{"id":"an4.114","title":"A Royal Elephant","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.114","title":"A Royal Elephant","units":[{"id":"an4.114:0","sourceIds":["an4.114:0.1","an4.114:0.2","an4.114:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.114\n12. Kesivagga\nNāgasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.114\n12. With Kesi\nA Royal Elephant"}},{"id":"an4.114:1","sourceIds":["an4.114:1.1","an4.114:1.2","an4.114:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Catūhi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato rañño nāgo rājāraho hoti rājabhoggo, rañño aṅganteva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo sotā ca hoti, hantā ca, khantā ca, gantā ca.","en":"“Mendicants, a royal bull elephant with four factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is reckoned a factor of kingship.\nWhat four?\nA royal bull elephant listens, destroys, endures, and goes fast."}},{"id":"an4.114:2","sourceIds":["an4.114:2.1","an4.114:2.2","an4.114:2.3","an4.114:2.4","an4.114:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo sotā hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo yamenaṁ hatthidammasārathi kāraṇaṁ kāreti—\nyadi vā katapubbaṁ yadi vā akatapubbaṁ—\ntaṁ aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasoto suṇāti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo sotā hoti.","en":"And how does a royal bull elephant listen?\nIt’s when a royal bull elephant pays attention, applies the mind, concentrates wholeheartedly, and actively listens to whatever task the elephant trainer has it do,\nwhether or not it has done it before.\nThat’s how a royal bull elephant listens."}},{"id":"an4.114:3","sourceIds":["an4.114:3.1","an4.114:3.2","an4.114:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo hantā hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo saṅgāmagato hatthimpi hanati, hatthāruhampi hanati, assampi hanati, assāruhampi hanati, rathampi hanati, rathikampi hanati, pattikampi hanati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo hantā hoti.","en":"And how does a royal bull elephant destroy?\nIt’s when a royal bull elephant in battle destroys elephants with their riders, horses with their riders, chariots and charioteers, and foot soldiers.\nThat’s how a royal bull elephant destroys."}},{"id":"an4.114:4","sourceIds":["an4.114:4.1","an4.114:4.2","an4.114:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo khantā hoti?\nIdha bhikkhave, rañño nāgo saṅgāmagato khamo hoti sattippahārānaṁ asippahārānaṁ usuppahārānaṁ pharasuppahārānaṁ bheripaṇavasaṅkhatiṇavaninnādasaddānaṁ.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo khantā hoti.","en":"And how does a royal bull elephant endure?\nIt’s when a royal bull elephant in battle endures being struck by spears, swords, arrows, and axes; it endures the thunder of the drums, kettledrums, horns, and cymbals.\nThat’s how a royal bull elephant endures."}},{"id":"an4.114:5","sourceIds":["an4.114:5.1","an4.114:5.2","an4.114:5.3","an4.114:5.4","an4.114:5.5","an4.114:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo gantā hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo yamenaṁ hatthidammasārathi disaṁ peseti—\nyadi vā gatapubbaṁ yadi vā agatapubbaṁ—\ntaṁ khippameva gantā hoti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, rañño nāgo gantā hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi aṅgehi samannāgato rañño nāgo rājāraho hoti rājabhoggo, rañño aṅganteva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.","en":"And how does a royal bull elephant go fast?\nIt’s when a royal bull elephant swiftly goes in whatever direction the elephant trainer sends it,\nwhether or not it has been there before.\nThat’s how a royal bull elephant goes fast.\nA royal bull elephant with four factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and is reckoned a factor of kingship."}},{"id":"an4.114:6","sourceIds":["an4.114:6.1","an4.114:6.2","an4.114:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo hoti …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sotā ca hoti, hantā ca, khantā ca, gantā ca.","en":"In the same way, a mendicant with four qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.\nWhat four?\nA mendicant listens, destroys, endures, and goes fast."}},{"id":"an4.114:7","sourceIds":["an4.114:7.1","an4.114:7.2","an4.114:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sotā hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye desiyamāne aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasoto dhammaṁ suṇāti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sotā hoti.","en":"And how does a mendicant listen?\nIt’s when a mendicant pays attention, applies the mind, concentrates wholeheartedly, and actively listens when the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One is being taught.\nThat’s how a mendicant listens."}},{"id":"an4.114:8","sourceIds":["an4.114:8.1","an4.114:8.2","an4.114:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hantā hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṁ kāmavitakkaṁ nādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti hanati byantīkaroti anabhāvaṁ gameti, uppannaṁ byāpādavitakkaṁ …pe… uppannaṁ vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ …pe… uppannuppanne pāpake akusale dhamme nādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti hanati byantīkaroti anabhāvaṁ gameti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hantā hoti.","en":"And how does a mendicant destroy?\nIt’s when a mendicant doesn’t tolerate a sensual, malicious, or cruel thought. They don’t tolerate any bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen, but give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them.\nThat’s how a mendicant destroys."}},{"id":"an4.114:9","sourceIds":["an4.114:9.1","an4.114:9.2","an4.114:9.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu khantā hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu khamo hoti sītassa uṇhassa jighacchāya pipāsāya, ḍaṁsamakasavātātapasarīsapasamphassānaṁ duruttānaṁ durāgatānaṁ vacanapathānaṁ uppannānaṁ sārīrikānaṁ vedanānaṁ dukkhānaṁ tibbānaṁ kharānaṁ kaṭukānaṁ asātānaṁ amanāpānaṁ pāṇaharānaṁ adhivāsakajātiko hoti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu khantā hoti.","en":"And how does a mendicant endure?\nIt’s when a mendicant endures cold, heat, hunger, and thirst; the touch of flies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and reptiles; rude and unwelcome criticism; and they put up with physical pain—sharp, severe, acute, unpleasant, disagreeable, and life-threatening.\nThat’s how a mendicant endures."}},{"id":"an4.114:10","sourceIds":["an4.114:10.1","an4.114:10.2","an4.114:10.3","an4.114:10.4","an4.114:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gantā hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yāyaṁ disā agatapubbā iminā dīghena addhunā yadidaṁ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ, taṁ khippaññeva gantā hoti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gantā hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo hoti …pe… anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"And how does a mendicant go fast?\nIt’s when a mendicant swiftly goes in the direction they’ve never gone before in all this long time; that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\nThat’s how a mendicant goes fast.\nA mendicant with these four qualities … is the supreme field of merit for the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.114/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}