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Majjhima Nikāya 89

Dhammacetiyasutta

Shrines to the Teaching · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā among the Sakyanssakkesu dwellsviharati Medaḷumpamedāḷupaṁ namednāma of the Sakyanssakyānaṁ townnigamo.

by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo Townsvillenagarakaṁ arrivedanuppatto washoti on somekenacideva business.karaṇīyena.
thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo Dīghadīghaṁ Kārāyanakārāyanaṁ addressedāmantesi:
harness“yojehi, my goodsamma Kārāyanakārāyana, finestbhadrāni finestbhadrāni chariotsyānāni, parkuyyānabhūmiṁ we gogacchāma scenerysubhūmiṁ to see.dassanāyā”ti.
“Yes,“Evaṁ, Your Majesty,”devā”ti indeedkho Dīghadīgho Kārāyanakārāyano of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa having assentedpaṭissutvā finestbhadrāni finestbhadrāni chariotsyānāni having harnessedyojāpetvā of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa informedpaṭivedesi:
harnessed“yuttāni indeedkho yourte, Your Majestydeva, finestbhadrāni finestbhadrāni chariots.yānāni.
now is the timeYassadāni timekālaṁ you think.maññasī”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo finebhadraṁ carriageyānaṁ having mountedabhiruhitvā finebhadrehi finebhadrehi carriagesyānehi from the citynagarakamhā set outniyyāsi with greatmahaccā royal pomprājānubhāvena.
to whichYena parkārāmo towards thattena he wentpāyāsi.
as far asYāvatikā of the carriageyānassa the terrainbhūmi, by carriageyānena having gonegantvā from the carriageyānā having descendedpaccorohitvā on foot onlypattikova the parkārāmaṁ he enteredpāvisi.

sawAddasā indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo in the parkārāme walking for exercisejaṅghāvihāraṁ walking up and downanucaṅkamamāno roaming aboutanuvicaramāno tree rootsrukkhamūlāni impressivepāsādikāni inspiringpasādanīyāni quietappasaddāni stillappanigghosāni far from the madding crowdvijanavātāni remote from human settlementsmanussarāhasseyyakāni fit for retreatpaṭisallānasāruppāni.
having seenDisvāna just the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁyeva with reference toārabbha mindfulnesssati aroseudapādi:
these“imāni indeedkho thosetāni tree rootsrukkhamūlāni impressivepāsādikāni inspiringpasādanīyāni quietappasaddāni stillappanigghosāni far from the madding crowdvijanavātāni remote from human settlementsmanussarāhasseyyakāni fit for retreatpaṭisallānasāruppāni, whereyattha indeedsudaṁ wemayaṁ thattaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ we pay homage topayirupāsāma the perfected onearahantaṁ the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhan”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo Dīghadīghaṁ Kārāyanakārāyanaṁ addressedāmantesi:
these“imāni indeedkho, my goodsamma Kārāyanakārāyana, thosetāni tree rootsrukkhamūlāni impressivepāsādikāni inspiringpasādanīyāni quietappasaddāni stillappanigghosāni far from the madding crowdvijanavātāni remote from human settlementsmanussarāhasseyyakāni fit for retreatpaṭisallānasāruppāni, whereyattha indeedsudaṁ wemayaṁ thattaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ we pay homage topayirupāsāma the perfected onearahantaṁ the fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhaṁ.
whereKahaṁ nownu indeedkho, my goodsamma Kārāyanakārāyana, at presentetarahi thatso Blessed Onebhagavā dwellsviharati perfected onearahaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho”ti?

