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Majjhima Nikāya 97

Dhanañjānisutta

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā at Rājagaharājagahe was stayingviharati in the Bamboo Groveveḷuvane in the squirrels’ feeding groundkalandakanivāpe.

by thatTena indeedkho thenpana at the timesamayena Venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto in the Southern Hillsdakkhiṇāgirismiṁ on walking tourcārikaṁ was wanderingcarati with a largemahatā Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena together withsaddhiṁ.
ThenAtha indeedkho a certainaññataro mendicantbhikkhu in Rājagaharājagahe who had completed the rainy season residencevassaṁvuṭṭho whereyena the Southern Hillsdakkhiṇāgiri where Venerableyenāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto he approached himtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with Venerableāyasmatā Sāriputtasāriputtena together withsaddhiṁ exchanged greetingssammodi.
greetingSammodanīyaṁ conversationkathaṁ politesāraṇīyaṁ having exchangedvītisāretvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi. to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnaṁ indeedkho thattaṁ mendicantbhikkhuṁ Venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto said thisetadavoca:
I hope, reverend“kaccāvuso, the Buddhabhagavā healthyarogo andca strongbalavā and?cā”ti?
healthy“Arogo and, reverendcāvuso, the Buddhabhagavā strongbalavā and.cā”ti.
And I hope“Kacci then, reverendpanāvuso, the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅgho healthyarogo andca strongbalavā and?cā”ti?
The mendicant Saṅgha too“Bhikkhusaṅghopi indeedkho, reverendāvuso, healthyarogo andca strongbalavā and.cā”ti.
Here“Ettha, reverendāvuso, at the rice checkpoint at the city gatetaṇḍulapālidvārāya Dhanañjānidhanañjāni namednāma brahminbrāhmaṇo there isatthi.
I hope, reverendKaccāvuso, Dhanañjānidhanañjāni brahminbrāhmaṇo healthyarogo andca strongbalavā and?cā”ti?
Dhanañjāni too“Dhanañjānipi indeedkho, reverendāvuso, brahminbrāhmaṇo healthyarogo andca strongbalavā and.cā”ti.
But I hope“Kacci then, reverendpanāvuso, Dhanañjānidhanañjāni brahminbrāhmaṇo diligent?appamatto”ti?
How“Kuto then, reverendpanāvuso, of Dhanañjānidhanañjānissa brahminbrāhmaṇassa diligence?appamādo?

DhanañjāniDhanañjāni, friendāvuso, brahminbrāhmaṇo kingrājānaṁ supported bynissāya brahmins and householdersbrāhmaṇagahapatike robsvilumpati, brahmins and householdersbrāhmaṇagahapatike supported bynissāya kingrājānaṁ robsvilumpati.
whose wifeYāpissa wifebhariyā faithfulsaddhā from a faithful familysaddhakulā broughtānītā she toosāpi has passed awaykālaṅkatā;
another wife of hisaññāssa wifebhariyā faithlessassaddhā from a faithless familyassaddhakulā broughtānītā”ti.
bad news“Dussutaṁ alas, friendvatāvuso, we have heardassumha, bad newsdussutaṁ alas, friendvatāvuso, we have heardassumha;
whoye wemayaṁ Dhanañjānidhanañjāniṁ brahminbrāhmaṇaṁ negligentpamattaṁ we have heardassumha.
hopefullyAppeva andca indeednāma wemayaṁ some timekadāci or otherkarahaci with Dhanañjānidhanañjāninā brahminbrāhmaṇena togethersaddhiṁ we might meetsamāgaccheyyāma, hopefullyappeva indeednāma there might besiyā somekocideva discussionkathāsallāpo”ti?

thenAtha indeedkho the venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto in the Southern Hillsdakkhiṇāgirismiṁ as long as he pleasedyathābhirantaṁ having stayedviharitvā towardyena Rājagaharājagahaṁ toward ittena on walking tourcārikaṁ set outpakkāmi.
stage by stageAnupubbena on walking tourcārikaṁ travelingcaramāno towardyena Rājagaharājagahaṁ arrived theretadavasari.
thereTatra indeedsudaṁ the venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto at Rājagaharājagahe staysviharati in the Bamboo Groveveḷuvane at the squirrels' feeding groundkalandakanivāpe.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto in the morningpubbaṇhasamayaṁ having robednivāsetvā taking bowl and robepattacīvaramādāya Rājagaharājagahaṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
at thatTena indeedkho nowpana timesamayena Dhanañjānidhanañjāni brahminbrāhmaṇo outside the citybahinagare cowsgāvo in a cow-shedgoṭṭhe has milkedduhāpeti.
thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto in Rājagaharājagahe for almspiṇḍāya having wanderedcaritvā after the mealpacchābhattaṁ returned from almsroundpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto whereyena Dhanañjānidhanañjāni brahminbrāhmaṇo approached himtenupasaṅkami.
sawAddasā indeedkho Dhanañjānidhanañjāni brahminbrāhmaṇo venerableāyasmantaṁ Sāriputtasāriputtaṁ from afar indeeddūratova comingāgacchantaṁ.
having seenDisvāna where venerableyenāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto approached himtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā venerableāyasmantaṁ Sāriputtasāriputtaṁ said thisetadavoca:
here“ito, worthy sirbho Sāriputtasāriputta, fresh milkpayo, let it be drunkpīyataṁ for nowtāva of the mealbhattassa timekālo will bebhavissatī”ti.
enough“Alaṁ, brahminbrāhmaṇa.
doneKataṁ by meme todayajja meal-dutybhattakiccaṁ.
at thatAmukasmiṁ myme at the root of a treerukkhamūle day's meditationdivāvihāro will bebhavissati.
thereTattha you should comeāgaccheyyāsī”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, worthy sirbho”ti indeedkho Dhanañjānidhanañjāni brahminbrāhmaṇo to the venerableāyasmato Sāriputtasāriputtassa repliedpaccassosi.

