, dearsamma, speak + webhāsitaṁ—mayaṁ thusevaṁ to·knowājānāma—
impossibleaṭṭhānaṁ indeedkho thisetaṁ dearsamma, not·occasionanavakāso thatyaṁ youtvaṁ above·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhito you would seepasseyyāsi park·delightfulārāmarāmaṇeyyakaṁ wood·delightfulvanarāmaṇeyyakaṁ ground·delightfulbhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ delightful lotus ponds.'pokkharaṇīrāmaṇeyyakan’ti.
just nowIdāneva andca butpana by youte spokenbhāsitaṁ wemayaṁ thusevaṁ to·knowājānāma:
I see‘passāmi indeedkho Iahaṁ, dearsamma, above·mountainuparipabbate standingṭhito park·delightfulārāmarāmaṇeyyakaṁ wood·delightfulvanarāmaṇeyyakaṁ ground·delightfulbhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ delightful lotus ponds.'pokkharaṇīrāmaṇeyyakan’ti.
heSo thusevaṁ would say:vadeyya:
truly‘tathā forhi but + Ipanāhaṁ, dearsamma, by thisiminā bigmahatā mountainpabbatena obstructedāvuto what could be seendaṭṭheyyaṁ I did not see.'nāddasan’ti.

than thatAto biggermahantatarena, Aggivessanaaggivessana, by the mass of ignorance‘avijjākhandhena Jayasenajayaseno king + princerājakumāro towards·coveredāvuto down·coverednivuto engulfedophuṭo around·boundpariyonaddho.
heSo indeedvata whichyaṁ thattaṁ by renunciationnekkhammena to be knownñātabbaṁ by renunciationnekkhammena to be seendaṭṭhabbaṁ by renunciationnekkhammena to be attainedpattabbaṁ by renunciationnekkhammena to be realizedsacchikātabbaṁ thattaṁ indeedvata Jayasenajayaseno king + princerājakumāro sensual pleasure + midstkāmamajjhe dwellingvasanto sensual pleasureskāme around·enjoyparibhuñjanto sensual pleasure + thoughtkāmavitakkehi being consumedkhajjamāno sensual pleasure + feverkāmapariḷāhena around·burningpariḍayhamāno sensual pleasure + seekingkāmapariyesanāya eagerussuko will knowñassati orvā will seedakkhati orvā will realizesacchi orvā do + not + thiskarissatī’ti—netaṁ situationṭhānaṁ existsvijjati.

ifSace indeedkho to youtaṁ, Aggivessanaaggivessana, of Prince Jayasenajayasenassa king·princerājakumārassa theseimā twodve similesupamā back·shinepaṭibhāyeyyuṁ, not·wonderanacchariyaṁ to youte Jayasenajayaseno king·princerājakumāro forth·settlepasīdeyya, forth·settledpasanno andca to youte confident·actpasannākāraṁ would showkareyyā”ti.
how“Kuto butpana to memaṁ, sirbhante, of Prince Jayasenajayasenassa king·princerājakumārassa theseimā twodve similesupamā back·shinepaṭibhāyissanti not·wonderanacchariyā beforepubbe not·heard·beforeassutapubbā, just asseyyathāpi to the Buddhabhagavantan”ti?

