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Sutta Nipāta 3.7

Selasutta

With Sela · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā among the Aṅguttarāpansaṅguttarāpesu wanderingcārikaṁ wanderingcaramāno with a largemahatā with a Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena together withsaddhiṁ with 1,250aḍḍhateḷasehi with mendicantsbhikkhusatehi whereyena Āpaṇaāpaṇaṁ namednāma of the Aṅguttarāpansaṅguttarāpānaṁ townnigamo arrived attadavasari.
heardAssosi indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo:
the ascetic“samaṇo it seemskhalu, sirbho, Gotamagotamo a Sakyansakyaputto from a Sakyan familysakyakulā gone forthpabbajito among the Aṅguttarāpansaṅguttarāpesu wanderingcārikaṁ wanderingcaramāno with a largemahatā with a Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena together withsaddhiṁ with 1,250aḍḍhateḷasehi with mendicantsbhikkhusatehi Āpaṇaāpaṇaṁ has arrivedanuppatto.
of himTaṁ indeedkho nowpana the honorablebhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ thusevaṁ goodkalyāṇo reputationkittisaddo has arisenabbhuggato:
thus indeed‘itipi thatso Blessed Onebhagavā perfectedarahaṁ fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddho accomplished in knowledge and conductvijjācaraṇasampanno holysugato knower of the worldlokavidū supremeanuttaro guide for those fit for trainingpurisadammasārathi teachersatthā of gods and humansdevamanussānaṁ awakenedbuddho blessedbhagavā’ti.
heSo thisimaṁ worldlokaṁ with its godssadevakaṁ with its Mārassamārakaṁ with its divinitiessabrahmakaṁ with its ascetics and brahminssassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṁ populationpajaṁ with its gods and humanssadevamanussaṁ with his own insightsayaṁ by direct knowledgeabhiññā having realizedsacchikatvā he makes knownpavedeti.
heSo Dhammadhammaṁ teachesdeseti good in the beginningādikalyāṇaṁ good in the middlemajjhekalyāṇaṁ good in the endpariyosānakalyāṇaṁ meaningfulsātthaṁ well-phrasedsabyañjanaṁ, entirely fullkevalaparipuṇṇaṁ pureparisuddhaṁ spiritual practicebrahmacariyaṁ he revealspakāseti.
goodSādhu indeedkho nowpana of suchtathārūpānaṁ of perfected onesarahataṁ seeingdassanaṁ it ishotī”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā approached himtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with the Blessed Onebhagavatā togethersaddhiṁ exchanged greetingssammodi.
greetingSammodanīyaṁ conversationkathaṁ courteoussāraṇīyaṁ having concludedvītisāretvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnaṁ indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya educatedsandassesi encouragedsamādapesi fired upsamuttejesi inspiredsampahaṁsesi.
thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo by the Blessed Onebhagavatā with a Dhammadhammiyā talkkathāya educatedsandassito encouragedsamādapito fired upsamuttejito inspiredsampahaṁsito to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
may he consent“adhivāsetu of meme Worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ togethersaddhiṁ with the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
thusEvaṁ saidvutte, the Blessed Onebhagavā Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ said thisetadavoca:
large“mahā indeedkho, Keṇiyakeṇiya, the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅgho twelve and a half hundredaḍḍhateḷasāni mendicantsbhikkhusatāni; and youtvañca toward the brahminsbrāhmaṇesu devotedabhippasanno”ti.

for a second timeDutiyampi indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
even though“kiñcāpi, sirbho Gotamagotama, largemahā the community of monksbhikkhusaṅgho twelve and a half hundredaḍḍhateḷasāni mendicantsbhikkhusatāni, and Iahañca in the brahminsbrāhmaṇesu have confidenceabhippasanno;
may he consentadhivāsetu to meme Worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ the mendicant Saṅghabhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
for a second timeDutiyampi indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ the matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ said thisetadavoca:
large“mahā indeedkho, Keṇiyakeṇiya, the community of monksbhikkhusaṅgho twelve and a half hundredaḍḍhateḷasāni mendicantsbhikkhusatāni; and youtvañca in the brahminsbrāhmaṇesu have confidenceabhippasanno”ti.

