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Majjhima Nikāya 87

Piyajātikasutta

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Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

Tena kho pana samayena aññatarassa gahapatissa ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato hoti.
Tassa kālaṅkiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti na bhattaṁ paṭibhāti.
So āḷāhanaṁ gantvā kandati:
“kahaṁ, ekaputtaka, kahaṁ, ekaputtakā”ti.

Now at that time a certain householder’s dear and beloved only child passed away. After their death he didn’t feel like working or eating. He would go to the cremation ground and wail, “Where are you, my only child? Where are you, my only child?”

Atha kho so gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho taṁ gahapatiṁ bhagavā etadavoca:
“na kho te, gahapati, sake citte ṭhitassa indriyāni, atthi te indriyānaṁ aññathattan”ti.
“Kiñhi me, bhante, indriyānaṁ nāññathattaṁ bhavissati;
mayhañhi, bhante, ekaputto piyo manāpo kālaṅkato.
Tassa kālaṅkiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti, na bhattaṁ paṭibhāti.
Sohaṁ āḷāhanaṁ gantvā kandāmi:
‘kahaṁ, ekaputtaka, kahaṁ, ekaputtakā’”ti.
“Evametaṁ, gahapati, evametaṁ, gahapati.
Piyajātikā hi, gahapati, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā”ti.
“Kassa kho nāmetaṁ, bhante, evaṁ bhavissati:
‘piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’ti?
Piyajātikā hi kho, bhante, ānandasomanassā piyappabhavikā”ti.
Atha kho so gahapati bhagavato bhāsitaṁ anabhinanditvā paṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.

Then he went to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him, “Your faculties, householder, are those of one who is unstable in their own mind; there is a deterioration in your faculties.” “And how, sir, could there be no deterioration of my faculties? For my dear and beloved only child has passed away. Since their death I haven’t felt like working or eating. I go to the cremation ground and wail: ‘Where are you, my only child? Where are you, my only child?’” “That’s so true, householder! That’s so true, householder! For our loved ones are a source of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.” “Sir, who on earth could ever think such a thing! For our loved ones are a source of joy and happiness.” Disagreeing with the Buddha’s statement, rejecting it, he rose from his seat and left.

Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā akkhadhuttā bhagavato avidūre akkhehi dibbanti.
Atha kho so gahapati yena te akkhadhuttā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā akkhadhutte etadavoca:
“idhāhaṁ, bhonto, yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho maṁ, bhonto, samaṇo gotamo etadavoca:
‘na kho te, gahapati, sake citte ṭhitassa indriyāni, atthi te indriyānaṁ aññathattan’ti.
Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhonto, samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ etadavocaṁ:
‘kiñhi me, bhante, indriyānaṁ nāññathattaṁ bhavissati;
mayhañhi, bhante, ekaputtako piyo manāpo kālaṅkato.
Tassa kālaṅkiriyāya neva kammantā paṭibhanti, na bhattaṁ paṭibhāti.
Sohaṁ āḷāhanaṁ gantvā kandāmi—
kahaṁ, ekaputtaka, kahaṁ, ekaputtakā’ti.
‘Evametaṁ, gahapati, evametaṁ, gahapati.
Piyajātikā hi, gahapati, sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’ti.

Now at that time several gamblers were playing dice not far from the Buddha. That householder approached them and told them what had happened.

‘Kassa kho nāmetaṁ, bhante, evaṁ bhavissati—
piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā?
Piyajātikā hi kho, bhante, ānandasomanassā piyappabhavikā’ti.
Atha khvāhaṁ, bhonto, samaṇassa gotamassa bhāsitaṁ anabhinanditvā paṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamin”ti.
“Evametaṁ, gahapati, evametaṁ, gahapati.
Piyajātikā hi, gahapati, ānandasomanassā piyappabhavikā”ti.
Atha kho so gahapati “sameti me akkhadhuttehī”ti pakkāmi.

“That’s so true, householder! That’s so true, householder! For our loved ones are a source of joy and happiness.” Thinking, “The gamblers and I are in agreement,” the householder left.

Atha kho idaṁ kathāvatthu anupubbena rājantepuraṁ pāvisi.
Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo mallikaṁ deviṁ āmantesi:
“idaṁ te, mallike, samaṇena gotamena bhāsitaṁ:
‘piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’”ti.
“Sacetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṁ, evametan”ti.
“Evameva panāyaṁ mallikā yaññadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsati taṁ tadevassa abbhanumodati:
‘Sacetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṁ evametan’ti.
Seyyathāpi nāma, yaññadeva ācariyo antevāsissa bhāsati taṁ tadevassa antevāsī abbhanumodati:
‘evametaṁ, ācariya, evametaṁ, ācariyā’ti.
Evameva kho tvaṁ, mallike, yaññadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsati taṁ tadevassa abbhanumodasi:
‘Sacetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṁ evametan’ti.
Cara pire, mallike, vinassā”ti.

Eventually that topic of discussion reached the royal compound. Then King Pasenadi addressed Queen Mallikā, “Mallikā, your ascetic Gotama said this: ‘Our loved ones are a source of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.’” “If that’s what the Buddha said, Great King, then that’s how it is.” “No matter what the ascetic Gotama says, Mallikā agrees with him: ‘If that’s what the Buddha said, Great King, then that’s how it is.’ You’re just like a pupil who agrees with everything their tutor says. Go away, Mallikā, get out of here!”

Atha kho mallikā devī nāḷijaṅghaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ āmantesi:
“ehi tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandāhi, appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ puccha:
‘mallikā, bhante, devī bhagavato pāde sirasā vandati, appābādhaṁ appātaṅkaṁ lahuṭṭhānaṁ balaṁ phāsuvihāraṁ pucchatī’ti;
evañca vadehi:
‘bhāsitā nu kho, bhante, bhagavatā esā vācā—
piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’ti.
Yathā te bhagavā byākaroti taṁ sādhukaṁ uggahetvā mama āroceyyāsi.
Na hi tathāgatā vitathaṁ bhaṇantī”ti.
“Evaṁ, bhotī”ti kho nāḷijaṅgho brāhmaṇo mallikāya deviyā paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho nāḷijaṅgho brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Then Queen Mallikā addressed the brahmin Nāḷijaṅgha, “Please, brahmin, go to the Buddha, and in my name bow with your head to his feet. Ask him if he is healthy and well, nimble, strong, and living comfortably. And then say: ‘Sir, did the Buddha make this statement: “Our loved ones are a source of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress”?’ Remember well how the Buddha answers and tell it to me. For Realized Ones say nothing that is not so.” “Yes, ma’am,” he replied. He went to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,

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