| te ta.m sattha.m dviidhaa vibhaji.msu ekato pa~nca saka.ta-sataani ekato pa~nca saka.ta-sataani. |
they / this / caravan / in two / divided / one / five / hundred carts / one / five / hundred carts |
They divided the caravan into two parts, each with five hundred carts. |
| eko taava satthavaaho bahu.m ti.na~n ca ka.t.tha~n ca udaka~n ca aaropetvaa sattha.m payaapesi. |
one / now / caravan leader / much / grass / and / firewood / and / water and / having collected / caravan / set out |
Then one of the caravan leaders collected much grass, firewood and water and set out. |
| dviiha-tiiha-payaato kho pana so sattho addasa purisa.m kaa.la.m lohit-akkha.m apanaddha-kalaapa.m kumuda-maali.m alla-vattha.m alla-kesa.m kaddama-makkhiitehi cakkehi gadrabhara-rathena pa.tipatha.m aagacchanta.m. |
two days-three days-set out / indeed / then / this / caravan / saw / man / black / red-eyed / tied-quiver / white-waterlily-garland / wet-clothes / wet-hair / mud-smeared / with wheels / by donkey-cart / in the opposite direction / coming |
After two or three days journey, he saw coming in the opposite direction a red-eyed, black man, with a quiver attached, a garland of white water-lilies, wet clothes and hair, and a donkey cart with mud-spattered wheels. |
| disvaa etad avoca: kuto bho aagacchasii ti. amukamhaa janapadaa ti. |
having seen / thus / said / from where / friend / you have come / (end-quote) / from such and such / place / (end-quote) |
On seeing him, he said: "Where have you come from, friend?" "From such and such a place." |
| kuhi.m gamissasii ti. amuka.m naama janapadan ti. |
to where / you go / (end-quote) / to such and such / indeed / place / (end-quote) |
"And where are you going?" "To such and such a place." |
| kacci bho purato kantaare mahaa-megho abhippava.t.to ti. |
did / friend / ahead / in the wilderness / great-cloud / heavy rain / (end-quote) |
"Friend, was there much rain in the wilderness ahead?" |
| eva.m kho bho purato kantaare mahaa-megho abhippava.t.to, |
yes / indeed / friend / ahead / in the wilderness / great-cloud / heavy rain |
"Yes indeed, friend, there is much rain in the wilderness ahead, |
| aasitt-odakaani va.tumaani, bahu.m ti.na~n ca ka.t.tha~n ca udaka~n ca, |
poured-water / roads / much / grass / and / firewood / and / water / and |
the roads are covered in water and there is plenty of grass, firewood and water. |
| cha.d.detha bho puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani udakaani, |
throw away / friend / old / grass / firewood / water |
Throw away your old grass, firewood and water, |
| lahu-bhaarehi saka.tehi siigha.m siigha.m gacchatha, |
light-load / with carts / very fast / you go |
and go very fast with your carts lightly loaded. |
| maa yoggaani kilamethaa ti. |
do not / oxen / tire / (end-quote) |
Do not tire your oxen." |
| atha kho so satthavaaho satthike aamantesi: |
then / indeed / this / caravan leader / caravan merchants / addressed |
Then the caravan leader addressed the caravan merchants: |
| aya.m bho puriso evam aaha: |
this / friend / man / thus / said |
"This man has told me: |
| purato kantaare mahaa-megho abhippava.t.to, |
ahead / in the wilderness / great-cloud / heavy rain |
'There is much rain in the wilderness ahead, |
| aasit-todakaani va.tumaani, bahu.m ti.na~n ca ka.t.tha~n ca udaka~n ca, |
poured-water / roads / much / grass / and / firewood / and / water / and |
the roads are covered in water and there is plenty of grass, firewood and water. |
| cha.d.detha bho puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani udakaani, |
throw away / friend / old / grass / firewood / water |
Throw away your old grass, firewood and water, |
| lahu-bhaarehi saka.tehi siigha.m siigha.m gacchatha, |
light-load / with carts / very fast / you go |
and go very fast with your carts lightly loaded. |
| maa yoggaani kilamethaa ti. |
do not / oxen / tire / (end-quote) |
Do not tire your oxen." |
| cha.d.detha bho puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani udakaani, |
throw away / friend / old / grass / firewood / water |
So throw away your old grass, firewood and water, |
| lahu-bhaarehi saka.tehi sattha.m payaapethaa ti. |
light-load / with carts / caravan / make proceed |
and have your caravan proceed with the carts lightly loaded." |
| eva.m bho ti kho te satthikaa tassa satthavaahassa pa.tissutvaa, |
yes / friend / (end-quote) / these / caravan / merchants / to this / to the caravan leader / having replied |
"Yes, friend," these caravan merchants replied to the leader, |
| cha.d.detvaa puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani udakaani lahu-bhaarehi saka.tehi sattha.m payaapesu.m. |
having thrown away / old / grass / firewood / water / light-load / with carts / caravan / (they) set out |
and they threw away their old grass, firewood and water, and they proceeded with carts lightly loaded. |
| te pa.thame pi sattha-vaase na addasa.msu ti.na.m vaa ka.t.tha.m vaa udaka.m vaa, |
they / at the first / caravan-site / not / they saw / grass / or / firewood / or / water / or |
At the first caravan site they did not see any grass, firewood, or water, |
| dutiye pi sattha-vaase..., tatiye pi sattha-vaase..., catutthe pi sattha-vaase..., pa~ncame pi sattha-vaase..., cha.t.the pi sattha-vaase..., |
at the second / too / caravan-site / at the third / too / caravan-site / at the fourth / too / caravan-site / at the fifth / too / caravan-site / at the sixth / too / caravan-site |
