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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ८।८६
Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.86
Numbered Discourses 8.86
९। सतिवग्ग
9. Sativagga
9. Mindfulness
यससुत्त
Yasasutta
With Nāgita
एकं समयं भगवा कोसलेसु चारिकं चरमानो महता भिक्खुसङ्घेन सद्धिं येन इच्छानङ्गलं नाम कोसलानं ब्राह्मणगामो तदवसरि। तत्र सुदं भगवा इच्छानङ्गले विहरति इच्छानङ्गलवनसण्डे। अस्सोसुं खो इच्छानङ्गलका ब्राह्मणगहपतिका:
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ yena icchānaṅgalaṁ nāma kosalānaṁ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari. Tatra sudaṁ bhagavā icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe. Assosuṁ kho icchānaṅgalakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā:
At one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Saṅgha of bhikkhus when he arrived at a village of the Kosalan brahmins named Icchānaṅgala. He stayed in a forest near Icchānaṅgala. The brahmins and householders of Icchānaṅgala heard:
“समणो खलु भो गोतमो सक्यपुत्तो सक्यकुला पब्बजितो इच्छानङ्गलं अनुप्पत्तो इच्छानङ्गले विहरति इच्छानङ्गलवनसण्डे। तं खो पन भवन्तं गोतमं एवं कल्याणो कित्तिसद्दो अब्भुग्गतो: ‘इतिपि सो भगवा अरहं सम्मासम्बुद्धो …पे… साधु खो पन तथारूपानं अरहतं दस्सनं होतीऽ”ति।
“samaṇo khalu bho gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito icchānaṅgalaṁ anuppatto icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe. Taṁ kho pana bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ evaṁ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato: ‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho …pe… sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṁ arahataṁ dassanaṁ hotī’”ti.
“It seems the ascetic Gotama—a Sakyan, gone forth from a Sakyan family—has arrived at Icchānaṅgala. He is staying in a forest near Icchānaṅgala. He has this good reputation: ‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those who wish to train, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’ … It’s good to see such perfected ones.”
अथ खो इच्छानङ्गलका ब्राह्मणगहपतिका तस्सा रत्तिया अच्चयेन पहुतं खादनीयं भोजनीयं आदाय येन इच्छानङ्गलवनसण्डो तेनुपसङ्कमिंसु; उपसङ्कमित्वा बहिद्वारकोट्ठके अट्ठंसु उच्चासद्दा महासद्दा।
Atha kho icchānaṅgalakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tassā rattiyā accayena pahutaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ ādāya yena icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bahidvārakoṭṭhake aṭṭhaṁsu uccāsaddā mahāsaddā.
Then, when the night had passed, they took abundant fresh and cooked foods and went to the forest near Icchānaṅgala, where they stood outside the gates making a dreadful racket.
तेन खो पन समयेन आयस्मा नागितो भगवतो उपट्ठाको होति। अथ खो भगवा आयस्मन्तं नागितं आमन्तेसि: “के पन ते, नागित, उच्चासद्दा महासद्दा केवट्टा मञ्ञे मच्छविलोपे”ति?
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgito bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ nāgitaṁ āmantesi: “ke pana te, nāgita, uccāsaddā mahāsaddā kevaṭṭā maññe macchavilope”ti?
Now, at that time Venerable Nāgita was the Buddha’s attendant. Then the Buddha said to Nāgita, “Nāgita, who’s making that dreadful racket? You’d think it was fishermen hauling in a catch!”
“एते, भन्ते, इच्छानङ्गलका ब्राह्मणगहपतिका पहुतं खादनीयं भोजनीयं आदाय बहिद्वारकोट्ठके ठिता भगवन्तंयेव उद्दिस्स भिक्खुसङ्घञ्चा”ति।
“Ete, bhante, icchānaṅgalakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā pahutaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ ādāya bahidvārakoṭṭhake ṭhitā bhagavantaṁyeva uddissa bhikkhusaṅghañcā”ti.
“Sir, it’s these brahmins and householders of Icchānaṅgala. They’ve brought abundant fresh and cooked foods, and they’re standing outside the gates wanting to offer it specially to the Buddha and the bhikkhu Saṅgha.”
“माहं, नागित, यसेन समागमं, मा च मया यसो। यो खो, नागित, नयिमस्स नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अस्स अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी। यस्साहं नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी, सो तं मीळ्हसुखं मिद्धसुखं लाभसक्कारसिलोकसुखं सादियेय्या”ति।
“Māhaṁ, nāgita, yasena samāgamaṁ, mā ca mayā yaso. Yo kho, nāgita, nayimassa nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī1 assa akicchalābhī akasiralābhī. Yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, so taṁ mīḷhasukhaṁ middhasukhaṁ lābhasakkārasilokasukhaṁ sādiyeyyā”ti.
