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Majjhima Nikāya 81

Ghaṭikārasutta

With Ghaṭīkāra · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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whatKiṁ thenpana with thattena with the shavelingmuṇḍakena with the asceticsamaṇakena by seeingdiṭṭhenā’ti?

What’s the use of seeing that shaveling, that fake ascetic?’

thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro the potterkumbhakāro Jotipālajotipālaṁ the brahmin studentmāṇavaṁ by the skirt-hemovaṭṭikāyaṁ having grabbedparāmasitvā said thisetadavoca:
this‘ayaṁ, dearsamma Jotipālajotipāla, of Kassapakassapassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the perfected onearahato of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa not faravidūre the monasteryārāmo.
let us goĀyāma, dearsamma Jotipālajotipāla, Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the perfected onearahantaṁ the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhaṁ to seedassanāya we will approachupasaṅkamissāma.
for deemed holySādhusammatañhi by meme of thattassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato the seeingdassanaṁ of the perfected onearahato of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassā’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Jotipālajotipālo the brahmin studentmāṇavo the skirt-hemovaṭṭikaṁ having undonevinivaṭṭetvā Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāraṁ the potterkumbhakāraṁ said thisetadavoca:
enough‘alaṁ, dearsamma Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra.
whatKiṁ thenpana by thattena shavelingmuṇḍakena fake asceticsamaṇakena is seendiṭṭhenā’ti?

Then Ghaṭīkāra grabbed Jotipāla by the skirt-hem and said, ‘Dear Jotipāla, the Buddha Kassapa’s monastery is not far away. Let’s go to see the Blessed One Kassapa, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. For I deem it holy to see that Blessed One.’ So Jotipāla undid his skirt-hem and said to Ghaṭīkāra, ‘Enough, dear Ghaṭīkāra. What’s the use of seeing that shaveling, that fake ascetic?’

thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro pot·makerkumbhakāro Jotipālajotipālaṁ young manmāṇavaṁ head·washedsīsaṁnhātaṁ by the hairskesesu forth·touchparāmasitvā said thisetadavoca:
this‘ayaṁ, dearsamma Jotipālajotipāla, of Kassapakassapassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the perfected onearahato fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhassa not·faravidūre monasteryārāmo.
let us goĀyāma, dearsamma Jotipālajotipāla, Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the perfected onearahantaṁ fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhaṁ for seeingdassanāya we will approachupasaṅkamissāma.
for holy is deemedSādhusammatañhi by meme of thattassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato the seeingdassanaṁ of the perfected onearahato of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassā’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, to Jotipālajotipālassa to the young manmāṇavassa this occurredetadahosi:
wonderful‘acchariyaṁ surelyvata lordbho, astonishingabbhutaṁ surelyvata lordbho.
insofar asYatra indeedhi named thisnāmāyaṁ Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro pot·makerkumbhakāro lowly·bornittarajacco beingsamāno of usamhākaṁ head·washedsīsaṁnhātānaṁ by the hairskesesu forth·touchparāmasitabbaṁ will considermaññissati;
notna this herevatidaṁ reportedlykira ordinaryorakaṁ I deemmaññe will bebhavissatī’ti;
to Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāraṁ pot·makerkumbhakāraṁ said thisetadavoca:
to this extent only‘yāvatādohipi, dearsamma Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikārā’ti?
to this extent only‘Yāvatādohipi, dearsamma Jotipālajotipāla.
soTathā indeedhi thenpana by meme holy·deemedsādhusammataṁ of thattassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato the seeingdassanaṁ of the perfected onearahato of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassā’ti.
then‘Tena indeedhi, dearsamma Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra, releasemuñca; we shall gogamissāmā’ti.

Then Ghaṭīkāra grabbed Jotipāla by the hair of his freshly-washed head and said, ‘Dear Jotipāla, the Buddha Kassapa’s monastery is not far away. Let’s go to see the Blessed One Kassapa, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. For I deem it holy to see that Blessed One.’ Then Jotipāla thought, ‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing, how this potter Ghaṭīkāra, though of lowly birth, should presume to grab me by the hair of my freshly-washed head! This must be no ordinary matter.’ He said to Ghaṭīkāra, ‘You’d even milk it to this extent, dear Ghaṭīkāra?’ ‘I even milk it to this extent, dear Jotipāla. For that is how holy I deem it to see that Blessed One.’ ‘Well then, dear Ghaṭīkāra, release me, we shall go.’

thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro andca potterkumbhakāro Jotipālajotipālo andca studentmāṇavo whereyena Kassapakassapo Blessed Onebhagavā arahantarahaṁ perfectly awakenedsammāsambuddho approachedtenupasaṅkamiṁsu; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro potterkumbhakāro Kassapakassapaṁ Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ arahantarahantaṁ perfectly awakenedsammāsambuddhaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi. JotipālaJotipālo butpana studentmāṇavo with Kassapakassapena with the Blessed Onebhagavatā with the arahantarahatā with the perfectly awakenedsammāsambuddhena withsaddhiṁ exchanged greetingssammodi. cordialSammodanīyaṁ talkkathaṁ memorablesāraṇīyaṁ having exchangedvītisāretvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinno indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro potterkumbhakāro Kassapakassapaṁ Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ arahantarahantaṁ perfectly awakenedsammāsambuddhaṁ said thisetadavoca:
this‘ayaṁ myme, sirbhante, Jotipālajotipālo studentmāṇavo friendsahāyo dear friendpiyasahāyo.
to this oneImassa Blessed Onebhagavā Dhammadhammaṁ let him teachdesetū’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Kassapakassapo Blessed Onebhagavā arahantarahaṁ perfectly awakenedsammāsambuddho and Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikārañca potterkumbhakāraṁ and Jotipālajotipālañca studentmāṇavaṁ with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya educatedsandassesi encouragedsamādapesi fired upsamuttejesi inspiredsampahaṁsesi.

Then Ghaṭīkāra the potter and Jotipāla the student went to the Buddha Kassapa. Ghaṭīkāra bowed and sat down to one side, but Jotipāla exchanged greetings with the Buddha and sat down to one side. Ghaṭīkāra said to the Buddha Kassapa, ‘Sir, this is the student Jotipāla, my dear friend. Please teach him the Dhamma.’ Then the Buddha Kassapa educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired Ghaṭīkāra and Jotipāla with a Dhamma talk.

thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro andca pot·makerkumbhakāro Jotipālajotipālo andca the brahmin studentmāṇavo by Kassapakassapena by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by the arahantarahatā fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhena with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya together·shownsandassitā together·urgedsamādapitā together·rousedsamuttejitā together·gladdenedsampahaṁsitā of Kassapakassapassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the arahantarahato fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhassa speechbhāsitaṁ towards·rejoicedabhinanditvā along·approvedanumoditvā having risen from the seatuṭṭhāyāsanā Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the arahantarahantaṁ fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhaṁ towards·bowedabhivādetvā keeping on the rightpadakkhiṇaṁ having donekatvā they departedpakkamiṁsu.

Then they got up from their seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha Kassapa, keeping him on their right, before leaving.

thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, light·guardianjotipālo young brahminmāṇavo Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāraṁ pot·makerkumbhakāraṁ said thisetadavoca:
this‘imaṁ thennu youtvaṁ, dearsamma Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra, teachingdhammaṁ hearingsuṇanto thenatha andca butpana from homeagārasmā not·home-lifeanagāriyaṁ notna you will go forthpabbajissasī’ti?
do not‘Nanu memaṁ, dearsamma Jotipālajotipāla, you knowjānāsi, blindandhe oldjiṇṇe mother·fathermātāpitaro I supportposemī’ti?
then‘Tena wellhi, dearsamma Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra, Iahaṁ from homeagārasmā not·home-lifeanagāriyaṁ I shall go forthpabbajissāmī’ti.

Then Jotipāla said to Ghatīkāra, ‘Dear Ghaṭīkāra, you have heard this teaching, so why don’t you go forth from the lay life to homelessness?’ ‘Don’t you know, dear Jotipāla, that I provide for my blind old parents?’ ‘Well then, dear Ghaṭīkāra, I shall go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’

thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro andca the potterkumbhakāro Jotipālajotipālo andca studentmāṇavo whereyena Kassapakassapo the Blessed Onebhagavā the worthy onearahaṁ fully·awakenedsammāsambuddho they approached himtenupasaṅkamiṁsu; up·goupasaṅkamitvā Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the worthy onearahantaṁ fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhaṁ towards·speakabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ they sat downnisīdiṁsu. to one sideEkamantaṁ down·seatednisinno indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro the potterkumbhakāro Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the worthy onearahantaṁ fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
this‘ayaṁ myme, sirbhante, Jotipālajotipālo studentmāṇavo friendsahāyo dear friendpiyasahāyo.
this oneImaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā let him go forthpabbājetū’ti.
he receivedAlattha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Jotipālajotipālo studentmāṇavo of Kassapakassapassa of the Blessed Onebhagavato of the worthy onearahato fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhassa in the presencesantike the going forthpabbajjaṁ, he receivedalattha the ordinationupasampadaṁ.