nor at the second, nor at the third, nor at the fourth, nor at the fifth, nor at the sixth, |
| sattame pi sattha-vaase na addasa.msu ti.na.m vaa ka.t.tha.m vaa udaka.m vaa, |
at the seventh / too / caravan-site / not / they saw / grass / or / firewood / or / water / or |
nor at the seventh caravan site did they see any grass, firewood, or water. |
| sabbe va anaya-vyasana.m aapajji.msu. |
all / just / misfortune-disaster / they arrived |
So they all just came to misfortune and disaster. |
| ye ca tasmi.m satthe ahesu.m manussaa vaa pasuu vaa sabbe so yakkho amanusso bhakkhesi, a.t.thikaan' eva sesesi. |
whatever / and / in this / caravan / there were / men / or / beasts / or / all / this / demon / not human / ate / bones / just / remained |
And whatever there were in this caravan, men or animals, they were all eaten by a non-human spirit, and only their bones remained. |
| yadaa a~n~naasi dutiyo satthavaaho: bahu-nikkhanto kho daani so sattho ti, |
when / he khew / second / caravan leader / much-gone forth / indeed / then / this / caravan / (end-quote) |
When the second caravan leader knew that the other caravan had gone far enough ahead, |
| bahu.m ti.na~n ca ka.t.tha~n ca udaka~n ca aaropetvaa sattha.m payaapesi. |
much / grass / and / firewood / and / water and / having collected / caravan / set out |
he collected much grass, firewood and water and set out. |
| dviiha-tiiha-payaato kho pana so sattho addasa purisa.m kaa.la.m lohit-akkha.m apanaddha-kalaapa.m kumuda-maali.m alla-vattha.m alla-kesa.m kaddama-makkhiitehi cakkehi gadrabhara-rathena pa.tipatha.m aagacchanta.m. |
two days-three days-set out / indeed / then / this / caravan / saw / man / black / red-eyed / tied-quiver / white waterlily-garland / wet-clothes / wet-hair / mud-smeared / with wheels / by donkey-cart / in the opposite direction / coming |
After two or three days journey, he saw coming in the opposite direction a red-eyed, black man, with a quiver attached, a garland of white waterlilies, wet clothes and hair, and a donkey cart with mud-spattered wheels. |
| disvaa etad avoca: kuto bho aagacchasii ti. amukamhaa janapadaa ti. |
having seen / thus / said / from where / friend / you have come / (end-quote) / from such and such / place / (end-quote) |
On seeing him, he said: "Where have you come from, friend?" "From such and such a place." |
| kuhi.m gamissasii ti. amuka.m naama janapadan ti. |
to where / you go / (end-quote) / to such and such / indeed / place / (end-quote) |
"And where are you going?" "To such and such a place." |
| kacci bho purato kantaare mahaa-megho abhippava.t.to ti. |
did / friend / ahead / in the wilderness / great-cloud / heavy rain / (end-quote) |
"Friend, was there much rain in the wilderness ahead?" |
| eva.m kho bho purato kantaare mahaa-megho abhippava.t.to, |
yes / indeed / friend / ahead / in the wilderness / great cloud / heavy rain |
"Yes indeed, friend, there is much rain in the wilderness ahead, |
| aasitt-odakaani va.tumaani, bahu.m ti.na~n ca ka.t.tha~n ca udaka~n ca, |
poured-water / roads / much / grass / and / firewood / and / water / and |
the roads are covered in water and there is plenty of grass, firewood and water. |
| cha.d.detha bho puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani udakaani, |
throw away / friend / old / grass / firewood / water |
Throw away your old grass, firewood and water, |
| lahu-bhaarehi saka.tehi siigha.m siigha.m gacchatha, |
light-load / with carts / very fast / you go |
and go very fast with your carts lightly loaded. |
| maa yoggaani kilamethaa ti. |
do not / oxen / tire / (end-quote) |
Do not tire your oxen." |
| atha kho so satthavaaho satthike aamantesi: |
then / indeed / this / caravan leader / caravan merchants / addressed |
Then the caravan leader addressed the caravan merchants: |
| aya.m bho puriso evam aaha: |
this / friend / man / thus / said |
"This man has told me: |
| purato kantaare mahaa-megho abhippava.t.to, |
ahead / in the wilderness / great-cloud / heavy rain |
'There is much rain in the wilderness ahead, |
| aasit-todakaani va.tumaani, bahu.m ti.na~n ca ka.t.tha~n ca udaka~n ca, |
poured-water / roads / much / grass / and / firewood / and / water / and |
the roads are covered in water and there is plenty of grass, firewood and water. |
| cha.d.detha bho puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani udakaani, |
throw away / friend / old / grass / firewood / water |
Throw away your old grass, firewood and water, |
| lahu-bhaarehi saka.tehi siigha.m siigha.m gacchatha, |
light-load / with carts / very fast / you go |
and go very fast with your carts lightly loaded. |
| maa yoggaani kilamethaa ti. |
do not / oxen / tire / (end-quote) |
Do not tire your oxen." |
| aya.m kho bho puriso n' ev' amhaaka.m mitto na pi ~naati-saalohito, katha.m maya.m imassa saddhaaya gamissaama. |
This / indeed / fellow / man / not / even / our / friend / not / also / kinsman-relative / why / we/ on this / faith / we will go |
Indeed this man is not even our friend or blood relation, why should we go on his word? |
| na kho cha.d.dhetabbaani puraa.naani ti.naani ka.t.thaani udakaani, yathaakatena bha.n.dena sattha.m paayaapetha, |
not / indeed / to be thrown away / old / grass / firewood / water / with the usual / load / caravan / set out |
Do not throw away your old grass, firewood and water, and set out your caravan with the usual load, |
| na no puraa.na.m cha.d.dessaamaa ti. |
not / our / old / we will throw out / (end-quote) |
