Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.108

Numbered Discourses 4.108

11. Valāhakavagga

11. Clouds

Balībaddasutta

Oxen

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, balībaddā. Katame cattāro?

“Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of oxen. What four?

Sagavacaṇḍo no paragavacaṇḍo,

One hostile to its own herd, not others;

paragavacaṇḍo no sagavacaṇḍo,

one hostile to other herds, not its own;

sagavacaṇḍo ca paragavacaṇḍo ca,

one hostile to both its own herd and others; and

neva sagavacaṇḍo no paragavacaṇḍo—

one hostile to neither its own herd nor others.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro balībaddā. Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattāro balībaddūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro?

These are the four kinds of oxen. In the same way, these four people similar to oxen are found in the world. What four?

Sagavacaṇḍo no paragavacaṇḍo,

One hostile to their own herd, not others;

paragavacaṇḍo no sagavacaṇḍo,

one hostile to other herds, not their own;

sagavacaṇḍo ca paragavacaṇḍo ca,

one hostile to both their own herd and others; and

neva sagavacaṇḍo no paragavacaṇḍo.

one hostile to neither their own herd nor others.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo sagavacaṇḍo hoti, no paragavacaṇḍo? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sakaparisaṁ ubbejetā hoti, no paraparisaṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo sagavacaṇḍo hoti, no paragavacaṇḍo. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, balībaddo sagavacaṇḍo, no paragavacaṇḍo; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

And how is a person hostile to their own herd, not others? It’s when a person intimidates their own followers, not the followers of others. That’s how a person is hostile to their own herd, not others. That person is like an ox that’s hostile to its own herd, not others.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo paragavacaṇḍo hoti, no sagavacaṇḍo? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo paraparisaṁ ubbejetā hoti, no sakaparisaṁ. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo paragavacaṇḍo hoti, no sagavacaṇḍo. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, balībaddo paragavacaṇḍo, no sagavacaṇḍo; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

And how is a person hostile to other herds, not their own? It’s when a person intimidates the followers of others, not their own. …

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo sagavacaṇḍo ca hoti paragavacaṇḍo ca? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sakaparisaṁ ubbejetā hoti paraparisañca. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo sagavacaṇḍo ca hoti paragavacaṇḍo ca. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, balībaddo sagavacaṇḍo ca paragavacaṇḍo ca; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

And how is a person hostile to both their own herd and others? It’s when a person intimidates their own followers and the followers of others. …

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo neva sagavacaṇḍo hoti no paragavacaṇḍo? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo neva sakaparisaṁ ubbejetā hoti, no paraparisañca. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo neva sagavacaṇḍo hoti, no paragavacaṇḍo. Seyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, balībaddo neva sagavacaṇḍo, no paragavacaṇḍo; tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

And how is a person hostile to neither their own herd nor others? It’s when a person doesn’t intimidate their own followers or the followers of others.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro balībaddūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.

These four people similar to oxen are found in the world.”

Aṭṭhamaṁ.