for a third timeTatiyampi indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:
even though“kiñcāpi, sirbho Gotamagotama, largemahā community of monksbhikkhusaṅgho twelve-and-a-halfaḍḍhateḷasāni hundred monksbhikkhusatāni, and Iahañca devoted to the brahminsbrāhmaṇesu have confidence inabhippasanno,
may he consentadhivāsetu to meme worthybhavaṁ Gotamagotamo for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ with the community of monksbhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
consentedAdhivāsesi the Blessed Onebhagavā by silencetuṇhībhāvena.
thenAtha indeedkho Keṇiyakeṇiyo the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo of the Blessed Onebhagavato consentadhivāsanaṁ having knownviditvā rose from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā whereyena his ownsako hermitageassamo went theretenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā friends and colleaguesmittāmacce relatives and kinñātisālohite addressedāmantesi:
may they listen“suṇantu to meme sirsbhavanto friends and colleaguesmittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā,
the asceticsamaṇo by meme Gotamagotamo invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ with the community of monksbhikkhusaṅghena,
in whichyena for meme manual servicekāyaveyyāvaṭikaṁ you should dokareyyāthā”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, sirbho”ti indeedkho of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa of the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa friends and colleaguesmittāmaccā relatives and kinñātisālohitā of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa of the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa having repliedpaṭissutvā someappekacce ovensuddhanāni dugkhaṇanti, someappekacce woodkaṭṭhāni splitphālenti, someappekacce dishesbhājanāni washeddhovanti, someappekacce water jarudakamaṇikaṁ set uppatiṭṭhāpenti, someappekacce seatsāsanāni spread outpaññāpenti.
KeṇiyaKeṇiyo meanwhilepana the matted-hair asceticjaṭilo by himself alonesāmaṁyeva pavilionmaṇḍalamāḷaṁ preparedpaṭiyādeti.

by thatTena indeedkho thenpana at the timesamayena Selaselo brahminbrāhmaṇo in Āpaṇaāpaṇe was residingpaṭivasati, of the threetiṇṇaṁ Vedasvedānaṁ masterpāragū with their vocabularies and ritual performancesanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ their phonology and word classificationsākkharappabhedānaṁ with the testaments as fifthitihāsapañcamānaṁ knowing word-by-wordpadako grammarianveyyākaraṇo in cosmology and the marks of a great manlokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu well versedanavayo, threetīṇi andca hundred young studentsmāṇavakasatāni to recite the hymnsmante was teachingvāceti.

at thatTena indeedkho thenpana timesamayena Keṇiyakeṇiyo matted-hair asceticjaṭilo in Selasele brāhmaṇebrāhmaṇe devotedabhippasanno washoti.
thenAtha indeedkho Selaselo brahminbrāhmaṇo with threetīhi hundred young studentsmāṇavakasatehi escortedparivuto for a walkjaṅghāvihāraṁ going for a walkanucaṅkamamāno wandering aboutanuvicaramāno whereyena of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa of the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa hermitageassamo to it he approachedtenupasaṅkami.
sawAddasā indeedkho Selaselo brahminbrāhmaṇo of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa of the matted-hair asceticjaṭilassa in the hermitageassame someappekacce fireplacesuddhanāni diggingkhaṇante …pe……pe… someappekacce seatsāsanāni preparingpaññapente, Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ thenpana matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ by himselfsāmaṁyeva pavilionmaṇḍalamāḷaṁ preparingpaṭiyādentaṁ.
having seenDisvāna Keṇiyakeṇiyaṁ matted-hair asceticjaṭilaṁ said thisetadavoca:
what“kiṁ nownu indeedkho of the worthybhoto of Keṇiyakeṇiyassa weddingāvāho orvā will bebhavissati, giving in marriagevivāho orvā will bebhavissati, grand sacrificemahāyañño orvā set uppaccupaṭṭhito, kingrājā orvā of Magadhamāgadho Seniyaseniyo Bimbisārabimbisāro invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya together withsaddhiṁ with his armybalakāyenā”ti?

“no“Na for meme, worthybho Sela,sela, marriageāvāho orvā will bebhavissati weddingvivāho or,vā, nornāpi the kingrājā of Magadhamāgadho Seniyaseniyo Bimbisārabimbisāro invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya together withsaddhiṁ the armed forces;balakāyena;
ratherapi andca indeedkho for meme a grand sacrificemahāyañño is being set up.paccupaṭṭhito.
there isAtthi the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo son of the Sakyanssakyaputto from the Sakyan clansakyakulā gone forthpabbajito among the Aṅguttarāpasaṅguttarāpesu wanderingcārikaṁ travelingcaramāno with a largemahatā Saṅgha of mendicantsbhikkhusaṅghena together withsaddhiṁ 1,250aḍḍhateḷasehi mendicantsbhikkhusatehi Āpaṇaṁāpaṇaṁ has arrived.anuppatto.
thisTaṁ indeedkho andpana the venerablebhavantaṁ Gotamagotamaṁ …pe……pe…
awakenedbuddho the Blessed One.’bhagavāti.
heSo by meme invitednimantito for tomorrowsvātanāya mealbhattaṁ together withsaddhiṁ the mendicant Saṅgha.’”bhikkhusaṅghenā”ti.
“‘The awakened one,’“Buddhoti, worthybho Keṇiya,keṇiya, do you say?”vadesi”?
“‘The awakened one,’“Buddhoti, worthybho Sela,sela, I say.”vadāmi”.
“‘The awakened one,’“Buddhoti, worthybho Keṇiya,keṇiya, do you say?”vadesi”?
“‘The awakened one,’“Buddhoti, worthybho Sela,sela, I say.’”vadāmī”ti.

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