we will not discard our old load." |
| eva.m bho ti kho te satthikaa tassa satthavaahassa pa.tissutvaa yathaakatena bha.n.dena sattha.m payaapesu.m. |
yes / friend / (end-quote) / these / caravan merchants / to this / caravan leader / having replied / with the usual / load / caravam / they set out |
"Yes, friend," the caravan merchants replied to the caravan leader, and they set out with their caravans loaded as before. |
| te pa.thamehi sattha-vaase na addasa.msu ti.na.m vaa ka.t.tha.m vaa udaka.m vaa, |
they / at the first / caravan-site / not / they saw / grass / or / firewood / or / water / or |
At the first caravan site they did not see any grass, firewood, or water, |
| dutiye pi sattha-vaase..., tatiye pi sattha-vaase..., catutthe pi sattha-vaase..., pa~ncame pi sattha-vaase..., cha.t.the pi sattha-vaase..., |
at the second / too / caravan-site / at the third / too / caravan-site / at the fourth / too / caravan-site / at the fifth / too / caravan-site / at the sixth / too / caravan-site |
nor at the second, nor at the third, nor at the fourth, nor at the fifth, nor at the sixth, |
| sattame pi sattha-vaase na addasa.msu ti.na.m vaa ka.t.tha.m vaa udaka.m vaa, |
at the seventh / too / caravan-site / not / they saw / grass / or / firewood / or / water / or |
nor at the seventh caravan site did they see any grass, firewood, or water. |
| ta~n ca sattha.m addasa.msu anaya-vyasana.m aapanna.m. |
that / and / caravan / they saw / misfortune-disaster / fallen upon |
They saw the caravan that had fallen upon misfortune and disaster. |
| ye va tasmi.m satthe ahesu.m manussaa vaa pasuu vaa, tesa~n ca a.t.thikaan' eva addasa.msu tena yakkhena amanussena bhakkhitaana.m. |
whatever / thus / in this / caravan / there were / men / or / beasts / or / of these / and / bones / thus / they saw / by this / demon / not human / of the eaten |
And thus they saw the bones of whatever there were in this caravan, men or animals, who had been eaten by a non-human spirit. |
| atha kho so satthavaaho satthike aamantesi: |
then / indeed / this / caravan leader / caravan merchants / addressed |
Then the caravan leader addressed the caravan merchants |
| aya.m kho bho sattho anaya-vyasana.m aapanno yathaa ta.m tena baalena satthavaahena pari.naayakena. |
this / indeed / fellow / caravan / misfortune-disaster / fallen upon / just as / this / by that / foolish / caravan leader / guide |
"This caravan has fallen upon misfortune and disaster due to its foolish leader. |
| tena hi bho yaan' asmaaka.m satthe appa-saaraani pa.niiyaani, taani cha.d.detvaa, yaani imasmi.m satthe mahaa-saaraani pa.niyaani taani aadiyathaa ti. |
so / friend / which / in our / caravan / little-value / commodities / those / having thrown away / which / in this / caravan / great-value / commodities / those / take / (end-quote) |
So, friends, throw away those commodities of little value in our caravan, and take what is of great value in that caravan." |
| eva.m bho ti kho te satthikaa tassa satthavaahassa pa.tissutvaa |
yes / friend / (end-quote) / indeed / these / caravan merchants / to this / caravan leader / having replied |
"Yes, friend," the caravan merchants replied to the caravan leader, |
| yaani sakasmi.m satthe appa-saaraani pa.niyaani taani cha.d.detvaa yaani tasmi.m satthe mahaa-saaraani pa.niyaani taani aadiyitvaa, |
which / in their own / caravan / little-value / commodities / those / having thrown away / which / in this / caravan / great-value / commodities / those / having taken |
and they threw away those commodities of little value in their owncaravan, and took what was of great value in that caravan, |
| sotthinaa ta.m kantaara.m nitthari.msu yathaa ta.m pa.n.ditena satthavaahena pari.naayakena. |
with safety / that / wilderness / they crossed through / just as / that / by the wise / caravan leader / guide |
and so they crossed through the wilderness safely with the wise caravan leader guiding them. |
| eva.m me suta.m. |
thus / by me / heard |
Thus have I heard. |
| eka.m samaya.m bhagavaa Maagadhesu caarika.m caramaano mahataa bhikkhu-sa.mghena saddhi.m yena Khaa.numata.m naama Maagadhaana.m braahma.na-gaamo tad avasari. |
one / time / the Blessed One / among the Magadhans / journey / travelling / great / monk-group / with / towards / Khanumata / named / of the Magadhans / Brahmin-village / there / he arrived |
At one time, the Blessed was travelling among the Magadhans with a large group of monks and arrived in a Brahmin village of the Magadhans, named Khanumata. |
| tatra suda.m bhagavaa Khaa.numate viharati Ambala.t.thikaaya.m. |
there / even / Blessed One / in Knanumata / was staying / at Ambalatthikaya |
And there the Blessed One stayed at Ambalatthika. |
| tena kho pana samayena Kuu.tadanto braahma.no Khaa.numata.m ajjhaavasati satt-ussada.m sa-ti.na-ka.t.th-odaka.m sa-dha~n~na.m raja-bhogga.m ra~n~naa Maagadhena Seniyena Bimbisaarena dinna.m raja-daaya.m brahmadeyya.m. |
at that / indeed/ then / time / Kutadanta / Brahmin / in Khanumata / inhabited / beings-abundance / with-grass-timber-water / with-grain / royal-property / by the king / Magadhan / Seniya / Bimbisara / given / royal-gift / grant |
Then at that time the Brahmin Kutadanta inhabited Khanumata, a populous place with grass, timber, water and grain, crown-property that had been given as a royal gift and grant by the Magadhan king Seniya Bimbisara. |
| tena kho pana samayena Kuu.tadanto braahma.no upari paasaade divaaseyya.m upagato hoti. |
