Jaccandhavaggo
6-3: Paccavekkhanasuttaü (53)
The Discourse about Reflecting
Evaü me sutaü:
Thus I heard:
ekaü samayaü Bhagavà Sàvatthiyaü viharati,
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sàvatthã,
Jetavane Anàthapiõóikassa àràme.
in Jeta's Wood, at Anàthapiõóika's monastery.
Tena ko pana samayena Bhagavà attano
o Then at that time the Gracious One was sitting reflecting on his own
aneke pàpake akusale dhamme pahãõe paccavekkhamàno nisinno hoti,
abandonment of countless bad, unwholesome things,
aneke ca kusale dhamme bhàvanàya pàripåriü gate.
and how through development countless wholesome things had come to fulfilment.
Atha kho Bhagavà, etam-atthaü viditvà,
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it,
tàyaü velàyaü imaü udànaü udànesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
ßAhu pubbe tadà nàhu; ~ nàhu pubbe tadà ahu;
ßBefore it was, then it wasn't; ~ before it wasn't, then it was;
Na càhu, na ca bhavissati, ~ na cetarahi vijjatãû ti. To paraphrase in line with the Commentary: Before Awakening there was defilement, then it was not; before the moment of Awakening that measureless, faultless thing (the Path) was not fulfilled, then it was ; the moment of the Noble-Path was not before Awakening, and will not be in the future, and at present it is not found, being a one-time unrepeatable experience.01
It was not, and it will not be, ~ and at present it is not found.û