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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ३।५२
Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.52
Numbered Discourses 3.52
६। ब्राह्मणवग्ग
6. Brāhmaṇavagga
6. Brahmins
दुतियद्वेब्राह्मणसुत्त
Dutiyadvebrāhmaṇasutta
Two Brahmins (2nd)
अथ खो द्वे ब्राह्मणा जिण्णा वुद्धा महल्लका अद्धगता वयोअनुप्पत्ता वीसवस्ससतिका जातिया येन भगवा तेनुपसङ्कमिंसु; उपसङ्कमित्वा भगवन्तं अभिवादेत्वा एकमन्तं निसीदिंसु। एकमन्तं निसिन्ना खो ते ब्राह्मणा भगवन्तं एतदवोचुं:
Atha kho dve brāhmaṇā jiṇṇā vuddhā mahallakā addhagatā vayoanuppattā vīsavassasatikā jātiyā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te brāhmaṇā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:
Then two old brahmins—elderly and senior, who were advanced in years and had reached the final stage of life, being a hundred and twenty years old—went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the Buddha:
“मयमस्सु, भो गोतम, ब्राह्मणा जिण्णा वुद्धा महल्लका अद्धगता वयोअनुप्पत्ता वीसवस्ससतिका जातिया; ते चम्हा अकतकल्याणा अकतकुसला अकतभीरुत्ताणा। ओवदतु नो भवं गोतमो, अनुसासतु नो भवं गोतमो यं अम्हाकं अस्स दीघरत्तं हिताय सुखाया”ति।
“mayamassu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇā jiṇṇā vuddhā mahallakā addhagatā vayoanuppattā vīsavassasatikā jātiyā; te camhā akatakalyāṇā akatakusalā akatabhīruttāṇā. Ovadatu no bhavaṁ gotamo, anusāsatu no bhavaṁ gotamo yaṁ amhākaṁ assa dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāyā”ti.
“We brahmins, Master Gotama, are old, elderly and senior, we’re advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; we’re a hundred and twenty years old. And we haven’t done what is good and skillful, nor have we made a shelter from fear. Advise us, Master Gotama, instruct us! It will be for our lasting welfare and happiness.”
“तग्घ तुम्हे, ब्राह्मणा, जिण्णा वुद्धा महल्लका अद्धगता वयोअनुप्पत्ता वीसवस्ससतिका जातिया; ते चत्थ अकतकल्याणा अकतकुसला अकतभीरुत्ताणा। आदित्तो खो अयं, ब्राह्मणा, लोको जराय ब्याधिना मरणेन। एवं आदित्ते खो, ब्राह्मणा, लोके जराय ब्याधिना मरणेन, यो इध कायेन संयमो वाचाय संयमो मनसा संयमो, तं तस्स पेतस्स ताणञ्च लेणञ्च दीपञ्च सरणञ्च परायणञ्चाति।
“Taggha tumhe, brāhmaṇā, jiṇṇā vuddhā mahallakā addhagatā vayoanuppattā vīsavassasatikā jātiyā; te cattha akatakalyāṇā akatakusalā akatabhīruttāṇā. Āditto kho ayaṁ, brāhmaṇā, loko jarāya byādhinā maraṇena. Evaṁ āditte kho, brāhmaṇā, loke jarāya byādhinā maraṇena, yo idha kāyena saṁyamo vācāya saṁyamo manasā saṁyamo, taṁ tassa petassa tāṇañca leṇañca dīpañca saraṇañca parāyaṇañcāti.
“Indeed, brahmins, you’re old, elderly and senior. And you haven’t done what is good and skillful, nor have you made a shelter from fear. This world is burning with old age, sickness, and death. But restraint here by way of body, speech, and mind is the shelter, protection, island, refuge, and haven for the departed.
आदित्तस्मिं अगारस्मिं, यं नीहरति भाजनं; तं तस्स होति अत्थाय, नो च यं तत्थ डय्हति।
Ādittasmiṁ agārasmiṁ, yaṁ nīharati bhājanaṁ; Taṁ tassa hoti atthāya, no ca yaṁ tattha ḍayhati.
When your house is on fire, you rescue the pot that’s useful, not the one that’s burnt.
एवं आदित्तो खो लोको, जराय मरणेन च; नीहरेथेव दानेन, दिन्नं होति सुनीहतं।
Evaṁ āditto kho1 loko, jarāya maraṇena ca; Nīharetheva dānena, dinnaṁ hoti sunīhataṁ.
And as the world is on fire with old age and death, you should rescue by giving, for what’s given is rescued.
योध कायेन संयमो, वाचाय उद चेतसा; तं तस्स पेतस्स सुखाय होति, यं जीवमानो पकरोति पुञ्ञन्”ति।
Yodha kāyena saṁyamo, Vācāya uda cetasā; Taṁ tassa petassa sukhāya hoti, Yaṁ jīvamāno pakaroti puññan”ti.
The restraint practiced here—of body, speech, and mind—leads the departed to happiness, as the good deeds done while living.”
दुतियं।
Dutiyaṁ.
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 »]
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