Mahakhandhako - Rajagahe

Tena kho pana samayena Sañjayo ChS: sañcayo, and similarly throughout. paribbājako Rājagahe paṭivasati mahatiyā paribbājakaparisāya saddhiṁ, aḍḍhateyyehi paribbājakasatehi.

Tena kho pana samayena Sāriputta-Moggallānā Thai: Sārīputt-, Thai always writes the name with a second long vowel like this. Sāriputta’s mother’s name was Rūpasārī, and his name means Sārī’s son, the long vowel is lost in composition. Sañjaye paribbājake brahmacariyaṁ caranti, tehi katikā katā hoti: “Yo paṭhamaṁ Amataṁ adhigacchati, so itarassa PTS omits: itarassa. ārocetū.” ti

Atha kho āyasmā Assaji, pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā, pattacīvaram-ādāya Rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi, pāsādikena abhikkantena paṭikkantena, ālokitena vilokitena, sammiñjitena pasāritena, okkhittacakkhu iriyāpathasampanno.

Addasā kho Sāriputto paribbājako āyasmantaṁ Assajiṁ Rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṁ, pāsādikena abhikkantena paṭikkantena, ālokitena vilokitena, sammiñjitena pasāritena, okkhittacakkhuṁ iriyāpathasampannaṁ, disvānassa etad-ahosi: “Ye vata loke Arahanto vā Arahattamaggaṁ vā samāpannā ayaṁ tesaṁ bhikkhu PTS: ayaṁ tesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ; this is one of those monks. aññataro.

Yan-nūnāhaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ upasaṅkamitvā puccheyyaṁ: ‘Kaṁsi tvaṁ āvuso uddissa pabbajito, ko vā te Satthā, kassa vā tvaṁ Dhammaṁ rocesī?’ ” ti

Atha kho Sāriputtassa paribbājakassa etad-ahosi: “Akālo kho imaṁ bhikkhuṁ pucchituṁ, antaragharaṁ paviṭṭho piṇḍāya carati. Yan-nūnāhaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandheyyaṁ atthikehi upaññātaṁ maggan?” ti

Atha kho āyasmā Assaji, Rājagahe piṇḍāya caritvā, piṇḍapātaṁ ādāya paṭikkami. Atha kho Sāriputto ChS adds: pi. paribbājako yenāyasmā Assaji tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā Assajinā saddhiṁ sammodi, sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sārāṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā, ekam-antaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

Ekam-antaṁ ṭhito kho Sāriputto paribbājako āyasmantaṁ Assajiṁ etad-avoca: “Vippasannāni kho te āvuso indriyāni, parisuddho chavivaṇṇo pariyodāto, kaṁsi tvaṁ āvuso uddissa pabbajito, ko vā te Satthā, kassa vā tvaṁ Dhammaṁ rocesī?” ti

“Atthāvuso Mahāsamaṇo Sakyaputto Sakyakulā pabbajito, tāhaṁ Bhagavantaṁ uddissa pabbajito, so ca me Bhagavā Satthā, tassa cāhaṁ Bhagavato Thai: bhagavā, maybe a printer’s error. Dhammaṁ rocemī.” ti

“Ahaṁ kho āvuso navo acirapabbajito, adhunāgato imaṁ Dhammavinayaṁ, na tāhaṁ sakkomi vitthārena Dhammaṁ desetuṁ, api ca te saṅkhittena atthaṁ vakkhāmī.” ti

Atha kho Sāriputto paribbājako āyasmantaṁ Assajiṁ etad-avoca: “Hotu āvuso, Thai omits this line, and in PTS it is missing in the repetition below.

−−[−]⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā We should exclude vā in the prior line and in the posterior read brŭhi. A better reading would be: Appaṁ bahuṁ vā bhāsassu atthaṁ yeva păbrūhi me, which scans: −−⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−⏑¦⏑−⏑−.
Appaṁ vā bahuṁ vā bhāsassu atthaṁ yeva me brūhi,

−−−⏑¦−,−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
Attheneva me attho, kiṁ kāhasi byañjanaṁ bahun?”-ti

Atha kho āyasmā Assaji Sāriputtassa paribbājakassa imaṁ Dhammapariyāyaṁ abhāsi:

−−¦−−¦−⏑⏑¦−,−¦[−]−−¦⏑−⏑¦−−¦− Ariyā
“Ye dhammā hetuppabhavā tesaṁ hetuṁ Tathāgato āha, Thai places āha in brackets. We need to read te to correct the metre, though all versions of this verse that I have seen have the equivalent of tesaṁ. The verse appears in Mahāvastu as: Ye dharmā hetuprabhavā hetuṁ teṣāṁ Tathāgataḥ hyavadat teṣāṁ ca yo nirodha evaṁ vādī Mahāśramaṇaḥ, which is again hypermetric in the first line, which suggests that it may have been hypermetric in the original.

