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संयुत्त निकाय ६।१
Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.1
The Related Suttas Collection 6.1
१। पठमवग्ग
1. Paṭhamavagga
1. The Appeal
ब्रह्मायाचनसुत्त
Brahmāyācanasutta
The Appeal of Brahmā
एवं मे सुतं—एकं समयं भगवा उरुवेलायं विहरति नज्जा नेरञ्जराय तीरे अजपालनिग्रोधमूले पठमाभिसम्बुद्धो।
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā uruvelāyaṁ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhamūle paṭhamābhisambuddho.
So I have heard. At one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying near Uruvelā at the root of the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.
अथ खो भगवतो रहोगतस्स पटिसल्लीनस्स एवं चेतसो परिवितक्को उदपादि: “अधिगतो खो म्यायं धम्मो गम्भीरो दुद्दसो दुरनुबोधो सन्तो पणीतो अतक्कावचरो निपुणो पण्डितवेदनीयो। आलयरामा खो पनायं पजा आलयरता आलयसम्मुदिता। आलयरामाय खो पन पजाय आलयरताय आलयसम्मुदिताय दुद्दसं इदं ठानं यदिदं इदप्पच्चयतापटिच्चसमुप्पादो। इदम्पि खो ठानं दुद्दसं यदिदं सब्बसङ्खारसमथो सब्बूपधिपटिनिस्सग्गो तण्हाक्खयो विरागो निरोधो निब्बानं। अहञ्चेव खो पन धम्मं देसेय्यं; परे च मे न आजानेय्युं; सो ममस्स किलमथो, सा ममस्स विहेसा”ति।
Atha kho bhagavato rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi: “adhigato kho myāyaṁ dhammo gambhīro duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakkāvacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo. Ālayarāmā kho panāyaṁ pajā ālayaratā ālayasammuditā. Ālayarāmāya kho pana pajāya ālayaratāya ālayasammuditāya duddasaṁ idaṁ ṭhānaṁ yadidaṁ idappaccayatāpaṭiccasamuppādo. Idampi kho ṭhānaṁ duddasaṁ yadidaṁ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ. Ahañceva kho pana dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ; pare ca me na ājāneyyuṁ; so mamassa kilamatho, sā mamassa vihesā”ti.
Then as he was in private retreat this thought came to his mind, “This principle I have discovered is deep, hard to see, hard to understand, peaceful, sublime, beyond the scope of logic, subtle, comprehensible to the astute. But people like clinging, they love it and enjoy it. It’s hard for them to see this thing; that is, specific conditionality, dependent origination. It’s also hard for them to see this thing; that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, Nibbana. And if I were to teach this principle, others might not understand me, which would be wearying and troublesome for me.”
अपिस्सु भगवन्तं इमा अनच्छरिया गाथायो पटिभंसु पुब्बे अस्सुतपुब्बा:
Apissu bhagavantaṁ imā anacchariyā gāthāyo paṭibhaṁsu pubbe assutapubbā:
And then these verses, which were neither supernaturally inspired, nor learned before in the past, occurred to the Buddha:
“किच्छेन मे अधिगतं, हलं दानि पकासितुं; रागदोसपरेतेहि, नायं धम्मो सुसम्बुधो।
“Kicchena me adhigataṁ, halaṁ dāni pakāsituṁ; Rāgadosaparetehi, nāyaṁ dhammo susambudho.
“I’ve struggled hard to realize this, enough with trying to explain it! Those mired in greed and hate can’t really understand this teaching.
पटिसोतगामिं निपुणं, गम्भीरं दुद्दसं अणुं; रागरत्ता न दक्खन्ति, तमोखन्धेन आवुटा”ति।
Paṭisotagāmiṁ nipuṇaṁ, gambhīraṁ duddasaṁ aṇuṁ; Rāgarattā na dakkhanti, tamokhandhena āvuṭā”ti.
It goes against the stream, subtle, deep, obscure, and very fine. Those besotted by greed cannot see, for they’re shrouded in a mass of darkness.”
इतिह भगवतो पटिसञ्चिक्खतो अप्पोस्सुक्कताय चित्तं नमति, नो धम्मदेसनाय।
Itiha bhagavato paṭisañcikkhato appossukkatāya cittaṁ namati, no dhammadesanāya.
And as the Buddha reflected like this, his mind inclined to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.
अथ खो ब्रह्मुनो सहम्पतिस्स भगवतो चेतसा चेतोपरिवितक्कमञ्ञाय एतदहोसि: “नस्सति वत भो लोको, विनस्सति वत भो लोको, यत्र हि नाम तथागतस्स अरहतो सम्मासम्बुद्धस्स अप्पोस्सुक्कताय चित्तं नमति, नो धम्मदेसनाया”ति।
Atha kho brahmuno sahampatissa bhagavato cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya etadahosi: “nassati vata bho loko, vinassati vata bho loko, yatra hi nāma tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa appossukkatāya cittaṁ namati, no dhammadesanāyā”ti.
