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Majjhima Nikāya 88

Bāhitikasutta

The Foreign Cloth · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thusEvaṁ by meme heard—sutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Buddhabhagavā near Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ was stayingviharati in Jeta’s Grovejetavane of Anāthapiṇḍikaanāthapiṇḍikassa monastery.ārāme.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando morning·timepubbaṇhasamayaṁ having robed upnivāsetvā bowl·robe·takingpattacīvaramādāya in Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
in SāvatthīSāvatthiyaṁ for almspiṇḍāya having wanderedcaritvā after·mealpacchābhattaṁ almsround·returnedpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto whereyena the Eastern Monasterypubbārāmo Migāra·mother·longhousemigāramātupāsādo he went totenupasaṅkami for the day’s meditationdivāvihārāya.

by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo single·lotusekapuṇḍarīkaṁ elephantnāgaṁ onto·ascendabhiruhitvā from Sāvatthīsāvatthiyā drives outniyyāti by daydivā at midday.divassa.
he sawAddasā indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ afar + justdūratova toward·goāgacchantaṁ.
having seenDisvāna splendour·growthsirivaḍḍhaṁ great·ministermahāmattaṁ to·addressāmantesi:
venerable“āyasmā indeedno thateso, my dearsamma splendour·growthsirivaḍḍha, Ānanda·quoteānando”ti.
“Yes,“Evaṁ, great king,mahārāja, venerableāyasmā thateso Ānanda·quoteānando”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo a certainaññataraṁ manpurisaṁ addressedāmantesi:
come“ehi youtvaṁ, goodambho manpurisa, where + venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando to him approachtenupasaṅkama; near·go·havingupasaṅkamitvā mymama with wordsvacanena of Venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa at feetpāde with headsirasā bowvandāhi:
King‘rājā, sirbhante, Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo of Venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa at feetpāde with headsirasā bowsvandatī’ti;
thus + andevañca sayvadehi:
if‘sace indeedkira, sirbhante, for Venerableāyasmato for Ānandaānandassa notna anythingkiñci urgentaccāyikaṁ to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, let waitāgametu indeedkira, sirbhante, Venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando for a momentmuhuttaṁ sympathyanukampaṁ out ofupādāyā’”ti.

thus“Evaṁ, your majesty (quotation marker)devā”ti indeedkho thatso manpuriso of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa back·hearpaṭissutvā where the venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando there he approachedtenupasaṅkami; near·goupasaṅkamitvā the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ towards·greetabhivādetvā one·sideekamantaṁ stoodaṭṭhāsi. to one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho thatso manpuriso the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ said thisetadavoca:
king“rājā, venerable sirbhante, Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo of the venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa feetpāde with the headsirasā worshipsvandati;
and thusevañca saysvadeti:
if‘sace indeedkira, venerable sirbhante, of the venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa notna anythingkiñci urgentaccāyikaṁ to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, towards·goāgametu indeedkira, venerable sirbhante, the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando for a momentmuhuttaṁ compassionanukampaṁ out ofupādāyā’”ti.

towards·dwellAdhivāsesi indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando silent·statetuṇhībhāvena.
thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo as far asyāvatikā of the elephantnāgassa groundbhūmi by elephantnāgena having gonegantvā from the elephantnāgā down·descendpaccorohitvā pedestrian + justpattikova where + venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando there + approachtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ towards·speakabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ he stoodaṭṭhāsi. to one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ this + sayetadavoca:
if“sace, sirbhante, of venerableāyasmato Ānandaānandassa notna anythingkiñci urgentaccāyikaṁ to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, pleasesādhu, sirbhante, venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando whereyena Acira·vatīaciravatiyā of the rivernadiyā banktīraṁ there + approachtenupasaṅkamatu along·trembleanukampaṁ towards·giveupādāyā”ti.

he consentedAdhivāsesi indeedkho the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando with silencetuṇhībhāvena.
thenAtha indeedkho the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando whereyena of the Aciravatīaciravatiyā rivernadiyā the banktīraṁ he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā at a certainaññatarasmiṁ at the root of a treerukkhamūle spread outpaññatte on a seatāsane he satnisīdi.
thenAtha indeedkho the kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi the Kosalankosalo as far asyāvatikā of the elephantnāgassa the terrainbhūmi by elephantnāgena having gonegantvā from the elephantnāgā having descendedpaccorohitvā on foot onlypattikova where the venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ he stoodaṭṭhāsi. to one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho the kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi the Kosalankosalo the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
here“idha, venerable sirbhante, the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando on the elephant rughatthatthare may he sitnisīdatū”ti.
enough“Alaṁ, great kingmahārāja.
sitNisīda youtvaṁ;
seatednisinno Iahaṁ on my ownsake on the seatāsane”ti.

sat downNisīdi indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo spread outpaññatte on the seatāsane.
having sat downNisajja indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ this·saidetadavoca:
what?“kiṁ nownu indeed,kho, venerablebhante Ānanda,ānanda, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such·kindtathārūpaṁ body·conductkāyasamācāraṁ together·toward·actsamācareyya, which + hisyvāssa body·conductkāyasamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahmins?"brāhmaṇehī”ti?
no“Na indeed,kho, great king,mahārāja, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such·kindtathārūpaṁ body·conductkāyasamācāraṁ together·toward·actsamācareyya, which + hisyvāssa body·conductkāyasamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahminsbrāhmaṇehi by sensible ones."viññūhī”ti.
what“Kiṁ but,pana, venerablebhante Ānanda,ānanda, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such·kindtathārūpaṁ speech·conductvacīsamācāraṁ …pe……pe…
mind·conductmanosamācāraṁ together·toward·actsamācareyya, which + hisyvāssa mind·conductmanosamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahmins?"brāhmaṇehī”ti?
no“Na indeed,kho, great king,mahārāja, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such·kindtathārūpaṁ mind·conductmanosamācāraṁ together·toward·actsamācareyya, which + hisyvāssa mind·conductmanosamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahminsbrāhmaṇehi by sensible ones."viññūhī”ti.

wonderful“Acchariyaṁ, sirbhante, amazingabbhutaṁ, sirbhante.
what·indeedYañhi wemayaṁ, sirbhante, not·be ablenāsakkhimhā with the questionpañhena completely·fillparipūretuṁ thattaṁ, sirbhante, by the venerableāyasmatā by Ānandaānandena of the questionpañhassa by the explanationveyyākaraṇena completedparipūritaṁ.
whoYe thosete, sirbhante, foolsbālā not·competentabyattā not·examiningananuvicca not·scrutinizingapariyogāhetvā of othersparesaṁ praisevaṇṇaṁ orvā not·praiseavaṇṇaṁ orvā speakbhāsanti, notna wemayaṁ thattaṁ as essentialsārato we acceptpaccāgacchāma;
whoye butpana thosete, sirbhante, wisepaṇḍitā competentviyattā intelligentmedhāvino having examinedanuvicca having scrutinizedpariyogāhetvā of othersparesaṁ praisevaṇṇaṁ orvā not·praiseavaṇṇaṁ orvā speakbhāsanti, wemayaṁ thattaṁ as essentialsārato we acceptpaccāgacchāma.

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