at that / indeed/ then / time / Kutadanta / Brahmin / upon / palace / day bed / gone up / is |
Now the Brahmin Kutadanta had gone up to his day bed on his palace balcony. |
| addasaa kho Kuu.tadanto braahma.no Khaa.numatake braahma.na-gahapatike Khaa.numataa nikkhamitvaa sa.mghaasa.mghii-ga.niibhuute yena Ambala.t.thikaa ten' upasa.mkamante. |
he saw / indeed / Kutadanta / Brahmin / Khanumatikan / Brahmin-householders / Khanumata / having departed / in groups-crowded together / towards / Ambalatthika / there / approaching |
And the Brahmin Kutadanta saw Brahmin householders from Khanumata crowded together in groups approaching Ambalatthika. |
| disvaa khatta.m aamantesi: kin nu kho bho khatte Khaa.numatakaa braahma.na-gahapatikaa Khaa.numataa nikkhamitvaa sa.mghaasa.mghii-ga.niibhuutaa yena Ambala.t.thikaa ten' upasa.mkamantii ti. |
having seen / steward / he addressed / what / is it / indeed / sir / steward / Khanumatikan / Brahmin-householders / Khanumata / having departed / in groups-crowded together / towards / Ambalatthika / there / approaching / (end-quote) |
Having seen them he asked his steward: "Sir, why are the Brahmin householders from Khanumata crowded together in groups approaching Ambalatthika?" |
| atthi kho bho sama.no Gotamo Sakya-putto Sakya-kulaa pabbajito. |
there is / indeed / sir / ascetic / Gotama / Sakyan-son / from the Sakyan-clan / gone forth |
"Sir, there is an ascetic Gotama, son of the Sakyans, gone forth from the Sakyan clan. |
| Maagadhesu caarika.m caramaano mahataa bhikkhusa.mghena saddhi.m anuppatto Khaa.numate viharati Ambala.t.thikaaya.m. |
among the Magadhans / journey / travelling / great / monk-group / with / arrived / Khanumata / he is staying / at Ambalatthika |
He was travelling among the Magadhans with a large group of monks and arrived in Khanumata and is staying at Ambalatthika. |
| ta.m ete bhavanta.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upsa.mkamantii ti. |
so / they / venerable / Gotama / for the seeing / approaching / (end-quote) |
So they are coming to meet this venerable Gotama." |
| atha kho Kuu.tadantassa braahma.nassa etad ahosi: |
then / indeed / to Kutadanta / the Brahmin / thus / it was |
Then the Brahmin Kutadanta thought to himself: |
| suta.m kho pana m' eta.m: sama.no Gotamo tividha-ya~n~na-sampada.m jaanaatii ti. |
heard / indeed / but / by me / this / ascetic / Gotama / triple-sacrifice-success / he knows / (end-quote) |
"I have heard that the ascetic Gotama knows how to successfully conduct the triple sacrifice. |
| na kho panaaha.m jaanaami tividha.m-ya~n~na-sampada.m icchaami caaha.m mahaa-ya~n~na.m yajitu.m. |
not / indeed / but I / I know / triple-sacrifice-success / I wish / and I / great-sacrifice / to sacrifice |
But I don't know how to successfully conduct the triple sacrifice, and I wish to make a great sacrifice. |
| yan nuunaaha.m sama.na.m Gotama.m upasa.mkamitvaa tividha-ya~n~na-sampada.m puccheyyan ti. |
which / is it not I / ascetic / Gotama / having approached / triple-sacrifice-success / I ask / (end-quote) |
Why don't I approach the ascetic Gotama and ask him how to successfully conduct the triple sacrifice?" |
| atha kho Kuu.tadanto braahma.no khatta.m aamantesi: |
then / indeed / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / steward / addressed |
Then the Brahmin Kutadanta addressed his steward: |
| tena hi bho khatte yena Khaa.numatakaa braahma.na-gahapatikaa ten' upasa.mkama, |
well then / sir / steward / towards / Khanumatakan / Brahmin-householders / there / approach |
"Well then, my good man, approach these Brahmin householders of Khanumataka, |
| upasa.mkamitvaa Khaa.numatake braahma.na-gahapatike eva.m vadehi: Kuu.tadanto bho braahma.no evam aaha: |
having approached / Khanumatakan / Brahmin-householders / thus / say / Kutadanta / sir / Brahmin / thus / said |
and tell them that the Brahmin Kutadanta said this: |
| aagamentu kira bhavanto, Kuu.tadanto pi braahma.no sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamissatii ti. |
may they wait / really / gentlemen / Kutadanta / too / Brahmin / wanderer / Gotama / to see / he will approach / (end-quote) |
'Please wait, gentlemen, the Brahmin Kutadanta will go to see the wanderer Gotama too.'" |
| eva.m bho ti kho so khattaa Kuu.tadantassa braahma.nassa pa.tissutvaa |
yes / sir / (end-quote) / indeed / this / steward / to Kutadanta / the Brahmin / having replied |
"Yes, sir," the steward replied to Kutadanta the Brahmin, |
| yena Khaa.numatakaa braahma.na-gahapatikaa ten' upasa.mkami, |
towards / Khanumatakan / Brahmin-householders / there / he approached |
and he approached the Brahmin householders of Khanumataka, |
| upasa.mkamitvaa Khaa.numatake braahma.na-gahapatike eva.m vadehi: Kuu.tadanto bho braahma.no evam aaha: |
having approached / Khanumatakan / Brahmin-householders / thus / he said / Kutadanta / sir / Brahmin / thus / said |
and told them that the Brahmin Kutadanta said this: |
| aagamentu kira bhavanto, Kuu.tadanto pi braahma.no sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamissatii ti. |
may they wait / really / gentlemen / Kutadanta / too / Brahmin / wanderer / Gotama / to see / he will approach / (end-quote) |
"Please wait, gentlemen, the Brahmin Kutadanta will go to see the wanderer Gotama too." |
| tena kho pana samayena anekaani braahma.na-sataani Khaa.numate pa.tivasanti: Kuu.tadantassa braahma.nassa mahaa-ya~n~na.m anubhavissaamaa ti. |