Then Brahmā Sahampati, knowing what the Buddha was thinking, thought, “Alas! The world will be lost, the world will perish! For the mind of the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, inclines to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.”
अथ खो ब्रह्मा सहम्पति—सेय्यथापि नाम बलवा पुरिसो समिञ्जितं वा बाहं पसारेय्य, पसारितं वा बाहं समिञ्जेय्य; एवमेव—ब्रह्मलोके अन्तरहितो भगवतो पुरतो पातुरहोसि। अथ खो ब्रह्मा सहम्पति एकंसं उत्तरासङ्गं करित्वा दक्खिणजाणुमण्डलं पथवियं निहन्त्वा येन भगवा तेनञ्जलिं पणामेत्वा भगवन्तं एतदवोच:
Atha kho brahmā sahampati—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ1 vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito bhagavato purato pāturahosi. Atha kho brahmā sahampati ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā dakkhiṇajāṇumaṇḍalaṁ pathaviyaṁ nihantvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the Brahmā realm and reappeared in front of the Buddha. He arranged his robe over one shoulder, knelt with his right knee on the ground, raised his joined palms toward the Buddha, and said:
“देसेतु, भन्ते, भगवा धम्मं, देसेतु सुगतो धम्मं। सन्ति सत्ता अप्परजक्खजातिका, अस्सवनता धम्मस्स परिहायन्ति। भविस्सन्ति धम्मस्स अञ्ञातारो”ति।
“desetu, bhante, bhagavā dhammaṁ, desetu sugato dhammaṁ. Santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti. Bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro”ti.
“Sir, let the Blessed One teach the Dhamma! Let the Holy One teach the Dhamma! There are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching. There will be those who understand the teaching!”
इदमवोच ब्रह्मा सहम्पति, इदं वत्वा अथापरं एतदवोच:
Idamavoca brahmā sahampati, idaṁ vatvā athāparaṁ etadavoca:
This is what Brahmā Sahampati said. Then he went on to say:
“पातुरहोसि मगधेसु पुब्बे, धम्मो असुद्धो समलेहि चिन्तितो; अपापुरेतं अमतस्स द्वारं, सुणन्तु धम्मं विमलेनानुबुद्धं।
“Pāturahosi magadhesu pubbe, Dhammo asuddho samalehi cintito; Apāpuretaṁ2 amatassa dvāraṁ, Suṇantu dhammaṁ vimalenānubuddhaṁ.
“Among the Magadhans there appeared in the past an impure teaching thought up by those still stained. Fling open the door to the deathless! Let them hear the teaching
the immaculate one discovered.
सेले यथा पब्बतमुद्धनिट्ठितो, यथापि पस्से जनतं समन्ततो; तथूपमं धम्ममयं सुमेध, पासादमारुय्ह समन्तचक्खु; सोकावतिण्णं जनतमपेतसोको, अवेक्खस्सु जातिजराभिभूतं।
Sele yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhito, Yathāpi passe janataṁ samantato; Tathūpamaṁ dhammamayaṁ sumedha, Pāsādamāruyha samantacakkhu; Sokāvatiṇṇaṁ janatamapetasoko, Avekkhassu jātijarābhibhūtaṁ.
Standing high on a rocky mountain, you can see the people all around. In just the same way, All-seer, so intelligent, having ascended the Temple of Truth, rid of sorrow, look upon the people swamped with sorrow,
उट्ठेहि वीर विजितसङ्गाम, सत्थवाह अनण विचर लोके; देसस्सु भगवा धम्मं, अञ्ञातारो भविस्सन्ती”ति।
Uṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma, Satthavāha anaṇa3 vicara loke; Desassu4 bhagavā dhammaṁ, Aññātāro bhavissantī”ti.
Rise, hero! Victor in battle, leader of the caravan, wander the world free of debt. Let the Blessed One teach the Dhamma! There will be those who understand!”
