Mahākaccāna and One Fine Night · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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thusEvaṁ
by meme
heard—sutaṁ—
oneekaṁ
timesamayaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
at Rājagaharājagahe
was stayingviharati
in the Hot Springs Monastery.tapodārāme.
thenAtha
indeedkho
Venerableāyasmā
Samiddhisamiddhi
of the nightrattiyā
at the crack of dawnpaccūsasamayaṁ
having risenpaccuṭṭhāya
whereyena
the hot springstapodo
there he approachedtenupasaṅkami
his limbsgattāni
to bathe.parisiñcituṁ.
in the hot springsTapode
his limbsgattāni
having bathedparisiñcitvā
having emergedpaccuttaritvā
in one robeekacīvaro
he stoodaṭṭhāsi
his limbsgattāni
dryingpubbāpayamāno.
thenAtha
indeedkho
a certainaññatarā
deitydevatā
lateabhikkantāya
of the nightrattiyā
gloriousabhikkantavaṇṇā
the entirekevalakappaṁ
hot springstapodaṁ
having lit upobhāsetvā
where Venerableyenāyasmā
Samiddhisamiddhi
there she approached;tenupasaṅkami;
having approachedupasaṅkamitvā
to one sideekamantaṁ
she stood.aṭṭhāsi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ
standingṭhitā
indeedkho
thatsā
deitydevatā
to Venerableāyasmantaṁ
Samiddhisamiddhiṁ
this she said:etadavoca:
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Hot Springs Monastery. Then Venerable Samiddhi rose at the crack of dawn and went to the hot springs to bathe. When he had bathed and emerged from the water he stood in one robe drying his limbs. Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire hot springs, went up to Samiddhi, stood to one side, and said to Samiddhi:
you remember“dhāresi
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recital anduddesañca
analysis?”vibhaṅgañcā”ti?
no“Na
indeedkho
Iahaṁ,
reverendāvuso,
I rememberdhāremi
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recital anduddesañca
analysis.vibhaṅgañca.
youTvaṁ
but you, reverend,panāvuso,
you rememberdhāresi
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recital anduddesañca
analysis?”vibhaṅgañcā”ti?
I too“Ahampi
indeedkho,
mendicantbhikkhu,
notna
I rememberdhāremi
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recital anduddesañca
analysis.vibhaṅgañca.
you rememberDhāresi
butpana
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
verses on the one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
verses?”gāthā”ti?
no“Na
indeedkho
Iahaṁ,
reverendāvuso,
I rememberdhāremi
verses on the one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
verses.”gāthāti.
youTvaṁ
but you, reverend,panāvuso,
you rememberdhāresi
verses on the one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
verses?”gāthā”ti?
I too“Ahampi
indeedkho,
mendicantbhikkhu
notna
I rememberdhāremi
verses on the one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
verses.”gāthāti.
learnUggaṇhāhi
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recital anduddesañca
analysis;vibhaṅgañca;
memorizepariyāpuṇāhi
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recital anduddesañca
analysis;vibhaṅgañca;
rememberdhārehi
youtvaṁ,
mendicantbhikkhu,
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recital anduddesañca
analysis.vibhaṅgañca.
beneficialAtthasaṁhito,
mendicantbhikkhu,
of one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
summary recitaluddeso
andca
analysisvibhaṅgo
andca
relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life.”ādibrahmacariyako”ti.
this she saidIdamavoca
thatsā
deity.devatā.
thisIdaṁ
having saidvatvā
vanished right there.tatthevantaradhāyi.
“Mendicant, do you remember the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night?” “No, reverend, I do not. Do you?” “I also do not. But do you remember just the verses on the one who has one fine night?” “I do not. Do you?” “I also do not. Learn the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night, mendicant, memorize it, and remember it. It is beneficial and relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life.” That is what that deity said, before vanishing right there.
thenAtha
indeedkho
Venerableāyasmā
Samiddhisamiddhi
of thattassā
nightrattiyā
by the passingaccayena
whereyena
the Blessed Onebhagavā
he approached himtenupasaṅkami;
having approachedupasaṅkamitvā
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
having bowedabhivādetvā
to one sideekamantaṁ
sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ
seatednisinno
indeedkho
Venerableāyasmā
Samiddhisamiddhi
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
Here I“Idhāhaṁ,
revered sirbhante,
of the nightrattiyā
at dawnpaccūsasamayaṁ
having risenpaccuṭṭhāya
whereyena
Tapodātapodo
I approached ittenupasaṅkamiṁ
my limbsgattāni
to batheparisiñcituṁ.
