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Majjhima Nikāya 75

Māgaṇḍiyasutta

With Māgaṇḍiya · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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the body“Kāyo indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, touch·delightingphoṭṭhabbārāmo touch·lovingphoṭṭhabbarato …pe……pe…
the mindmano indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, idea·delightingdhammārāmo idea·lovingdhammarato enjoying ideasdhammasammudito.
thatSo by the Realized Onetathāgatassa tameddanto guardedgutto protectedrakkhito restrainedsaṁvuto, itstassa andca for restraintsaṁvarāya Dhammadhammaṁ he teachesdeseti.
is thisIdaṁ thennu by youte thisetaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, referring tosandhāya spokenbhāsitaṁ:
baby-killer‘bhūnahu the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo’”ti?
this very“Etadeva indeedkho thenpana by meme, sirbho Gotamagotama, referring tosandhāya spokenbhāsitaṁ:
baby-killer‘bhūnahu the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo’ti.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa is the reasonhetu?
for soEvañhi to meno while sleepingsutte it cameocaratī”ti.

that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya:
here·someone‘idhekacco eye·knowncakkhuviññeyyehi by sightsrūpehi amused·beforeparicāritapubbo would beassa with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi pleasant·formpiyarūpehi sensual + connectedkāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi, theyso some time lateraparena some time latersamayena of sights + themselvesrūpānaṁyeva origin + andsamudayañca ending + andatthaṅgamañca gratification + andassādañca drawback + andādīnavañca escape + andnissaraṇañca trulyyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā sight·cravingrūpataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya sight·passionrūpapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid·thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ settled·mindvūpasantacitto would livevihareyya.
of this oneImassa thenpana youte, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, what + would bekimassa to be said·quotation markervacanīyan’”ti?
nothing“Na anythingkiñci, worthybho Gotamagotama”.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya:
here·someone‘idhekacco ear·knownsotaviññeyyehi by soundssaddehi pe…pe…
nose·knownghānaviññeyyehi by smellsgandhehi ……
tongue·knownjivhāviññeyyehi by tastesrasehi ……
body·knownkāyaviññeyyehi by touchesphoṭṭhabbehi amused·beforeparicāritapubbo would beassa with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi pleasant·formpiyarūpehi sensual + connectedkāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi,
theyso some time lateraparena some time latersamayena of touches + themselvesphoṭṭhabbānaṁyeva origin + andsamudayañca ending + andatthaṅgamañca gratification + andassādañca drawback + andādīnavañca escape + andnissaraṇañca trulyyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā touch·cravingphoṭṭhabbataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya touch·passionphoṭṭhabbapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid·thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ settled·mindvūpasantacitto would livevihareyya.
of this oneImassa thenpana youte, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, what + would bekimassa to be said·quotation markervacanīyan’”ti?
nothing“Na anythingkiñci, worthybho Gotamagotama”.

I“Ahaṁ indeedkho butpana, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, formerlypubbe layperson·beingagāriyabhūto beingsamāno with fivepañcahi sensual-pleasure·strandkāmaguṇehi together·reachsamappito possessing·beingsamaṅgībhūto around·moveparicāresiṁ eye·knowablecakkhuviññeyyehi with sightsrūpehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi dear·formpiyarūpehi sensual-pleasure·connectedkāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi, ear·knowablesotaviññeyyehi with soundssaddehi …pe……pe…
nose·knowableghānaviññeyyehi with smellsgandhehi ……
tongue·knowablejivhāviññeyyehi with tastesrasehi ……
body·knowablekāyaviññeyyehi with touchesphoṭṭhabbehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi dear·formpiyarūpehi sensual-pleasure·connectedkāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi.
of meTassa minemayhaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, threetayo stilt longhousespāsādā there wereahesuṁ—
oneeko for the rainy seasonvassiko, oneeko for the winterhemantiko, oneeko for the summergimhiko.
thatSo indeedkho Iahaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, in the rainy-seasonvassike in the longhousepāsāde for the rainy seasonvassike fourcattāro monthsmāse without·mannippurisehi with musicianstūriyehi around·moveparicārayamāno notna below·longhouseheṭṭhāpāsādaṁ I descendorohāmi.
thatSo lateraparena with timesamayena sensual-pleasure·itselfkāmānaṁyeva the originsamudayañca the endingatthaṅgamañca the gratificationassādañca the drawbackādīnavañca the escapenissaraṇañca as·realyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā sensual-pleasure·cravingkāmataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya sensual-pleasure·passionkāmapariḷāhaṁ back·having-dispelledpaṭivinodetvā gone·thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ settled·mindvūpasantacitto I liveviharāmi.
thatSo otheraññe sentient beingssatte I seepassāmi in sensual pleasureskāmesu not·free-from-passionavītarāge sensual-pleasure·cravingkāmataṇhāhi being consumedkhajjamāne sensual-pleasure·passionkāmapariḷāhena burningpariḍayhamāne in sensual pleasureskāme indulgingpaṭisevante.