thenAtha indeedkho Dhanañjānidhanañjāni brahminbrāhmaṇo after the mealpacchābhattaṁ having eaten breakfastbhuttapātarāso where the venerableyenāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto there he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with the venerableāyasmatā Sāriputtasāriputtena together withsaddhiṁ exchanged greetingssammodi.
greetingSammodanīyaṁ conversationkathaṁ politesāraṇīyaṁ having exchangedvītisāretvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi. to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnaṁ indeedkho Dhanañjānidhanañjāniṁ brahminbrāhmaṇaṁ the venerableāyasmā Sāriputtasāriputto said thisetadavoca:
I hope you are“kaccāsi, Dhanañjānidhanañjāni, diligentappamatto”ti?
how“Kuto, worthybho Sāriputtasāriputta, of usamhākaṁ diligenceappamādo of thoseyesaṁ for usno mother and fathermātāpitaro to be supportedposetabbā, wives and childrenputtadāro to be supportedposetabbo, bondservants and workersdāsakammakarā to be supportedposetabbā, of friends and colleaguesmittāmaccānaṁ the duty to friends and colleaguesmittāmaccakaraṇīyaṁ to be donekātabbaṁ, of relatives and kinñātisālohitānaṁ the duty to relatives and kinñātisālohitakaraṇīyaṁ to be donekātabbaṁ, of guestsatithīnaṁ the duty to guestsatithikaraṇīyaṁ to be donekātabbaṁ, of ancestorspubbapetānaṁ the duty to ancestorspubbapetakaraṇīyaṁ to be donekātabbaṁ, of deitiesdevatānaṁ the duty to deitiesdevatākaraṇīyaṁ to be donekātabbaṁ, of the kingrañño the duty to the kingrājakaraṇīyaṁ to be donekātabbaṁ, and also thisayampi bodykāyo to be fattenedpīṇetabbo to be built upbrūhetabbo”ti?

that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Dhanañjānidhanañjāni,
here someoneidhekacco of parentsmātāpitūnaṁ for the sake ofhetu unprincipledadhammacārī immoralvisamacārī should beassa, him, that onetamenaṁ because of unprincipled and immoral conductadhammacariyāvisamacariyāhetu to hellnirayaṁ wardens of hellnirayapālā would dragupakaḍḍheyyuṁ.
could getLabheyya indeednu khokho heso I‘ahaṁ indeedkho of parentsmātāpitūnaṁ for the sake ofhetu unprincipledadhammacārī immoralvisamacārī I wasahosiṁ, let notmā memaṁ to hellnirayaṁ wardens of hellnirayapālā’ti, parentsmātāpitaro orvā but for himpanassa could getlabheyyuṁ this one‘eso indeedkho of usamhākaṁ for the sake ofhetu unprincipledadhammacārī immoralvisamacārī he wasahosi, let notmā himnaṁ to hellnirayaṁ wardens of hellnirayapālā’”ti?
no“No indeed thishidaṁ, worthybho Sāriputtasāriputta.
ratherAtha indeedkho himnaṁ even as wailingvikkandantaṁyeva in hellniraye wardens of hellnirayapālā would cast downpakkhipeyyuṁ”.

that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Dhanañjānidhanañjāni,
here someoneidhekacco of wife and childrenputtadārassa for the sake ofhetu unprincipledadhammacārī immoralvisamacārī would beassa, himtamenaṁ because of unprincipled and immoral behavioradhammacariyāvisamacariyāhetu to hellnirayaṁ hell-wardensnirayapālā would drag offupakaḍḍheyyuṁ.
could he getLabheyya nownu indeedkho heso I‘ahaṁ indeedkho of wife and childrenputtadārassa for the sake ofhetu unprincipledadhammacārī immoralvisamacārī I wasahosiṁ, do notmā memaṁ to hellnirayaṁ hell-wardensnirayapālā’ti, wife and childrenputtadāro orvā and for himpanassa could they getlabheyya this‘eso indeedkho ouramhākaṁ for the sake ofhetu unprincipledadhammacārī immoralvisamacārī he wasahosi do notmā himnaṁ to hellnirayaṁ hell-wardensnirayapālā’”ti?
No“No indeed thishidaṁ, sirbho Sāriputtasāriputta.
butAtha indeedkho himnaṁ while wailingvikkandantaṁyeva in hellniraye hell-wardensnirayapālā would flingpakkhipeyyuṁ”.

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