{"id":"sn1.38","title":"A Splinter","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.38","title":"A Splinter","units":[{"id":"sn1.38:0","sourceIds":["sn1.38:0.1","sn1.38:0.2","sn1.38:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.38\n4. Satullapakāyikavagga\nSakalikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.38\n4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities\nA Splinter"}},{"id":"sn1.38:1","sourceIds":["sn1.38:1.1","sn1.38:1.2","sn1.38:1.3","sn1.38:1.4","sn1.38:1.5","sn1.38:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati maddakucchismiṁ migadāye.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavato pādo sakalikāya khato hoti.\nBhusā sudaṁ bhagavato vedanā vattanti sārīrikā vedanā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā;\ntā sudaṁ bhagavā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno.\nAtha kho bhagavā catugguṇaṁ saṅghāṭiṁ paññāpetvā dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappeti pāde pādaṁ accādhāya sato sampajāno.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Maddakucchi deer park.\nNow at that time the Buddha’s foot had been cut by a wooden splinter.\nThe Buddha was stricken by harrowing pains; physical feelings that were painful, sharp, severe, acute, unpleasant, and disagreeable.\nBut he endured unbothered, with mindfulness and situational awareness.\nAnd then he spread out his outer robe folded in four and laid down in the lion’s posture—on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other—mindful and aware."}},{"id":"sn1.38:2","sourceIds":["sn1.38:2.1","sn1.38:2.2","sn1.38:2.3","sn1.38:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sattasatā satullapakāyikā devatāyo abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ maddakucchiṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“nāgo vata, bho, samaṇo gotamo;\nnāgavatā ca samuppannā sārīrikā vedanā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno”ti.","en":"Then, late at night, seven hundred glorious deities of the host of a hundred felicities, lighting up the entire Maddakucchi, went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side.\nStanding to one side, one deity expressed this heartfelt sentiment in the Buddha’s presence:\n“The ascetic Gotama is such an elephant, sir!\nAnd as an elephant, he endures painful physical feelings that have come up—sharp, severe, acute, unpleasant, and disagreeable—unbothered, with mindfulness and situational awareness.”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:3","sourceIds":["sn1.38:3.1","sn1.38:3.2","sn1.38:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“sīho vata, bho, samaṇo gotamo;\nsīhavatā ca samuppannā sārīrikā vedanā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno”ti.","en":"Then another deity expressed this heartfelt sentiment in the Buddha’s presence:\n“The ascetic Gotama is such a lion, sir!\nAnd as a lion, he endures painful physical feelings … unbothered.”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:4","sourceIds":["sn1.38:4.1","sn1.38:4.2","sn1.38:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“ājānīyo vata, bho, samaṇo gotamo;\nājānīyavatā ca samuppannā sārīrikā vedanā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno”ti.","en":"Then another deity expressed this heartfelt sentiment in the Buddha’s presence:\n“The ascetic Gotama is such a thoroughbred, sir!\nAnd as a thoroughbred, he endures painful physical feelings … unbothered.”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:5","sourceIds":["sn1.38:5.1","sn1.38:5.2","sn1.38:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“nisabho vata, bho, samaṇo gotamo;\nnisabhavatā ca samuppannā sārīrikā vedanā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno”ti.","en":"Then another deity expressed this heartfelt sentiment in the Buddha’s presence:\n“The ascetic Gotama is such a boss bull, sir!\nAnd as a boss bull, he endures painful physical feelings … unbothered.”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:6","sourceIds":["sn1.38:6.1","sn1.38:6.2","sn1.38:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“dhorayho vata, bho, samaṇo gotamo;\ndhorayhavatā ca samuppannā sārīrikā vedanā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno”ti.","en":"Then another deity expressed this heartfelt sentiment in the Buddha’s presence:\n“The ascetic Gotama is such a behemoth, sir!\nAnd as a behemoth, he endures painful physical feelings … unbothered.”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:7","sourceIds":["sn1.38:7.1","sn1.38:7.2","sn1.38:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“danto vata, bho, samaṇo gotamo;\ndantavatā ca samuppannā sārīrikā vedanā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā asātā amanāpā sato sampajāno adhivāseti avihaññamāno”ti.","en":"Then another deity expressed this heartfelt sentiment in the Buddha’s presence:\n“The ascetic Gotama is truly tamed, sir!\nAnd as someone tamed, he endures painful physical feelings … unbothered.”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:8","sourceIds":["sn1.38:8.1","sn1.38:8.2","sn1.38:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“passa samādhiṁ subhāvitaṁ cittañca suvimuttaṁ, na cābhinataṁ na cāpanataṁ na ca sasaṅkhāraniggayhavāritagataṁ.\nYo evarūpaṁ purisanāgaṁ purisasīhaṁ purisaājānīyaṁ purisanisabhaṁ purisadhorayhaṁ purisadantaṁ atikkamitabbaṁ maññeyya kimaññatra adassanā”ti.","en":"Then another deity expressed this heartfelt sentiment in the Buddha’s presence:\n“See, his immersion is so well developed, and his mind is so well freed—not leaning forward or pulling back, and not held in place by forceful suppression.\nIf anyone imagines that they can overcome such an elephant of a man, a lion of a man, a thoroughbred of a man, a boss bull of a man, a behemoth of a man, a tamed man—what is that but a failure to see?”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:9","sourceIds":["sn1.38:9.1","sn1.38:9.2","sn1.38:9.3","sn1.38:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcavedā sataṁ samaṁ,\nTapassī brāhmaṇā caraṁ;\nCittañca nesaṁ na sammā vimuttaṁ,\nHīnattharūpā na pāraṅgamā te.","en":"“Learned in the five branches of Vedic lore,\nbrahmins practice fervent mortification for a full century.\nBut their minds are not properly freed,\nfor those of base character don’t cross to the far shore."}},{"id":"sn1.38:10","sourceIds":["sn1.38:10.1","sn1.38:10.2","sn1.38:10.3","sn1.38:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṇhādhipannā vatasīlabaddhā,\nLūkhaṁ tapaṁ vassasataṁ carantā;\nCittañca nesaṁ na sammā vimuttaṁ,\nHīnattharūpā na pāraṅgamā te.","en":"Seized by craving,  attached to precept and observance,\nthey practice rough and fervent mortification for a hundred years.\nBut their minds are not properly freed,\nfor those of base character don’t go to the far shore."}},{"id":"sn1.38:11","sourceIds":["sn1.38:11.1","sn1.38:11.2","sn1.38:11.3","sn1.38:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na mānakāmassa damo idhatthi,\nNa monamatthi asamāhitassa;\nEko araññe viharaṁ pamatto,\nNa maccudheyyassa tareyya pāran”ti.","en":"Someone who’s fond of conceit can’t be tamed,\nand someone without immersion can’t be a sage.\nLiving negligent alone in the wilderness,\nthey can’t cross beyond Death’s dominion.”"}},{"id":"sn1.38:12","sourceIds":["sn1.38:12.1","sn1.38:12.2","sn1.38:12.3","sn1.38:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mānaṁ pahāya susamāhitatto,\nSucetaso sabbadhi vippamutto;\nEko araññe viharamappamatto,\nSa maccudheyyassa tareyya pāran”ti.","en":"“Having given up conceit, serene within oneself,\nwith a good heart, everywhere free;\nliving diligent alone in the wilderness,\nthey cross beyond Death’s dominion.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.38/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."}