heSo of themtesaṁ notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa causehetu?
this whichYāhayaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, satisfactionrati, quite apartaññatreva from sensual pleasureskāmehi apartaññatra from unskillfulakusalehi qualitiesdhammehi—
evenapi heavenlydibbaṁ pleasuresukhaṁ having attainedsamadhigayha one standstiṭṭhati—
with thattāya satisfactionratiyā delightingramamāno in what is inferiorhīnassa notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.

supposeSeyyathāpi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, householdergahapati orvā householder·childgahapatiputto orvā richaḍḍho affluentmahaddhano great·wealthmahābhogo with the fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·appliedsamappito endowed·beingsamaṅgībhūto would amuse themselvesparicāreyya eye·cognizablecakkhuviññeyyehi by sightsrūpehi ……
pe…pe…
touchesphoṭṭhabbehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi dear·formpiyarūpehi sensualkāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi.
theySo by bodykāyena good·conductsucaritaṁ having practicedcaritvā by speechvācāya good·conductsucaritaṁ having practicedcaritvā by mindmanasā good·conductsucaritaṁ having practicedcaritvā of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ after deathmaraṇā good·destinationsugatiṁ heavenly realmsaggaṁ worldlokaṁ into·be bornupapajjeyya of the godsdevānaṁ of the thirty-threetāvatiṁsānaṁ in the company ofsahabyataṁ.
theySo theretattha in Nandananandane gardenvane nymph·band·escortedaccharāsaṅghaparivuto heavenlydibbehi with the fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·appliedsamappito endowed·beingsamaṅgībhūto would amuse themselvesparicāreyya.
theySo would seepasseyya householdergahapatiṁ orvā householder·childgahapatiputtaṁ orvā with the fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·appliedsamappitaṁ endowed·beingsamaṅgībhūtaṁ amusing themselvesparicārayamānaṁ.
thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, wouldapi indeednu thatso god·sondevaputto in Nandananandane gardenvane nymph·band·escortedaccharāsaṅghaparivuto heavenlydibbehi with the fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·appliedsamappito endowed·beingsamaṅgībhūto amusing themselvesparicārayamāno thatamussa householdergahapatissa orvā householder·childgahapatiputtassa orvā envypiheyya, humanmānusakānaṁ orvā of the fivepañcannaṁ sensual·strandskāmaguṇānaṁ humanmānusakehi orvā sensual pleasureskāmehi back·turnāvaṭṭeyyā”ti?

no“No indeed + thishidaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa causehetu?
humanMānusakehi, worthybho Gotamagotama, sensual pleasureskāmehi heavenly·sensual-pleasuredibbakāmā betterabhikkantatarā andca more excellentpaṇītatarā andcā”ti.

just so“Evameva indeedkho Iahaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, formerlypubbe layperson·beingagāriyabhūto beingsamāno with fivepañcahi with strings of sensual pleasurekāmaguṇehi endowedsamappito possessedsamaṅgībhūto I amused myselfparicāresiṁ with cognizable by the eyecakkhuviññeyyehi with formsrūpehi with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi with pleasantpiyarūpehi with connected with sensual pleasurekāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi, with cognizable by the earsotaviññeyyehi with soundssaddehi …pe……pe…
with cognizable by the noseghānaviññeyyehi with smellsgandhehi ……
with cognizable by the tonguejivhāviññeyyehi with tastesrasehi ……
with cognizable by the bodykāyaviññeyyehi with touchesphoṭṭhabbehi with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi with pleasantpiyarūpehi with connected with sensual pleasurekāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi.
thatSo with lateraparena with timesamayena of sensual pleasures justkāmānaṁyeva and the originsamudayañca and the endingatthaṅgamañca and the gratificationassādañca and the drawbackādīnavañca and the escapenissaraṇañca as it truly isyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ with mind settledvūpasantacitto I liveviharāmi.
ISo otheraññe beingssatte I seepassāmi in sensual pleasureskāmesu not free from passionavītarāge by cravings for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhāhi being consumedkhajjamāne with passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhena being burnedpariḍayhamāne sensual pleasureskāme indulging inpaṭisevante, Iso themtesaṁ notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa reason?hetu?
that whichYāhayaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, satisfactionrati apart justaññatreva from sensual pleasureskāmehi apartaññatra from unskillfulakusalehi qualities—dhammehi—
evenapi heavenlydibbaṁ pleasuresukhaṁ having attainedsamadhigayha it stands—tiṭṭhati—
with thattāya with satisfactionratiyā delightingramamāno of the inferiorhīnassa notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.

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