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Majjhima Nikāya 93

Assalāyanasutta

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā at Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ was stayingviharati in Jeta’s Grovejetavane of Anāthapiṇḍikaanāthapiṇḍikassa monasteryārāme.

at that timeTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena from various regionsnānāverajjakānaṁ of brahminsbrāhmaṇānaṁ about fivepañcamattāni hundred brahminsbrāhmaṇasatāni in Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ were residingpaṭivasanti on somekenacideva businesskaraṇīyena.
thenAtha indeedkho of thosetesaṁ of brahminsbrāhmaṇānaṁ this occurredetadahosi:
this“ayaṁ indeedkho asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo for all four classescātuvaṇṇiṁ purificationsuddhiṁ advocatespaññapeti.
whoKo nownu indeedkho is ablepahoti with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena withsaddhiṁ in thisasmiṁ statementvacane to debatepaṭimantetun”ti?

by thisTena indeedkho thenpana at the timesamayena Assalāyanaassalāyano namednāma studentmāṇavo in Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ was residingpaṭivasati youngdaharo, tonsuredvuttasiro, sixteen years oldsoḷasavassuddesiko by birthjātiyā, of the threetiṇṇaṁ Vedasvedānaṁ gone to the far shorepāragū with vocabularies and ritual performancesanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ with phonology and word classificationsākkharappabhedānaṁ with testaments as fifthitihāsapañcamānaṁ, word-by-word knowerpadako, grammarianveyyākaraṇo, in cosmology and the marks of a great manlokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu well versedanavayo.
thenAtha indeedkho of thosetesaṁ brahminsbrāhmaṇānaṁ this thought occurredetadahosi:
this“ayaṁ indeedkho Assalāyanaassalāyano studentmāṇavo in Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ was residingpaṭivasati youngdaharo, tonsuredvuttasiro, sixteen years oldsoḷasavassuddesiko by birthjātiyā, of the threetiṇṇaṁ Vedasvedānaṁ gone to the far shorepāragū ellipsis…pe… well versedanavayo.
heSo indeedkho is capablepahoti with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena together withsaddhiṁ in thisasmiṁ regarding the speechvacane to debatepaṭimantetun”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho thosete brahminsbrāhmaṇā whereyena Assalāyanaassalāyano studentmāṇavo went up to himtenupasaṅkamiṁsu; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā Assalāyanaassalāyanaṁ studentmāṇavaṁ said thisetadavocuṁ:
this“ayaṁ, sirbho Assalāyanaassalāyana, asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo for all four classescātuvaṇṇiṁ purificationsuddhiṁ advocatespaññapeti.
let him comeEtu worthybhavaṁ Assalāyanaassalāyano with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena withsaddhiṁ thisasmiṁ statementvacane let him debatepaṭimantetū”ti.
thusEvaṁ spokenvutte, Assalāyanaassalāyano studentmāṇavo thosete brahminsbrāhmaṇe said thisetadavoca:
ascetic“samaṇo indeedkhalu, sirbho, Gotamagotamo speaker of principledhammavādī;
speakers of principledhammavādino andca butpana hard to debateduppaṭimantiyā arebhavanti.
I am notNāhaṁ ablesakkomi with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena withsaddhiṁ thisasmiṁ statementvacane to debatepaṭimantetun”ti.
for a second timeDutiyampi indeedkho thosete brahminsbrāhmaṇā Assalāyanaassalāyanaṁ studentmāṇavaṁ said thisetadavocuṁ:
this“ayaṁ, sirbho Assalāyanaassalāyana, asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo for all four classescātuvaṇṇiṁ purificationsuddhiṁ advocatespaññapeti.
let him comeEtu worthybhavaṁ Assalāyanaassalāyano with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena withsaddhiṁ thisasmiṁ statementvacane let him debatepaṭimantetu.
you have livedCaritaṁ indeedkho butpana by the worthybhotā Assalāyanaassalāyanena as a wandererparibbājakan”ti.
for a second timeDutiyampi indeedkho Assalāyanaassalāyano studentmāṇavo thosete brahminsbrāhmaṇe said thisetadavoca:
ascetic“samaṇo indeedkhalu, sirbho, Gotamagotamo speaker of principledhammavādī;

