Selasutta

Majjhima Nikāya 92

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā among the Aṅguttarāpansaṅguttarāpesu walking tourcārikaṁ wanderingcaramāno largemahatā with a Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena together withsaddhiṁ twelve and a halfaḍḍhateḷasehi hundred mendicantsbhikkhusatehi whereyena Āpaṇaāpaṇaṁ namednāma of the Aṅguttarāpansaṅguttarāpānaṁ townnigamo he arrived attadavasari.

heardAssosi indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo matted-hair asceticjaṭilo:
ascetic“samaṇo it seemskhalu, sirbho, Gotamagotamo a Sakyan sonsakyaputto from a Sakyan familysakyakulā gone forthpabbajito among the Aṅguttarāpasaṅguttarāpesu on walking tourcārikaṁ wanderingcaramāno with a largemahatā with a Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena togethersaddhiṁ with 1,250aḍḍhateḷasehi mendicantsbhikkhusatehi at Āpaṇaāpaṇaṁ arrivedanuppatto.
himTaṁ indeedkho furthermorepana blessedbhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ thusevaṁ goodkalyāṇo reputationkittisaddo spreadabbhuggato:
thus indeed‘itipi heso the Blessed Onebhagavā perfectedarahaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho accomplished in knowledge and conductvijjācaraṇasampanno holysugato knower of the worldlokavidū supremeanuttaro guide for those fit for trainingpurisadammasārathi teachersatthā of gods and humansdevamanussānaṁ awakenedbuddho blessedbhagavā’ti.
heSo thisimaṁ worldlokaṁ with its godssadevakaṁ with its Mārassamārakaṁ with its divinitiessabrahmakaṁ with its ascetics and brahminssassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṁ populationpajaṁ gods and humanssadevamanussaṁ with his own insightsayaṁ by direct knowledgeabhiññā having realizedsacchikatvā makes knownpavedeti.
heSo a teachingdhammaṁ proclaimsdeseti good in the beginningādikalyāṇaṁ good in the middlemajjhekalyāṇaṁ good in the endpariyosānakalyāṇaṁ meaningfulsātthaṁ well-phrasedsabyañjanaṁ, entirely fullkevalaparipuṇṇaṁ pureparisuddhaṁ spiritual practicebrahmacariyaṁ revealspakāseti.
goodSādhu indeedkho furthermorepana of suchtathārūpānaṁ perfected onesarahataṁ seeingdassanaṁ it ishotī”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo to whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā he approached himtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with the Blessed Onebhagavatā together withsaddhiṁ he exchanged greetingssammodi.
the courteousSammodanīyaṁ talkkathaṁ the politesāraṇīyaṁ having exchangedvītisāretvā to one sideekamantaṁ he sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnaṁ indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya he educatedsandassesi he encouragedsamādapesi he fired upsamuttejesi he inspiredsampahaṁsesi.
thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo by the Blessed Onebhagavatā with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya educatedsandassito encouragedsamādapito fired upsamuttejito inspiredsampahaṁsito to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
let him accept“adhivāsetu from meme worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ with the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
thusEvaṁ when this was saidvutte, the Blessed Onebhagavā to Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
large“mahā indeedkho, Keṇiyakeṇiya, the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅgho twelve and a halfaḍḍhateḷasāni hundred mendicantsbhikkhusatāni, and youtvañca toward the brahminsbrāhmaṇesu you are devotedabhippasanno”ti.
for a second timeDutiyampi indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
even though“kiñcāpi indeedkho, sirbho Gotamagotama, largemahā the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅgho twelve and a halfaḍḍhateḷasāni hundred mendicantsbhikkhusatāni, and Iahañca toward the brahminsbrāhmaṇesu I am devotedabhippasanno;
let him acceptadhivāsetu from meme worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ with the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
for a second timeDutiyampi indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā to Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ he said thisetadavoca:

large“mahā indeedkho, Keṇiyakeṇiya, mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅgho twelve and a half hundredaḍḍhateḷasāni mendicant hundredsbhikkhusatāni, and youtvañca in brahminsbrāhmaṇesu devotedabhippasanno”ti.
for a third time alsoTatiyampi indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo matted-hair asceticjaṭilo to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
although“kiñcāpi indeedkho, sirbho Gotamagotama, largemahā mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅgho twelve and a half hundredaḍḍhateḷasāni mendicant hundredsbhikkhusatāni, and Iahañca in brahminsbrāhmaṇesu devotedabhippasanno;
may he consentadhivāsetu for meme Worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ with the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
consentedAdhivāsesi the Blessed Onebhagavā by silencetuṇhībhāvena.

thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo of the Blessed Onebhagavato consentadhivāsanaṁ having knownviditvā rose from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā whereyena his ownsako hermitageassamo there he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā friends and colleaguesmittāmacce relatives and kinñātisālohite he addressedāmantesi:
let them listen“suṇantu to meme worthy sirsbhonto, friends and colleaguesmittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā;
the asceticsamaṇo by meme Gotamagotamo invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ with the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghena.
with whichYena meme manual preparationskāyaveyyāvaṭikaṁ you should dokareyyāthā”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, worthy sirbho”ti indeedkho of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa friends and colleaguesmittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa having promisedpaṭissutvā someappekacce ovensuddhanāni they digkhaṇanti, someappekacce woodkaṭṭhāni they chopphālenti, someappekacce dishesbhājanāni they washdhovanti, someappekacce a water jarudakamaṇikaṁ they set uppatiṭṭhāpenti, someappekacce seatsāsanāni they spread outpaññapenti.
KeṇiyaKeṇiyo meanwhilepana the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo himselfsāmaṁyeva the pavilionmaṇḍalamālaṁ he preparespaṭiyādeti.

by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena Selaselo brahminbrāhmaṇo in Āpaṇaāpaṇe was residingpaṭivasati of the threetiṇṇaṁ of the Vedasvedānaṁ masteredpāragū with the vocabularies and ritual performancesanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ with phonology and word classificationsākkharappabhedānaṁ with the testaments as fifthitihāsapañcamānaṁ, knew word-by-wordpadako, grammarianveyyākaraṇo, in cosmology and the marks of a great manlokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu well versedanavayo, threetīṇi andca hundreds of young studentsmāṇavakasatāni the hymnsmante was teaching to recitevāceti.

at thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo toward Selasele the brahminbrāhmaṇe was devotedabhippasanno he washoti.
thenAtha indeedkho Selaselo the brahminbrāhmaṇo by threetīhi hundred young studentsmāṇavakasatehi escortedparivuto for a walkjaṅghāvihāraṁ while going back and forthanucaṅkamamāno while wandering aboutanuvicaramāno whereyena of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa of the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa the hermitageassamo there he approachedtenupasaṅkami.
he sawAddasā indeedkho Selaselo the brahminbrāhmaṇo of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa of the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa in the hermitageassame someappekacce fireplacesuddhanāni diggingkhaṇante, someappekacce stickskaṭṭhāni splittingphālente, someappekacce vesselsbhājanāni washingdhovante, someappekacce a water-potudakamaṇikaṁ setting uppatiṭṭhāpente, someappekacce seatsāsanāni preparingpaññapente, Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ nowpana the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ himselfsāmaṁyeva a pavilionmaṇḍalamālaṁ preparingpaṭiyādentaṁ.

having seenDisvāna Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ said thisetadavoca:
what“kiṁ nownu for the worthy onebhoto of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa son's weddingāvāho orvā will bebhavissati daughter's weddingvivāho orvā will bebhavissati grand sacrificemahāyañño orvā preparedpaccupaṭṭhito, kingrājā orvā of Magadhamāgadho Seniyaseniyo Bimbisārabimbisāro invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya together withsaddhiṁ with his armybalakāyenā”ti?

not“Na for meme, worthybho Selasela, marriageāvāho will bebhavissati and notnapi marriagevivāho will bebhavissati and notnapi kingrājā of Magadhamāgadho Seniyaseniyo Bimbisārabimbisāro invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya together withsaddhiṁ with the armybalakāyena;
butapi ratherca indeedkho for meme great sacrificemahāyañño is preparedpaccupaṭṭhito.
there isAtthi, worthybho, asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo son of the Sakyanssakyaputto from the Sakyan clansakyakulā gone forthpabbajito among the Aṅguttarāpasaṅguttarāpesu wandering tourcārikaṁ wanderingcaramāno with a largemahatā with the Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena together withsaddhiṁ with 1,250aḍḍhateḷasehi with mendicantsbhikkhusatehi at Āpaṇaāpaṇaṁ arrivedanuppatto.
thatTaṁ indeedkho thenpana the venerablebhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ thusevaṁ goodkalyāṇo reputationkittisaddo arisenabbhuggato:
thus indeed‘itipi heso the Blessed Onebhagavā perfectedarahaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho accomplished in knowledge and conductvijjācaraṇasampanno holysugato knower of the worldlokavidū supremeanuttaro guide for those fit for trainingpurisadammasārathi teachersatthā of gods and humansdevamanussānaṁ awakenedbuddho blessedbhagavā’ti.
heSo by meme invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ with the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.

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