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Majjhima Nikāya 82

Raṭṭhapālasutta

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for a third timetatiyampi indeedkho of Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālassa family·sonkulaputtassa friendssahāyakā to Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālaṁ family·sonkulaputtaṁ this·sayetadavocuṁ:
you“tvaṁ you are indeedkhosi, dear friendsamma Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, mother·fathermātāpitūnaṁ one·sonekaputtako dearpiyo pleasingmanāpo comfort·raisedsukhedhito nurtured with comfortsukhaparibhato, notna youtvaṁ, dear friendsamma Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, of anyonekassaci of sufferingdukkhassa you knowjānāsi, even by deathmaraṇenapi yourte mother·fathermātāpitaro unwillingakāmakā withoutvinā they will bebhavissanti.
whatKiṁ thenpana youte thattaṁ while livingjīvantaṁ allow·knowanujānissanti from homeagārasmā homelessnessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya?
ariseUṭṭhehi, dear friendsamma Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, eatbhuñja andca drinkpiva andca enjoy yourselfparicārehi andca, while eatingbhuñjanto while drinkingpivanto while enjoying yourselfparicārento sense pleasureskāme while indulgingparibhuñjanto meritspuññāni while makingkaronto delightabhiramassu.
notNa thattaṁ mother·fathermātāpitaro allow·knowanujānissanti from homeagārasmā homelessnessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya, even by deathmaraṇenapi yourte mother·fathermātāpitaro unwillingakāmakā withoutvinā they will bebhavissanti.
whatKiṁ thenpana youte thattaṁ while livingjīvantaṁ allow·knowanujānissanti from homeagārasmā homelessnessanagāriyaṁ for going forth?pabbajjāyā”ti?
for a third timeTatiyampi indeedkho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo family·sonkulaputto silenttuṇhī wasahosi.

thenAtha indeedkho of Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālassa of the clansmankulaputtassa friendssahāyakā whereyena of Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālassa of the clansmankulaputtassa mother and fathermātāpitaro went to themtenupasaṅkamiṁsu; near·goupasaṅkamitvā of Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālassa of the clansmankulaputtassa mother and fathermātāpitaro this + saidetadavocuṁ:
mum and dad“ammatātā, thiseso Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo clansmankulaputto right theretattheva not·coveredanantarahitāya groundbhūmiyā down·fallennipanno:
right here‘idheva for meme deathmaraṇaṁ will bebhavissati going forthpabbajjā orvā’ti.
ifSace youtumhe Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālaṁ clansmankulaputtaṁ will not allownānujānissatha from homeagārasmā not·homelessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya, right theretattheva deathmaraṇaṁ will comeāgamissati.
ifSace butpana youtumhe Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālaṁ clansmankulaputtaṁ will allowanujānissatha from homeagārasmā not·homelessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya, gone forth + alsopabbajitampi himnaṁ you will seedakkhissatha.
ifSace Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo clansmankulaputto will not delightnābhiramissati from homeagārasmā not·homelessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya, whatkā for himtassa otheraññā coursegati will bebhavissati? right hereIdheva will come backpaccāgamissati.
allowAnujānātha Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālaṁ clansmankulaputtaṁ from homeagārasmā not·homelessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāyā”ti.
we allow“Anujānāma, dearstātā, Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālaṁ clansmankulaputtaṁ from homeagārasmā not·homelessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya.
by one who has gone forthPabbajitena andca butpana mother and fathermātāpitaro to be visiteduddassetabbā”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho of Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālassa of the clansmankulaputtassa friendssahāyakā whereyena Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo clansmankulaputto went to himtenupasaṅkamiṁsu; near·goupasaṅkamitvā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālaṁ clansmankulaputtaṁ this + saidetadavocuṁ:

get up“uṭṭhehi, dearsamma Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, you are permittedanuññātosi by parentsmātāpitūhi from homeagārasmā to homelessnessanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya.
by one gone forthPabbajitena andca thenpana by youte parentsmātāpitaro must be visiteduddassetabbā”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo clan·sonkulaputto having risenuṭṭhahitvā strengthbalaṁ having regainedgāhetvā whereyena Blessed Onebhagavā there·approachtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ toward·speakabhivādetvā one·sideekamantaṁ down·sitnisīdi. one·sideEkamantaṁ down·sitnisinno indeedkho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo clan·sonkulaputto to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ this·sayetadavoca:
permitted“anuññāto Iahaṁ, sirbhante, mother·fathermātāpitūhi from the homeagārasmā not·homeanagāriyaṁ for going forthpabbajjāya.
let him give the going forthPabbājetu memaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā”ti.