−−¦⏑−⏑¦−−¦¦−−¦−−¦⏑¦−⏑⏑¦−
Tesañ-ca yo nirodho - evaṁvādī Mahāsamaṇo.” ti

Atha kho Sāriputtassa paribbājakassa, imaṁ Dhammapariyāyaṁ sutvā, virajaṁ vītamalaṁ Dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:

−−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦⏑,−⏑¦−−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦− Ariyā
“Eseva Dhammŏ yadi tāvad-eva paccavyathā ChS: paccabyattha. Padam-Asokaṁ,

⏑−¦−−⏑¦−−¦¦⏑⏑−¦⏑−¦⏑¦⏑⏑−¦−
adiṭṭhaṁ abbhatītaṁ bahukehi kappanahutehī.” ti We need to read addiṭṭham-abbhatītaṁ bahukehī to correct the metre.

Atha kho Sāriputto paribbājako yena Moggallāno paribbājako tenupasaṅkami. Addasā kho Moggallāno paribbājako Sāriputtaṁ paribbājakaṁ dūrato va āgacchantaṁ, disvāna Sāriputtaṁ paribbājakaṁ etad-avoca: “Vippasannāni kho te āvuso indriyāni, parisuddho chavivaṇṇo pariyodāto, kacci nu tvaṁ āvuso Amatam-adhigato?” ti

“Āmāvuso Thai: āma āvuso, parsed form of the words. Amatam-adhigato.” ti

“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ āvuso Amatam-adhigato?” ti “Idhāhaṁ āvuso addasaṁ Assajiṁ bhikkhuṁ Rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṁ, pāsādikena abhikkantena paṭikkantena, ālokitena vilokitena, sammiñjitena pasāritena, okkhittacakkhuṁ iriyāpathasampannaṁ, disvāna me etad-ahosi: ‘Ye vata loke Arahanto vā Arahattamaggaṁ vā samāpannā ayaṁ tesaṁ bhikkhu PTS: bhikkhūnaṁ, (this monk is one) of those monks. aññataro.’

Yan-nūnāhaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ upasaṅkamitvā puccheyyaṁ: “Kaṁsi tvaṁ āvuso uddissa pabbajito, ko vā te Satthā, kassa vā tvaṁ Dhammaṁ rocesī?” ti Tassa mayhaṁ āvuso etad-ahosi: “Akālo kho imaṁ bhikkhuṁ pucchituṁ, antaragharaṁ paviṭṭho piṇḍāya carati.

Yan-nūnāhaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandheyyaṁ atthikehi upaññātaṁ maggan?”-ti Atha kho āvuso Assaji bhikkhu PTS: bhikku, printer’s error. Rājagahe piṇḍāya caritvā, piṇḍapātaṁ ādāya paṭikkami. Atha khvāhaṁ āvuso yena Assaji bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā Assajinā bhikkhunā saddhiṁ sammodiṁ, sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sārāṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekam-antaṁ aṭṭhāsiṁ.

Ekam-antaṁ ṭhito kho ahaṁ āvuso Assajiṁ bhikkhuṁ etad-avocaṁ: “Vippasannāni kho te āvuso indriyāni, parisuddho chavivaṇṇo pariyodāto, kaṁsi tvaṁ āvuso uddissa pabbajito, ko vā te Satthā, kassa vā tvaṁ Dhammaṁ rocesī?” ti

“Atthāvuso Mahāsamaṇo Sakyaputto Sakyakulā pabbajito, tāhaṁ Bhagavantaṁ uddissa pabbajito, so ca me Bhagavā Satthā, tassa cāhaṁ Bhagavato Dhammaṁ rocemī.” ti

“Kiṁvādī panāyasmato Satthā kim-akkhāyī?” ti “Ahaṁ kho āvuso navo acirapabbajito, adhunāgato imaṁ Dhammavinayaṁ, na tāhaṁ sakkomi vitthārena Dhammaṁ desetuṁ, api ca te saṅkhittena atthaṁ vakkhāmī.” ti

Atha khvāhaṁ āvuso Assajiṁ bhikkhuṁ etad-avoca: “Hotu āvuso, BJT, PTS, Thai omit this sentence, but it seems it is needed.

−−[−]⏑−¦−,−−−¦¦−−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
Appaṁ vā bahuṁ vā bhāsassu atthaṁ yeva me brŭhi,

−−−⏑¦−,−−−¦¦−⏑−−¦⏑−⏑− mavipulā
Attheneva me attho kiṁ kāhasi byañjanaṁ bahun?”-ti

−−¦−−¦−⏑⏑¦−,−¦[−]−−¦⏑−⏑¦−−¦− Ariyā
“Ye dhammā hetuppabhavā tesaṁ hetuṁ Tathāgato āha,

−−¦⏑−⏑¦−−,¦−−¦−−¦⏑¦−⏑⏑¦−
Tesañ-ca yo nirodho - evaṁvādī Mahāsamaṇo.” ti

Atha kho Moggallānassa paribbājakassa imaṁ Dhammapariyāyaṁ sutvā, virajaṁ vītamalaṁ Dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:

−−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦⏑,−⏑¦−−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦− Ariyā
“Eseva Dhammŏ yadi tāvad-eva paccavyathā Padam-Asokaṁ,

