{"id":"sn7.14","title":"A well-to-do brahmin","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.14","title":"A well-to-do brahmin","units":[{"id":"sn7.14:0","sourceIds":["sn7.14:0.1","sn7.14:0.2","sn7.14:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.14\n2. Upāsakavagga\nMahāsālasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.14\n2. Lay Followers\nA well-to-do brahmin"}},{"id":"sn7.14:1","sourceIds":["sn7.14:1.1","sn7.14:1.2","sn7.14:1.3","sn7.14:1.4","sn7.14:1.5","sn7.14:1.6","sn7.14:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho aññataro brāhmaṇamahāsālo lūkho lūkhapāvuraṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho taṁ brāhmaṇamahāsālaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:\n“kiṁ nu tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, lūkho lūkhapāvuraṇo”ti?\n“Idha me, bho gotama, cattāro puttā.\nTe maṁ dārehi sampuccha gharā nikkhāmentī”ti.\n“Tena hi tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, imā gāthāyo pariyāpuṇitvā sabhāyaṁ mahājanakāye sannipatite puttesu ca sannisinnesu bhāsassu:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen a certain well-to-do brahmin, shabby, wearing a shabby cloak, went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side. The Buddha said to him,\n“Brahmin, why are you so shabby, wearing a shabby cloak?”\n“Worthy Gotama, I have four sons.\nAt their wives’ bidding they expelled me from my house.”\n“Well then, brahmin, memorize these verses and recite them to your sons when you are all seated in the council hall with a large crowd."}},{"id":"sn7.14:2","sourceIds":["sn7.14:2.1","sn7.14:2.2","sn7.14:2.3","sn7.14:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Yehi jātehi nandissaṁ,\nyesañca bhavamicchisaṁ;\nTe maṁ dārehi sampuccha,\nsāva vārenti sūkaraṁ.","en":"‘I was overjoyed when they were born,\nand wished prosperity for them.\nBut at their wives’ bidding they chased me out,\nlike hounds after hogs."}},{"id":"sn7.14:3","sourceIds":["sn7.14:3.1","sn7.14:3.2","sn7.14:3.3","sn7.14:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asantā kira maṁ jammā,\ntāta tātāti bhāsare;\nRakkhasā puttarūpena,\nte jahanti vayogataṁ.","en":"It turns out they’re wicked, those nasty men,\nthough they called me their dear old Dad.\nThey’re monsters in the shape of sons,\nthrowing me out as I’ve grown old."}},{"id":"sn7.14:4","sourceIds":["sn7.14:4.1","sn7.14:4.2","sn7.14:4.3","sn7.14:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Assova jiṇṇo nibbhogo,\nkhādanā apanīyati;\nBālakānaṁ pitā thero,\nparāgāresu bhikkhati.","en":"Like an old, useless horse\nled away from its fodder,\nthe elderly father of those kids\nbegs for alms at others’ homes."}},{"id":"sn7.14:5","sourceIds":["sn7.14:5.1","sn7.14:5.2","sn7.14:5.3","sn7.14:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Daṇḍova kira me seyyo,\nyañce puttā anassavā;\nCaṇḍampi goṇaṁ vāreti,\natho caṇḍampi kukkuraṁ.","en":"Even my staff is better\nthan those disobedient sons,\nfor it wards off a wild bull,\nand even a wild dog."}},{"id":"sn7.14:6","sourceIds":["sn7.14:6.1","sn7.14:6.2","sn7.14:6.3","sn7.14:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Andhakāre pure hoti,\ngambhīre gādhamedhati;\nDaṇḍassa ānubhāvena,\nkhalitvā patitiṭṭhatī’”ti.","en":"It goes before me in the dark;\nin deep waters it finds a footing.\nBy the wonderful power of this staff,\nwhen I stumble, I stand firm again.’”"}},{"id":"sn7.14:7","sourceIds":["sn7.14:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho so brāhmaṇamahāsālo bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo pariyāpuṇitvā sabhāyaṁ mahājanakāye sannipatite puttesu ca sannisinnesu abhāsi:","en":"Having memorized those verses in the Buddha’s presence, the brahmin recited them to his sons when they were all seated in the council hall with a large crowd. …"}},{"id":"sn7.14:8","sourceIds":["sn7.14:8.1","sn7.14:8.2","sn7.14:8.3","sn7.14:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yehi jātehi nandissaṁ,\nyesañca bhavamicchisaṁ;\nTe maṁ dārehi sampuccha,\nsāva vārenti sūkaraṁ."}},{"id":"sn7.14:9","sourceIds":["sn7.14:9.1","sn7.14:9.2","sn7.14:9.3","sn7.14:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asantā kira maṁ jammā,\ntāta tātāti bhāsare;\nRakkhasā puttarūpena,\nte jahanti vayogataṁ."}},{"id":"sn7.14:10","sourceIds":["sn7.14:10.1","sn7.14:10.2","sn7.14:10.3","sn7.14:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Assova jiṇṇo nibbhogo,\nkhādanā apanīyati;\nBālakānaṁ pitā thero,\nparāgāresu bhikkhati."}},{"id":"sn7.14:11","sourceIds":["sn7.14:11.1","sn7.14:11.2","sn7.14:11.3","sn7.14:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Daṇḍova kira me seyyo,\nyañce puttā anassavā;\nCaṇḍampi goṇaṁ vāreti,\natho caṇḍampi kukkuraṁ."}},{"id":"sn7.14:12","sourceIds":["sn7.14:12.1","sn7.14:12.2","sn7.14:12.3","sn7.14:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Andhakāre pure hoti,\ngambhīre gādhamedhati;\nDaṇḍassa ānubhāvena,\nkhalitvā patitiṭṭhatī”ti."}},{"id":"sn7.14:13","sourceIds":["sn7.14:13.1","sn7.14:13.2","sn7.14:13.3","sn7.14:13.4","sn7.14:13.5","sn7.14:13.6","sn7.14:13.7","sn7.14:13.8","sn7.14:13.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho naṁ brāhmaṇamahāsālaṁ puttā gharaṁ netvā nhāpetvā paccekaṁ dussayugena acchādesuṁ.\nAtha kho so brāhmaṇamahāsālo ekaṁ dussayugaṁ ādāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho brāhmaṇamahāsālo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“mayaṁ, bho gotama, brāhmaṇā nāma ācariyassa ācariyadhanaṁ pariyesāma.\nPaṭiggaṇhatu me bhavaṁ gotamo ācariyadhanan”ti.\nPaṭiggahesi bhagavā anukampaṁ upādāya.\nAtha kho so brāhmaṇamahāsālo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\nupāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.","en":"Then the brahmin’s sons led him back home, bathed him, and each clothed him with a fine pair of garments.\nThen the brahmin, taking one pair of garments, went to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:\n“Worthy Gotama, we brahmins seek a fee for our tutor.\nMay the worthy Gotama please accept my tutor’s fee!”\nSo the Buddha accepted it out of sympathy.\nThen the well-to-do brahmin said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama …\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.14/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."}