Cūḷasakuludāyisutta

Majjhima Nikāya 79

Cūḷasakuludāyisutta

The Shorter Discourse With Sakuludāyī · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā at Rājagaharājagahe was stayingviharati in the Bamboo Groveveḷuvane in the squirrels’ feeding groundkalandakanivāpe.
by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at that timesamayena Sakuludāyīsakuludāyī the wandererparibbājako in the peacocks’ feeding groundmoranivāpe in the wanderers’ monasteryparibbājakārāme against·dwellpaṭivasati with a largemahatiyā wanderer·assemblyparibbājakaparisāya together withsaddhiṁ.

thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā morning·timepubbaṇhasamayaṁ down·dressnivāsetvā bowl·robe·takingpattacīvaramādāya Rājagaharājagahaṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
thenAtha indeedkho to the Blessed Onebhagavato this·wasetadahosi:
it is too early“atippago indeedkho yettāva in Rājagaharājagahe for almspiṇḍāya to wandercarituṁ.
why·not·IYannūnāhaṁ whereyena peacock·feeding-groundmoranivāpo monastery for the wanderersparibbājakārāmo whereyena Sakuludāyīsakuludāyī the wandererparibbājako there I might approach himtenupasaṅkameyyan”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā whereyena peacock·feeding-groundmoranivāpo monastery for the wanderersparibbājakārāmo there·approachtenupasaṅkami.

by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena Sakuludāyīsakuludāyī the wandererparibbājako of a largemahatiyā wanderer·assemblyparibbājakaparisāya togethersaddhiṁ down·sitnisinno washoti up·soundingunnādiniyā loud noise + colossal racketuccāsaddamahāsaddāya various·kindsanekavihitaṁ low·talktiracchānakathaṁ engaging inkathentiyā, that is to sayseyyathidaṁ—
king·talkrājakathaṁ bandit·talkcorakathaṁ chief minister·talkmahāmattakathaṁ army·talksenākathaṁ threat·talkbhayakathaṁ war·talkyuddhakathaṁ food·talkannakathaṁ drink·talkpānakathaṁ clothes·talkvatthakathaṁ bed·talksayanakathaṁ garland·talkmālākathaṁ fragrance·talkgandhakathaṁ family·talkñātikathaṁ vehicle·talkyānakathaṁ village·talkgāmakathaṁ town·talknigamakathaṁ city·talknagarakathaṁ country·talkjanapadakathaṁ woman·talkitthikathaṁ hero·talksūrakathaṁ street·talkvisikhākathaṁ water-pot place·talkkumbhaṭṭhānakathaṁ departed·talkpubbapetakathaṁ motley·talknānattakathaṁ land·taleslokakkhāyikaṁ sea·talessamuddakkhāyikaṁ talk about being reborn in this or that placeitibhavābhavakathaṁ thusiti orvā.
sawAddasā indeedkho Sakuludāyīsakuludāyī the wandererparibbājako the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ afar + justdūratova comingāgacchantaṁ.
having seenDisvāna his ownsakaṁ assemblyparisaṁ hushedsaṇṭhāpesi:
be quiet“appasaddā good fellowsbhonto let them behontu, do notmā good fellowsbhonto make a soundsaddamakattha.
thisAyaṁ asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo comesāgacchati;
quiet·likesappasaddakāmo indeedkho nowpana that venerableso venerableāyasmā of quietappasaddassa praises quietvaṇṇavādī.
hopefullyAppeva indeednāma quietappasaddaṁ assemblyparisaṁ having knownviditvā near·approachupasaṅkamitabbaṁ would think fitmaññeyyā”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho thosete wanderersparibbājakā silenttuṇhī fell silentahesuṁ.

thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā to whereyena Sakuludāyīsakuludāyī the wandererparibbājako he approached himtenupasaṅkami.
thenAtha indeedkho Sakuludāyīsakuludāyī the wandererparibbājako to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
let him come“etu indeedkho, sirbhante, the Blessed Onebhagavā.
welcomeSvāgataṁ, sirbhante, of the Blessed Onebhagavato.
for a long timeCirassaṁ indeedkho, sirbhante, the Blessed Onebhagavā thisimaṁ opportunity·madepariyāyamakāsi which·thisyadidaṁ for coming hereidhāgamanāya.
let him sit downNisīdatu, sirbhante, the Blessed Onebhagavā;
this·seatidamāsanaṁ is readypaññattan”ti.
he sat downNisīdi the Blessed Onebhagavā on the seatpaññatte spread outāsane.
Sakuludāyī·tooSakuludāyīpi indeedkho the wandererparibbājako a certainaññataraṁ lownīcaṁ seatāsanaṁ having takengahetvā to one sideekamantaṁ he sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnaṁ indeedkho Sakuludāyīsakuludāyiṁ the wandererparibbājakaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā he said thisetadavoca:
what“kāya nownuttha, Udāyīudāyi, nowetarahi by way of talkkathāya you were sitting togethersannisinnā, whatkā andca thenpana of youvo intermediate·talkantarākathā was left unfinishedvippakatā”ti?

