With Bhāradvāja of Sundarika on the Sacrificial Cake · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Saṅgātigo yassa na santi saṅgā, Yo mānasattesu amānasatto; Dukkhaṁ pariññāya sakhettavatthuṁ, Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.
He has slipped his chains, he’s chained no more, among those caught in conceit he is free of conceit; he has fully understood suffering with its field and ground: the Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake.
Āsaṁ anissāya vivekadassī, Paravediyaṁ diṭṭhimupātivatto; Ārammaṇā yassa na santi keci, Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.
Not relying on hope, seeing seclusion, well past the views proclaimed by others. In him there are no supporting conditions at all: the Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake.
Paroparā yassa samecca dhammā, Vidhūpitā atthagatā na santi; Santo upādānakhaye vimutto, Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.
He has comprehended all things, high and low, cleared them and ended them, so they are no more. Peaceful, freed in the ending of grasping: the Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake.
Saṁyojanaṁ jātikhayantadassī, Yopānudi rāgapathaṁ asesaṁ; Suddho nidoso vimalo akāco, Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.
He sees the ending of rebirth’s fetter, and has cast aside all manner of desire. Pure, stainless, immaculate, flawless: the Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake.
Yo attano attānaṁ nānupassati, Samāhito ujjugato ṭhitatto; Sa ve anejo akhilo akaṅkho, Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.
Not seeing himself in terms of a self, he is stilled, sincere, and steadfast. Imperturbable, kind, wishless: the Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake.
Mohantarā yassa na santi keci, Sabbesu dhammesu ca ñāṇadassī; Sarīrañca antimaṁ dhāreti, Patto ca sambodhimanuttaraṁ sivaṁ; Ettāvatā yakkhassa suddhi, Tathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ”.
He harbors no delusions within at all, he has insight into all things. He bears his final body, attained to the state of grace, the supreme awakening. That’s how the purity of a spirit is defined: the Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake.”
“Hutañca mayhaṁ hutamatthu saccaṁ, Yaṁ tādisaṁ vedagunaṁ alatthaṁ; Brahmā hi sakkhi paṭigaṇhātu me bhagavā, Bhuñjatu me bhagavā pūraḷāsaṁ”.
“Let my oblation be a true offering, since I have found such a knowledge master! I see divinity in person! Accept my offering, Blessed One: please eat my sacrificial cake.”
“Gāthābhigītaṁ me abhojaneyyaṁ, Sampassataṁ brāhmaṇa nesa dhammo; Gāthābhigītaṁ panudanti buddhā, Dhamme satī brāhmaṇa vuttiresā.
“Food enchanted by a verse isn’t fit for me to eat. That’s not the principle of those who see, brahmin. The Buddhas cast aside things enchanted with verses. Since there is such a principle, brahmin, that’s how they live.
Aññena ca kevalinaṁ mahesiṁ, Khīṇāsavaṁ kukkuccavūpasantaṁ; Annena pānena upaṭṭhahassu, Khettañhi taṁ puññapekkhassa hoti”.
Serve with other food and drink the consummate one, the great seer, with defilements ended and remorse stilled. For he is the field for the seeker of merit.”
“Sādhāhaṁ bhagavā tathā vijaññaṁ, Yo dakkhiṇaṁ bhuñjeyya mādisassa; Yaṁ yaññakāle pariyesamāno, Pappuyya tava sāsanaṁ”.
“Please, Blessed One, help me understand: now that I have found your teaching, when I look for someone during a sacrifice, who should eat the religious donation of one like me?”
“Sārambhā yassa vigatā, Cittaṁ yassa anāvilaṁ; Vippamutto ca kāmehi, Thinaṁ yassa panūditaṁ.
“One who is rid of aggression, whose mind is unclouded, who is liberated from sensual pleasures, and who has cast aside dullness.
Sīmantānaṁ vinetāraṁ, Jātimaraṇakovidaṁ; Muniṁ moneyyasampannaṁ, Tādisaṁ yaññamāgataṁ.
One who has erased perimeters and limits, expert in birth and death, a sage, blessed with sagacity. When such a person comes to the sacrifice,
Bhakuṭiṁ vinayitvāna, Pañjalikā namassatha; Pūjetha annapānena, Evaṁ ijjhanti dakkhiṇā”.
get rid of your scowl! Honor them with cupped palms, and venerate them with food and drink, and in this way your religious donation will succeed.”
“Buddho bhavaṁ arahati pūraḷāsaṁ, Puññakhettamanuttaraṁ; Āyāgo sabbalokassa, Bhoto dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti.
“The Buddha is worthy of the sacrificial cake, he is the supreme field of merit, recipient of gifts from the whole world; what’s given to the worthy one is very fruitful.”
Atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama. Seyyathāpi, bho gotama, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṁ bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. Esāhaṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca. Labheyyāhaṁ bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṁ, labheyyaṁ upasampadan”ti. Alattha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo …pe… arahataṁ ahosīti. Sundarikabhāradvājasuttaṁ catutthaṁ.
Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā said to the Buddha, “Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! As if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, worthy Gotama has made the teaching clear in many ways. I go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha. May I receive the going forth, the ordination in the worthy Gotama’s presence?” And the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence. And soon after, he became one of the perfected.
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