Māgaṇḍiyasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 75

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suppose thatSeyyathāpi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, a leperkuṭṭhī a personpuriso with soresarugatto with blisters on limbspakkagatto by wormskimīhi being devouredkhajjamāno with nailsnakhehi openings of woundsvaṇamukhāni scratchingvippatacchamāno over a pit of glowing coalsaṅgārakāsuyā bodykāyaṁ would cauterizeparitāpeyya.
hisTassa friends and colleaguesmittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā a surgeonbhisakkaṁ a physiciansallakattaṁ would getupaṭṭhāpeyyuṁ.
hisTassa thatso surgeonbhisakko physiciansallakatto medicinebhesajjaṁ would makekareyya.
heSo thattaṁ medicinebhesajjaṁ usingāgamma from leprosykuṭṭhehi would be curedparimucceyya, healthyarogo he would beassa happysukhī autonomousserī master of himselfsayaṁvasī whereveryena he wantedkāmaṁ able to gogamo.
heSo anotheraññaṁ a leperkuṭṭhiṁ personpurisaṁ would seepasseyya with soresarugattaṁ with blisters on limbspakkagattaṁ by wormskimīhi being devouredkhajjamānaṁ with nailsnakhehi openings of woundsvaṇamukhāni scratchingvippatacchamānaṁ over a pit of glowing coalsaṅgārakāsuyā bodykāyaṁ cauterizingparitāpentaṁ.
thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
wouldapi thennu thatso personpuriso of thatamussa leperkuṭṭhissa personpurisassa would envypiheyya pit of glowing coalsaṅgārakāsuyā orvā medicinebhesajjaṁ for takingpaṭisevanāya orvā”ti?
no“No indeedhidaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa causehetu?
when diseaseRoge indeedhi, worthybho Gotamagotama, existssati with medicinebhesajjena to be donekaraṇīyaṁ ishoti, when diseaseroge exists notasati notna with medicinebhesajjena to be donekaraṇīyaṁ ishotī”ti.

just so“Evameva indeedkho Iahaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, formerlypubbe being a householderagāriyabhūto beingsamāno with fivepañcahi cords of sensual pleasurekāmaguṇehi endowedsamappito possessedsamaṅgībhūto I amused myselfparicāresiṁ, cognizable by the eyecakkhuviññeyyehi with formsrūpehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi pleasantpiyarūpehi connected with sensual desirekāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi, cognizable by the earsotaviññeyyehi with soundssaddehi …pe……pe…
cognizable by the noseghānaviññeyyehi with smellsgandhehi ……
cognizable by the tonguejivhāviññeyyehi with tastesrasehi ……
cognizable by the bodykāyaviññeyyehi with touchesphoṭṭhabbehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi pleasantpiyarūpehi connected with sensual desirekāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi.
ISo lateraparena with timesamayena of sensual pleasures justkāmānaṁyeva and the originsamudayañca and the endingatthaṅgamañca and the gratificationassādañca and the drawbackādīnavañca and the escapenissaraṇañca as it really isyathābhūtaṁ having knownviditvā craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā free from thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ with settled mindvūpasantacitto I liveviharāmi.
ISo otheraññe beingssatte I seepassāmi in sensual pleasureskāmesu not free from passionavītarāge by cravings for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhāhi being consumedkhajjamāne by passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhena being burnedpariḍayhamāne sensual pleasureskāme indulging inpaṭisevante.
ISo themtesaṁ notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.
whatTaṁ whatkissa reasonhetu?
that whichYāhayaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, satisfactionrati, apart justaññatreva from sensual pleasureskāmehi apartaññatra from unskillfulakusalehi from qualitiesdhammehi—
evenapi heavenlydibbaṁ pleasuresukhaṁ having attainedsamadhigayha it remainstiṭṭhati—
by thattāya satisfactionratiyā enjoyingramamāno of what is inferiorhīnassa notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.

just asSeyyathāpi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, one with leprosykuṭṭhī a personpuriso with sores on his limbsarugatto with blisters on his limbspakkagatto by wormskimīhi being eatenkhajjamāno with nailsnakhehi the openings of the woundsvaṇamukhāni scratching openvippatacchamāno in a pit of glowing coalsaṅgārakāsuyā his bodykāyaṁ he would scorchparitāpeyya.
hisTassa friends and colleaguesmittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā a physicianbhisakkaṁ a surgeonsallakattaṁ they would presentupaṭṭhāpeyyuṁ.
for himTassa thatso physicianbhisakko surgeonsallakatto a medicinebhesajjaṁ would makekareyya.
heSo thattaṁ medicinebhesajjaṁ having takenāgamma from leprosykuṭṭhehi he would be freedparimucceyya, healthyarogo he would beassa happysukhī autonomousserī master of himselfsayaṁvasī whereyena he wantedkāmaṁ he could gogamo.
himTamenaṁ twodve strongbalavanto menpurisā by the armsnānābāhāsu having seizedgahetvā to the pit of glowing coalsaṅgārakāsuṁ they would dragupakaḍḍheyyuṁ.
thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,
notapi thennu thatso personpuriso thusiti to and frociticeva his bodykāyaṁ he would writhesannāmeyyā”ti?
yes“Evaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa is the reasonhetu?
thatAsu indeedhi, worthybho Gotamagotama, fireaggi painful to touchdukkhasamphasso andceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpo andca scorchingmahāpariḷāho andcā”ti.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya,

now onlyidāneva thennu indeedkho thatso fireaggi painful to touchdukkhasamphasso and alsoceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpo andca very hotmahāpariḷāho andca orudāhu previously toopubbepi thatso fireaggi painful to touchdukkhasamphasso and alsoceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpo andca very hotmahāpariḷāho and?"cā”ti?
now“Idāni and alsoceva, sirbho gotamagotama, thatso fireaggi painful to touchdukkhasamphasso and alsoceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpo andca very hotmahāpariḷāho and,ca, previously toopubbepi thatso fireaggi painful to touchdukkhasamphasso and alsoceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpo andca very hotmahāpariḷāho and.ca.
thatAsu and,ca, sirbho gotamagotama, afflicted with leprosykuṭṭhī personpuriso with soresarugatto with blistered limbspakkagatto by wormskimīhi being devouredkhajjamāno with nailsnakhehi the openings of woundsvaṇamukhāni scratching openvippatacchamāno with impaired facultiesupahatindriyo in painful touch onlydukkhasamphasseyeva in the fireaggismiṁ it is pleasantsukhamiti distorted perceptionviparītasaññaṁ acquired."paccalatthā”ti.

just so“Evameva indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, even in the pastatītampi timeaddhānaṁ sensual pleasureskāmā painful to touchdukkhasamphassā andceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpā andca scorchingmahāpariḷāhā andca, even in the futureanāgatampi timeaddhānaṁ sensual pleasureskāmā painful to touchdukkhasamphassā andceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpā andca scorchingmahāpariḷāhā andca, even nowetarahipi presentpaccuppannaṁ timeaddhānaṁ sensual pleasureskāmā painful to touchdukkhasamphassā andceva fiercely burningmahābhitāpā andca scorchingmahāpariḷāhā andca.
theseIme andca, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, beingssattā in sensual pleasureskāmesu not free from passionavītarāgā by cravings for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhāhi being consumedkhajjamānā with passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhena being burnedpariḍayhamānā with impaired facultiesupahatindriyā even in regard to painful-to-touchdukkhasamphassesuyeva in sensual pleasureskāmesu it is pleasantsukhamiti distorted perceptionviparītasaññaṁ they have acquiredpaccalatthuṁ.

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