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Majjhima Nikāya 92

Selasutta

With Sela · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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by me“Mayā rolled forthpavattitaṁ wheelcakkaṁ,
quotation marker: Sela(selāti the Blessed Onebhagavā)
wheel of the teachingDhammacakkaṁ supremeanuttaraṁ;
SāriputtaSāriputto keeps rolling onanuvatteti,
taking afterAnujāto the Realized Onetathāgataṁ.
what should be knownAbhiññeyyaṁ knownabhiññātaṁ,
and what should be developedbhāvetabbañca developedbhāvitaṁ;
what should be given upPahātabbaṁ given uppahīnaṁ by meme,
thereforetasmā I am a Buddhabuddhosmi brahminbrāhmaṇa.
dispelVinayassu in memayi doubtkaṅkhaṁ,
make up your mindadhimuccassu brahminbrāhmaṇa;
hard to findDullabhaṁ sightdassanaṁ ishoti,
of Buddhassambuddhānaṁ againabhiṇhaso.
of thoseYesaṁ indeedve hard to finddullabho in the worldloke,
appearancepātubhāvo againabhiṇhaso;
I amSohaṁ brahminbrāhmaṇa a Buddhasambuddho,
surgeonsallakatto supremeanuttaro.
a manifestation of divinityBrahmabhūto unequaledatitulo,
crusher of Māra’s armymārasenappamaddano;
all opponentsSabbāmitte having subduedvasī having madekatvā,
I rejoicemodāmi fearing nothing from any quarterakutobhayo”.

this“Imaṁ sirsbhonto pay heednisāmetha,
asyathā speaksbhāsati the Clear-eyed Onecakkhumā;
the surgeonSallakatto the great heromahāvīro,
like a lionsīhova roarsnadatī in the junglevane.
a manifestation of divinityBrahmabhūtaṁ unequaledatitulaṁ,
crusher of Māra’s armymārasenappamaddanaṁ;
whoKo having seendisvā would not be inspirednappasīdeyya,
evenapi one born in a dark classkaṇhābhijātiko.
whoYo memaṁ wishesicchati may followanvetu,
whoyo orvā does not wishnicchati may gogacchatu;
right here IIdhāhaṁ will go forthpabbajissāmi,
of outstanding wisdomvarapaññassa in the presencesantike”.

if this“Etañce pleasesruccati to the sirbhoto,
the teaching of the fully awakened onesammāsambuddhasāsanaṁ;
we tooMayampi will go forthpabbajissāma,
of outstanding wisdomvarapaññassa in the presencesantike”.

brahminsBrāhmaṇā three hundredtisatā theseime,
askyācanti with cupped palmspañjalīkatā;
spiritual life“Brahmacariyaṁ we will leadcarissāma,
Blessed Onebhagavā yourtava in presencesantike”.

well explained“Svākkhātaṁ the spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ,
O Sela, iti(selāti the Blessed Onebhagavā)
apparent in the present life, immediately effectiveSandiṭṭhikamakālikaṁ;
whereYattha not in vainamoghā the going forthpabbajjā,
for one who is diligentAppamattassa who trains, quote endsikkhato”ti.

receivedAlattha indeedkho Selaselo the brahminbrāhmaṇo together with his assemblysapariso of the Buddhabhagavato in the presencesantike the going forth,pabbajjaṁ, receivedalattha the ordination.upasampadaṁ.

thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo of thattassā nightrattiyā after the passingaccayena in his ownsake hermitageassame excellentpaṇītaṁ fresh foodkhādanīyaṁ cooked foodbhojanīyaṁ having had preparedpaṭiyādāpetvā to the Blessed Onebhagavato the timekālaṁ he had announcedārocāpesi:
“It is time,“kālo, worthybho Gotama,gotama, is readyniṭṭhitaṁ the meal”bhattan”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā in the morningpubbaṇhasamayaṁ having robednivāsetvā taking bowl and robepattacīvaramādāya whereyena of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa the matted-hair ascetic'sjaṭilassa hermitageassamo there he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā on the spread-outpaññatte seatāsane he sat downnisīdi together withsaddhiṁ the Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena.
thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo headed by the Buddhabuddhappamukhaṁ mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghaṁ with excellentpaṇītena fresh foodkhādanīyena cooked foodbhojanīyena with his own handssahatthā he servedsantappesi, he satisfiedsampavāresi.
thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ who had eatenbhuttāviṁ with hand and bowl washedonītapattapāṇiṁ a certainaññataraṁ lownīcaṁ seatāsanaṁ having takengahetvā to one sideekamantaṁ he sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnaṁ indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā with theseimāhi versesgāthāhi he expressed his appreciationanumodi:

fire-offering-faced“Aggihuttamukhā sacrificesyaññā,
Sāvitrīsāvittī of meterchandaso foremostmukhaṁ;
kingRājā foremostmukhaṁ of humansmanussānaṁ,
of riversnadīnaṁ oceansāgaro foremostmukhaṁ.
of starsNakkhattānaṁ foremostmukhaṁ mooncando,
sunādicco of blazing thingstapataṁ foremostmukhaṁ;
meritPuññaṁ of those wishingākaṅkhamānānaṁ,
Saṅghasaṅgho indeedve of those sacrificingyajataṁ foremostmukhan”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Blessed Onebhagavā Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ with theseimāhi with versesgāthāhi having expressed appreciationanumoditvā rose from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā leftpakkāmi.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Selaselo with his assemblysapariso aloneeko withdrawnvūpakaṭṭho diligentappamatto keenātāpī resolutepahitatto livingviharanto soon; for the sake of whichnacirasseva—yassatthāya gentlemenkulaputtā rightlysammadeva from the homeagārasmā to homelessnessanagāriyaṁ go forthpabbajanti, that supreme; culmination of the spiritual pathtadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme with their own insightsayaṁ by direct knowledgeabhiññā having realizedsacchikatvā having attainedupasampajja they livedvihāsi.
destroyed“Khīṇā birthjāti, completedvusitaṁ the spiritual journeybrahmacariyaṁ, donekataṁ what had to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, there is nothing furthernāparaṁ for this placeitthattāyā”ti they understoodabbhaññāsi.
a certainAññataro indeedkho and venerablepanāyasmā Selaselo with his assemblysapariso a perfected onearahataṁ becameahosi.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Selaselo with his assemblysapariso whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā over one shoulderekaṁsaṁ robecīvaraṁ having arrangedkatvā whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā joined palms toward himtenañjaliṁ having raisedpaṇāmetvā the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ with versesgāthāhi he addressedajjhabhāsi:
this“Yaṁ thattaṁ having come to refugesaraṇamāgamma,
from hereito eighthaṭṭhami O Clear-eyed Onecakkhumā;
in seven daysSattarattena Blessed Onebhagavā,
we have become tameddantamha yourtava in the teachingsāsane.
youTuvaṁ the Buddhabuddho youtuvaṁ the Teachersatthā,
youtuvaṁ overcomer of Māramārābhibhū sagemuni;
youTuvaṁ underlying tendenciesanusaye having cut offchetvā,
crossed overtiṇṇo you bring acrosstāresimaṁ this peoplepajaṁ.
attachmentsUpadhī by youte transcendedsamatikkantā,
defilementsāsavā by youte shatteredpadālitā;
like a lionSīhova free of graspinganupādāno,
with fear and dread given uppahīnabhayabheravo.
mendicantsBhikkhavo three hundredtisatā theseime,
they standtiṭṭhanti with cupped palms raisedpañjalīkatā;
feetPāde O herovīra stretch outpasārehi,
giantsnāgā let them bowvandantu to the Teachersatthuno”ti.
the Sela SuttaSelasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ seconddutiyaṁ.

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