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Majjhima Nikāya 82

Raṭṭhapālasutta

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theseIme indeedkho, great·kingmahārāja, by thattena Blessed Onebhagavatā knowingjānatā seeingpassatā perfected onearahatā fully·awakenedsammāsambuddhena fourcattāro dhamma·summarydhammuddesā up·taughtuddiṭṭhā, whichye Iahaṁ having knownñatvā andca having seendisvā andca having heardsutvā andca from the lay lifeagārasmā not·houseanagāriyaṁ forth·wentpabbajito”ti.

is led on“‘Upaniyyati worldloko unstableaddhuvo’ti—
worthybhavaṁ Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo saidāha.
of thisImassa, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, statementbhāsitassa howkathaṁ meaningattho should be seendaṭṭhabbo”ti?
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Great Kingmahārāja,
youtvaṁ twenty·year·old·alsovīsativassuddesikopi five·twenty·year·old·alsopaṇṇavīsativassuddesikopi elephant·alsohatthismimpi well-versedkatāvī horse·alsoassasmimpi well-versedkatāvī chariot·alsorathasmimpi well-versedkatāvī bow·alsodhanusmimpi well-versedkatāvī sword·alsotharusmimpi well-versedkatāvī thigh·strongūrubalī arm·strongbāhubalī capablealamatto battle-hardenedsaṅgāmāvacaro”ti?
I was“Ahosiṁ Iahaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, twenty·year·old·alsovīsativassuddesikopi five·twenty·year·old·alsopaṇṇavīsativassuddesikopi elephant·alsohatthismimpi well-versedkatāvī horse·alsoassasmimpi well-versedkatāvī chariot·alsorathasmimpi well-versedkatāvī bow·alsodhanusmimpi well-versedkatāvī sword·alsotharusmimpi well-versedkatāvī thigh·strongūrubalī arm·strongbāhubalī capablealamatto battle-hardenedsaṅgāmāvacaro.
sometimes IAppekadāhaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, superpowers·as ifiddhimāva seemsmaññe nona selfattano with strengthbalena equalsamasamaṁ I seesamanupassāmī”ti.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Great Kingmahārāja,
so·justevameva youtvaṁ nowetarahi thigh·strongūrubalī arm·strongbāhubalī capablealamatto battle-hardenedsaṅgāmāvacaro”ti?
no“No indeedhidaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla.
nowEtarahi oldjiṇṇo elderlyvuḍḍho seniormahallako advanced in yearsaddhagato life·reachedvayoanuppatto eighty years oldāsītiko myme agevayo goesvattati.
sometimes IAppekadāhaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, here‘idha footpādaṁ I will stepkarissāmī’ti somewhere elseaññeneva footpādaṁ I stepkaromī”ti.

this“Idaṁ indeedkho thattaṁ, great·kingmahārāja, by thattena by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by the one knowingjānatā by the one seeingpassatā by the Worthy Onearahatā by the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhena having referred tosandhāya spokenbhāsitaṁ:
is swept away‘upaniyyati the worldloko unstableaddhuvo’ti,
which Iyamahaṁ having knownñatvā andca having seendisvā andca having heardsutvā andca from homeagārasmā not·homeanagāriyaṁ went forthpabbajito”ti.
incredible“Acchariyaṁ, worthybho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, amazingabbhutaṁ, worthybho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla.
howYāva well·spoken + indeed + thissubhāsitañcidaṁ by thattena by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by the one knowingjānatā by the one seeingpassatā by the Worthy Onearahatā by the Perfectly Enlightened Onesammāsambuddhena:
is swept away‘upaniyyati the worldloko unstableaddhuvo’ti.
is swept awayUpaniyyati indeedhi, worthybho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, the worldloko unstableaddhuvo.