“Nāgita, may I never become famous. May fame not come to me. There are those who can’t get the bliss of renunciation, the bliss of seclusion, the bliss of peace, the bliss of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can. Let them enjoy the filthy, lazy pleasure of possessions, honor, and popularity.”
“अधिवासेतु दानि, भन्ते, भगवा। अधिवासेतु सुगतो। अधिवासनकालो दानि, भन्ते, भगवतो। येन येनेव दानि, भन्ते, भगवा गमिस्सति तन्निन्नाव भविस्सन्ति ब्राह्मणगहपतिका नेगमा चेव जानपदा च। सेय्यथापि, भन्ते, थुल्लफुसितके देवे वस्सन्ते यथानिन्नं उदकानि पवत्तन्ति; एवमेवं खो, भन्ते, येन येनेव दानि भगवा गमिस्सति तन्निन्नाव भविस्सन्ति ब्राह्मणगहपतिका नेगमा चेव जानपदा च। तं किस्स हेतु? तथा हि, भन्ते, भगवतो सीलपञ्ञाणन्”ति।
“Adhivāsetu dāni, bhante, bhagavā. Adhivāsetu sugato. Adhivāsanakālo dāni, bhante, bhagavato. Yena yeneva dāni, bhante, bhagavā gamissati tanninnāva bhavissanti brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamā ceva jānapadā ca. Seyyathāpi, bhante, thullaphusitake deve vassante yathāninnaṁ udakāni pavattanti; evamevaṁ kho, bhante, yena yeneva dāni bhagavā gamissati tanninnāva bhavissanti brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamā ceva jānapadā ca. Taṁ kissa hetu? Tathā hi, bhante, bhagavato sīlapaññāṇan”ti.
“Sir, may the Blessed One please relent now! May the Holy One relent! Now is the time for the Buddha to relent. Wherever the Buddha now goes, the brahmins and householders will incline the same way, as will the people of town and country. It’s like when it rains heavily and the water flows downhill. In the same way, wherever the Buddha now goes, the brahmins and householders will incline the same way, as will the people of town and country. Why is that? Because of the Buddha’s ethics and wisdom.”
“माहं, नागित, यसेन समागमं, मा च मया यसो। यो खो, नागित, नयिमस्स नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अस्स अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी। यस्साहं नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी, सो तं मीळ्हसुखं मिद्धसुखं लाभसक्कारसिलोकसुखं सादियेय्य।
“Māhaṁ, nāgita, yasena samāgamaṁ, mā ca mayā yaso. Yo kho, nāgita, nayimassa nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī assa akicchalābhī akasiralābhī. Yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, so taṁ mīḷhasukhaṁ middhasukhaṁ lābhasakkārasilokasukhaṁ sādiyeyya.
“Nāgita, may I never become famous. May fame not come to me. There are those who can’t get the bliss of renunciation, the bliss of seclusion, the bliss of peace, the bliss of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can. Let them enjoy the filthy, lazy pleasure of possessions, honor, and popularity.
देवतापि खो, नागित, एकच्चा नयिमस्स नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभिनियो अस्सु अकिच्छलाभिनियो अकसिरलाभिनियो, यस्साहं नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी। तुम्हाकम्पि खो, नागित, सङ्गम्म समागम्म सङ्गणिकविहारं अनुयुत्तानं विहरतं एवं होति: ‘न हि नूनमे आयस्मन्तो इमस्स नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभिनो अस्सु अकिच्छलाभिनो अकसिरलाभिनो। यस्साहं नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी। तथा हि पनमे आयस्मन्तो सङ्गम्म समागम्म सङ्गणिकविहारं अनुयुत्ता विहरन्तिऽ।
devatāpi kho, nāgita, ekaccā nayimassa2 nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhiniyo assu3 akicchalābhiniyo akasiralābhiniyo, yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī. Tumhākampi4 kho, nāgita, saṅgamma samāgamma saṅgaṇikavihāraṁ anuyuttānaṁ viharataṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘na hi nūname āyasmanto imassa nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhino assu5 akicchalābhino akasiralābhino. Yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī. Tathā hi paname āyasmanto saṅgamma samāgamma saṅgaṇikavihāraṁ anuyuttā viharanti’.
Even some of the deities can’t get the bliss of renunciation, the bliss of seclusion, the bliss of peace, the bliss of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can. When you all come together to enjoy each other’s company, I think: ‘These venerables mustn’t get the bliss of renunciation, the bliss of seclusion, the bliss of peace, the bliss of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can. That must be because they come together to enjoy each other’s company.’
