With Ghaṭīkāra · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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thusEvaṁ
by meme
heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ
timesamayaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
among the Kosalanskosalesu
walking tourcārikaṁ
wanderscarati
with a largemahatā
with a Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena
together withsaddhiṁ.
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants.
thenAtha
indeedkho
the Blessed Onebhagavā
from the roadmaggā
having descendedokkamma
at a certainaññatarasmiṁ
spotpadese
a smilesitaṁ
made manifestpātvākāsi.
thenAtha
indeedkho
of Venerableāyasmato
Ānandaānandassa
this occurredetadahosi:
“what“ko
thennu
indeedkho
is the causehetu,
whatko
is the reasonpaccayo
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
of a smilesitassa
for the making manifestpātukammāya?
notNa
without reasonakāraṇena
Realized Onestathāgatā
a smilesitaṁ
make manifestpātukarontī”ti.
thenAtha
indeedkho
Venerableāyasmā
Ānandaānando
over one shoulderekaṁsaṁ
his robecīvaraṁ
having arrangedkatvā
towardyena
the Blessed Onebhagavā
his cupped palmstenañjaliṁ
having raisedpaṇāmetvā
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
this saidetadavoca:
“what“ko
thennu
indeedkho,
Venerable Sirbhante,
is the causehetu,
whatko
is the reasonpaccayo
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
of a smilesitassa
for the making manifestpātukammāya?
notNa
without reasonakāraṇena
Realized Onestathāgatā
a smilesitaṁ
make manifestpātukarontī”ti.
Then the Buddha left the road, and at a certain spot he smiled. Then Venerable Ānanda thought, “What is the cause, what is the reason why the Buddha smiled? Realized Ones do not smile for no reason.” So Ānanda arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said, “What is the cause, what is the reason why the Buddha smiled? Realized Ones do not smile for no reason.”
once upon a time“Bhūtapubbaṁ,
Ānandaānanda,
in thisimasmiṁ
spotpadese
Vebhaliṅgavegaḷiṅgaṁ
namednāma
market towngāmanigamo
there wasahosi
successfuliddho
andceva
prosperousphīto
andca
populousbahujano
full of peopleākiṇṇamanusso.
VebhaliṅgaVegaḷiṅgaṁ
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
market towngāmanigamaṁ
Kassapakassapo
blessed onebhagavā
perfected onearahaṁ
fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho
supported byupanissāya
livedvihāsi.
hereIdha
in factsudaṁ,
Ānandaānanda,
of Kassapakassapassa
blessed onebhagavato
perfected onearahato
fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa
monasteryārāmo
there wasahosi.
hereIdha
in factsudaṁ,
Ānandaānanda,
Kassapakassapo
blessed onebhagavā
perfected onearahaṁ
fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho
while seatednisinnako
mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghaṁ
advisedovadatī”ti.
“Once upon a time, Ānanda, there was a market town in this spot named Vebhaliṅga. It was successful and prosperous, populous and full of people. And Kassapa, a blessed one, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, lived supported by Vebhaliṅga. It was here, in fact, that he had his monastery, where he advised the mendicant Saṅgha while seated.”
thenAtha
indeedkho
venerableāyasmā
Ānandaānando
fourfoldcatugguṇaṁ
outer robesaṅghāṭiṁ
having spread outpaññapetvā
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
well then“tena
indeedhi,
sirbhante,
the Blessed Onebhagavā
may he sitnisīdatu
hereettha.
thisAyaṁ
piece of landbhūmipadeso
by twodvīhi
perfected onesarahantehi
fully awakened Buddhassammāsambuddhehi
occupiedparibhutto
it will have beenbhavissatī”ti.
satNisīdi
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spread outpaññatte
on the seatāsane.
having satNisajja
indeedkho
the Blessed Onebhagavā
to Venerableāyasmantaṁ
Ānandaānandaṁ
addressedāmantesi:
Then Ānanda spread out his outer robe folded in four and said to the Buddha, “Well then, sir, may the Blessed One sit here! Then this piece of land will have been occupied by two perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.” The Buddha sat down on the seat spread out. When he was seated he said to Venerable Ānanda:
once upon a time“Bhūtapubbaṁ,
Ānandaānanda,
in thisimasmiṁ
in the spotpadese
Vegaḷiṅgavegaḷiṅgaṁ
namednāma
a market towngāmanigamo
wasahosi
successfuliddho
and indeedceva
prosperousphīto
andca
populousbahujano
full of peopleākiṇṇamanusso.
