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Majjhima Nikāya 130

Devadūtasutta

Messengers of the Gods · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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hey‘ambho manpurisa, because of negligencepamādavatāya notna you did goodkalyāṇamakāsi by bodykāyena by speechvācāya by mindmanasā.
indeedTaggha youtvaṁ, heyambho manpurisa, accordinglytathā they will dokarissanti just asyathā thattaṁ negligent onepamattaṁ.
thatTaṁ indeedkho nowpana yourte thisetaṁ bad deedpāpakammaṁ notneva by mothermātarā donekataṁ notna by fatherpitarā donekataṁ notna by brotherbhātarā donekataṁ notna by sisterbhaginiyā donekataṁ notna by friends and colleaguesmittāmaccehi donekataṁ notna by relatives and kinñātisālohitehi donekataṁ notna by ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇehi donekataṁ notna by deitiesdevatāhi donekataṁ, by you alone thistayāvetaṁ bad deedpāpakammaṁ donekataṁ, you alone will experience its resulttvaññevetassa resultvipākaṁ you will experiencepaṭisaṁvedissasī’ti.

him thenTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā seconddutiyaṁ messenger of the godsdevadūtaṁ having grilledsamanuyuñjitvā having examinedsamanugāhitvā having admonishedsamanubhāsitvā thirdtatiyaṁ messenger of the godsdevadūtaṁ grillssamanuyuñjati examinessamanugāhati admonishes:samanubhāsati:
my man‘ambho manpurisa, notna youtvaṁ did you seeaddasa among human beingsmanussesu thirdtatiyaṁ messenger of the godsdevadūtaṁ appearedpātubhūtan’ti?
heSo said thus:evamāha:
I saw nothing‘nāddasaṁ, sir.bhante’ti.
him thenTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā said thus:evamāha:
my man‘ambho manpurisa, notna youtvaṁ did you seeaddasa among human beingsmanussesu a womanitthiṁ orvā a manpurisaṁ orvā sickābādhikaṁ sufferingdukkhitaṁ gravely illbāḷhagilānaṁ in their ownsake urine and fecesmuttakarīse collapsedpalipannaṁ lyingsemānaṁ by someaññehi being picked upvuṭṭhāpiyamānaṁ by othersaññehi being put down?saṁvesiyamānan’ti?
heSo said thus:evamāha:
I saw that‘addasaṁ, sir.bhante’ti.
him thenTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā said thus:evamāha:
my man‘ambho manpurisa, to youtassa youte sensibleviññussa maturesato oldmahallakassa notna did it occuretadahosi—
I tooahampi I am indeedkhomhi liable to become sickbyādhidhammo, sicknessbyādhiṁ not exemptanatīto.
I would ratherHandāhaṁ goodkalyāṇaṁ I dokaromi by bodykāyena by speechvācāya by mind?manasā’ti? heSo said thus:evamāha:
I could not‘nāsakkhissaṁ, sirbhante, I was negligentpamādassaṁ, sir.bhante’ti.
him thenTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā said thus:evamāha:

my man‘ambho manpurisa, because of negligencepamādavatāya notna you did goodkalyāṇamakāsi by bodykāyena by speechvācāya by mindmanasā.
indeedTaggha youtvaṁ, my manambho manpurisa, accordinglytathā they will dokarissanti asyathā thattaṁ negligentpamattaṁ.
thatTaṁ indeedkho nowpana yourte thisetaṁ bad deedpāpakammaṁ not indeedneva by mothermātarā donekataṁ notna by fatherpitarā donekataṁ notna by brotherbhātarā donekataṁ notna by sisterbhaginiyā donekataṁ notna by friends and colleaguesmittāmaccehi donekataṁ notna by relatives and kinñātisālohitehi donekataṁ notna by ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇehi donekataṁ notna by deitiesdevatāhi donekataṁ, by you alone indeed thistayāvetaṁ bad deedpāpakammaṁ donekataṁ, you alone indeed will experience itstvaññevetassa resultvipākaṁ you will experiencepaṭisaṁvedissasī’ti.

then himTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā thirdtatiyaṁ messenger of the godsdevadūtaṁ having questionedsamanuyuñjitvā having interrogatedsamanugāhitvā having addressedsamanubhāsitvā fourthcatutthaṁ messenger of the godsdevadūtaṁ questionssamanuyuñjati interrogatessamanugāhati addressessamanubhāsati:
my man‘ambho manpurisa, notna youtvaṁ did you seeaddasa among human beingsmanussesu fourthcatutthaṁ messenger of the godsdevadūtaṁ that appearedpātubhūtan’ti?
heSo says thusevamāha:
I saw nothing‘nāddasaṁ, sirbhante’ti.
then himTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā says thusevamāha:
my man‘ambho manpurisa, notna youtvaṁ did you seeaddasa among human beingsmanussesu rulersrājāno a banditcoraṁ a criminalāgucāriṁ having arrestedgahetvā variousvividhā punishmentskammakāraṇā subjectingkārente—
with whipskasāhipi whippingtāḷente with canesvettehipi caningtāḷente with clubsaddhadaṇḍakehipi clubbingtāḷente handshatthampi cutting offchindante feetpādampi cutting offchindante hands and feethatthapādampi cutting offchindante earskaṇṇampi cutting offchindante nosenāsampi cutting offchindante ears and nosekaṇṇanāsampi cutting offchindante the porridge potbilaṅgathālikampi performingkaronte the shell-shavesaṅkhamuṇḍikampi performingkaronte Rāhu's mouthrāhumukhampi performingkaronte the garland of firejotimālikampi performingkaronte the burning handhatthapajjotikampi performingkaronte the bulrush twisterakavattikampi performingkaronte the bark dresscīrakavāsikampi performingkaronte the antelopeeṇeyyakampi performingkaronte the meat hookbaḷisamaṁsikampi performingkaronte the coinskahāpaṇikampi performingkaronte the caustic picklekhārāpatacchikampi performingkaronte the twisting barpalighaparivattikampi performingkaronte the straw matpalālapīṭhakampi performingkaronte with hottattenapi oiltelena being splashedosiñcante by houndssunakhehipi being fed tokhādāpente alivejīvantampi on a stakesūle being impaleduttāsente with a swordasināpi headsīsaṁ being beheadedchindante’ti?

heSo said thisevamāha:
I saw‘addasaṁ, sir, end quotebhante’ti.
himTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā said thisevamāha:
my man‘ambho manpurisa, to youtassa youte sensibleviññussa beingsato maturemahallakassa notna it occurredetadahosi—
whoye it seemskira, sirbho, badpāpakāni deedskammāni dokaronti theyte in this very lifediṭṭheva in the teachingdhamme suchevarūpā variousvividhā punishmentskammakāraṇā are inflictedkarīyanti, how much morekimaṅgaṁ thenpana in the next worldparattha. well, let meHandāhaṁ goodkalyāṇaṁ I dokaromi by bodykāyena by speechvācāya by mindmanasā’ti?
heSo said thisevamāha:
I could not‘nāsakkhissaṁ, sirbhante, I was negligentpamādassaṁ, sir, end quotebhante’ti.
himTamenaṁ, monksbhikkhave, Yamayamo kingrājā said thisevamāha:
my man‘ambho manpurisa, because of negligencepamādavatāya notna you did goodkalyāṇamakāsi by bodykāyena by speechvācāya by mindmanasā.
definitelyTaggha youtvaṁ, my manambho manpurisa, thustathā they will dokarissanti just asyathā thattaṁ negligentpamattaṁ.

thatTaṁ indeedkho andpana by youte thisetaṁ bad deedpāpakammaṁ notneva by mothermātarā donekataṁ notna by fatherpitarā donekataṁ notna by brotherbhātarā donekataṁ notna by sisterbhaginiyā donekataṁ notna by friends and colleaguesmittāmaccehi donekataṁ notna by relatives and kinñātisālohitehi donekataṁ notna by ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇehi donekataṁ notna by deitiesdevatāhi donekataṁ, by you alone thistayāvetaṁ bad deedpāpakammaṁ donekataṁ, you alone of ittvaññevetassa resultvipākaṁ will experiencepaṭisaṁvedissasī’ti.

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