Caṅkīsutta

Majjhima Nikāya 95

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bhavañhi caṅkī abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato brahmavaṇṇī brahmavacchasī akhuddāvakāso dassanāya …pe…
bhavañhi caṅkī sīlavā vuddhasīlī vuddhasīlena samannāgato …pe…
bhavañhi caṅkī kalyāṇavāco kalyāṇavākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā …pe…
bhavañhi caṅkī bahūnaṁ ācariyapācariyo, tīṇi māṇavakasatāni mante vāceti …pe…
bhavañhi caṅkī rañño pasenadissa kosalassa sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito …pe…
bhavañhi caṅkī brāhmaṇassa pokkharasātissa sakkato garukato mānito pūjito apacito …pe…
bhavañhi caṅkī opāsādaṁ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṁ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṁ sadhaññaṁ rājabhoggaṁ raññā pasenadinā kosalena dinnaṁ rājadāyaṁ brahmadeyyaṁ.
Yampi bhavaṁ caṅkī opāsādaṁ ajjhāvasati sattussadaṁ satiṇakaṭṭhodakaṁ sadhaññaṁ rājabhoggaṁ raññā pasenadinā kosalena dinnaṁ rājadāyaṁ brahmadeyyaṁ, imināpaṅgena na arahati bhavaṁ caṅkī samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ;

You are attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. You have divine looks and lustre, remarkable to behold. … You are ethical, mature in ethical conduct. … You’re a good speaker who enunciates well, with a polished, clear, and articulate voice that expresses the meaning. … You’re the tutor of tutors for many, and teach three hundred young students to recite the hymns. … You’re honored, respected, revered, venerated, and esteemed by King Pasenadi of Kosala and the brahmin Pokkharasāti. … You live in Opāsāda, a crown property given by King Pasenadi of Kosala, teeming with living creatures, full of hay, wood, water, and grain, a royal park endowed to a brahmin. For all these reasons it’s not appropriate for you to go to see the ascetic Gotama;

samaṇotveva gotamo arahati bhavantaṁ caṅkiṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamitun”ti.

it’s appropriate that he comes to see you.”

Evaṁ vutte, caṅkī brāhmaṇo te brāhmaṇe etadavoca:
“tena hi, bho, mamapi suṇātha, yathā mayameva arahāma taṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ;
na tveva arahati so bhavaṁ gotamo amhākaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ.
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṁsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena.
Yampi, bho, samaṇo gotamo ubhato sujāto mātito ca pitito ca saṁsuddhagahaṇiko yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā akkhitto anupakkuṭṭho jātivādena, imināpaṅgena na arahati so bhavaṁ gotamo amhākaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ;
atha kho mayameva arahāma taṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ.
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo pahūtaṁ hiraññasuvaṇṇaṁ ohāya pabbajito bhūmigatañca vehāsaṭṭhañca …pe…

When they had spoken, Caṅkī said to those brahmins: “Well then, gentlemen, listen to why it’s appropriate for me to go to see the ascetic Gotama, and it’s not appropriate for him to come to see me. He is well born on both his mother’s and father’s side, stemming from a clean vessel, with irrefutable and impeccable genealogy back to the seventh paternal generation. For this reason it’s not appropriate for the ascetic Gotama to come to see me; rather, it’s appropriate for me to go to see him. When he went forth he abandoned abundant gold, both coined and uncoined, stored above and below ground. …

Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo daharova samāno yuvā susukāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo akāmakānaṁ mātāpitūnaṁ assumukhānaṁ rudantānaṁ kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato brahmavaṇṇī brahmavacchasī akhuddāvakāso dassanāya …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sīlavā ariyasīlī kusalasīlī kusalena sīlena samannāgato …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo kalyāṇavāco kalyāṇavākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo bahūnaṁ ācariyapācariyo …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo khīṇakāmarāgo vigatacāpallo …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo kammavādī kiriyavādī apāpapurekkhāro brahmaññāya pajāya …pe…

He went forth from the lay life to homelessness while still a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life. … Though his mother and father wished otherwise, weeping with tearful faces, he shaved off his hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness. … He is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. He has divine looks and lustre, remarkable to behold. … He is ethical, possessing ethical conduct that is noble and skillful. … He’s a good speaker who enunciates well, with a polished, clear, and articulate voice that expresses the meaning. … He’s a tutor of tutors. … He has ended sensual desire, and is rid of caprice. … He teaches the efficacy of deeds and action. He doesn’t wish any harm upon the community of brahmins. …

Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo uccā kulā pabbajito asambhinnā khattiyakulā …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo aḍḍhā kulā pabbajito mahaddhanā mahābhogā …pe…
Samaṇaṁ khalu, bho, gotamaṁ tiroraṭṭhā tirojanapadā saṁpucchituṁ āgacchanti …pe…
Samaṇaṁ khalu, bho, gotamaṁ anekāni devatāsahassāni pāṇehi saraṇaṁ gatāni …pe…
Samaṇaṁ khalu, bho, gotamaṁ evaṁ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:
‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato …pe…
Samaṇaṁ khalu, bho, gotamaṁ rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro saputtadāro pāṇehi saraṇaṁ gato …pe…
Samaṇaṁ khalu, bho, gotamaṁ rājā pasenadi kosalo saputtadāro pāṇehi saraṇaṁ gato …pe…

He went forth from an eminent family of unbroken aristocratic lineage. … He went forth from a rich, affluent, and wealthy family. … People come from distant lands and distant countries to question him. … Many thousands of deities have gone for refuge for life to him. … He has this good reputation: ‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’ … He has the thirty-two marks of a great man. … King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha and his wives and children have gone for refuge for life to the ascetic Gotama. … King Pasenadi of Kosala and his wives and children have gone for refuge for life to the ascetic Gotama. …

Samaṇaṁ khalu, bho, gotamaṁ brāhmaṇo pokkharasāti saputtadāro pāṇehi saraṇaṁ gato …pe…
Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo opāsādaṁ anuppatto opāsāde viharati uttarena opāsādaṁ devavane sālavane.
Ye kho te samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā amhākaṁ gāmakkhettaṁ āgacchanti, atithī no te honti.
Atithī kho panamhehi sakkātabbā garukātabbā mānetabbā pūjetabbā.
Yampi samaṇo gotamo opāsādaṁ anuppatto opāsāde viharati uttarena opāsādaṁ devavane sālavane, atithimhākaṁ samaṇo gotamo.
Atithi kho panamhehi sakkātabbo garukātabbo mānetabbo pūjetabbo.
Imināpaṅgena na arahati so bhavaṁ gotamo amhākaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ;
atha kho mayameva arahāma taṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ.
Ettake kho ahaṁ, bho, tassa bhoto gotamassa vaṇṇe pariyāpuṇāmi, no ca kho so bhavaṁ gotamo ettakavaṇṇo;

The brahmin Pokkharasāti and his wives and children have gone for refuge for life to the ascetic Gotama. … The ascetic Gotama has arrived to stay in the Godswood to the north of Opāsāda. Any ascetic or brahmin who comes to stay in our village district is our guest, and should be honored and respected as such. For this reason, too, it’s not appropriate for the worthy Gotama to come to see me; rather, it’s appropriate for me to go to see him. This is the extent of the worthy Gotama’s praise that I have memorized. But his praises are not confined to this,

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