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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ४।२५७
Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.257
Numbered Discourses 4.257
२६। अभिञ्ञावग्ग
26. Abhiññāvagga
26. Insight
मालुक्यपुत्तसुत्त
Mālukyaputtasutta
With Māluṅkyaputta
अथ खो आयस्मा मालुक्यपुत्तो येन भगवा तेनुपसङ्कमि; उपसङ्कमित्वा भगवन्तं अभिवादेत्वा एकमन्तं निसीदि। एकमन्तं निसिन्नो खो आयस्मा मालुक्यपुत्तो भगवन्तं एतदवोच:
Atha kho āyasmā mālukyaputto1 yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mālukyaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Then Venerable Māluṅkyaputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
“साधु मे, भन्ते, भगवा सङ्खित्तेन धम्मं देसेतु, यमहं भगवतो धम्मं सुत्वा एको वूपकट्ठो अप्पमत्तो आतापी पहितत्तो विहरेय्यन्”ति।
“Sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.
“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”
“एत्थ इदानि, मालुक्यपुत्त, किं दहरे भिक्खू वक्खाम; यत्र हि नाम त्वं जिण्णो वुद्धो महल्लको तथागतस्स सङ्खित्तेन ओवादं याचसी”ति।
“Ettha idāni, mālukyaputta, kiṁ dahare bhikkhū vakkhāma; yatra hi nāma tvaṁ jiṇṇo vuddho mahallako tathāgatassa saṅkhittena ovādaṁ yācasī”ti.
“Well now, Māluṅkyaputta, what are we to say to the young monks, when even an old man like you, elderly and senior, asks the Realized One for brief advice?”
“देसेतु मे, भन्ते, भगवा सङ्खित्तेन धम्मं; देसेतु सुगतो सङ्खित्तेन धम्मं। अप्पेव नामाहं भगवतो भासितस्स अत्थं आजानेय्यं; अप्पेव नामाहं भगवतो भासितस्स दायादो अस्सन्”ति।
“Desetu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ; desetu sugato saṅkhittena dhammaṁ. Appeva nāmāhaṁ bhagavato bhāsitassa atthaṁ ājāneyyaṁ; appeva nāmāhaṁ bhagavato bhāsitassa dāyādo2 assan”ti.
“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief! May the Holy One teach me the Dhamma in brief! Hopefully I can understand the meaning of what the Buddha says! Hopefully I can be an heir of the Buddha’s teaching!”
“चत्तारोमे, मालुक्यपुत्त, तण्हुप्पादा यत्थ भिक्खुनो तण्हा उप्पज्जमाना उप्पज्जति। कतमे चत्तारो? चीवरहेतु वा, मालुक्यपुत्त, भिक्खुनो तण्हा उप्पज्जमाना उप्पज्जति। पिण्डपातहेतु वा, मालुक्यपुत्त, भिक्खुनो तण्हा उप्पज्जमाना उप्पज्जति। सेनासनहेतु वा, मालुक्यपुत्त, भिक्खुनो तण्हा उप्पज्जमाना उप्पज्जति। इतिभवाभवहेतु वा, मालुक्यपुत्त, भिक्खुनो तण्हा उप्पज्जमाना उप्पज्जति। इमे खो, मालुक्यपुत्त, चत्तारो तण्हुप्पादा यत्थ भिक्खुनो तण्हा उप्पज्जमाना उप्पज्जति। यतो खो, मालुक्यपुत्त, भिक्खुनो तण्हा पहीना होति उच्छिन्नमूला तालावत्थुकता अनभावङ्कता आयतिं अनुप्पादधम्मा, अयं वुच्चति, मालुक्यपुत्त, ‘भिक्खु अच्छेच्छि तण्हं, विवत्तयि संयोजनं, सम्मा मानाभिसमया अन्तमकासि दुक्खस्साऽ”ति।
“Cattārome, mālukyaputta, taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati. Katame cattāro? Cīvarahetu vā, mālukyaputta, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati. Piṇḍapātahetu vā, mālukyaputta, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati. Senāsanahetu vā, mālukyaputta, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati. Itibhavābhavahetu vā, mālukyaputta, bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati. Ime kho, mālukyaputta, cattāro taṇhuppādā yattha bhikkhuno taṇhā uppajjamānā uppajjati. Yato kho, mālukyaputta, bhikkhuno taṇhā pahīnā hoti ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā, ayaṁ vuccati, mālukyaputta, ‘bhikkhu acchecchi taṇhaṁ, vivattayi saṁyojanaṁ, sammā mānābhisamayā antamakāsi dukkhassā’”ti.
“Māluṅkyaputta, there are four things that give rise to craving in a bhikkhu. What four? For the sake of robes, almsfood, lodgings, or rebirth in this or that state. These are the four things that give rise to craving in a bhikkhu. That craving is given up by a bhikkhu, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future. Then they’re called a bhikkhu who has cut off craving, untied the fetters, and by rightly comprehending conceit has made an end of suffering.”
अथ खो आयस्मा मालुक्यपुत्तो भगवता इमिना ओवादेन ओवदितो उट्ठायासना भगवन्तं अभिवादेत्वा पदक्खिणं कत्वा पक्कामि। अथ खो आयस्मा मालुक्यपुत्तो एको वूपकट्ठो अप्पमत्तो आतापी पहितत्तो विहरन्तो नचिरस्सेव—यस्सत्थाय कुलपुत्ता सम्मदेव अगारस्मा अनगारियं पब्बजन्ति, तदनुत्तरं—ब्रह्मचरियपरियोसानं दिट्ठेव धम्मे सयं अभिञ्ञा सच्छिकत्वा उपसम्पज्ज विहासि।
Atha kho āyasmā mālukyaputto bhagavatā iminā ovādena ovadito uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi. Atha kho āyasmā mālukyaputto eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.
When Māluṅkyaputta had been given this advice by the Buddha, he got up from his seat, bowed, and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving. Then Māluṅkyaputta, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.
“खीणा जाति, वुसितं ब्रह्मचरियं, कतं करणीयं, नापरं इत्थत्ताया”ति अब्भञ्ञासि। अञ्ञतरो च पनायस्मा मालुक्यपुत्तो अरहतं अहोसीति।
“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā mālukyaputto arahataṁ ahosīti.
He understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is no return to any state of existence.” And Venerable Māluṅkyaputta became one of the perfected.
चतुत्थं।
Catutthaṁ.
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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