इधाहं, नागित, भिक्खू पस्सामि अञ्ञमञ्ञं अङ्गुलिपतोदकेन सञ्जग्घन्ते सङ्कीळन्ते। तस्स मय्हं, नागित, एवं होति: ‘न हि नूनमे आयस्मन्तो इमस्स नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभिनो अस्सु अकिच्छलाभिनो अकसिरलाभिनो। यस्साहं नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी। तथा हि पनमे आयस्मन्तो अञ्ञमञ्ञं अङ्गुलिपतोदकेन सञ्जग्घन्ति सङ्कीळन्तिऽ।
Idhāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhū passāmi aññamaññaṁ aṅgulipatodakena6 sañjagghante saṅkīḷante. Tassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti: ‘na hi nūname āyasmanto imassa nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhino assu akicchalābhino akasiralābhino. Yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī. Tathā hi paname āyasmanto aññamaññaṁ aṅgulipatodakena sañjagghanti saṅkīḷanti’.
Take bhikkhus I see poking each other with their fingers, giggling and playing together. I think to myself: ‘These venerables mustn’t get the bliss of renunciation, the bliss of seclusion, the bliss of peace, the bliss of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can. That must be because they’re poking each other with their fingers, giggling and playing together.’
इध पनाहं, नागित, भिक्खू पस्सामि यावदत्थं उदरावदेहकं भुञ्जित्वा सेय्यसुखं पस्ससुखं मिद्धसुखं अनुयुत्ते विहरन्ते। तस्स मय्हं, नागित, एवं होति: ‘न हि नूनमे आयस्मन्तो इमस्स नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभिनो अस्सु अकिच्छलाभिनो अकसिरलाभिनो। यस्साहं नेक्खम्मसुखस्स पविवेकसुखस्स उपसमसुखस्स सम्बोधसुखस्स निकामलाभी अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभी। तथा हि पनमे आयस्मन्तो यावदत्थं उदरावदेहकं भुञ्जित्वा सेय्यसुखं पस्ससुखं मिद्धसुखं अनुयुत्ता विहरन्तिऽ।
Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhū passāmi yāvadatthaṁ udarāvadehakaṁ bhuñjitvā seyyasukhaṁ passasukhaṁ middhasukhaṁ anuyutte viharante. Tassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti: ‘na hi nūname āyasmanto imassa nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhino assu akicchalābhino akasiralābhino. Yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī. Tathā hi paname āyasmanto yāvadatthaṁ udarāvadehakaṁ bhuñjitvā seyyasukhaṁ passasukhaṁ middhasukhaṁ anuyuttā viharanti’.
Take bhikkhus I see eat as much as they like until their bellies are full, then indulge in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing. I think to myself: ‘These venerables mustn’t get the bliss of renunciation, the bliss of seclusion, the bliss of peace, the bliss of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can. That must be because they eat as much as they like until their bellies are full, then indulge in the pleasures of sleeping, lying down, and drowsing.’
इधाहं, नागित, भिक्खुं पस्सामि गामन्तविहारिं समाहितं निसिन्नं। तस्स मय्हं, नागित, एवं होति: ‘इदानि इमं आयस्मन्तं आरामिको वा उपट्ठहिस्सति समणुद्देसो वा। तं तम्हा समाधिम्हा चावेस्सतीऽति। तेनाहं, नागित, तस्स भिक्खुनो न अत्तमनो होमि गामन्तविहारेन।
Idhāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi gāmantavihāriṁ samāhitaṁ nisinnaṁ. Tassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti: ‘idāni imaṁ āyasmantaṁ ārāmiko vā upaṭṭhahissati samaṇuddeso vā. Taṁ tamhā samādhimhā cāvessatī’ti. Tenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno na attamano homi gāmantavihārena.
Take a bhikkhu living within a village who I see sitting immersed in samādhi. I think to myself: ‘Now a monastery worker, a novice, or a fellow practitioner will make this venerable fall from immersion.’ So I’m not pleased that that bhikkhu is living within a village.
इध पनाहं, नागित, भिक्खुं पस्सामि आरञ्ञिकं अरञ्ञे पचलायमानं निसिन्नं। तस्स मय्हं, नागित, एवं होति: ‘इदानि अयमायस्मा इमं निद्दाकिलमथं पटिविनोदेत्वा अरञ्ञसञ्ञंयेव मनसि करिस्सति एकत्तन्ऽति। तेनाहं, नागित, तस्स भिक्खुनो अत्तमनो होमि अरञ्ञविहारेन।
Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ araññe pacalāyamānaṁ nisinnaṁ. Tassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti: ‘idāni ayamāyasmā imaṁ niddākilamathaṁ paṭivinodetvā araññasaññaṁyeva manasi karissati ekattan’ti. Tenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.