just as“Seyyathāpi, Aggivessanaaggivessana, kingrājā aristocratickhattiyo anointedmuddhāvasitto elephant trackernāgavanikaṁ addressesāmanteti:
come‘ehi youtvaṁ, my goodsamma elephant trackernāgavanika, king'srañño elephantnāgaṁ having mountedabhiruhitvā elephant woodnāgavanaṁ having enteredpavisitvā wildāraññakaṁ elephantnāgaṁ having seenatipassitvā king'srañño elephant'snāgassa neckgīvāyaṁ tetherupanibandhāhī’ti.
yes‘Evaṁ, Your Majestydevā’ti indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, elephant trackernāgavaniko king'srañño aristocratickhattiyassa anointedmuddhāvasittassa having assentedpaṭissutvā king'srañño elephantnāgaṁ having mountedabhiruhitvā elephant woodnāgavanaṁ having enteredpavisitvā wildāraññakaṁ elephantnāgaṁ having seenatipassitvā king'srañño elephant'snāgassa neckgīvāyaṁ tethersupanibandhati.
himTamenaṁ king'srañño elephantnāgo openabbhokāsaṁ leads outnīharati.
only thenEttāvatā indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, wildāraññako elephantnāgo openabbhokāsaṁ gonegato ishoti.
here clingsEtthagedhā forhi, Aggivessanaaggivessana, wildāraññakā elephantsnāgā that isyadidaṁ—nāgavanaṁ.
himTamenaṁ elephant trackernāgavaniko king'srañño aristocratickhattiyassa anointedmuddhāvasittassa informedārocesi:
come into the open‘abbhokāsagato indeedkho, Your Majestydeva, wildāraññako elephantnāgo’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Aggivessanaaggivessana, himtamenaṁ kingrājā aristocratickhattiyo anointedmuddhāvasitto elephant trainerhatthidamakaṁ addressedāmantesi:

come‘ehi youtvaṁ, dearsamma elephant·tamerhatthidamaka, wildāraññakaṁ bull elephantnāgaṁ tamedamayāhi wild + and·justāraññakānañceva behaviorssīlānaṁ for subduingabhinimmadanāya wild + and·justāraññakānañceva memory·thoughtsarasaṅkappānaṁ for subduingabhinimmadanāya wild + and·justāraññakānañceva stress·weariness·feverdarathakilamathapariḷāhānaṁ for subduingabhinimmadanāya within a villagegāmante towards·delightingabhiramāpanāya human·pleasantmanussakantesu behaviorssīlesu for instillingsamādapanāyā’ti.
Yes,‘Evaṁ, lord·quotation markerdevā’ti indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, elephant·tamerhatthidamako of the kingrañño of the warriorkhattiyassa head·sprinkledmuddhāvasittassa back·having heardpaṭissutvā largemahantaṁ postthambhaṁ in the earthpathaviyaṁ down·having dugnikhaṇitvā of the wildāraññakassa bull elephantnāgassa on the neckgīvāyaṁ near·down·bindsupanibandhati wild + and·justāraññakānañceva behaviorssīlānaṁ for subduingabhinimmadanāya wild + and·justāraññakānañceva memory·thoughtsarasaṅkappānaṁ for subduingabhinimmadanāya wild + and·justāraññakānañceva stress·weariness·feverdarathakilamathapariḷāhānaṁ for subduingabhinimmadanāya within a villagegāmante towards·delightingabhiramāpanāya human·pleasantmanussakantesu behaviorssīlesu together·making takesamādapanāya.
himTamenaṁ elephant·tamerhatthidamako whatyā thatsā speechvācā mellownelā ear·pleasantkaṇṇasukhā endearingpemanīyā heart·goinghadayaṅgamā politeporī many·people·likablebahujanakantā many·people·agreeablebahujanamanāpā so·kindtathārūpāhi with speechvācāhi addressessamudācarati.
whenYato indeedkho, Aggivessanaaggivessana, wildāraññako bull elephantnāgo elephant·tamerhatthidamakassa whatyā thatsā speechvācā mellownelā ear·pleasantkaṇṇasukhā endearingpemanīyā heart·goinghadayaṅgamā politeporī many·people·likablebahujanakantā many·people·agreeablebahujanamanāpā so·kindtathārūpāhi with speechvācāhi together·up·being behavedsamudācariyamāno wants to listensussūsati, earsotaṁ lendsodahati, knowledgeaññā mindcittaṁ makes presentupaṭṭhāpeti;
himtamenaṁ elephant·tamerhatthidamako furtheruttari grass, fodder, and watertiṇaghāsodakaṁ rewards withanuppavecchati.

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