With Māgaṇḍiya · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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thatTaṁ
whatkiṁ
do you thinkmaññasi,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
haveapi
indeednu
by youte
seendiṭṭho
orvā
heardsuto
orvā
a kingrājā
orvā
royal·great·ministerrājamahāmatto
orvā
with fivepañcahi
sensual-pleasure·strandkāmaguṇehi
with·reachsamappito
possessing·becomesamaṅgībhūto
around·going·beingparicārayamāno
sensual-pleasure·cravingkāmataṇhaṁ
not·forth·leaveappahāya
sensual-pleasure·feverkāmapariḷāhaṁ
not·against·apart·driveappaṭivinodetvā
gone·thirstvigatapipāso
internallyajjhattaṁ
down·calmed·mindvūpasantacitto
livedvihāsi
orvā
livesviharati
orvā
will liveviharissati
or?”vā”ti?
No“No
indeedhidaṁ,
worthybho
Gotama.gotama”.
Good,“Sādhu,
Māgaṇḍiya.māgaṇḍiya.
I·tooMayāpi
indeedkho
this,etaṁ,
Māgaṇḍiya,māgaṇḍiya,
not·evenneva
seendiṭṭhaṁ
notna
heardsutaṁ
a kingrājā
orvā
royal·great·ministerrājamahāmatto
orvā
with fivepañcahi
sensual-pleasure·strandkāmaguṇehi
with·reachsamappito
possessing·becomesamaṅgībhūto
around·going·beingparicārayamāno
sensual-pleasure·cravingkāmataṇhaṁ
not·forth·leaveappahāya
sensual-pleasure·feverkāmapariḷāhaṁ
not·against·apart·driveappaṭivinodetvā
gone·thirstvigatapipāso
internallyajjhattaṁ
down·calmed·mindvūpasantacitto
livedvihāsi
orvā
livesviharati
orvā
will liveviharissati
or.vā.
thenAtha indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, whoye forhi anykeci asceticssamaṇā orvā brahminsbrāhmaṇā orvā gone·thirstvigatapipāsā internallyajjhattaṁ settled·mindvūpasantacittā apart·dwellvihāsuṁ orvā apart·dwellviharanti orvā apart·dwellviharissanti orvā allsabbe thosete sensual pleasure·indeedkāmānaṁyeva origin·andsamudayañca ending·andatthaṅgamañca gratification·andassādañca drawback·andādīnavañca escape·andnissaraṇañca as·trueyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā sensual pleasure·cravingkāmataṇhaṁ forth·abandonpahāya sensual pleasure·passionkāmapariḷāhaṁ back·apart·dispelpaṭivinodetvā gone·thirstvigatapipāsā internallyajjhattaṁ settled·mindvūpasantacittā apart·dwellvihāsuṁ orvā apart·dwellviharanti orvā apart·dwellviharissanti or" quotation markervā”ti.
thenAtha
indeedkho
the Blessed Onebhagavā
at thattāyaṁ
timevelāyaṁ
thisimaṁ
heartfelt sentimentudānaṁ
expressedudānesi:
health is the ultimate blessing“Ārogyaparamā
blessinglābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ
ultimateparamaṁ
happinesssukhaṁ;
eightfoldAṭṭhaṅgiko
andca
of pathsmaggānaṁ,
safekhemaṁ
leads to freedom from deathamatagāminan”ti.
thusEvaṁ
when saidvutte,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiyo
wandererparibbājako
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
incredible“acchariyaṁ,
worthybho
Gotamagotama,
amazingabbhutaṁ,
worthybho
Gotamagotama.
howYāva
well + said·thissubhāsitañcidaṁ
by the worthybhotā
Gotamagotamena:
health is the ultimate blessing‘ārogyaparamā
blessinglābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ
ultimateparamaṁ
happinesssukhan’ti.
by me tooMayāpi
indeedkho
thisetaṁ,
worthybho
Gotamagotama,
heardsutaṁ
of the pastpubbakānaṁ
of wanderersparibbājakānaṁ
teacher·teacher of teachersācariyapācariyānaṁ
speakingbhāsamānānaṁ:
health is the ultimate blessing‘ārogyaparamā
blessinglābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ
ultimateparamaṁ
happinesssukhan’ti;
and thattayidaṁ,
worthybho
Gotamagotama,
agreessametī”ti.
which“Yaṁ
butpana
by youte
thisetaṁ,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
heardsutaṁ
of the pastpubbakānaṁ
of wanderersparibbājakānaṁ
teacher·teacher of teachersācariyapācariyānaṁ
speakingbhāsamānānaṁ:
health is the ultimate blessing‘ārogyaparamā
blessinglābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ
ultimateparamaṁ
happinesssukhan’ti,
whatkatamaṁ
thattaṁ
healthārogyaṁ,
whatkatamaṁ
thattaṁ
extinguishmentnibbānan”ti?
thusEvaṁ
when saidvutte,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiyo
wandererparibbājako
own·indeedsakāneva
justsudaṁ
limbsgattāni
with his handspāṇinā
strokedanomajjati:
this is that“idantaṁ,
worthybho
Gotamagotama,
healthārogyaṁ,
this·thatidantaṁ
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ.
