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Majjhima Nikāya 84

Madhurasutta

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thusEvaṁ by meme heard—sutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ Venerableāyasmā Mahākaccānamahākaccāno at Madhurāmadhurāyaṁ was stayingviharati in the Nut Grass Grove.gundāvane.

heardAssosi indeedkho kingrājā of Madhurāmādhuro Avantiputtaavantiputto:
ascetic“samaṇo it seemskhalu, sirbho, Kaccānakaccāno near Madhurāmadhurāyaṁ is stayingviharati in the Nut Grass Grovegundāvane.
thisTaṁ indeedkho furtherpana venerablebhavantaṁ Kaccānakaccānaṁ thusevaṁ goodkalyāṇo reputationkittisaddo has arisenabbhuggato:
astute‘paṇḍito competentviyatto intelligentmedhāvī learnedbahussuto brilliant speakercittakathī eloquentkalyāṇapaṭibhāno maturevuddho andceva perfected onearahā andca’.
goodSādhu indeedkho furtherpana of suchtathārūpānaṁ perfected onesarahataṁ seeingdassanaṁ ishotī”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā of Madhurāmādhuro son of Avantiavantiputto finebhadrāni finebhadrāni carriagesyānāni having had harnessedyojāpetvā finebhadraṁ carriageyānaṁ having mountedabhiruhitvā finebhadrehi finebhadrehi with carriagesyānehi from Madhurāmadhurāya set outniyyāsi with great royal majestymahaccarājānubhāvena venerableāyasmantaṁ Mahākaccānamahākaccānaṁ to seedassanāya.
as far asYāvatikā of the carriageyānassa groundbhūmi by carriageyānena having gonegantvā from the carriageyānā having descendedpaccorohitvā on foot onlypattikova where venerableyenāyasmā Mahākaccānamahākaccāno there approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with venerableāyasmatā Mahākaccānamahākaccānena togethersaddhiṁ exchanged greetingssammodi. greetingSammodanīyaṁ talkkathaṁ politesāraṇīyaṁ having exchangedvītisāretvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi. to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinno indeedkho kingrājā of Madhurāmādhuro son of Avantiavantiputto venerableāyasmantaṁ Mahākaccānamahākaccānaṁ this saidetadavoca:

brahmins“brāhmaṇā, worthybho Kaccānakaccāna, they spoke thusevamāhaṁsu:
only brahmins‘brāhmaṇova bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, inferiorhīno otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇova lightsukko classvaṇṇo, darkkaṇho otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇāva are purifiedsujjhanti, notno non-brahminsabrāhmaṇā;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇāva of the Divinitybrahmuno sonsputtā bosomorasā from mouthmukhato bornjātā born of the Divinitybrahmajā created by the Divinitybrahmanimmitā heirs of the Divinitybrahmadāyādā’ti.
hereIdha the worthybhavaṁ Kaccānakaccāno what does he say?kimakkhāyī”ti?

just hearsay“Ghosoyeva indeedkho thiseso, great kingmahārāja, in the worldlokasmiṁ:
only a brahmin‘brāhmaṇova the bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, inferiorhīno the otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only a brahminbrāhmaṇova the fairsukko classvaṇṇo, darkkaṇho the otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇāva are purifiedsujjhanti, notno non-brahminsabrāhmaṇā;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇāva of Brahmanbrahmuno sonsputtā legitimateorasā from the mouthmukhato bornjātā born of Brahmābrahmajā created by Brahmābrahmanimmitā heirs of Brahmābrahmadāyādā’ti.
and by this method this tooTadamināpetaṁ, great kingmahārāja, by a methodpariyāyena to be understoodveditabbaṁ howyathā just hearsay is thisghosoyeveso in the worldlokasmiṁ:
only a brahmin‘brāhmaṇova the bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, inferiorhīno the otherañño classvaṇṇo ……pe…
heirs of Brahmābrahmadāyādā’ti.
thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, great kingmahārāja,
for an aristocratkhattiyassa even ifcepi would prosperijjheyya with moneydhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā an aristocrat would be for himkhattiyopissāssa one who gets up firstpubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politelypiyavādī ……
a brahmin would be for himbrāhmaṇopissāssa ……
a peasant would be for himvessopissāssa ……
a menial would be for himsuddopissāssa one who gets up firstpubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politelypiyavādī”ti?
for an aristocrat“Khattiyassa even ifcepi, worthybho Kaccānakaccāna, would prosperijjheyya with moneydhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā an aristocrat would be for himkhattiyopissāssa one who gets up firstpubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politelypiyavādī ……
a brahmin would be for himbrāhmaṇopissāssa ……