⏑−¦−−⏑¦−−¦¦⏑⏑−¦⏑−¦⏑¦⏑⏑−¦−
adiṭṭhaṁ abbhatītaṁ bahukehi kappanahutehī.” ti

Atha kho Moggallāno paribbājako Sāriputtaṁ paribbājakaṁ etad-avoca: “Gacchāma mayaṁ āvuso Bhagavato santike, so no Bhagavā Satthā.” ti

“Imāni kho āvuso aḍḍhateyyāni paribbājakasatāni, amhe nissāya amhe sampassantā idha viharanti, te pi tāva apalokema PTS: apalokāma, but the verb is apaloketi. yathā te maññissanti tathā ChS adds: te. karissantī.” ti

Atha kho Sāriputta-Moggallānā yena te paribbājakā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu, upasaṅkamitvā te paribbājake etad-avocuṁ: “Gacchāma mayaṁ āvuso Bhagavato santike, so no Bhagavā Satthā.” ti

“Mayaṁ āyasmante nissāya āyasmante sampassantā idha viharāma, sace āyasmantā Mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṁ carissanti sabbe va mayaṁ Mahāsamaṇe brahmacariyaṁ carissāmā.” ti

Atha kho Sāriputta-Moggallānā yena Sañjayo paribbājako tenupasaṅkamiṁsu, upasaṅkamitvā Sañjayaṁ paribbājakaṁ etad-avocuṁ: “Gacchāma mayaṁ āvuso Bhagavato santike, so no Bhagavā Satthā.” ti

“Alaṁ āvuso mā gamittha PTS, ChS: agamittha, which would mean: (don't) come. sabbe va tayo imaṁ gaṇaṁ pariharissāmā.” ti

Dutiyam-pi kho All editions abbreviate: dutiyam-pi kho...pe... tatiyam pi kho... Sāriputta-Moggallānā Sañjayaṁ paribbājakaṁ etad-avocuṁ: “Gacchāma mayaṁ āvuso Bhagavato santike, so no Bhagavā Satthā.” ti

“Alaṁ āvuso mā gamittha sabbe va tayo imaṁ gaṇaṁ pariharissāmā.” ti

Tatiyam-pi kho Sāriputta-Moggallānā Sañjayaṁ paribbājakaṁ etad-avocuṁ: “Gacchāma mayaṁ āvuso Bhagavato santike, so no Bhagavā Satthā.” ti

“Alaṁ āvuso mā gamittha sabbe va tayo imaṁ gaṇaṁ pariharissāmā.” ti

Atha kho Sāriputta-Moggallānā tāni aḍḍhateyyāni paribbājakasatāni ādāya yena Veḷuvanaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu. Sañjayassa pana paribbājakassa tattheva uṇhaṁ lohitaṁ mukhato uggañchi. PTS, Thai: uggacchi, alternate spelling, showing the ñch/cch alternation that is found in the texts.

Addasā kho Bhagavā Sāriputta-Moggallāne dūrato va āgacchante, disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi: “Ete bhikkhave dve sahāyā āgacchanti, Kolito Upatisso ca etaṁ me Sāvakayugaṁ bhavissati Aggaṁ bhaddayugan.” ti

−−¦−−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦¦⏑−⏑¦−⏑⏑¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦− Ariyā
Gambhīre ñāṇavisayĕ anuttare upadhisaṅkhayĕ vimutte

−−¦−−¦−⏑⏑¦−,⏑⏑¦⏑¦−−¦−−¦−
Anuppatte Thai, ChS: appatte, the first syllable is short, but counted as long metrically (pādantagaru), which happens occasionally with the first syllable in the gaṇacchandas verses. Veḷuvanaṁ atha nĕ Satthā byākāsi:

−−¦−⏑¦−−¦¦−−¦⏑−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−−¦−
“Ete dve sahāyā PTS, Thai: sahāyakā. āyanti, Kolitŏ Upatisso ca, All editions: āgacchanti, which ruins the metre; BJT records the variant āyanti, which is better, but to repair the metre we need to read Ete duve sahāyā āyantī, Kolitŏ Upatisso ca, −−¦⏑−⏑¦−−¦¦−−¦−−¦⏑⏑⏑⏑¦−−¦−.

−−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑¦⏑−¦−¦−⏑⏑¦−
Etaṁ mĕ Sāvakayugaṁ bhavissati Aggaṁ bhaddayugan.”-ti To correct the metre we need to read: etaṁ mĕ Sāvakayugaṁ bhavissatī Aggabhaddayugan.” ti, −−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦¦⏑−⏑¦−−¦⏑¦−⏑⏑¦−.

Atha kho Sāriputta-Moggallānā yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu, upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā, Bhagavantaṁ etad-avocuṁ: “Labheyyāma mayaṁ Bhante Bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ, labheyyāma upasampadan.”-ti

“Etha bhikkhavo” ti Bhagavā avoca “svākkhāto Dhammo, caratha brahmacariyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā.” ti Sā va tesaṁ āyasmantānaṁ upasampadā ahosi.