VegaḷiṅgaVegaḷiṅgaṁ
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
supported by the market towngāmanigamaṁ
Kassapakassapo
the Blessed Onebhagavā
the perfected onearahaṁ
a fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho
supported byupanissāya
livedvihāsi.
hereIdha
in factsudaṁ,
Ānandaānanda,
of Kassapakassapassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa
a monasteryārāmo
wasahosi.
hereIdha
in factsudaṁ,
Ānandaānanda,
Kassapakassapo
the Blessed Onebhagavā
the perfected onearahaṁ
a fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho
seatednisinnako
the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghaṁ
advisedovadati.
“Once upon a time, Ānanda, there was a market town in this spot named Vebhaliṅga. It was successful and prosperous, populous and full of people. And Kassapa, a blessed one, a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, lived supported by Vebhaliṅga. It was here, in fact, that he had his monastery, where he advised the mendicant Saṅgha while seated.
in VegaḷiṅgaVegaḷiṅge
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
in a village market towngāmanigame
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro
namednāma
potterkumbhakāro
of Kassapakassapassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassa
supporterupaṭṭhāko
wasahosi
chief supporteraggupaṭṭhāko.
of GhaṭīkāraGhaṭikārassa
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
of the potterkumbhakārassa
Jotipālajotipālo
namednāma
studentmāṇavo
friendsahāyo
wasahosi
dear friendpiyasahāyo.
thenAtha
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro
potterkumbhakāro
Jotipālajotipālaṁ
studentmāṇavaṁ
addressedāmantesi:
come‘āyāma,
dearsamma
Jotipālajotipāla,
Kassapakassapaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
the perfected onearahantaṁ
the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhaṁ
to seedassanāya
we will approachupasaṅkamissāma.
for holySādhusammatañhi
by meme
of thattassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
the seeingdassanaṁ
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassā’ti.
thusEvaṁ
when saidvutte,
Ānandaānanda,
Jotipālajotipālo
studentmāṇavo
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāraṁ
potterkumbhakāraṁ
this saidetadavoca:
enough‘alaṁ,
dearsamma
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra.
whatKiṁ
thenpana
by thattena
shavelingmuṇḍakena
fake asceticsamaṇakena
seendiṭṭhenā’ti?
for a second timeDutiyampi
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda
…pe……pe…
for a third timetatiyampi
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro
potterkumbhakāro
Jotipālajotipālaṁ
studentmāṇavaṁ
this saidetadavoca:
come‘āyāma,
dearsamma
Jotipālajotipāla,
Kassapakassapaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
the perfected onearahantaṁ
the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhaṁ
to seedassanāya
we will approachupasaṅkamissāma.
for holySādhusammatañhi
by meme
of thattassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
the seeingdassanaṁ
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhassā’ti.