a merchant too would be hisvessopissāssa ……
a worker too would be hissuddopissāssa early riserpubbuṭṭhāyī late retireepacchānipātī willing servantkiṅkārapaṭissāvī pleasant in conductmanāpacārī endearing in speech”piyavādī”ti.
“That“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, great kingmahārāja,
for a brahminbrāhmaṇassa if indeedcepi it should succeedijjheyya with wealthdhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā a brahmin too would be hisbrāhmaṇopissāssa early riserpubbuṭṭhāyī late retireepacchānipātī willing servantkiṅkārapaṭissāvī pleasant in conductmanāpacārī endearing in speechpiyavādī ……
a merchant too would be hisvessopissāssa ……
a worker too would be hissuddopissāssa ……
a khattiya too would be hiskhattiyopissāssa early riserpubbuṭṭhāyī late retireepacchānipātī willing servantkiṅkārapaṭissāvī pleasant in conductmanāpacārī endearing in speech”piyavādī”ti?
“For a brahmin“Brāhmaṇassa if indeedcepi, sirbho Kaccānakaccāna, it should succeedijjheyya with wealthdhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā a brahmin too would be hisbrāhmaṇopissāssa early riserpubbuṭṭhāyī late retireepacchānipātī willing servantkiṅkārapaṭissāvī pleasant in conductmanāpacārī endearing in speechpiyavādī ……
a merchant too would be hisvessopissāssa ……
a worker too would be hissuddopissāssa ……
a khattiya too would be hiskhattiyopissāssa early riserpubbuṭṭhāyī late retireepacchānipātī willing servantkiṅkārapaṭissāvī pleasant in conductmanāpacārī endearing in speech”piyavādī”ti.
“That“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, great kingmahārāja, for a merchantvessassa if indeedcepi it should succeedijjheyya with wealthdhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā a merchant too would be hisvessopissāssa early riserpubbuṭṭhāyī late retireepacchānipātī willing servantkiṅkārapaṭissāvī pleasant in conductmanāpacārī endearing in speechpiyavādī ……
a worker too would be hissuddopissāssa ……
a khattiya too would be hiskhattiyopissāssa ……

a brahmin would get up before himbrāhmaṇopissāssa one who gets up beforepubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politely?piyavādī”ti?
if a peasant prospers“Vessassa even ifcepi, worthybho Kaccāna,kaccāna, would prosperijjheyya with moneydhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā a peasant would get up before himvessopissāssa one who gets up beforepubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politelypiyavādī ……
a menial would get up before himsuddopissāssa ……
an aristocrat would get up before himkhattiyopissāssa ……
a brahmin would get up before himbrāhmaṇopissāssa one who gets up beforepubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politely.”piyavādī”ti.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, great king,mahārāja, if a menialsuddassa even ifcepi would prosperijjheyya with moneydhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā a menial would get up before himsuddopissāssa one who gets up beforepubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politelypiyavādī ……
an aristocrat would get up before himkhattiyopissāssa ……
a brahmin would get up before himbrāhmaṇopissāssa ……
a peasant would get up before himvessopissāssa one who gets up beforepubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politely?”piyavādī”ti?
if a menial“Suddassa even if,cepi, worthybho Kaccāna,kaccāna, would prosperijjheyya with moneydhanena orvā with graindhaññena orvā with silverrajatena orvā with goldjātarūpena orvā a menial would get up before himsuddopissāssa one who gets up beforepubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politelypiyavādīti ……
an aristocrat would get up before himkhattiyopissāssa ……
a brahmin would get up before himbrāhmaṇopissāssa ……
a peasant would get up before himvessopissāssa one who gets up beforepubbuṭṭhāyī one who lies down afterpacchānipātī obligingkiṅkārapaṭissāvī behaving nicelymanāpacārī speaking politely.”piyavādī”ti.

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