अथ खो भगवा ब्रह्मुनो च अज्झेसनं विदित्वा सत्तेसु च कारुञ्ञतं पटिच्च बुद्धचक्खुना लोकं वोलोकेसि। अद्दसा खो भगवा बुद्धचक्खुना लोकं वोलोकेन्तो सत्ते अप्परजक्खे महारजक्खे तिक्खिन्द्रिये मुदिन्द्रिये स्वाकारे द्वाकारे सुविञ्ञापये दुविञ्ञापये, अप्पेकच्चे परलोकवज्जभयदस्साविने विहरन्ते, अप्पेकच्चे न परलोकवज्जभयदस्साविने विहरन्ते।
Atha kho bhagavā brahmuno ca ajjhesanaṁ viditvā sattesu ca kāruññataṁ paṭicca buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokesi. Addasā kho bhagavā buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokento satte apparajakkhe mahārajakkhe tikkhindriye mudindriye svākāre dvākāre suviññāpaye duviññāpaye, appekacce paralokavajjabhayadassāvine5 viharante, appekacce na paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante.
Then the Buddha, understanding Brahmā’s invitation, surveyed the world with the eye of a Buddha, out of his compassion for sentient beings. And the Buddha saw sentient beings with little dust in their eyes, and some with much dust in their eyes; with keen faculties and with weak faculties, with good qualities and with bad qualities, easy to teach and hard to teach. And some of them lived seeing the danger in the fault to do with the next world, while others did not.
सेय्यथापि नाम उप्पलिनियं वा पदुमिनियं वा पुण्डरीकिनियं वा अप्पेकच्चानि उप्पलानि वा पदुमानि वा पुण्डरीकानि वा उदके जातानि उदके संवड्ढानि उदकानुग्गतानि अन्तो निमुग्गपोसीनि, अप्पेकच्चानि उप्पलानि वा पदुमानि वा पुण्डरीकानि वा उदके जातानि उदके संवड्ढानि समोदकं ठितानि, अप्पेकच्चानि उप्पलानि वा पदुमानि वा पुण्डरीकानि वा उदके जातानि उदके संवड्ढानि उदका अच्चुग्गम्म ठितानि अनुपलित्तानि उदकेन;
Seyyathāpi nāma uppaliniyaṁ vā paduminiyaṁ vā puṇḍarīkiniyaṁ vā appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni udakānuggatāni anto nimuggaposīni, appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni samodakaṁ ṭhitāni, appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni udakā accuggamma ṭhitāni anupalittāni udakena;
It’s like a pool with blue water lilies, or pink or white lotuses. Some of them sprout and grow in the water without rising above it, thriving underwater. Some of them sprout and grow in the water reaching the water’s surface. And some of them sprout and grow in the water but rise up above the water and stand with no water clinging to them.
एवमेव भगवा बुद्धचक्खुना लोकं वोलोकेन्तो अद्दस सत्ते अप्परजक्खे महारजक्खे तिक्खिन्द्रिये मुदिन्द्रिये स्वाकारे द्वाकारे सुविञ्ञापये दुविञ्ञापये, अप्पेकच्चे परलोकवज्जभयदस्साविने विहरन्ते, अप्पेकच्चे न परलोकवज्जभयदस्साविने विहरन्ते।
evameva bhagavā buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokento addasa satte apparajakkhe mahārajakkhe tikkhindriye mudindriye svākāre dvākāre suviññāpaye duviññāpaye, appekacce paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante, appekacce na paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante.
In the same way, the Buddha saw sentient beings with little dust in their eyes, and some with much dust in their eyes; with keen faculties and with weak faculties, with good qualities and with bad qualities, easy to teach and hard to teach. And some of them lived seeing the danger in the fault to do with the next world, while others did not.
दिस्वान ब्रह्मानं सहम्पतिं गाथाय पच्चभासि:
Disvāna brahmānaṁ sahampatiṁ gāthāya paccabhāsi:
When he had seen this he replied in verse to Brahmā Sahampati:
“अपारुता तेसं अमतस्स द्वारा, ये सोतवन्तो पमुञ्चन्तु सद्धं; विहिंससञ्ञी पगुणं न भासिं, धम्मं पणीतं मनुजेसु ब्रह्मे”ति।
“Apārutā tesaṁ amatassa dvārā, Ye sotavanto pamuñcantu saddhaṁ; Vihiṁsasaññī paguṇaṁ na bhāsiṁ, Dhammaṁ paṇītaṁ manujesu brahme”ti.
“Flung open are the doors to the deathless! Let those with ears to hear commit to faith. Thinking it would be troublesome, Brahmā,
I did not teach the sophisticated, sublime Dhamma among humans.”
अथ खो ब्रह्मा सहम्पति “कतावकासो खोम्हि भगवता धम्मदेसनाया”ति भगवन्तं अभिवादेत्वा पदक्खिणं कत्वा तत्थेवन्तरधायीति।
Atha kho brahmā sahampati “katāvakāso khomhi bhagavatā dhammadesanāyā”ti bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.
Then Brahmā Sahampati, knowing that his request for the Buddha to teach the Dhamma had been granted, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there.
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