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Majjhima Nikāya 85

Bodhirājakumārasutta

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then alsoApissu memaṁ, princerājakumāra, deitiesdevatā having seendisvā thus·saidevamāhaṁsu:
dead‘kālaṅkato the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo’ti.
someEkaccā deitiesdevatā thus·saidevamāhaṁsu:
not‘na deadkālaṅkato the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo, butapi andca timekālaṁ is makingkarotī’ti.
someEkaccā deitiesdevatā thus·saidevamāhaṁsu:
not‘na deadkālaṅkato the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo, nornāpi timekālaṁ makeskaroti. a perfected oneArahaṁ the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo. dwellingVihāro indeedtveva thisso of a perfected onearahato suchevarūpo ishotī’ti.

of thatTassa to memayhaṁ, princerājakumāra, this occurredetadahosi:
why don't I‘yannūnāhaṁ completelysabbaso for cutting off foodāhārupacchedāya I would practicepaṭipajjeyyan’ti.
thenAtha indeedkho memaṁ, princerājakumāra, deitiesdevatā having approachedupasaṅkamitvā they said thisetadavocuṁ:
do not‘mā indeedkho youtvaṁ, good fellowmārisa, completelysabbaso for cutting off foodāhārupacchedāya practicepaṭipajji.
ifSace indeedkho youtvaṁ, good fellowmārisa, completelysabbaso for cutting off foodāhārupacchedāya you will practicepaṭipajjissasi, of thattassa to youte wemayaṁ heavenlydibbaṁ nectarojaṁ through the poreslomakūpehi we will infuseajjhohāressāma, on thattāya youtvaṁ you will liveyāpessasī’ti.
of thatTassa to memayhaṁ, princerājakumāra, this occurredetadahosi:
if I‘ahañceva indeedkho butpana completelysabbaso fastingajajjitaṁ I would claimpaṭijāneyyaṁ. theseImā andca to meme deitiesdevatā heavenlydibbaṁ nectarojaṁ through the poreslomakūpehi would infuseajjhohāreyyuṁ, on thattāya and Icāhaṁ would liveyāpeyyaṁ, thattaṁ would be for memamassa a liemusā’ti.
thatSo indeedkho Iahaṁ, princerājakumāra, thosetā deitiesdevatā I refusedpaccācikkhāmi. there is no need‘Halan’ti I sayvadāmi.

of thatTassa to memayhaṁ, princerājakumāra, this occurredetadahosi:
why don't I‘yannūnāhaṁ littlethokaṁ littlethokaṁ foodāhāraṁ to·takeāhāreyyaṁ handfulpasataṁ handfulpasataṁ, ifyadi orvā mung-bean·brothmuggayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā horse-gram·brothkulatthayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā chickpea·brothkaḷāyayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā green gram brothhareṇukayūsan’ti.
ISo indeedkho Iahaṁ, princerājakumāra, littlethokaṁ littlethokaṁ foodāhāraṁ to·takeāhāresiṁ handfulpasataṁ handfulpasataṁ, ifyadi orvā mung-bean·brothmuggayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā horse-gram·brothkulatthayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā chickpea·brothkaḷāyayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā green-gram·brothhareṇukayūsaṁ.
of thatTassa to memayhaṁ, princerājakumāra, littlethokaṁ littlethokaṁ foodāhāraṁ to·takeāhārayato handfulpasataṁ handfulpasataṁ, ifyadi orvā mung-bean·brothmuggayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā horse-gram·brothkulatthayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā chickpea·brothkaḷāyayūsaṁ ifyadi orvā green-gram·brothhareṇukayūsaṁ, severely emaciatedadhimattakasimānaṁ attainedpatto bodykāyo becamehoti.
just asSeyyathāpi it is saidnāma eighty-year·jointsāsītikapabbāni orvā dying·jointskāḷapabbāni orvā; just soevamevassu myme major·minor limbsaṅgapaccaṅgāni becamebhavanti due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.
just asSeyyathāpi it is saidnāma camel·hoofoṭṭhapadaṁ; just soevamevassu myme bottomānisadaṁ becamehoti due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.
just asSeyyathāpi it is saidnāma beads·stringvaṭṭanāvaḷī; just soevamevassu myme back·bonepiṭṭhikaṇṭako stuck outuṇṇatāvanato becamehoti due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.

