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Majjhima Nikāya 93

Assalāyanasutta

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ashesbhasmā, outcastvasala, you will behohīti only ashesbhasmāva becomesbhavati someoneekacco.
this oneImaṁ butpana wemayaṁ asyathā asyathā we curseabhisapāma sotathā sotathā more handsomeabhirūpataro and justceva becomeshoti more good-lookingdassanīyataro andca more lovelypāsādikataro andcā’ti.
not‘Na of the worthy sirsbhavantānaṁ vainmoghaṁ fervortapo, not fruitlessnāphalaṁ spiritual pathbrahmacariyaṁ.
pleaseIṅgha worthy sirsbhavanto, whateveryo toward memayi malevolence of mindmanopadoso thattaṁ let go ofpajahathā’ti.
whatever‘Yo there isbhavati malevolence of mindmanopadoso thattaṁ we let go ofpajahāma.
whoKo thennu worthy sirbhavaṁ are youhotī’ti?
have you heard‘Suto thennu by you worthy sirsbhavataṁ—
the darkasito Devaladevalo seerisī’ti?
yes‘Evaṁ, worthy sirbho’.
he‘So indeed Ikhvāhaṁ, worthy sirbho, I amhomī’ti.
thenAtha nowkho, Assalāyanaassalāyana, sevensatta brahmin seersbrāhmaṇisayo the darkasitaṁ Devaladevalaṁ seerisiṁ to greetabhivādetuṁ they approachedupakkamiṁsu.
thenAtha nowkho, Assalāyanaassalāyana, the darkasito Devaladevalo seerisi sevensatta brahmin seersbrāhmaṇisayo said this to themetadavoca:
it was heard‘sutaṁ by memetaṁ, worthy sirbho, of the sevensattannaṁ indeedkira of brahmin seersbrāhmaṇisīnaṁ in a wilderness regionaraññāyatane in leaf hutspaṇṇakuṭīsu having settledsammantānaṁ suchevarūpaṁ harmfulpāpakaṁ misconceptiondiṭṭhigataṁ had arisenuppannaṁ—
only brahminsbrāhmaṇova bestseṭṭho classvaṇṇo, inferiorhīno otherañño classesvaṇṇo;
only brahminsbrāhmaṇova lightsukko classvaṇṇo, darkkaṇho otherañño classesvaṇṇo;

brahmins indeedbrāhmaṇāva are purifiedsujjhanti, notno non-brahminsabrāhmaṇā;
brahmins indeedbrāhmaṇāva of Brahmābrahmuno sonsputtā bosomorasā from the mouthmukhato bornjātā born of Brahmābrahmajā created by Brahmābrahmanimmitā heirs of Brahmābrahmadāyādā’ti.
yes‘Evaṁ, worthy sirbho’.
do you know‘Jānanti butpana worthy sirsbhonto—
whetheryā birthjanikā mothermātā only with a brahminbrāhmaṇaṁyeva had relations withagamāsi, notno with a non-brahminabrāhmaṇan’ti?
no‘No thathidaṁ, worthy sirbho’.
do you know‘Jānanti butpana worthy sirsbhonto—
whetheryā birth mother'sjanikāmātu mothermātā backyāva seventhsattamā mother and grandmother generationmātumātāmahayugā only with a brahminbrāhmaṇaṁyeva had relations withagamāsi, notno with a non-brahminabrāhmaṇan’ti?
no‘No thathidaṁ, worthy sirbho’.
do you know‘Jānanti butpana worthy sirsbhonto—
whetheryo birthjanako fatherpitā only with a brahmin womanbrāhmaṇiṁyeva had relations withagamāsi, notno with a non-brahmin womanabrāhmaṇin’ti?
no‘No thathidaṁ, worthy sirbho’.
do you know‘Jānanti butpana worthy sirsbhonto—
whetheryo birth father'sjanakapitu fatherpitā backyāva seventhsattamā father and grandfather generationpitupitāmahayugā only with a brahmin womanbrāhmaṇiṁyeva had relations withagamāsi, notno with a non-brahmin womanabrāhmaṇin’ti?
no‘No thathidaṁ, worthy sirbho’.
do you know‘Jānanti butpana worthy sirsbhonto—
howyathā of an embryogabbhassa conceptionavakkanti ishotī’ti?
we know‘Jānāma wemayaṁ, worthy sirbho—
howyathā of an embryogabbhassa conceptionavakkanti ishoti.

hereIdha mother and fathermātāpitaro andca come togethersannipatitā arehonti, mothermātā andca in fertile phaseutunī ishoti, virile spiritgandhabbo andca readypaccupaṭṭhito ishoti; thusevaṁ of threetiṇṇaṁ coming togethersannipātā of an embryogabbhassa conceptionavakkanti ishotī’ti.
do know‘Jānanti butpana worthy sirsbhonto—
for suretaggha, thatso virile spiritgandhabbo aristocratkhattiyo orvā brahminbrāhmaṇo orvā peasantvesso orvā menialsuddo or?vā’ti?
not‘Na wemayaṁ, worthy sirbho, knowjānāma—
for suretaggha thatso virile spiritgandhabbo aristocratkhattiyo orvā brahminbrāhmaṇo orvā peasantvesso orvā menialsuddo or.vā’ti.
this‘Evaṁ being sosante, worthy sirbho, do knowjānātha—
whatke youtumhe are?hothā’ti?
this‘Evaṁ being sosante, worthy sirbho, notna wemayaṁ knowjānāma—
whatke wemayaṁ are.homā’ti.
thoseTe indeedhi trulynāma, Assalāyanaassalāyana, sevensatta brahmin seersbrāhmaṇisayo by Asitaasitena by Devaladevalena by the seerisinā ownsake in genealogyjātivāde being pursuedsamanuyuñjīyamānā being pressedsamanuggāhīyamānā being grilledsamanubhāsīyamānā notna will prevailsampāyissanti;
howkiṁ thenpana youtvaṁ nowetarahi by memayā ownsakasmiṁ in genealogyjātivāde being pursuedsamanuyuñjīyamāno being pressedsamanuggāhīyamāno being grilledsamanubhāsīyamāno will prevailsampāyissasi, of whomyesaṁ youtvaṁ with your denominationsācariyako notna fullpuṇṇo spoonful-takingdabbigāho”ti.

thusEvaṁ when saidvutte, Assalāyanaassalāyano brahmin studentmāṇavo to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
excellent“abhikkantaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama …pe……pe…
lay followerupāsakaṁ memaṁ worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo may he rememberdhāretu from this day forthajjatagge for lifepāṇupetaṁ refugesaraṇaṁ gonegatan”ti.
the Assalāyana DiscourseAssalāyanasuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ thirdtatiyaṁ.

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