{"id":"sn7.10","title":"Many Daughters","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.10","title":"Many Daughters","units":[{"id":"sn7.10:0","sourceIds":["sn7.10:0.1","sn7.10:0.2","sn7.10:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.10\n1. Arahantavagga\nBahudhītarasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.10\n1. The Perfected Ones\nMany Daughters"}},{"id":"sn7.10:1","sourceIds":["sn7.10:1.1","sn7.10:1.2","sn7.10:1.3","sn7.10:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.\nTena kho pana samayena aññatarassa bhāradvājagottassa brāhmaṇassa catuddasa balībaddā naṭṭhā honti.\nAtha kho bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo te balībadde gavesanto yena so vanasaṇḍo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā addasa bhagavantaṁ tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe nisinnaṁ pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya parimukhaṁ satiṁ upaṭṭhapetvā.\nDisvāna yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.\nNow at that time one of the brahmins of the Bhāradvāja clan had lost fourteen oxen.\nWhile looking for them he went to that forest grove, where he saw the Buddha sitting down cross-legged, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present.\nHe went up to the Buddha, and recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn7.10:2","sourceIds":["sn7.10:2.1","sn7.10:2.2","sn7.10:2.3","sn7.10:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na hi nūnimassa samaṇassa,\nBalībaddā catuddasa;\nAjjasaṭṭhiṁ na dissanti,\nTenāyaṁ samaṇo sukhī.","en":"“This ascetic mustn’t have\nfourteen oxen\nmissing for the past six days:\nthat’s why this ascetic is happy."}},{"id":"sn7.10:3","sourceIds":["sn7.10:3.1","sn7.10:3.2","sn7.10:3.3","sn7.10:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi nūnimassa samaṇassa,\nTilākhettasmi pāpakā;\nEkapaṇṇā dupaṇṇā ca,\nTenāyaṁ samaṇo sukhī.","en":"This ascetic mustn’t have\na field of sesame ruined,\nwith just one or two leaves:\nthat’s why this ascetic is happy."}},{"id":"sn7.10:4","sourceIds":["sn7.10:4.1","sn7.10:4.2","sn7.10:4.3","sn7.10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi nūnimassa samaṇassa,\nTucchakoṭṭhasmi mūsikā;\nUssoḷhikāya naccanti,\nTenāyaṁ samaṇo sukhī.","en":"This ascetic mustn’t have\nrats in a vacant barn\ndancing merrily:\nthat’s why this ascetic is happy."}},{"id":"sn7.10:5","sourceIds":["sn7.10:5.1","sn7.10:5.2","sn7.10:5.3","sn7.10:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi nūnimassa samaṇassa,\nSanthāro sattamāsiko;\nUppāṭakehi sañchanno,\nTenāyaṁ samaṇo sukhī.","en":"This ascetic mustn’t have\ncarpets that for seven months\nhave been infested with fleas:\nthat’s why this ascetic is happy."}},{"id":"sn7.10:6","sourceIds":["sn7.10:6.1","sn7.10:6.2","sn7.10:6.3","sn7.10:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi nūnimassa samaṇassa,\nVidhavā satta dhītaro;\nEkaputtā duputtā ca,\nTenāyaṁ samaṇo sukhī.","en":"This ascetic mustn’t have\nseven widowed daughters\nwith one or two children each:\nthat’s why this ascetic is happy."}},{"id":"sn7.10:7","sourceIds":["sn7.10:7.1","sn7.10:7.2","sn7.10:7.3","sn7.10:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi nūnimassa samaṇassa,\nPiṅgalā tilakāhatā;\nSottaṁ pādena bodheti,\nTenāyaṁ samaṇo sukhī.","en":"This ascetic mustn’t have\na wife with sallow, blotchy skin\nto wake him with a kick:\nthat’s why this ascetic is happy."}},{"id":"sn7.10:8","sourceIds":["sn7.10:8.1","sn7.10:8.2","sn7.10:8.3","sn7.10:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi nūnimassa samaṇassa,\nPaccūsamhi iṇāyikā;\nDetha dethāti codenti,\nTenāyaṁ samaṇo sukhī”ti.","en":"This ascetic mustn’t have\ncreditors knocking at dawn,\ndemanding, ‘Pay up! Pay up!’:\nthat’s why this ascetic is happy.”"}},{"id":"sn7.10:9","sourceIds":["sn7.10:9.1","sn7.10:9.2","sn7.10:9.3","sn7.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na hi mayhaṁ brāhmaṇa,\nbalībaddā catuddasa;\nAjjasaṭṭhiṁ na dissanti,\ntenāhaṁ brāhmaṇā sukhī.","en":"“You’re right, brahmin, I don’t have\nfourteen oxen\nmissing for the past six days:\nthat’s why I’m happy, brahmin."