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संयुत्त निकाय २१।६
Saṁyutta Nikāya 21.6
The Related Suttas Collection 21.6
१। भिक्खुवग्ग
1. Bhikkhuvagga
1. Monks
लकुण्डकभद्दियसुत्त
Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyasutta
With Bhaddiya the Dwarf
सावत्थियं विहरति।
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
At Sāvatthī.
अथ खो आयस्मा लकुण्डकभद्दियो येन भगवा तेनुपसङ्कमि।
Atha kho āyasmā lakuṇḍakabhaddiyo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.
Then Venerable Bhaddiya the Dwarf went to see the Buddha.
अद्दसा खो भगवा आयस्मन्तं लकुण्डकभद्दियं दूरतोव आगच्छन्तं। दिस्वान भिक्खू आमन्तेसि: “पस्सथ नो तुम्हे, भिक्खवे, एतं भिक्खुं आगच्छन्तं दुब्बण्णं दुद्दसिकं ओकोटिमकं भिक्खूनं परिभूतरूपन्”ति?
Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ lakuṇḍakabhaddiyaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ. Disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi: “passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṁ bhikkhuṁ āgacchantaṁ dubbaṇṇaṁ duddasikaṁ okoṭimakaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ paribhūtarūpan”ti?
The Buddha saw him coming off in the distance, and addressed the bhikkhus: “Bhikkhus, do you see this monk coming—ugly, unsightly, deformed, and despised by the bhikkhus?”
“एवं, भन्ते”।
“Evaṁ, bhante”.
“Yes, sir.”
“एसो खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु महिद्धिको महानुभावो, न च सा समापत्ति सुलभरूपा या तेन भिक्खुना असमापन्नपुब्बा। यस्स चत्थाय कुलपुत्ता सम्मदेव अगारस्मा अनगारियं पब्बजन्ति, तदनुत्तरं ब्रह्मचरियपरियोसानं दिट्ठेव धम्मे सयं अभिञ्ञा सच्छिकत्वा उपसम्पज्ज विहरती”ति।
“Eso kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu mahiddhiko mahānubhāvo, na ca sā samāpatti sulabharūpā yā tena bhikkhunā asamāpannapubbā. Yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.
“That bhikkhu is very mighty and powerful. It’s not easy to find an attainment that he has not already attained. And he has realized the supreme end of the spiritual path in this very life. He lives having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”
इदमवोच भगवा …पे… सत्था:
Idamavoca bhagavā …pe… satthā:
That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:
“हंसा कोञ्चा मयूरा च, हत्थयो पसदा मिगा; सब्बे सीहस्स भायन्ति, नत्थि कायस्मिं तुल्यता।
“Haṁsā koñcā mayūrā ca, hatthayo pasadā migā; Sabbe sīhassa bhāyanti, natthi kāyasmiṁ tulyatā.
“Geese, herons, and peacocks, elephants and spotted deer—though their bodies are not equal, they all fear the lion.
एवमेव मनुस्सेसु, दहरो चेपि पञ्ञवा; सो हि तत्थ महा होति, नेव बालो सरीरवा”ति।
Evameva manussesu, daharo cepi paññavā; So hi tattha mahā hoti, neva bālo sarīravā”ti.
So it is for humans—if a little person is wise, they’re the truly great one, not the fool with a good body.”
छट्ठं।
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