let it stand“Tiṭṭhatesā, sirbhante, talkkathā by whichyāya wemayaṁ just nowetarahi talkkathāya sitting engaged insannisinnā.
this is notNesā, sirbhante, talkkathā of the Blessed Onebhagavato hard to finddullabhā will bebhavissati later·toopacchāpi for hearingsavanāya.
when IYadāhaṁ, sirbhante, thisimaṁ assemblyparisaṁ not·approachedanupasaṅkanto I amhomi then + thisathāyaṁ assemblyparisā many·variedanekavihitaṁ animal·talktiracchānakathaṁ speakingkathentī sittingnisinnā arehoti;
whenyadā andca indeedkho Iahaṁ, sirbhante, thisimaṁ assemblyparisaṁ having approachedupasaṅkanto I amhomi then + thisathāyaṁ assemblyparisā my·own·verymamaññeva facemukhaṁ gazing up atullokentī sittingnisinnā arehoti:
whatever‘yaṁ to usno the asceticsamaṇo Udāyīudāyī Dhammadhammaṁ will teachbhāsissati thattaṁ we will hearsossāmā’ti;
whenyadā butpana, sirbhante, the Blessed Onebhagavā thisimaṁ assemblyparisaṁ has approachedupasaṅkanto ishoti then + I·bothathāhañceva this·andayañca assemblyparisā of the Blessed Onebhagavato facemukhaṁ gazing up atullokentā sittingnisinnā we arehoma:
whatever‘yaṁ to usno the Blessed Onebhagavā Dhammadhammaṁ will teachbhāsissati thattaṁ we will hearsossāmā’”ti.

well then, Udāyī“Tenahudāyi, that very thing heretaṁyevettha back·appearpaṭibhātu asyathā memaṁ back·speakpaṭibhāseyyā”ti.
previous“Purimāni, sirbhante, daysdivasāni longer agopurimatarāni all·knowingsabbaññū all·seeingsabbadassāvī not·remainderaparisesaṁ knowledge·visionñāṇadassanaṁ against·knowpaṭijānamāno while walking‘carato andca to meme while standingtiṭṭhato andca while sleepingsuttassa andca while wakingjāgarassa andca constantlysatataṁ continuallysamitaṁ knowledge·visionñāṇadassanaṁ is presentpaccupaṭṭhitan’ti.
heSo by memayā first·beginningpubbantaṁ to·graspārabbha a questionpañhaṁ askedpuṭṭho beingsamāno dodgedaññenaññaṁ behavedpaṭicari, outsidebahiddhā the discussionkathaṁ distractedapanāmesi, annoyance·andkopañca hate·anddosañca bitterness·andappaccayañca displayedpātvākāsi.
of himTassa of memayhaṁ, sirbhante, the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁyeva to·graspārabbha mindfulnesssati aroseudapādi:
oh‘aho surelynūna Blessed Onebhagavā, ohaho surelynūna Holy Onesugato. whoYo of theseimesaṁ of dhammasdhammānaṁ so skilledsukusalo’”ti.
who“Ko thenpana that oneso, Udāyīudāyi, all·knowingsabbaññū all·seeingsabbadassāvī not·remainderaparisesaṁ knowledge·visionñāṇadassanaṁ against·knowpaṭijānamāno while walking‘carato andca to meme while standingtiṭṭhato andca while sleepingsuttassa andca while wakingjāgarassa andca constantlysatataṁ continuallysamitaṁ knowledge·visionñāṇadassanaṁ is presentpaccupaṭṭhitan’ti, whoyo by youtayā first·beginningpubbantaṁ to·graspārabbha a questionpañhaṁ askedpuṭṭho beingsamāno dodgedaññenaññaṁ behavedpaṭicari, outsidebahiddhā the discussionkathaṁ away·bendapanāmesi annoyance·andkopañca hate·anddosañca bitterness·andappaccayañca forth + madepātvākāsī”ti?

the Jain ascetic“Nigaṇṭho, sirbhante, of the Ñātika clan, quotation markernāṭaputto”ti.

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