there is“Atthi, great kingmahārāja, Medaḷumpamedāḷupaṁ namednāma of the Sakyanssakyānaṁ townnigamo.
thereTattha thatso the Blessed Onebhagavā nowetarahi is stayingviharati the worthy onearahaṁ perfectly awakenedsammāsambuddho”ti.
how far“Kīvadūre butpana, dearsamma Kārāyanakārāyana, from the citynagarakamhā Medaḷumpamedāḷupaṁ namednāma of the Sakyanssakyānaṁ townnigamo ishotī”ti?
not“Na fardūre, great kingmahārāja;
threetīṇi leaguesyojanāni;
possiblesakkā in the remainder of the daydivasāvasesena to gogantun”ti.
then“Tena indeedhi, dearsamma Kārāyanakārāyana, harnessyojehi finebhadrāni finebhadrāni chariotsyānāni, we shall gogamissāma wemayaṁ thattaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ to seedassanāya the worthy onearahantaṁ perfectly awakenedsammāsambuddhan”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, Your Majestydevā”ti indeedkho Dīghadīgho Kārāyanakārāyano of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa having assentedpaṭissutvā finebhadrāni finebhadrāni chariotsyānāni having had harnessedyojāpetvā of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa informedpaṭivedesi:
harnessed“yuttāni indeedkho yourte, Your Majestydeva, finebhadrāni finebhadrāni chariotsyānāni.
now is the timeYassadāni timekālaṁ you thinkmaññasī”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo finebhadraṁ carriageyānaṁ having mountedabhiruhitvā finebhadrehi finebhadrehi carriagesyānehi from the townnagarakamhā toward whichyena Medaḷumpamedāḷupaṁ callednāma of the Sakyanssakyānaṁ townnigamo toward ittena set outpāyāsi.
in that veryTeneva with the remainder of the daydivasāvasesena Medaḷumpamedāḷupaṁ callednāma of the Sakyanssakyānaṁ townnigamaṁ reachedsampāpuṇi.
toward whichYena monasteryārāmo toward ittena set outpāyāsi.
as far asYāvatikā of the carriageyānassa groundbhūmi, by carriageyānena having gonegantvā from the carriageyānā having descendedpaccorohitvā on foot onlypattikova monasteryārāmaṁ enteredpāvisi.

at thatTena indeedkho thenpana at the timesamayena severalsambahulā mendicantsbhikkhū in the open airabbhokāse were walking mindfullycaṅkamanti.
thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo whereyena thosete mendicantsbhikkhū went up to themtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā thosete mendicantsbhikkhū said thisetadavoca:
where“kahaṁ nownu indeedkho, sirsbhante, at presentetarahi theso Blessed Onebhagavā dwellsviharati the perfected onearahaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho?
desiring to seeDassanakāmā forhi wemayaṁ himtaṁ Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ perfected onearahantaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhan”ti.

this“Eso, great kingmahārāja, dwellingvihāro with the door closedsaṁvutadvāro. by itTena quietlyappasaddo having approachedupasaṅkamitvā not hurryingataramāno porchāḷindaṁ having enteredpavisitvā having cleared the throatukkāsitvā door-panelaggaḷaṁ knockākoṭehi. will openVivarissati the Blessed Onebhagavā for youte the doordvāran”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho the kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo right theretattheva and swordkhaggañca and turbanuṇhīsañca to Dīghadīghassa Kārāyanakārāyanassa gavepādāsi.
thenAtha indeedkho of Dīghadīghassa Kārāyanakārāyanassa this occurredetadahosi:
seeks privacy“rahāyati indeedkho nowdāni the kingrājā, right hereidheva nowdāni by memayā should be waitedṭhātabban”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho the kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo whereyena thatso dwellingvihāro with the door closedsaṁvutadvāro to ittena quietlyappasaddo having approachedupasaṅkamitvā not hurryingataramāno porchāḷindaṁ having enteredpavisitvā having cleared the throatukkāsitvā door-panelaggaḷaṁ knockedākoṭesi. openedVivari the Blessed Onebhagavā the doordvāraṁ.

thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo dwellingvihāraṁ having enteredpavisitvā of the Blessed Onebhagavato at the feetpādesu with the headsirasā having bowednipatitvā of the Blessed Onebhagavato feetpādāni with the mouthmukhena andca caressesparicumbati, with the handspāṇīhi andca strokesparisambāhati, and his namenāmañca pronouncessāveti:
I am a king“rājāhaṁ, sirbhante, Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo;
I am a kingrājāhaṁ, sirbhante, Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo”ti.
what“Kiṁ thenpana youtvaṁ, Great Kingmahārāja, reasonatthavasaṁ consideringsampassamāno for thisimasmiṁ for the bodysarīre suchevarūpaṁ utmost deferenceparamanipaccakāraṁ do you showkarosi, manifest lovemittūpahāraṁ do you conveyupadaṁsesī”ti?

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