at that / indeed / time / many / Brahmin-hundreds / in Khanumata / they were living / of Kutadanta / the Brahmin / great-sacrifice / we will participate / (end-quote) |
Now at that time many hundreds of Brahmins were living in Khanumata in order to participate in the Brahmin Kutadanta's great sacrifice, |
| assosu.m kho te braahma.naa: Kuu.tadanto kira braahma.no sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamissatii ti. |
they heard / indeed / these / Brahmins / Kutadanta / really / Brahmin / wanderer / Gotama / to see / he will approach / (end-quote) |
and these Brahmins heard that the Brahmin Kutadanta would go to see the wanderer Gotama. |
| atha kho te braahma.naa yena Kuu.tadanto braahma.no ten' upasa.mkami.msu, upasa.mkamitvaa Kuu.tadanta.m braahma.na.m etad avocu.m: |
then / indeed / these / brahmins / towards / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / there / they approached / having approached / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / thus / they said |
Then these Brahmins approached the Brahmin Kutadanta and said to him: |
| sacca.m kira bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamissatii ti. |
true / really / honourable / Kutadanta / wanderer / Gotama / to see / he will approach / (end-quote) |
"Is it really true that the honourable Kutadanta will go to see the wanderer Gotama?" |
| eva.m kho me bho hoti: aham pi sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamissaamii ti. |
thus / indeed / for me / sirs / it is / I / too / wanderer / Gotama / to see / I will approach / (end-quote) |
"Yes, gentlemen, indeed it is so: I will go to see the wanderer Gotama." |
| maa bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkami, na arahati bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitu.m. |
do not / honourable / Kutadanta / wanderer / Gotama / to see / approach / not / it is fitting / honourable / Kutadanta / wanderer / Gotama / to see / to approach |
"May the honourable Kutadanta not go to see the wanderer Gotama, it is not fitting that the honourable Kutadanta go to see the wanderer Gotama. |
| sace bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamissati, bhoto Kuu.tadantassa yaso haayissati, sama.nassa Gotamassa yaso abhiva.d.dhissati. |
if / honourable / Kutadanta / wanderer / Gotama / to see / he will approach / of the honourable / Kutadanta / fame / will diminish / of the wanderer / Gotama / fame / approach |
If the honourable Kutadanta goes to see the wanderer Gotama, then the honourable Kutadanta's fame will diminish. and the wanderer Gotama's fame will increase. |
| yam pi bhoto Kuu.tadantassa yaso haayissati, sama.nassa Gotamassa yaso abhiva.d.dhissati, iminaa p' a,ngena na arahati bhava.m Kuu.tadanto sama.na.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitu.m. |
which / and / of the honourable / Kutadanta / fame / will diminish / of the wanderer / Gotama / fame / approach / by this / quality / not / it is fitting / honourable / Kutadanta / wanderer / Gotama / to see / to approach |
This being the case, it is not fitting that the honourable Kutadanta go to see the wanderer Gotama. |
| sama.no tv' eva Gotamo arahati bhavanta.m Kuu.tadanta.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitun ti. |
wanderer / Gotama / but / it is fitting / honourable / Kutadanta / to see / to approach / (end-quote) |
Rather, it is the ascetic Gotama who should come to see the honourable Kutadanta." |
| eva.m vutte Kuu.tadanto braahma.no te braahma.ne etad avoca: |
thus / having been said / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / this / said |
When this was said, the Brahmin Kutadanta said: |
| tena hi bho mama pi su.naatha yathaa mayam eva arahaama ta.m bhavanta.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitu.m, |
well then / sir / to me / too / listen / how / we / thus / are fitting / this / honourable / Gotama / to see / to approach |
"Well then, gentlemen, listen to me as to how it is fitting that we go to see the honourable Gotama, |
| na tv' eva arahati so bhava.m Gotamo amhaaka.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitu.m. |
not / definitely / it is fitting / the / honourable / Gotama / us / to see / to approach |
and it is definitely not fitting that the honourable Gotama come to see us. |
| sama.no khalu bho Gotamo Khaa.numata.m anuppatto, Khaa.numate viharati Ambala.t.thikaaya.m. |
the wanderer / indeed / Gotama / Khanumata / arrived / in Khanumata / is living / at Ambalatthika |
The wanderer Gotama has arrived in Khanumata and is living here at Ambalatthika, |
| ye kho pana ke ci sama.naa vaa braahma.naa vaa amhaaka.m gaama-kkhetta.m aagacchanti atithii no te honti. |
which / indeed / then / whatever / wanderers / or / Brahmins / or / us / village-field / they come / guests / our / they / are |
and whatever wanderers or Brahmins come to our village territory are our guests. |
| atithii kho pan' amhehi sakkaatabbaa garukaatabbaa maanetabbaa puujetabbaa. |
guests / indeed / then / by us / should be entertained / should be shown respect / should be revered / should be honoured |
Indeed guests should be entertained, shown respect, revered and honoured by us. |
| yam pi bho sama.no Gotamo Khaa.numata.m anuppatto Khaa.numate viharati Ambala.t.thikaaya.m atith' amhaaka.m sama.no Gotamo. |
since / and / sir / the wanderer / Gotama / Khanumata / arrived / in Khanumata / is living / at Ambalatthika / guest / our / the wanderer / Gotama |
And since, gentlemen, the wanderer Gotama has arrived in Khanumata and is living here at Ambalatthika, then he is our guest, |