at TapodāTapode
my limbsgattāni
having bathedparisiñcitvā
having emergedpaccuttaritvā
with one robeekacīvaro
I stoodaṭṭhāsiṁ
my limbsgattāni
dryingpubbāpayamāno.
thenAtha
indeedkho
revered sirbhante,
a certainaññatarā
deitydevatā
of the advancedabhikkantāya
nightrattiyā
of beautiful appearanceabhikkantavaṇṇā
the whole ofkevalakappaṁ
Tapodātapodaṁ
having illuminatedobhāsetvā
where Iyenāhaṁ
she approached metenupasaṅkami;
having approachedupasaṅkamitvā
to one sideekamantaṁ
stoodaṭṭhāsi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ
standingṭhitā
indeedkho
thatsā
deitydevatā
to memaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
do you remember‘dhāresi
youtvaṁ,
monkbhikkhu,
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
the summary anduddesañca
the analysis?vibhaṅgañcā’ti?
Then, when the night had passed, Samiddhi went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. Then he added:
thusEvaṁ
when saidvutte,
Iahaṁ,
sirbhante,
thattaṁ
deitydevataṁ
said thisetadavocaṁ:
not‘na
indeedkho
Iahaṁ,
friendāvuso,
I rememberdhāremi
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
and the summary recitaluddesañca
and the analysisvibhaṅgañca.
youTvaṁ
but you, friendpanāvuso,
you rememberdhāresi
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
and the summary recitaluddesañca
and the analysis?vibhaṅgañcā’ti?
I too‘Ahampi
indeedkho,
monkbhikkhu,
notna
I rememberdhāremi
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
and the summary recitaluddesañca
and the analysisvibhaṅgañca.
you rememberDhāresi
butpana
youtvaṁ,
monkbhikkhu,
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
the verses?gāthā’ti?
not‘Na
indeedkho
Iahaṁ,
friendāvuso,
I rememberdhāremi
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
the versesgāthāti.
youTvaṁ
but you, friendpanāvuso,
you rememberdhāresi
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
the verses?gāthā’ti?
I too‘Ahampi
indeedkho,
monkbhikkhu,
notna
I rememberdhāremi
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattiyo
the versesgāthāti.
learnUggaṇhāhi
youtvaṁ,
monkbhikkhu,
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
and the summary recitaluddesañca
and the analysis;vibhaṅgañca;
masterpariyāpuṇāhi
youtvaṁ,
monkbhikkhu,
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
and the summary recitaluddesañca
and the analysis;vibhaṅgañca;
rememberdhārehi
youtvaṁ,
monkbhikkhu,
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
and the summary recitaluddesañca
and the analysis.vibhaṅgañca.
connected with the goalAtthasaṁhito,
monkbhikkhu,
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
the summary recitaluddeso
andca
the analysisvibhaṅgo
andca
are fundamental to the holy lifeādibrahmacariyako’ti.
said thisIdamavoca,
sirbhante,
thatsā
deitydevatā.
thisIdaṁ
having saidvatvā
vanished right theretatthevantaradhāyi.
pleaseSādhu
to meme,
sirbhante,
the Blessed Onebhagavā
of the one fine nightbhaddekarattassa
and the summary recitaluddesañca
and the analysisvibhaṅgañca
may he teachdesetū”ti.
“Sir, please teach me the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night.”
by that“Tena
thenhi,
mendicantbhikkhu,
listensuṇāhi,
wellsādhukaṁ
mindmanasi
applykarohi;
I will speakbhāsissāmī”ti.
yes“Evaṁ,
sirbhante”ti
indeedkho
venerableāyasmā
Samiddhisamiddhi
to the Blessed Onebhagavato
repliedpaccassosi.
the Blessed OneBhagavā
said thisetadavoca:
“Well then, mendicant, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” “Yes, sir,” Samiddhi replied. The Buddha said this:
the past“Atītaṁ
should not run back tonānvāgameyya,
should not anticipatenappaṭikaṅkhe
the futureanāgataṁ;
what is pastYadatītaṁ
left behindpahīnaṁ
thattaṁ,
and the unarrivedappattañca
the futureanāgataṁ.