speakers of principledhammavādino andca butpana hard to debateduppaṭimantiyā they arebhavanti.
I am notNāhaṁ I am ablesakkomi with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena togethersaddhiṁ about thisasmiṁ statementvacane to debatepaṭimantetun”ti.
for a third timeTatiyampi indeedkho thosete brahminsbrāhmaṇā Assalāyanaassalāyanaṁ studentmāṇavaṁ said thisetadavocuṁ:
this“ayaṁ, worthybho Assalāyanaassalāyana, asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo for all four classescātuvaṇṇiṁ purificationsuddhiṁ advocatespaññapeti.
let him comeEtu worthybhavaṁ Assalāyanaassalāyano with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena togethersaddhiṁ about thisasmiṁ statementvacane let him debatepaṭimantetu.
you have livedCaritaṁ indeedkho butpana by the worthybhotā Assalāyanaassalāyanena as a wandererparibbājakaṁ.
don'tMā worthybhavaṁ Assalāyanaassalāyano defeat before battleayuddhaparājitaṁ admitparājayī”ti.
thusEvaṁ when this was saidvutte, Assalāyanaassalāyano studentmāṇavo thosete brahminsbrāhmaṇe said thisetadavoca:
clearly“addhā indeedkho Iahaṁ worthy sirsbhavanto notna I am getting throughlabhāmi.
asceticSamaṇo they saykhalu, worthybho, Gotamagotamo speaker of principledhammavādī;
speakers of principledhammavādino andca butpana hard to debateduppaṭimantiyā they arebhavanti.
I am notNāhaṁ I am ablesakkomi with the asceticsamaṇena Gotamagotamena togethersaddhiṁ about thisasmiṁ statementvacane to debatepaṭimantetunti.
neverthelessApi Icāhaṁ of the worthy sirsbhavantānaṁ at the biddingvacanena I shall gogamissāmī”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho Assalāyanaassalāyano the brahmin studentmāṇavo with a largemahatā with a group of brahminsbrāhmaṇagaṇena together withsaddhiṁ whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā he approached himtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with the Blessed Onebhagavatā together withsaddhiṁ exchanged greetingssammodi.
greetingSammodanīyaṁ conversationkathaṁ politesāraṇīyaṁ having exchangedvītisāretvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi. to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinno indeedkho Assalāyanaassalāyano the brahmin studentmāṇavo to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
brahmins“brāhmaṇā, worthybho Gotamagotama, they say thusevamāhaṁsu:
only brahmins‘brāhmaṇova the bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, inferiorhīno otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇova the lightsukko classvaṇṇo, darkkaṇho otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇova are purifiedsujjhanti, notno non-brahminsabrāhmaṇā;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇāva of the Divinitybrahmuno sonsputtā bosomorasā from the mouthmukhato bornjātā born of the Divinitybrahmajā created by the Divinitybrahmanimmitā heirs of the Divinitybrahmadāyādā’ti.
hereIdha worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo what does he saykimāhā”ti?
are seen“Dissanti indeedkho butpana, Assalāyanaassalāyana, of brahminsbrāhmaṇānaṁ brahmin womenbrāhmaṇiyo menstruatingutuniyopi being pregnantgabbhiniyopi giving birthvijāyamānāpi breastfeedingpāyamānāpi.
theyTe andca born from a brahmin wombbrāhmaṇiyonijāva beingsamānā they say thusevamāhaṁsu:
only brahmins‘brāhmaṇova the bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, inferiorhīno otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇova the lightsukko classvaṇṇo, darkkaṇho otherañño classvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇāva are purifiedsujjhanti, notno non-brahminsabrāhmaṇā;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇāva of the Divinitybrahmuno sonsputtā bosomorasā from the mouthmukhato bornjātā born of the Divinitybrahmajā created by the Divinitybrahmanimmitā heirs of the Divinitybrahmadāyādā’”ti.

even though“Kiñcāpi sirbhavaṁ Gotamagotamo speaks thusevamāha, thenatha yet herekhvettha brahminsbrāhmaṇā this indeedevametaṁ they thinkmaññanti:
the brahmin is the best‘brāhmaṇova bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, lowhīno otherañño classvaṇṇo …pe……pe…
heirs of Brahmābrahmadāyādā’”ti.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Assalāyanaassalāyana,
heardsutaṁ by youte: among the Greeks and Kambojans‘yonakambojesu otheraññesu andca borderlandpaccantimesu countriesjanapadesu only twodveva classes — noblevaṇṇā—ayyo indeedceva servantdāso andca; nobleayyo having becomehutvā servantdāso becomeshoti, servantdāso having becomehutvā nobleayyo becomeshotī’”ti?
yes“Evaṁ, sirbho, heardsutaṁ thattaṁ by meme: among the Greeks and Kambojans‘yonakambojesu otheraññesu andca borderlandpaccantimesu countriesjanapadesu only twodveva classes — noblevaṇṇā—ayyo indeedceva servantdāso andca; nobleayyo having becomehutvā servantdāso becomeshoti, servantdāso having becomehutvā nobleayyo becomeshotī’”ti.
here“Ettha, Assalāyanaassalāyana, of the brahminsbrāhmaṇānaṁ whatkiṁ strengthbalaṁ, whatko assuranceassāso that hereyadettha brahminsbrāhmaṇā spoke thusevamāhaṁsu:
the brahmin is the best‘brāhmaṇova bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, lowhīno otherañño classvaṇṇo …pe……pe…
heirs of Brahmābrahmadāyādā’”ti?

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