| atithi kho pan' amhehi sakkaatabbo garukaatabbo maanetabbo puujetabbo. |
guest / indeed / then / by us / should be entertained / should be shown respect / should be revered / should be honoured |
and a guest should be entertained, shown respect, revered and honoured by us. |
| iminaa p' a,ngena na arahati so bhava.m Gotamo amhaaka.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitu.m, atha kho mayam eva arahaama ta.m bhavanta.m Gotama.m dassanaaya upasa.mkamitun ti. |
by this / and / quality / not / it is fitting / the / honourable / Gotama / us / to see / to approach / then / indeed / we / thus / are fitting / this / honourable / Gotama / to see / to approach / (end-quote) |
And thus it is not fitting that the honourable Gotama come to see us, but rather it is fitting that we go to see the honourable Gotama." |
| atha kho Kuu.tadanto braahma.no mahataa braahma.na-ga.nena saddhi.m yena Ambala.t.thikaa yena bhagavaa ten' upasa.mkami, |
then / indeed / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / with a great / Brahmin-group / with / towards / Ambalatthika / towards / the Blessed One / there / he approached |
Then the Brahmin Kutadanta with a large group of Brahmins went to Ambalatthika and approached the Blessed One, |
| upasa.mkamitvaa bhagavataa saddhi.m sammodi sammodaniiya.m katha.m saaraa.niiya.m viitisaaretvaa ekamanta.m nisiidi. |
having approached / with the Blessed One / with / exchanged greetings / agreeable / speech / polite / having greeted / one side / he sat down |
then he greeted the Blessed One, exchanged agreeable and polite talk with him, then sat down at one side. |
| ekamanta.m nisinno kho Kuu.tadanto braahma.no bhagavanta.m etad avoca: |
on one side / sitting / indeed / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / to the Blessed One / this / said |
Sitting on one side, the Brahmin Kutadanta said this to the Blessed One: |
| suta.m m' eta.m bho Gotamo tividha-ya~n~na-sampada.m jaanaatii ti. |
heard / by me / this / sir / Gotama / triple-sacrifice-success / he knows / (end-quote) |
"I have heard that master Gotama knows how to successfully conduct the triple sacrifice. |
| na kho panaaha.m jaanaami tividha-ya~n~na-sampada.m icchaami caaha.m mahaa-ya~n~na.m yajitu.m. |
not / indeed / then I / I know / triple-sacrifice-success / I wish / and I / great-sacrifice / to sacrifice |
I don't know how to successfully conduct the triple sacrifice, and I wish to make a great sacrifice. |
| saadhu me bhava.m Gotamo tividha-ya~n~na-sampada.m desetuu ti. |
good / to me / honourable / Gotama / triple-sacrifice-success / may he teach / (end-quote) |
It would be good if the honourable Gotama would teach the successful conduct of the triple sacrifice to me." |
| tena hi braahma.na su.nohi bhaasissaamii ti. |
Well then / Brahmin / listen / I will speak / (end-quote) |
"Well then, Brahmin, listen and I will speak." |
| eva.m bho ti kho Kuu.tadanto braahma.no bhagavato paccassosi. |
thus / sir / (end-quote) / Kutadanta / the Brahmin / to the Blessed One / he replied |
"Yes, sir," the Brahmin Kutadanta replied to the Blessed One. |
| bhagavaa etad avoca: |
Blessed One / thus / spoke |
The Blessed One said this: |
| bhuutapubba.m braahma.na raajaa Mahaavijito naama ahosi, a.d.dho maha-ddhano mahaa-bhogo pahuuta-jaataruupa-rajato pahuuta-vitt-uupakara.no pahuuta-dhana-dha~n~no paripu.n.na-kosa-ko.t.thaagaaro. |
in the past / Brahmin / king Mahavijita / named / there was / rich / great-wealth / great-property / much-gold-silver / much-pleasure-resources / much-wealth-grain / full-treasury-granary |
"Brahmin, once there was a king named Mahavijita, who was exceedingly rich, with much property, gold, silver, pleasure-resources, wealth and grain, with treasury and granary completely full. |
| atha kho braahma.na ra~n~no Mahaavijitassa rahogatassa pa.tisalliinassa eva.m cetaso parivitakko udapaadi: |
then / indeed / Brahmin / of the king / Mahavijita / alone / secluded / thus / in the mind / idea / arose |
Then, Brahmin, this idea arose in the mind of King Mahavijita when he was alone and secluded: |
| adhigataa kho me vipulaa maanusakaa bhogaa, mahanta.m pa.thavi-ma.n.dala.m abhivijiya ajjhaavasaami. |
achieved / indeed / by me / much / human / property / great / earth-circle / having conquered / I live on |
'I have achieved great material wealth, and having conquered a great circle of land, I live on it. |
| yan nuunaaha.m mahaa-ya~n~na.m yajeyya.m, ya.m mama assa diigharatta.m hitaaya sukhaayaa ti. |
which / is it not I / great-sacrifice / I sacrifice / which / for me / would be / for a long time / for welfare / for happiness / (end-quote) |
Why don't I make a great sacrifice which will be for my welfare and happiness for a long time?' |
| atha kho braahma.na raajaa Mahaavijite purohita.m braahma.na.m aamantapetvaa etad avoca: |
then / indeed / Brahmin / king / Mahavijita / priest / Brahmin / having summoned / this / said |
Then, Brahmin, King Mahavijita summoned his high-priest and said to him: |
| idha mayha.m braahma.na rahogatassa pa.tisalliinassa eva.m cetaso parivitakko udapaadi: |
here / to me / Brahmin / alone / secluded / thus / in the mind / idea / arose |
'Here, Brahmin, while alone and secluded this idea came to me: |
| adhigato me vipulaa maanusakaa bhogaa, mahanta.m pa.thavi-ma.n.dala.m abhivijiya ajjhaavasaami. |
achieved / by me / much / human / property / great / earth-circle / having conquered / I exploit |