together·findSaṁvijjante indeedkho, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, in thisimasmiṁ king·familyrājakule elephant·body·andhatthikāyāpi horse·body·andassakāyāpi chariot·body·andrathakāyāpi infantry divisionspattikāyāpi, ouramhākaṁ in misfortunesāpadāsu for defensepariyodhāya will servevattissanti.
without shelter‘Atāṇo worldloko without savioranabhissaro’ti—
venerablebhavaṁ Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo saidāha.
of thisImassa thenpana, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, of the statementbhāsitassa howkathaṁ meaningattho should be seendaṭṭhabbo”ti?
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Great Kingmahārāja,
is thereatthi to youte anykoci along·ailmentanusāyiko ailmentābādho”ti?
there is“Atthi to meme, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, along·ailmentanusāyiko ailmentābādho.
sometimesAppekadā memaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, friend·colleaguemittāmaccā relative·kinñātisālohitā around·surroundparivāretvā standingṭhitā arehonti:
now‘idāni kingrājā Korabyakorabyo timekālaṁ will makekarissati, nowidāni kingrājā Korabyakorabyo timekālaṁ will makekarissatī’”ti.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Great Kingmahārāja,
can you getlabhasi youtvaṁ thosete friend·colleaguemittāmacce relatives and kinñātisālohite:
let them come‘āyantu myme sirsbhonto friend·colleaguemittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā, all of yousabbeva beingsantā thisimaṁ painvedanaṁ sharesaṁvibhajatha, so that Iyathāhaṁ lighterlahukatarikaṁ painvedanaṁ would feelvediyeyyan’ti—
orudāhu you + alonetvaṁyeva thattaṁ painvedanaṁ you feelvediyasī”ti?
I do not“Nāhaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, I can getlabhāmi thosete friend·colleaguemittāmacce relatives and kinñātisālohite:

let come‘āyantu to meme sirsbhonto friends and ministersmittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā, all·indeedsabbeva beingsantā thisimaṁ feelingvedanaṁ sharesaṁvibhajatha, so that Iyathāhaṁ lighterlahukatarikaṁ feelingvedanaṁ might feelvediyeyyan’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho I·aloneahameva thattaṁ feelingvedanaṁ I feelvediyāmī”ti.
this“Idaṁ indeedkho thattaṁ, great kingmahārāja, by thattena Blessed Onebhagavatā knowingjānatā seeingpassatā worthy onearahatā rightly·awakenedsammāsambuddhena referring tosandhāya spokenbhāsitaṁ:
without shelter‘atāṇo worldloko without savioranabhissaro’ti,
which·Iyamahaṁ having knownñatvā andca having seendisvā andca having heardsutvā andca from homeagārasmā without·homeanagāriyaṁ went forthpabbajito”ti.
wonderful“Acchariyaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, amazingabbhutaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla.
howYāva well·spokensubhāsitaṁ indeed·thiscidaṁ by thattena Blessed Onebhagavatā knowingjānatā seeingpassatā worthy onearahatā fully awakened onesammāsambuddhena:
without shelter‘atāṇo worldloko without savioranabhissaro’ti.
without shelterAtāṇo indeedhi, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, worldloko without savioranabhissaro.

is foundSaṁvijjati indeedkho, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, in thisimasmiṁ king·familyrājakule abundantpahūtaṁ gold·moneyhiraññasuvaṇṇaṁ ground·stored + andbhūmigatañca air·stored + andvehāsagatañca.
ownerless‘Assako worldloko, allsabbaṁ forth·abandonpahāya to be gone + quotation markergamanīyan’ti—
honorablebhavaṁ Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapālo saidāha.
of thisImassa howeverpana, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, of the statementbhāsitassa howkathaṁ the meaningattho seen + quotation markerdaṭṭhabbo”ti?
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ you thinkmaññasi, great kingmahārāja,
just asyathā youtvaṁ nowetarahi with fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·providedsamappito endowed·becomesamaṅgībhūto you amuse yourselfparicāresi, you will getlacchasi youtvaṁ next·tooparatthāpi:
just so I‘evamevāhaṁ with these very sameimeheva with fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·providedsamappito endowed·becomesamaṅgībhūto around·move + quotation markerparicāremī’ti, orudāhu othersaññe thisimaṁ propertybhogaṁ will take overpaṭipajjissanti, youtvaṁ butpana as·deedyathākammaṁ will go + quotation markergamissasī”ti?
just as I“Yathāhaṁ, sirbho Raṭṭhapālaraṭṭhapāla, nowetarahi with fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·providedsamappito endowed·becomesamaṅgībhūto I amuse myselfparicāremi, I won'tnāhaṁ I will getlacchāmi next·tooparatthāpi:
just so‘evameva with these very sameimeheva with fivepañcahi sensual·strandskāmaguṇehi with·providedsamappito endowed·becomesamaṅgībhūto around·move + quotation markerparicāremī’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho othersaññe thisimaṁ propertybhogaṁ back·enter uponpaṭipajjissanti; Iahaṁ butpana as·deedyathākammaṁ will go + quotation markergamissāmī”ti.
this“Idaṁ indeedkho thattaṁ, great kingmahārāja, by thattena blessed·onebhagavatā who knowsjānatā who seespassatā the Arahantarahatā perfectly·awakenedsammāsambuddhena referring tosandhāya spokenbhāsitaṁ:

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