as·justSeyyathāpi indeednāma old·barnjarasālāya raftersgopānasiyo broken·downoluggaviluggā arebhavanti; so·just·indeedevamevassu myme ribsphāsuḷiyo broken·downoluggaviluggā werebhavanti due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.
as·justSeyyathāpi indeednāma in a deepgambhīre welludapāne water·gleamudakatārakā deep·gonegambhīragatā submergedokkhāyikā is seendissanti; so·just·indeedevamevassu myme eye·socketakkhikūpesu eye·gleamakkhitārakā deep·gonegambhīragatā submergedokkhāyikā was seendissanti due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.
as·justSeyyathāpi indeednāma a bitter-gourdtittakālābu green·cutāmakacchinno by wind and sunvātātapena shrivelledsamphuṭito becomeshoti witheredsammilāto; so·just·indeedevamevassu myme head·skinsīsacchavi shrivelledsamphuṭitā washoti witheredsammilātā due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.
thatSo indeedkho Iahaṁ, princerājakumāra, 'the skin of my belly‘udaracchaviṁ I will rub'parimasissāmī’ti backbone·itselfpiṭṭhikaṇṭakaṁyeva I grabbedpariggaṇhāmi, 'the backbone‘piṭṭhikaṇṭakaṁ I will rub'parimasissāmī’ti belly·skin·itselfudaracchaviṁyeva I rubbedpariggaṇhāmi. so far·indeedYāvassu myme, princerājakumāra, belly·skinudaracchavi to my backbonepiṭṭhikaṇṭakaṁ stuckallīnā washoti due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.
thatSo indeedkho Iahaṁ, princerājakumāra, 'feces‘vaccaṁ orvā urinemuttaṁ orvā I will do'karissāmī’ti right theretattheva face downavakujjo I fellpapatāmi due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.
thatSo indeedkho Iahaṁ, princerājakumāra, this·veryimameva bodykāyaṁ relievingassāsento with my handpāṇinā my limbsgattāni I rubbedanumajjāmi. of thatTassa memayhaṁ, princerājakumāra, with my handpāṇinā my limbsgattāni while rubbinganumajjato rotted·rootpūtimūlāni hairslomāni from my bodykāyasmā fell outpapatanti due to eating so littletāyevappāhāratāya.

also + someApissu memaṁ, princerājakumāra, peoplemanussā having seendisvā thus saidevamāhaṁsu: ‘black‘kāḷo asceticsamaṇo Gotama’,”gotamo’ti,
someekacce peoplemanussā thus saidevamāhaṁsu: ‘not‘na blackkāḷo asceticsamaṇo Gotama,gotamo, brownsāmo asceticsamaṇo Gotama’.”gotamo’ti.
someEkacce peoplemanussā thus saidevamāhaṁsu: ‘not‘na blackkāḷo asceticsamaṇo Gotamo,gotamo, not + alsonapi brown,sāmo, dingy + skinmaṅguracchavi asceticsamaṇo Gotama’.”gotamo’ti.
as far + someYāvassu my,me, prince,rājakumāra, sotāva completely·pureparisuddho skin·colorchavivaṇṇo completely·brightpariyodāto near·ruinupahato had beenhoti by just that taking of so little foodtāyevappāhāratāya.

of thatTassa to memayhaṁ, princerājakumāra, this·wasetadahosi:
which‘ye indeedkho who·anykeci past + timeatītamaddhānaṁ asceticssamaṇā orvā brahminsbrāhmaṇā orvā due to exertionopakkamikā painfuldukkhā sharptibbā severekharā acutekaṭukā feelingsvedanā experiencedvedayiṁsu, so far + utmostetāvaparamaṁ not + thisnayito morebhiyyo.
which·alsoYepi forhi who·anykeci future + timeanāgatamaddhānaṁ asceticssamaṇā orvā brahminsbrāhmaṇā orvā due to exertionopakkamikā painfuldukkhā sharptibbā severekharā acutekaṭukā feelingsvedanā will experiencevedayissanti, so far + utmostetāvaparamaṁ not + thisnayito morebhiyyo.
which·alsoYepi forhi who·anykeci nowetarahi asceticssamaṇā orvā brahminsbrāhmaṇā orvā due to exertionopakkamikā painfuldukkhā sharptibbā severekharā acutekaṭukā feelingsvedanā experiencevedayanti, so far + utmostetāvaparamaṁ not + thisnayito morebhiyyo.
notNa indeedkho but + Ipanāhaṁ by thisimāya severekaṭukāya difficult + doingdukkarakārikāya I achieveadhigacchāmi furtheruttari human + statemanussadhammā worthy + noble + knowledge + vision + distinctionalamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ;
there might besiyā nownu indeedkho anotherañño pathmaggo to awakeningbodhāyā’ti.

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