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Subhasutta

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thusEvaṁ when saidvutte, Subhasubho the brahmin studentmāṇavo Todeyya·sontodeyyaputto to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ this·sayetadavoca:
excellent“abhikkantaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, excellentabhikkantaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
just asSeyyathāpi, worthybho Gotamagotama, overturnednikkujjitaṁ orvā would rightukkujjeyya, hiddenpaṭicchannaṁ orvā would revealvivareyya, to one lostmūḷhassa orvā the pathmaggaṁ would point outācikkheyya, in the darkandhakāre orvā oil·lamptelapajjotaṁ would holddhāreyya: those with eyes‘cakkhumanto formsrūpāni will seedakkhantī’ti; thus·justevamevaṁ by worthybhotā Gotamagotamena many·wayanekapariyāyena the teachingdhammo made clearpakāsito.
this IEsāhaṁ to the worthybhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ as refugesaraṇaṁ I gogacchāmi dhamma + anddhammañca mendicant·Saṅgha + andbhikkhusaṅghañca.
as a lay followerUpāsakaṁ memaṁ worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo may rememberdhāretu today·from thisajjatagge life·endowedpāṇupetaṁ to refugesaraṇaṁ gonegataṁ.
wellHanda andca nowdāni wemayaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama, we gogacchāma;
many·dutybahukiccā wemayaṁ having much to dobahukaraṇīyā”ti.

whatever now“Yassadāni youtvaṁ, studentmāṇava, timekālaṁ you thinkmaññasī”ti.
thenAtha indeedkho Subhasubho studentmāṇavo Todeyya·sontodeyyaputto of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ towards·rejoiceabhinanditvā along·approveanumoditvā from the seatuṭṭhāyāsanā the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ towards·bowabhivādetvā clockwisepadakkhiṇaṁ having donekatvā he departedpakkāmi.

by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena Jānussoṇijāṇussoṇi the brahminbrāhmaṇo all·whitesabbasetena with a chariot drawn by maresvaḷavābhirathena from Sāvatthīsāvatthiyā drove outniyyāti by daydivā of the day.divassa.
he sawAddasā indeedkho Jānussoṇijāṇussoṇi the brahminbrāhmaṇo Subhasubhaṁ the studentmāṇavaṁ Todeyyaputtatodeyyaputtaṁ distance·indeeddūratova to·comeāgacchantaṁ.
having seenDisvāna Subhasubhaṁ the studentmāṇavaṁ Todeyyaputtatodeyyaputtaṁ this·sayetadavoca:
so“handa from wherekuto nownu worthybhavaṁ Bhāradvājabhāradvājo to·comeāgacchati by daydivā in the middle of the day?"divassā”ti?
from here“Ito just nowhi indeedkho I,ahaṁ, good fellow,bho, to·comeāgacchāmi of the asceticsamaṇassa Gotamagotamassa from the presence."santikā”ti.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you think,maññasi, worthybhavaṁ Bhāradvājabhāradvājo of the asceticsamaṇassa Gotamagotamassa wisdom·luciditypaññāveyyattiyaṁ astutepaṇḍito do you think?"maññeti”?
who“Ko and·Icāhaṁ, good fellow,bho, whoko andca of the asceticsamaṇassa Gotamagotamassa wisdom·luciditypaññāveyyattiyaṁ will I know?jānissāmi?
he·tooSopi surely of hisnūnassa same·indeedtādisova whoyo of the asceticsamaṇassa Gotamagotamassa wisdom·luciditypaññāveyyattiyaṁ would know."jāneyyā”ti.
with high“Uḷārāya indeedkhalu worthybhavaṁ Bhāradvājabhāradvājo the asceticsamaṇaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ with praisepasaṁsāya praises."pasaṁsatī”ti.
who“Ko and·Icāhaṁ, good fellow,bho, whoko andca the asceticsamaṇaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ will I praise?pasaṁsissāmi?
praised·praised·indeedPasatthapasatthova heso worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo the bestseṭṭho god·humandevamanussānaṁ.

whichYe thesecime, sirbho, brahminsbrāhmaṇā fivepañca thingsdhamme prescribepaññapenti of meritpuññassa for makingkiriyāya skillfulkusalassa for succeeding inārādhanāya;
of the mindcittassete asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo prerequisitesparikkhāre he saysvadeti—
that isyadidaṁ mindcittaṁ free of enmityaveraṁ free of ill willabyābajjhaṁ of thattassa for developingbhāvanāyā”ti.

thusEvaṁ when spokenvutte, Jānussoṇijāṇussoṇi brahminbrāhmaṇo all·whitesabbasetā mare·chariotvaḷavābhirathā having descendedorohitvā over one shoulderekaṁsaṁ upper robeuttarāsaṅgaṁ having arrangedkaritvā whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā cupped palms toward himtenañjaliṁ having raisedpaṇāmetvā heartfelt sentimentudānaṁ expressedudānesi:
lucky“lābhā of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa, well·obtained·luckysuladdhalābhā of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa
whoseyassa in the realmvijite thus·gonetathāgato is livingviharati perfected onearahaṁ fully·awakenedsammāsambuddho”ti.
Subha·suttaSubhasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ ninthnavamaṁ.

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