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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ३।९२
Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.92
Numbered Discourses 3.92
१०। लोणकपल्लवग्ग
10. Loṇakapallavagga
10. A Lump of Salt
अच्चायिकसुत्त
Accāyikasutta
Urgent
“तीणिमानि, भिक्खवे, कस्सकस्स गहपतिस्स अच्चायिकानि करणीयानि। कतमानि तीणि? इध, भिक्खवे, कस्सको गहपति सीघं सीघं खेत्तं सुकट्ठं करोति सुमतिकतं। सीघं सीघं खेत्तं सुकट्ठं करित्वा सुमतिकतं सीघं सीघं बीजानि पतिट्ठापेति। सीघं सीघं बीजानि पतिट्ठापेत्वा सीघं सीघं उदकं अभिनेतिपि अपनेतिपि। इमानि खो, भिक्खवे, तीणि कस्सकस्स गहपतिस्स अच्चायिकानि करणीयानि। तस्स खो तं, भिक्खवे, कस्सकस्स गहपतिस्स नत्थि सा इद्धि वा आनुभावो वा: ‘अज्जेव मे धञ्ञानि जायन्तु, स्वेव गब्भीनि होन्तु, उत्तरस्वेव पच्चन्तूऽति। अथ खो, भिक्खवे, होति सो समयो यं तस्स कस्सकस्स गहपतिस्स तानि धञ्ञानि उतुपरिणामीनि जायन्तिपि गब्भीनिपि होन्ति पच्चन्तिपि।
“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, kassakassa gahapatissa accāyikāni karaṇīyāni. Katamāni tīṇi? Idha, bhikkhave, kassako gahapati sīghaṁ sīghaṁ khettaṁ sukaṭṭhaṁ karoti sumatikataṁ. Sīghaṁ sīghaṁ khettaṁ sukaṭṭhaṁ karitvā sumatikataṁ sīghaṁ sīghaṁ bījāni patiṭṭhāpeti. Sīghaṁ sīghaṁ bījāni patiṭṭhāpetvā sīghaṁ sīghaṁ udakaṁ abhinetipi apanetipi. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi kassakassa gahapatissa accāyikāni karaṇīyāni. Tassa kho taṁ, bhikkhave, kassakassa gahapatissa natthi sā iddhi vā ānubhāvo vā: ‘ajjeva me dhaññāni jāyantu, sveva gabbhīni hontu, uttarasveva paccantū’ti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, hoti so samayo yaṁ tassa kassakassa gahapatissa tāni dhaññāni utupariṇāmīni jāyantipi gabbhīnipi honti paccantipi.
“Bhikkhus, a farmer has three urgent duties. What three? A farmer swiftly makes sure the field is well ploughed and tilled. Next they swiftly plant seeds in season. When the time is right, they swiftly irrigate or drain the field. These are the three urgent duties of a farmer. That farmer has no special power or ability to say: ‘Let the crops germinate today! Let them flower tomorrow! Let them ripen the day after!’ But there comes a time when that farmer’s crops germinate, flower, and ripen as the seasons change.
एवमेवं खो, भिक्खवे, तीणिमानि भिक्खुस्स अच्चायिकानि करणीयानि। कतमानि तीणि? अधिसीलसिक्खासमादानं, अधिचित्तसिक्खासमादानं, अधिपञ्ञासिक्खासमादानं—इमानि खो, भिक्खवे, तीणि भिक्खुस्स अच्चायिकानि करणीयानि। तस्स खो तं, भिक्खवे, भिक्खुनो नत्थि सा इद्धि वा आनुभावो वा: ‘अज्जेव मे अनुपादाय आसवेहि चित्तं विमुच्चतु स्वे वा उत्तरस्वे वाऽति। अथ खो, भिक्खवे, होति सो समयो यं तस्स भिक्खुनो अधिसीलम्पि सिक्खतो अधिचित्तम्पि सिक्खतो अधिपञ्ञम्पि सिक्खतो अनुपादाय आसवेहि चित्तं विमुच्चति।
Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tīṇimāni bhikkhussa accāyikāni karaṇīyāni. Katamāni tīṇi? Adhisīlasikkhāsamādānaṁ, adhicittasikkhāsamādānaṁ, adhipaññāsikkhāsamādānaṁ—imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi bhikkhussa accāyikāni karaṇīyāni. Tassa kho taṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno natthi sā iddhi vā ānubhāvo vā: ‘ajjeva me anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimuccatu sve vā uttarasve vā’ti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, hoti so samayo yaṁ tassa bhikkhuno adhisīlampi sikkhato adhicittampi sikkhato adhipaññampi sikkhato anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimuccati.
In the same way, a bhikkhu has three urgent duties. What three? Undertaking the training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom. These are the three urgent duties of a bhikkhu. That bhikkhu has no special power or ability to say: ‘Let my mind be freed from defilements by not grasping today! Or tomorrow! Or the day after!’ But there comes a time—as that bhikkhu trains in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom—that their mind is freed from defilements by not grasping.
तस्मातिह, भिक्खवे, एवं सिक्खितब्बं: ‘तिब्बो नो छन्दो भविस्सति अधिसीलसिक्खासमादाने, तिब्बो छन्दो भविस्सति अधिचित्तसिक्खासमादाने, तिब्बो छन्दो भविस्सति अधिपञ्ञासिक्खासमादानेऽति। एवञ्हि वो, भिक्खवे, सिक्खितब्बन्”ति।
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘tibbo no chando bhavissati adhisīlasikkhāsamādāne, tibbo chando bhavissati adhicittasikkhāsamādāne, tibbo chando bhavissati adhipaññāsikkhāsamādāne’ti. Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.
So you should train like this: ‘We will have keen enthusiasm for undertaking the training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom.’ That’s how you should train.”
पठमं।
Paṭhamaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
