Suppavāsā · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Tena kho pana samayena aññatarena upāsakena buddhappamukho bhikkhusaṅgho svātanāya bhattena nimantito hoti. So ca upāsako āyasmato mahāmoggallānassa upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ mahāmoggallānaṁ āmantesi: “ehi tvaṁ, moggallāna, yena so upāsako tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ upāsakaṁ evaṁ vadehi: ‘suppavāsā, āvuso, koliyadhītā satta vassāni gabbhaṁ dhāresi. Sattāhaṁ mūḷhagabbhā sā etarahi sukhinī arogā arogaṁ puttaṁ vijātā. Sā sattāhaṁ buddhappamukhaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ bhattena nimanteti. Karotu suppavāsā koliyadhītā satta bhattāni, pacchā tvaṁ karissasī’ti. Tuyheso upaṭṭhāko”ti.
Now at that time a certain lay follower had already invited the Saṅgha of monks headed by the Buddha for the meal on the following day. That lay follower was Venerable Mahāmoggallāna’s supporter. Then the Buddha addressed Venerable Mahāmoggallāna, “Please, Moggallāna, go to that lay follower and say to him, ‘Suppavāsā the Koliyan, who was pregnant for seven years, and in obstructed labor for seven days, is now happy and healthy and has given birth to a healthy child. She invites the mendicant Saṅgha headed by the Buddha to a meal for seven days. Let Suppavāsā make seven meals, afterwards you can make yours.’ He is your supporter.”
“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhagavato paṭissutvā yena so upāsako tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ upāsakaṁ etadavoca: “suppavāsā, āvuso, koliyadhītā satta vassāni gabbhaṁ dhāreti. Sattāhaṁ mūḷhagabbhā sā etarahi sukhinī arogā arogaṁ puttaṁ vijātā. Sā sattāhaṁ buddhappamukhaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ bhattena nimanteti. Karotu suppavāsā koliyadhītā satta bhattāni, pacchā tvaṁ karissasī”ti.
“Yes, sir,” replied Mahāmoggallāna. He went to that lay follower and conveyed the Buddha’s request.
“Sace me, bhante, ayyo mahāmoggallāno tiṇṇaṁ dhammānaṁ pāṭibhogo— bhogānañca jīvitassa ca saddhāya ca, karotu suppavāsā koliyadhītā satta bhattāni, pacchāhaṁ karissāmī”ti. “Dvinnaṁ kho te ahaṁ, āvuso, dhammānaṁ pāṭibhogo— bhogānañca jīvitassa ca. Saddhāya pana tvaṁyeva pāṭibhogo”ti.
“If, sir, Master Mahāmoggallāna can guarantee me three things— wealth, life, and faith— then let Suppavāsā make seven meals, afterwards I shall make mine.” “I can guarantee you two things— wealth and life. But as for faith, you alone are the guarantor.”
“Sace me, bhante, ayyo mahāmoggallāno dvinnaṁ dhammānaṁ pāṭibhogo— bhogānañca jīvitassa ca, karotu suppavāsā koliyadhītā satta bhattāni, pacchāhaṁ karissāmī”ti.
“If, sir Master Mahāmoggallāna can guarantee me two things— wealth and life— then let Suppavāsā make seven meals, afterwards I shall make mine.”
Atha kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno taṁ upāsakaṁ saññāpetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “saññatto, bhante, so upāsako mayā; karotu suppavāsā koliyadhītā satta bhattāni, pacchā so karissatī”ti.
Having persuaded that lay follower, Mahāmoggallāna went to the Buddha and said, “I’ve persuaded the lay follower. Let Suppavāsā make seven meals, afterwards he shall make his.”
Atha kho suppavāsā koliyadhītā sattāhaṁ buddhappamukhaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi, tañca dārakaṁ bhagavantaṁ vandāpesi sabbañca bhikkhusaṅghaṁ.
For seven days Suppavāsā served and satisfied the mendicant Saṅgha headed by the Buddha with her own hands with delicious fresh and cooked foods. And she made her little boy bow to the Buddha and the mendicant Saṅgha.
Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto taṁ dārakaṁ etadavoca: “kacci te, dāraka, khamanīyaṁ, kacci yāpanīyaṁ, kacci na kiñci dukkhan”ti? “Kuto me, bhante sāriputta, khamanīyaṁ, kuto yāpanīyaṁ. Satta me vassāni lohitakumbhiyaṁ vutthānī”ti.
Then Sāriputta said to the boy, “I hope you’re keeping well, little boy, I hope you’re all right. I hope you are not in pain.” “How could I be keeping well? How could I be getting by? For seven years I lived in a pot of blood.”
Atha kho suppavāsā koliyadhītā: “putto me dhammasenāpatinā saddhiṁ mantetī”ti attamanā pamuditā pītisomanassajātā ahosi. Atha kho bhagavā suppavāsaṁ koliyadhītaraṁ attamanaṁ pamuditaṁ pītisomanassajātaṁ viditvā suppavāsaṁ koliyadhītaraṁ etadavoca: “iccheyyāsi tvaṁ, suppavāse, aññampi evarūpaṁ puttan”ti? “Iccheyyāmahaṁ, bhagavā, aññānipi evarūpāni satta puttānī”ti.
Then Suppavāsā, thinking, “My child is conversing with the General of the Dhamma!” was uplifted and overjoyed, full of rapture and happiness. Knowing this, the Buddha said to her, “Would you like to have another child like this?” “Sir, I would like to have seven more children like this!”
Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
“Asātaṁ sātarūpena, piyarūpena appiyaṁ; Dukkhaṁ sukhassa rūpena, pamattamativattatī”ti. Aṭṭhamaṁ.
“Pain in the guise of pleasure, the disliked in the guise of the liked, suffering in the guise of happiness, overpower the negligent.”
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