and the presentPaccuppannañca
whoyo
phenomenondhammaṁ,
in every casetattha
in every casetattha
discernsvipassati;
unfalteringAsaṁhīraṁ
unshakableasaṅkuppaṁ,
thattaṁ
having knownvidvā
should fostermanubrūhaye.
today indeedAjjeva
work with keennesskiccamātappaṁ,
whoko
knowsjaññā
deathmaraṇaṁ
tomorrowsuve;
noNa
indeedhi
for usno
bargainsaṅgaraṁ
with himtena,
with the mighty-hordedmahāsenena
with Deathmaccunā.
one who dwells thusEvaṁvihāriṁ
keenātāpiṁ,
tireless night and dayahorattamatanditaṁ;
that oneTaṁ
indeedve
has one fine nightbhaddekarattoti,
the peacefulsanto
declaresācikkhate
sagemunī”ti.
“Don’t run back to the past, don’t anticipate the future. What’s past is left behind, the future has not arrived; and any present phenomenon you clearly discern in every case. The unfaltering, the unshakable: having known that, foster it. Today’s the day to keenly work— who knows, tomorrow may bring death! For there is no bargain to be struck with Death and his mighty horde. One who keenly meditates like this, tireless all night and day: that’s who has one fine night— so declares the peaceful sage.”
this he saidIdamavoca
the Blessed One;bhagavā;
thisidaṁ
having spokenvatvāna
the Holy Onesugato
from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā
dwellingvihāraṁ
he entered.pāvisi.
That is what the Buddha said. When he had spoken, the Holy One rose from his seat and entered his dwelling.
thenAtha
indeedkho
of thosetesaṁ
of the monksbhikkhūnaṁ,
of the recently departedacirapakkantassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato,
this occurredetadahosi:
this“idaṁ
indeedkho
to usno,
friendsāvuso,
the Blessed Onebhagavā
in briefsaṅkhittena
summaryuddesaṁ
having givenuddisitvā
in detailvitthārena
the meaningatthaṁ
not having explainedavibhajitvā
having risen from the seatuṭṭhāyāsanā
dwellingvihāraṁ
enteredpaviṭṭho:
the past‘Atītaṁ
one should not pursuenānvāgameyya,
one should not long fornappaṭikaṅkhe
the futureanāgataṁ;
what is pastYadatītaṁ
abandonedpahīnaṁ
thattaṁ,
and the unreachedappattañca
futureanāgataṁ.
and the presentPaccuppannañca
whoyo
dhammadhammaṁ,
heretattha
theretattha
sees clearlyvipassati;
unshakableAsaṁhīraṁ
unwaveringasaṅkuppaṁ,
thattaṁ
wise onevidvā
should cultivatemanubrūhaye.
today onlyAjjeva
the work of ardorkiccamātappaṁ,
whoko
may knowjaññā
deathmaraṇaṁ
tomorrowsuve;
notNa
indeedhi
for usno
bargainsaṅgaraṁ
with thattena,
with the great armymahāsenena
with deathmaccunā.
one living thusEvaṁvihāriṁ
ardentātāpiṁ,
day and night, untiringahorattamatanditaṁ;
himTaṁ
surelyve
one fine nightbhaddekarattoti,
peacefulsanto
declaresācikkhate
the sagemunī’ti.
whoKo
thennu
indeedkho
of thisimassa
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā
in briefsaṅkhittena
of the summaryuddesassa
givenuddiṭṭhassa
in detailvitthārena
the meaningatthaṁ
of the unexplainedavibhattassa
in detailvitthārena
meaningatthaṁ
would explainvibhajeyyā”ti?
thenAtha
indeedkho
of thosetesaṁ
of the monksbhikkhūnaṁ
this occurredetadahosi:
this“ayaṁ
indeedkho
Venerableāyasmā
Mahākaccānamahākaccāno
by the Teachersatthu
bothceva
praisedsaṁvaṇṇito
esteemedsambhāvito
andca
of sensibleviññūnaṁ
of spiritual companionssabrahmacārīnaṁ;
Soon after the Buddha left, those mendicants considered, “The Buddha gave this brief summary recital, then entered his dwelling without explaining the meaning in detail. … Who can explain in detail the meaning of this brief summary given by the Buddha?” Then those mendicants thought: “This Venerable Mahākaccāna is praised by the Buddha and esteemed by his sensible spiritual companions.
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