"I have achieved great material wealth, and having conquered a great circle of land, I exploit it. |
| yan nuunaaha.m mahaa-ya~n~na.m yajeyya.m, ya.m mama assa diigharatta.m hitaaya sukhaayaa ti. |
which / is it not I / great-sacrifice / I sacrifice / which / for me / would be / for a long time / for welfare / for happiness / (end-quote) |
Why don't I make a great sacrifice which will be for my welfare and happiness for a long time?" |
| icchaam' aha.m braahma.na mahaa-ya~n~na.m yajitu.m. |
I wish / I / Brahmin / great-sacrifice / to make a sacrifice |
Brahmin, I wish to make a great sacrifice. |
| anusaasatu ma.m bhava.m ya.m mama assa diigharatta.m hitaaya sukhaayaa ti. |
Instruct / me / honourable sir / which / for me / would be / for a long time / for welfare / for happiness / (end-quote) |
Instruct me, honourable sir, in what will be for my welfare and happiness for a long time.' |
| eva.m vutte braahma.na purohito braahma.no raajaana.m Mahaavijita.m etad avoca: |
this / having been said / Brahmin / priest / Brahmin / king / Mahavijita / this / said |
After this was said, Brahmin, the high-priest said to King Mahavijita: |
| bhoto kho ra~n~no janapado sa-ka.n.tako sa-uppii.lo, gaama-ghaataa pi dissanti nigama-ghaataa pi dissanti nagara-ghaataa pi dissanti pantha-duhanaa pi dissanti. |
of the honourable / indeed / of the king / country / with-thief / with-oppression / village-destruction / and / there appears / town-destruction / and / there appears / city-destruction / and / there appears / road-robbery / and / there appears / |
'Your majesty's kingdom is filled with thieves and oppression, and destruction of villages, towns, and cities, and highway-robbery is manifest. |
| bhava~n ce kho pana raajaa eva.m sa-ka.n.take janapade sa-upapii.le balim uddhareyya, akiccakaarii assa tena bhava.m raajaa. |
honourable / if / indeed / then / king / this / with-thief / in the country / with-oppression / tax / would collect / what should not be done / it would be / by this / honourable / king |
If then your majesty would raise taxes in this country filled with thieves and oppression, this would be acting wrongly. |
| siyaa kho pana bhoto ra~n~no evam assa: |
suppose / indeed / then / to the honourable / king / thus / it would be |
Suppose that your majesty would think: |
| aham eta.m dassu-khiila.m vadhena vaa bandhena vaa jaaniyaa vaa garahaaya vaa pabbaajanaaya vaa samuuhanissaamii ti, |
I / this / robber-territory / by execution / or / by imprisonment / or / by deprivation / or / by threat / or / by banishment / or / I will suppress / (end-quote) |
"I will suppress this robber territory by execution, imprisonment, deprivation, threats, or banishment," |
| na kho pan' etassa dassu-khiilassa eva.m sammaa samugghaato hoti. |
Not / indeed / then / of this / robber-territory / thus / rightly / suppressed / it is |
then this robber territory would not thus be rightly suppressed. |
| ye te hataavasesakaa bhavissanti, te pacchaa ra~n~no janapada.m vihe.thessanti. |
who / those / survivors / they will be / those / afterwards / of the king / country / they will harass |
Whoever will survive will harass the king's country afterwards. |
| api ca kho ida.m sa.mvidhaana.m aagamma evam etassa dassu-khiilassa sammaa samugghaato hoti. |
however / and / indeed / this / arrangement / happened / thus / of this / robber-territory / rightly / suppressed / it is |
However with the following policy in place the robber territory would be rightly suppressed. |
| tena hi bhava.m raajaa ye bhoto ra~n~no janapade ussahanti kasi-gorakkhe tesa.m bhava.m raajaa biija-bhatta.m anuppadetu, |
well then / honourable / king / who / of the honourable / king / in the country / they try / cultivation-cattle breeding / to these / honourable / king / seed-rice / may he distribute |
So, your majesty, to those in the honourable king's country who are engaged in agriculture or cattle raising, may your majesty distribute seeds and food; |
| ye bhoto ra~n~no janapade ussahanti va.nijjaaya tesa.m bhava.m raajaa paabhata.m anuppadetu, |
who / of the honourable / king / in the country / they try / trade / to these / honourable / king / capital / may he distribute |
to those in the honourable king's country who are engaged in trade, may your majesty distribute capital; |
| ye bhoto ra~n~no janapade ussahanti raaja-porise tesa.m bhava.m raajaa bhatta-vetana.m pakappatu, |
who / of the honourable / king / in the country / they try / king-service / to these / honourable / king / rice-wages / may he distribute |
to those, your majesty, in the honourable king's country who are engaged in service to the king, may your majesty distribute food and wages; |
| te ca manussaa sa-kamma-pasutaa ra~n~no janapada.m na vihe.thessanti, mahaa ca ra~n~no raasiko bhavissati, khema-.t.thitaa janapadaa aka.n.takaa anuppii.laa |
those / and / men / own-action-intent on / of the king / country / not / they will harass / great / and / of the king / accumulation / there will be / safe-stable / countries / not thieves / not oppressed |
so, these people who are intent on their own business will not harass the king's country, and the king's revenue will be great, and the lands peaceful and stable, without thieves or oppression, |
| manussaa ca mudaa modamaanaa ure putte naccentaa a-paaruta-gharaa ma~n~ne viharissantii ti. |
men / and / happy / rejoicing / on bosom / sons / dancing / not-veiled-house / I believe / they will live / (end-quote) |