}},{"id":"sn7.10:10","sourceIds":["sn7.10:10.1","sn7.10:10.2","sn7.10:10.3","sn7.10:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi mayhaṁ brāhmaṇa,\ntilākhettasmi pāpakā;\nEkapaṇṇā dupaṇṇā ca,\ntenāhaṁ brāhmaṇā sukhī.","en":"You’re right, brahmin, I don’t have\na field of sesame ruined,\nwith just one or two leaves:\nthat’s why I’m happy, brahmin."}},{"id":"sn7.10:11","sourceIds":["sn7.10:11.1","sn7.10:11.2","sn7.10:11.3","sn7.10:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi mayhaṁ brāhmaṇa,\ntucchakoṭṭhasmi mūsikā;\nUssoḷhikāya naccanti,\ntenāhaṁ brāhmaṇā sukhī.","en":"You’re right, brahmin, I don’t have\nrats in a vacant barn\ndancing merrily:\nthat’s why I’m happy, brahmin."}},{"id":"sn7.10:12","sourceIds":["sn7.10:12.1","sn7.10:12.2","sn7.10:12.3","sn7.10:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi mayhaṁ brāhmaṇa,\nsanthāro sattamāsiko;\nUppāṭakehi sañchanno,\ntenāhaṁ brāhmaṇā sukhī.","en":"You’re right, brahmin, I don’t have\ncarpets that for seven months\nhave been infested with fleas:\nthat’s why I’m happy, brahmin."}},{"id":"sn7.10:13","sourceIds":["sn7.10:13.1","sn7.10:13.2","sn7.10:13.3","sn7.10:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi mayhaṁ brāhmaṇa,\nvidhavā satta dhītaro;\nEkaputtā duputtā ca,\ntenāhaṁ brāhmaṇā sukhī.","en":"You’re right, brahmin, I don’t have\nseven widowed daughters\nwith one or two children each:\nthat’s why I’m happy, brahmin."}},{"id":"sn7.10:14","sourceIds":["sn7.10:14.1","sn7.10:14.2","sn7.10:14.3","sn7.10:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi mayhaṁ brāhmaṇa,\npiṅgalā tilakāhatā;\nSottaṁ pādena bodheti,\ntenāhaṁ brāhmaṇā sukhī.","en":"You’re right, brahmin, I don’t have\na wife with blotchy, pockmarked skin\nto wake me up with a kick:\nthat’s why I’m happy, brahmin."}},{"id":"sn7.10:15","sourceIds":["sn7.10:15.1","sn7.10:15.2","sn7.10:15.3","sn7.10:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi mayhaṁ brāhmaṇa,\npaccūsamhi iṇāyikā;\nDetha dethāti codenti,\ntenāhaṁ brāhmaṇā sukhī”ti.","en":"You’re right, brahmin, I don’t have\ncreditors knocking at dawn,\nwarning, ‘Pay up! Pay up!’:\nthat’s why I’m happy, brahmin.”"}},{"id":"sn7.10:16","sourceIds":["sn7.10:16.1","sn7.10:16.2","sn7.10:16.3","sn7.10:16.4","sn7.10:16.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama.\nSeyyathāpi, bho gotama, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evameva bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEsāhaṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nLabheyyāhaṁ bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṁ, labheyyaṁ upasampadan”ti.","en":"When he had spoken, the brahmin said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …\nAs if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, worthy Gotama has made the teaching clear in many ways.\nI go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.\nMay I receive the going forth, the ordination in the worthy Gotama’s presence?”"}},{"id":"sn7.10:17","sourceIds":["sn7.10:17.1","sn7.10:17.2","sn7.10:17.3","sn7.10:17.4","sn7.10:17.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alattha kho bhāradvājagotto brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ, alattha upasampadaṁ.\nAcirūpasampanno panāyasmā bhāradvājo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.\n“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.\nAññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.\nArahantavaggo paṭhamo.","en":"And the brahmin received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.\nNot long after his ordination, Venerable Bhāradvāja, 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.\nHe understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.”\nAnd Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected."}},{"id":"sn7.10:18","sourceIds":["sn7.10:18.0","sn7.10:18.1","sn7.10:18.2","sn7.10:18.3","sn7.10:18.4","sn7.10:18.5","sn7.10:18.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nDhanañjānī ca akkosaṁ,\nasurindaṁ bilaṅgikaṁ;\nAhiṁsakaṁ jaṭā ceva,\nsuddhikañceva aggikā;\nSundarikaṁ bahudhīta—\nrena ca te dasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.10/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."}