Then Ghaṭīkāra and Jotipāla went to the Buddha Kassapa, bowed and sat down to one side. Ghaṭīkāra said to the Buddha Kassapa, ‘Sir, this is the student Jotipāla, my dear friend. Please give him the going forth.’ And Jotipāla the student received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.

thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Kassapakassapo the Blessed Onebhagavā the worthy onearahaṁ the fully awakened onesammāsambuddho not long·ordinationacirūpasampanne Jotipālajotipāle the young manmāṇave fortnight·ordinationaḍḍhamāsupasampanne in Vebhaliṅgavegaḷiṅge as·pleasingyathābhirantaṁ stay·havingviharitvā towardsyena Varanasibārāṇasī towards ittena on tourcārikaṁ set outpakkāmi.
stage by stageAnupubbena on tourcārikaṁ travel·present participlecaramāno towardsyena Varanasibārāṇasī he arrived at ittadavasari.
thereTatra indeedsudaṁ, Ānandaānanda, Kassapakassapo the Blessed Onebhagavā the worthy onearahaṁ the fully awakened onesammāsambuddho near Varanasibārāṇasiyaṁ staysviharati at Isipatanaisipatane in the deer parkmigadāye.

Not long after Jotipāla’s ordination, a fortnight later, the Buddha Kassapa—having stayed in Vebhaliṅga as long as he pleased—set out for Varanasi. Traveling stage by stage, he arrived at Varanasi, where he stayed near Varanasi, in the deer park at Isipatana.

heardAssosi indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Kikīkikī king of Kāsikāsirājā: Kassapa‘kassapo reportedlykira the Blessed Onebhagavā the Worthy Onearahaṁ the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddho to Varanasibārāṇasiṁ after·reachanuppatto in Varanasibārāṇasiyaṁ apart·dwellviharati seer·groveisipatane at the deer parkmigadāye’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Kikīkikī king of Kāsikāsirājā fine, finebhadrāni fine, finebhadrāni carriagesyānāni harness·causative·havingyojāpetvā a finebhadraṁ carriageyānaṁ onto·mount·havingabhiruhitvā with fine, finebhadrehi with fine, finebhadrehi carriagesyānehi from Varanasibārāṇasiyā out·goniyyāsi with great royal majestymahaccarājānubhāvena Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the Worthy Onearahantaṁ the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhaṁ to seedassanāya.
as far asYāvatikā of the carriageyānassa groundbhūmi by carriageyānena go·havinggantvā from the carriageyānā having descendedpaccorohitvā on foot onlypattikova whereyena Kassapakassapo the Blessed Onebhagavā the Worthy Onearahaṁ the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddho there he approachedtenupasaṅkami; near·approach·havingupasaṅkamitvā Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the Worthy Onearahantaṁ the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhaṁ toward·greet·havingabhivādetvā one·sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ down·sitnisinnaṁ indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Kikīkikiṁ king of Kāsikāsirājānaṁ Kassapakassapo the Blessed Onebhagavā the Worthy Onearahaṁ the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddho with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya instructedsandassesi rousedsamādapesi inspiredsamuttejesi gladdenedsampahaṁsesi.
thenAtha indeedkho, Ānandaānanda, Kikīkikī king of Kāsikāsirājā by Kassapakassapena the Blessed Onebhagavatā the Worthy Onearahatā the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhena with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya instructedsandassito rousedsamādapito inspiredsamuttejito gladdenedsampahaṁsito Kassapakassapaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ the Worthy Onearahantaṁ the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhaṁ this·sayetadavoca:

King Kikī of Kāsi heard that he had arrived. He had the finest carriages harnessed. He then mounted a fine carriage and, along with other fine carriages, set out in full royal pomp from Varanasi to see the Buddha Kassapa. He went by carriage as far as the terrain allowed, then descended and approached the Buddha Kassapa on foot. He bowed and sat down to one side. The Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired him with a Dhamma talk. Then King Kikī said to the Buddha,

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