and I believe the people will be happy and rejoicing, dancing with their children in their laps, and will live in unlocked houses.'" |
| "O monks, I will teach you the doctrine having-a-raft-as-simile (bahubbiihi: raft-simile), for-the-purpose-of-crossing over, not (emphatic: no) for-the-purpose-of-keeping. |
bhikkhave / desissaami / vo / dhamma.m / kulla-upama.m / nitthara.na-atthaaya / no / gaha.na-atthaaya |
kulluupama.m vo bhikkhave dhamma.m desissaami nitthara.natthaaya no gaha.natthaaya. |
| Just like a man who-had-followed-a-road: |
seyyatha-api / puriso / addhaana-magga-pa.tipanno |
seyyathaapi puriso addhaanamaggapa.tipanno, |
| he might see a great flood-of-water, the nearer shore with-fear, with-danger, the further shore secure, without-danger, |
so / passeyya / mahanta.m / udaka-a.n.nava.m / orima.m / tiira.m / sa-asa,nka.m / sa-(p)pa.tibhaya.m / paarima.m / tiira.m / khema.m / a-(p)pa.tibhaya.m |
so passeyya mahanta.m udakaa.n.nava.m, orima.m tiira.m saasa,nka.m sappa.tibhaya.m, paarima.m tiira.m khema.m appa.tibhaya.m, |
| and there might not be a boat or a causeway for going from hither across, — he would have (the thought) thus: |
ca / assa / na / naavaa / santaara.nii / uttara-setu / vaa / gamanaaya / apaaraa / paara.m / tassa / assa / evam |
na c' assa naavaa santaara.nii uttarasetu vaa apaaraa paara.m gamanaaya, tassa evam assa: |
| "Indeed this flood-of-water (is) great, and the nearer shore (is) with-fear, with-danger, the further shore secure, without-danger, |
kho / aya.m / udaka-a.n.navo / mahaa / ca / orima.m / tiira.m / sa-asa,nka.m / sa-(p)pa.tibhaya.m / paarima.m / tiira.m / khema.m / a-(p)pa.tibhaya.m |
aya.m kho mahaa udakaa.n.navo, orima.m ca tiira.m saasa,nka.m sappa.tibhaya.m, paarima.m tiira.m khema.m appa.tibhaya.m, |
| and there isn't a boat or a causeway for going from hither across. |
ca / natthi / naavaa / vaa / santaara.nii / uttarasetu / gamanaaya / apaaraa / paara.m |
natthi ca naavaa santaara.nii uttarasetu vaa apaaraa paara.m gamanaaya. |
| What now if I, having collected grass-firewood-branches-and-foliage, |
ya.m / nuu-na / aha.m / sa,nka.d.dhitvaa / ti.na-ka.t.tha-saakhaa-palaasa.m |
yannuunaaha.m ti.naka.t.thasaakhaapalaasa.m sa,nka.d.dhitvaa, |
| having bound a raft, depending on that raft, should cross thither safely?" |
bandhitvaa / kulla.m / nissaaya / ta.m / kulla.m / uttareyyan / paara.m / sotthinaa / (iti) |
kulla.m bandhitvaa ta.m kulla.m nissaaya, sotthinaa paara.m uttareyyanti. |
| Then, indeed ( kho), (monks,) that man, having collected grass-firewood-branches-and-foliage, |
atha / kho / bhikkhave / so / puriso / sa,nka.d.dhitvaa / ti.na-ka.t.tha-saakhaa-palaasa.m |
atha kho so bhikkhave puriso ti.naka.t.thasaakhaapalaasa.m sa,nka.d.dhitvaa, |
| having bound a raft, depending on that raft, would cross thither safely. |
bandhitvaa / kulla.m / nissaaya / ta.m / kulla.m / uttareyya / paara.m / sotthinaa |
kulla.m bandhitvaa ta.m kulla.m nissaaya, sotthinaa paara.m uttareyya. |
| Crossed, gone-thither (past participles), he might have (the thought) thus: |
utti.n.nassa / paara.m-gatassa / tassa / assa / eva.m |
tassa utti.n.nassa paara,ngatassa evamassa: |
| "Indeed this raft (is) very useful (to me). |
kho / aya.m / kullo / bahukaaro / me |
bahukaaro kho me aya.m kullo. |
| What now if, having put ("mounted") this raft on my head, I should go away?" |
ya.m / nuu-na / aha.m / aaropetvaa / ima.m / kulla.m / siise / pakkameyyan / (iti) |
yannuunaaha.m ima.m kulla.m siise aaropetvaa pakkameyyanti. |
| What do you think (of) that, monks? |
ki.m / ma~n~natha / ta.m / bhikkhave |
ta.m ki.m ma~n~natha bhikkhave. |
| Perhaps (api) that man thus-doing (-kaarin, bahubbiihi) (with reference) to that raft (loc.) would be doing-what-should-be-done ( nu)?" |
api / so / puriso / eva.m-kaarii / tasmi.m / kulle / kicca-kaarii / assa / nu / (iti) |
api nu so puriso eva.mkaarii tasmi.m kulle kiccakaarii assaati? |
| "Indeed not ( no h') this, sir ( bhante)!"... |
hi / no / eta.m / bhante |
no h'eta.m bhante. |
| In this connection, monks, that man, crossed, gone thither, might have (the thought) thus: |
idha / bhikkhave / tassa / purisassa / paara,ngatassa / assa / evam |
idha bhikkhave tassa purisassa paara,ngatassa evamassa: |
| "...What now (if), having lifted this raft on to (dry) land, I should go away (?)" |
ya.m / nuu-na / ussaadetvaa / ima.m / kulla.m / thale / aha.m / pakkameyyan / (iti) |
yannuunaaha.m ima.m kulla.m thale ussaadetvaa pakkameyyanti. |
| Thus-doing, indeed, that man would be doing-what-should-be-done with (loc.) that raft. |
eva.m-kaarii / kho / so / puriso / assa / kicca-kaarii / tasmi.m / kulle |
eva.mkaarii kho so puriso tasmi.m kulle kiccakaarii assa. |
| Likewise, indeed, monks, the doctrine is taught by me having-a-raft-as-simile, for-the-purpose-of-crossing over, not for-the-purpose-of-keeping. |
evameva / kho / bhikkhave / dhammo / desito / mayaa / kulla-upamo / nitthara.n-atthaaya / no / gaha.n-atthaaya |
evameva kho bhikkhave kulluupamo mayaa dhammo desito nitthara.natthaaya no gaha.natthaaya. |
| By your ( vo) learning (present participle, instrumental plural) the raft-simile, monks, even good mental phenomena (are) to be given up by you (vo), how much more so bad mental phenomena." |
vo / aajaanantehi / kulla-upama.m / bhikkhave / api / dhammaa / pahaatabbaa / vo / pageva / a-dhammaa |
kulluupama.m vo bhikkhave aajaanantehi, dhammaa pi vo pahaatabbaa, pageva adhammaa. |
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