receivedAlattha indeedkho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo clansmankulaputto of the Blessed Onebhagavato in the presencesantike the going forth,pabbajjaṁ, receivedalattha the ordination.upasampadaṁ.
ThenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā not long after the ordinationacirūpasampanne in the venerableāyasmante Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāle a fortnight after the ordinationaḍḍhamāsupasampanne at Thullakoṭṭhikathullakoṭṭhike as long as he pleasedyathābhirantaṁ having stayedviharitvā to whereyena Sāvatthīsāvatthi by thattena on walking tourcārikaṁ set out.pakkāmi.
stage by stageAnupubbena on walking tourcārikaṁ travelingcaramāno to whereyena Sāvatthīsāvatthi he arrived at it.tadavasari.
ThereTatra indeedsudaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā at Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ staysviharati in Jeta's Grovejetavane of Anāthapiṇḍikaanāthapiṇḍikassa in the monastery.ārāme.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo aloneeko withdrawnvūpakaṭṭho diligentappamatto keenātāpī resolutepahitatto livingviharanto before longnacirasseva—yassatthāya gentlemenkulaputtā rightlysammadeva from the lay lifeagārasmā to homelessnessanagāriyaṁ go forthpabbajanti, the supreme culmination of the spiritual pathtadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme with his ownsayaṁ insightabhiññā having achievedsacchikatvā having attainedupasampajja he livedvihāsi.
ended“Khīṇā rebirthjāti, has been completedvusitaṁ the spiritual journeybrahmacariyaṁ, has been donekataṁ what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, there is nothing furthernāparaṁ for this placeitthattāyā”ti he understoodabbhaññāsi.
a certainAññataro indeedkho venerablepanāyasmā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo one of the perfectedarahataṁ becameahosi.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā one·sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi. one·sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinno indeedkho venerableāyasmā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
I wish“icchāmahaṁ, sirbhante, mother·fathermātāpitaro to reveal myselfuddassetuṁ, ifsace memaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā allowsanujānātī”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā of venerableāyasmato Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālassa with mindcetasā mindceto around·encompassparicca focused with mindmanasākāsi.
asYathā the Blessed Onebhagavā knewaññāsi:
incapable“abhabbo indeedkho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo family·sonkulaputto the trainingsikkhaṁ having given uppaccakkhāya to return to a lesser lifehīnāyāvattitun”ti, thenatha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā venerableāyasmantaṁ Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālaṁ said thisetadavoca:
now when“yassadāni youtvaṁ, Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, timekālaṁ you thinkmaññasī”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo having risen from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā the Buddhabhagavantaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā respectfully circlingpadakkhiṇaṁ having donekatvā lodgingssenāsanaṁ having set in ordersaṁsāmetvā bowl·robe·takepattacīvaramādāya whereyena Thullakoṭṭhikathullakoṭṭhikaṁ theretena walking tourcārikaṁ set outpakkāmi.
stage by stageAnupubbena walking tourcārikaṁ travelingcaramāno whereyena Thullakoṭṭhikathullakoṭṭhiko it·arrivetadavasari.
thereTatra indeedsudaṁ venerableāyasmā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo at Thullakoṭṭhikathullakoṭṭhike staysviharati of the kingrañño Koravyakorabyassa in the deer rangemigacīre.
thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo in the morningpubbaṇhasamayaṁ having robednivāsetvā bowl·robe·takepattacīvaramādāya Thullakoṭṭhikathullakoṭṭhikaṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
in ThullakoṭṭhikaThullakoṭṭhike indiscriminatelysapadānaṁ for almsfoodpiṇḍāya wanderingcaramāno whereyena own·fathersakapitu housenivesanaṁ approachedtenupasaṅkami.

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