Take a bhikkhu in the wilderness who I see sitting nodding in meditation. I think to myself: ‘Now this venerable, having dispelled that sleepiness and weariness, will focus just on the unified perception of wilderness.’ So I’m pleased that that bhikkhu is living in the wilderness.
इध पनाहं, नागित, भिक्खुं पस्सामि आरञ्ञिकं अरञ्ञे असमाहितं निसिन्नं। तस्स मय्हं, नागित, एवं होति: ‘इदानि अयमायस्मा असमाहितं वा चित्तं समादहिस्सति, समाहितं वा चित्तं अनुरक्खिस्सतीऽति। तेनाहं, नागित, तस्स भिक्खुनो अत्तमनो होमि अरञ्ञविहारेन।
Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ araññe asamāhitaṁ nisinnaṁ. Tassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti: ‘idāni ayamāyasmā asamāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ samādahissati, samāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ anurakkhissatī’ti. Tenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.
Take a bhikkhu in the wilderness who I see sitting without being immersed in samādhi. I think to myself: ‘Now if this venerable’s mind is not immersed in samādhi they will immerse it; or if it is immersed in samādhi, they will preserve it.’ So I’m pleased that that bhikkhu is living in the wilderness.
इध पनाहं, नागित, भिक्खुं पस्सामि आरञ्ञिकं अरञ्ञे समाहितं निसिन्नं। तस्स मय्हं, नागित, एवं होति: ‘इदानि अयमायस्मा अविमुत्तं वा चित्तं विमुच्चिस्सति, विमुत्तं वा चित्तं अनुरक्खिस्सतीऽति। तेनाहं, नागित, तस्स भिक्खुनो अत्तमनो होमि अरञ्ञविहारेन।
Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ araññe samāhitaṁ nisinnaṁ. Tassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti: ‘idāni ayamāyasmā avimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ vimuccissati, vimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ anurakkhissatī’ti. Tenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.
Take a bhikkhu in the wilderness who I see sitting immersed in samādhi. I think to myself: ‘Now this venerable will free the unfreed mind or preserve the freed mind.’ So I’m pleased that that bhikkhu is living in the wilderness.
इध पनाहं, नागित, भिक्खुं पस्सामि गामन्तविहारिं लाभिं चीवरपिण्डपातसेनासनगिलानपच्चयभेसज्जपरिक्खारानं। सो तं लाभसक्कारसिलोकं निकामयमानो रिञ्चति पटिसल्लानं, रिञ्चति अरञ्ञवनपत्थानि पन्तानि सेनासनानि; गामनिगमराजधानिं ओसरित्वा वासं कप्पेति। तेनाहं, नागित, तस्स भिक्खुनो न अत्तमनो होमि गामन्तविहारेन।
Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi gāmantavihāriṁ lābhiṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṁ. So taṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ nikāmayamāno riñcati paṭisallānaṁ, riñcati araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni; gāmanigamarājadhāniṁ osaritvā vāsaṁ kappeti. Tenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno na attamano homi gāmantavihārena.
Take a bhikkhu who I see living within a village receiving robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. Enjoying possessions, honor, and popularity they neglect retreat, and they neglect remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest. They come down to villages, towns and capital cities and make their homes there. So I’m not pleased that that bhikkhu is living within a village.
इध पनाहं, नागित, भिक्खुं पस्सामि आरञ्ञिकं लाभिं चीवरपिण्डपातसेनासनगिलानपच्चयभेसज्जपरिक्खारानं। सो तं लाभसक्कारसिलोकं पटिपणामेत्वा न रिञ्चति पटिसल्लानं, न रिञ्चति अरञ्ञवनपत्थानि पन्तानि सेनासनानि। तेनाहं, नागित, तस्स भिक्खुनो अत्तमनो होमि अरञ्ञविहारेन।
Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ lābhiṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṁ. So taṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ paṭipaṇāmetvā na riñcati paṭisallānaṁ, na riñcati araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni. Tenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.
Take a bhikkhu who I see in the wilderness receiving robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick. Fending off possessions, honor, and popularity they don’t neglect retreat, and they don’t neglect remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest. So I’m pleased that that bhikkhu is living in the wilderness.
यस्माहं, नागित, समये अद्धानमग्गप्पटिपन्नो न कञ्चि पस्सामि पुरतो वा पच्छतो वा, फासु मे, नागित, तस्मिं समये होति अन्तमसो उच्चारपस्सावकम्माया”ति।
Yasmāhaṁ, nāgita, samaye addhānamaggappaṭipanno na kañci passāmi purato vā pacchato vā, phāsu me, nāgita, tasmiṁ samaye hoti antamaso uccārapassāvakammāyā”ti.
Nāgita, when I’m walking along a road and I don’t see anyone ahead or behind I feel relaxed, even if I need to urinate or defecate.”
छट्ठं।
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
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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