The Buddha Kassapa had as chief supporter in Vebhaliṅga a potter named Ghaṭīkāra. Ghaṭīkāra had a dear friend named Jotipāla, a student. Then Ghaṭīkāra addressed Jotipāla, ‘Come, dear Jotipāla, 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.’ When he said this, Jotipāla said to him, ‘Enough, dear Ghaṭīkāra. What’s the use of seeing that shaveling, that fake ascetic?’ For a second time … and a third time, Ghaṭīkāra addressed Jotipāla, ‘Come, dear Jotipāla, 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.’
for the third timeTatiyampi
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Jotipālajotipālo
brahmin studentmāṇavo
to Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāraṁ
to the potterkumbhakāraṁ
said thisetadavoca:
enough‘alaṁ,
dearsamma
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra.
whatKiṁ
thenpana
with thattena
shavelingmuṇḍakena
asceticsamaṇakena
seeingdiṭṭhenā’ti?
then‘Tena
indeedhi,
dearsamma
Jotipālajotipāla,
bathing cleansersottisināniṁ
having takenādāya
to the rivernadiṁ
we will gogamissāma
to bathesināyitun’ti.
yes‘Evaṁ,
dearsammā’ti
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Jotipālajotipālo
brahmin studentmāṇavo
to Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikārassa
to the potterkumbhakārassa
repliedpaccassosi.
thenAtha
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro
andca
the potterkumbhakāro
Jotipālajotipālo
andca
brahmin studentmāṇavo
bathing cleansersottisināniṁ
having takenādāya
to the rivernadiṁ
they wentagamaṁsu
to bathesināyituṁ.
For a third time, Jotipāla said to him, ‘Enough, dear Ghaṭīkāra. What’s the use of seeing that shaveling, that fake ascetic?’ ‘Well then, dear Jotipāla, let’s take some bathing cleanser and go to the river to bathe.’ ‘Yes, dear,’ replied Jotipāla. So that’s what they did.
thenAtha
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro
potterkumbhakāro
Jotipālajotipālaṁ
youthmāṇavaṁ
addressedāmantesi:
this‘ayaṁ,
dearsamma
Jotipālajotipāla,
of Kassapakassapassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened onesammāsambuddhassa
not faravidūre
monasteryārāmo.
let us goĀyāma,
dearsamma
Jotipālajotipāla,
Kassapakassapaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
the perfected onearahantaṁ
the fully awakened onesammāsambuddhaṁ
for seeingdassanāya
we will approachupasaṅkamissāma.
for deemed holySādhusammatañhi
by meme
of thattassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
seeingdassanaṁ
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened onesammāsambuddhassā’ti.
thusEvaṁ
when saidvutte,
Ānandaānanda,
Jotipālajotipālo
youthmāṇavo
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāraṁ
potterkumbhakāraṁ
said thisetadavoca:
enough‘alaṁ,
dearsamma
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra.
whatKiṁ
thenpana
with thattena
with a shavelingmuṇḍakena
with a fake asceticsamaṇakena
seendiṭṭhenā’ti?
a second timeDutiyampi
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda
…pe……pe…
a third timetatiyampi
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāro
potterkumbhakāro
Jotipālajotipālaṁ
youthmāṇavaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
this‘ayaṁ,
dearsamma
Jotipālajotipāla,
of Kassapakassapassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened onesammāsambuddhassa
not faravidūre
monasteryārāmo.
let us goĀyāma,
dearsamma
Jotipālajotipāla,
Kassapakassapaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
the perfected onearahantaṁ
the fully awakened onesammāsambuddhaṁ
for seeingdassanāya
we will approachupasaṅkamissāma.
for deemed holySādhusammatañhi
by meme
of thattassa
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
seeingdassanaṁ
of the perfected onearahato
of the fully awakened onesammāsambuddhassā’ti.
a third timeTatiyampi
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
Jotipālajotipālo
youthmāṇavo
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāraṁ
potterkumbhakāraṁ
said thisetadavoca:
enough‘alaṁ,
dearsamma
Ghaṭīkāraghaṭikāra.
Then Ghaṭīkāra addressed Jotipāla, ‘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.’ When he said this, Jotipāla said to him, ‘Enough, dear Ghaṭīkāra. What’s the use of seeing that shaveling, that fake ascetic?’ For a second time … and a third time, Ghaṭīkāra addressed Jotipāla, ‘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.’ For a third time, Jotipāla said to him, ‘Enough, dear Ghaṭīkāra.
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