The Questions of the Student Bhadrāvudha · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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the home-leaver“Okañjahaṁ
the craving-cuttertaṇhacchidaṁ
the imperturbableanejaṁ,
thus said Venerable(iccāyasmā
Bhadrāvudhabhadrāvudho)
the delight-leaverNandiñjahaṁ
the flood-crosseroghatiṇṇaṁ
the freedvimuttaṁ;
the formulation-leaverKappañjahaṁ
I beseechabhiyāce
the intelligent onesumedhaṁ,
having heardSutvāna
of the nāganāgassa
they will departapanamissanti
from hereito.
various peopleNānājanā
from the districtsjanapadehi
gatheredsaṅgatā,
yourTava
O herovīra
wordvākyaṁ
wishingabhikaṅkhamānā;
theirTesaṁ
youtuvaṁ
clearlysādhu
answerviyākarohi,
trulyTathā
forhi
by youte
knownvidito
thisesa
matterdhammo”.
craving for attachments“Ādānataṇhaṁ
dispelvinayetha
allsabbaṁ,
O Bhadrāvudha(bhadrāvudhāti
the Buddhabhagavā
aboveUddhaṁ
belowadho
and all round tootiriyañcāpi
betweenmajjhe;
whateverYaṁ
whatever indeedyañhi
they grasp in the worldlokasmimupādiyanti,
right thereTeneva
Māramāro
pursuesanveti
a personjantuṁ.
thereforeTasmā
understandingpajānaṁ
notna
would graspupādiyetha,
mendicantBhikkhu
mindfulsato
anythingkiñcanaṁ
in all the worldsabbaloke;
in clingingĀdānasatte
thusiti
observingpekkhamāno,
peoplePajaṁ
thisimaṁ
in the domain of deathmaccudheyye
clingvisattan”ti.
The Questions of the Student BhadrāvudhaBhadrāvudhamāṇavapucchā
twelfthdvādasamā.
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