I·nom.sg + forAhañhi, sirbho Gotamagotama, nowetarahi without·diseasearogo happy·nom.sg.msukhī, notna me·acc.sgmaṁ anythingkiñci against·afflict·3sg.pres.act·optative + quotation markerābādhatī”ti.
suppose“Seyyathāpi,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
birth·blindjaccandho
personpuriso;
heso
notna
would seepasseyya
dark·brightkaṇhasukkāni
sightsrūpāni,
notna
would seepasseyya
bluenīlakāni
sightsrūpāni,
notna
would seepasseyya
yellowpītakāni
sightsrūpāni,
notna
would seepasseyya
redlohitakāni
sightsrūpāni,
notna
would seepasseyya
magentamañjiṭṭhakāni
sightsrūpāni,
notna
would seepasseyya
even and uneven groundsamavisamaṁ,
notna
would seepasseyya
starstārakarūpāni,
notna
would seepasseyya
moon and suncandimasūriye.
heSo
might hearsuṇeyya
sightedcakkhumato
sayingbhāsamānassa:
nice‘chekaṁ
reallyvata,
sirbho,
whiteodātaṁ
clothvatthaṁ
attractive·appearanceabhirūpaṁ
without·stainnimmalaṁ
cleansucī’ti.
heSo
white·searchodātapariyesanaṁ
would gocareyya.
but someoneTamenaṁ
someaññataro
personpuriso
oil·soiledtelamalikatena
garmentsāhuḷicīrena
would cheatvañceyya:
this‘idaṁ
for youte,
my manambho
manpurisa,
whiteodātaṁ
clothvatthaṁ
attractive·appearanceabhirūpaṁ
without·stainnimmalaṁ
cleansucī’ti.
heSo
ittaṁ
would takepaṭiggaṇheyya,
having takenpaṭiggahetvā
would put onpārupeyya,
having put onpārupetvā
self·mindattamano
self·mind·utteranceattamanavācaṁ
would utternicchāreyya:
nice‘chekaṁ
reallyvata,
sirbho,
whiteodātaṁ
clothvatthaṁ
attractive·appearanceabhirūpaṁ
without·stainnimmalaṁ
cleansucī’ti.
thatTaṁ
whatkiṁ
do you thinkmaññasi,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
surelyapi
nownu
thatso
birth·blindjaccandho
personpuriso
know·present part.jānanto
see·present part.passanto
thatamuṁ
oil·stain·madetelamalikataṁ
hempen ragsāhuḷicīraṁ
back·grasp·seize·optativepaṭiggaṇheyya,
back·grasp·gerundpaṭiggahetvā
on·wrap·wear·optativepārupeyya,
on·wrap·gerundpārupetvā
self·mindattamano
delighted·wordattamanavācaṁ
out·sound·speak·optativenicchāreyya:
beautiful‘chekaṁ
indeedvata,
sirbho,
whiteodātaṁ
clothvatthaṁ
lovelyabhirūpaṁ
without·stainnimmalaṁ
cleansucī’ti
orudāhu
sighted one'scakkhumato
faithsaddhāyā”ti?
not knowing“Ajānanto
indeedhi,
sirbho
Gotamagotama,
not·see·present part.apassanto
thatso
birth·blindjaccandho
personpuriso
thatamuṁ
oil·stain·madetelamalikataṁ
hempen ragsāhuḷicīraṁ
back·grasp·seize·optativepaṭiggaṇheyya,
back·grasp·gerundpaṭiggahetvā
on·wrap·wear·optativepārupeyya,
on·wrap·gerundpārupetvā
self·mindattamano
delighted·wordattamanavācaṁ
out·sound·speak·optativenicchāreyya:
beautiful‘chekaṁ
indeedvata,
sirbho,
whiteodātaṁ
clothvatthaṁ
lovelyabhirūpaṁ
without·stainnimmalaṁ
cleansucī’ti,
sighted one'scakkhumato
faithsaddhāyā”ti.
just so“Evameva
indeedkho,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
other·sectarianaññatitthiyā
wanderersparibbājakā
blindandhā
sightlessacakkhukā
not knowingajānantā
healthārogyaṁ,
not seeingapassantā
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ,
thenatha
andca
but thispanimaṁ
versegāthaṁ
they recitebhāsanti:
health-ultimate‘ārogyaparamā
blessingslābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ
ultimateparamaṁ
happinesssukhan’ti.
by pastPubbakehesā,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
by perfected onesarahantehi
fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhehi
versegāthā
recitedbhāsitā:
health-ultimate‘Ārogyaparamā
blessingslābhā,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ
ultimateparamaṁ
happinesssukhaṁ;
eightfoldAṭṭhaṅgiko
andca
of pathsmaggānaṁ,
safekhemaṁ
leading to freedom from deathamatagāminan’ti.
thisSā
nowetarahi
graduallyanupubbena
a verse of ordinary peopleputhujjanagāthā.
thisAyaṁ
indeedkho
butpana,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
bodykāyo
disease·becomerogabhūto
boil·becomegaṇḍabhūto
dart·becomesallabhūto
gloom·becomeaghabhūto
become an afflictionābādhabhūto,
thisso
youtvaṁ
thisimaṁ
bodykāyaṁ
disease·becomerogabhūtaṁ
boil·becomegaṇḍabhūtaṁ
dart·becomesallabhūtaṁ
gloom·becomeaghabhūtaṁ
become an afflictionābādhabhūtaṁ:
this indeed‘idantaṁ,
sirbho
Gotamagotama,
healthārogyaṁ,
this + thatidantaṁ
extinguishmentnibbānan’ti
you sayvadesi.
thatTañhi
yourte,
Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
nobleariyaṁ
visioncakkhuṁ
there is notnatthi
by whichyena
youtvaṁ
nobleariyena
with visioncakkhunā
healthārogyaṁ
you might knowjāneyyāsi,
extinguishmentnibbānaṁ
you might seepasseyyāsī”ti.
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