{"id":"sn7.8","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.8","title":"With Bhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper","units":[{"id":"sn7.8:0","sourceIds":["sn7.8:0.1","sn7.8:0.2","sn7.8:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.8\n1. Arahantavagga\nAggikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.8\n1. The Perfected Ones\nWith Bhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper"}},{"id":"sn7.8:1","sourceIds":["sn7.8:1.1","sn7.8:1.2","sn7.8:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.\nTena kho pana samayena aggikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa sappinā pāyaso sannihito hoti:\n“aggiṁ juhissāmi, aggihuttaṁ paricarissāmī”ti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.\nNow at that time ghee and milk-rice had been set out for the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper, who thought,\n“I will serve the sacred flame! I will perform the fire sacrifice!”"}},{"id":"sn7.8:2","sourceIds":["sn7.8:2.1","sn7.8:2.2","sn7.8:2.3","sn7.8:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.\nRājagahe sapadānaṁ piṇḍāya caramāno yena aggikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nAddasā kho aggikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ piṇḍāya ṭhitaṁ.\nDisvāna bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Rājagaha for alms.\nWandering indiscriminately for almsfood in Rājagaha, he approached Bhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper’s home and stood to one side.\nBhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper saw him standing for alms\nand addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn7.8:3","sourceIds":["sn7.8:3.1","sn7.8:3.2","sn7.8:3.3","sn7.8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīhi vijjāhi sampanno,\njātimā sutavā bahū;\nVijjācaraṇasampanno,\nsomaṁ bhuñjeyya pāyasan”ti.","en":"“One who’s accomplished in the three knowledges,\nof good birth and ample learning,\naccomplished in knowledge and conduct\nmay enjoy this milk-rice.”"}},{"id":"sn7.8:4","sourceIds":["sn7.8:4.1","sn7.8:4.2","sn7.8:4.3","sn7.8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bahumpi palapaṁ jappaṁ,\nna jaccā hoti brāhmaṇo;\nAntokasambu saṅkiliṭṭho,\nkuhanāparivārito.","en":"“Even one who mutters many prayers\nis no brahmin by birth\nif they’re filthy and corrupt within,\nwith a following gained by fawning."}},{"id":"sn7.8:5","sourceIds":["sn7.8:5.1","sn7.8:5.2","sn7.8:5.3","sn7.8:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbenivāsaṁ yo vedī,\nsaggāpāyañca passati;\nAtho jātikkhayaṁ patto,\nabhiññāvosito muni.","en":"One who knows their past lives,\nsees heaven and places of loss,\nand has attained the ending of rebirth,\nis a sage of perfect insight."}},{"id":"sn7.8:6","sourceIds":["sn7.8:6.1","sn7.8:6.2","sn7.8:6.3","sn7.8:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etāhi tīhi vijjāhi,\ntevijjo hoti brāhmaṇo;\nVijjācaraṇasampanno,\nsomaṁ bhuñjeyya pāyasan”ti.","en":"Because of these three knowledges\na brahmin is a master of the three knowledges.\nAccomplished in knowledge and conduct,\nthey may enjoy this milk-rice.”"}},{"id":"sn7.8:7","sourceIds":["sn7.8:7.1","sn7.8:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhuñjatu bhavaṁ gotamo.\nBrāhmaṇo bhavan”ti.","en":"“May the worthy Gotama eat!\nThe worthy one is a brahmin.”"}},{"id":"sn7.8:8","sourceIds":["sn7.8:8.1","sn7.8:8.2","sn7.8:8.3","sn7.8:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Gāthābhigītaṁ me abhojaneyyaṁ,\nSampassataṁ brāhmaṇa nesa dhammo;\nGāthābhigītaṁ panudanti buddhā,\nDhamme sati brāhmaṇa vuttiresā.","en":"“Food enchanted by a verse isn’t fit for me to eat.\nThat’s not the principle of those who see, brahmin.\nThe Buddhas cast aside things enchanted with verses.\nSince there is such a principle, brahmin, that’s how they live."}},{"id":"sn7.8:9","sourceIds":["sn7.8:9.1","sn7.8:9.2","sn7.8:9.3","sn7.8:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññena ca kevalinaṁ mahesiṁ,\nKhīṇāsavaṁ kukkuccavūpasantaṁ;\nAnnena pānena upaṭṭhahassu,\nKhettañhi taṁ puññapekkhassa hotī”ti.","en":"Serve with other food and drink\nthe consummate one, the great seer,\nwith defilements ended and remorse stilled.\nFor he is the field for the seeker of merit.”"}},{"id":"sn7.8:10","sourceIds":["sn7.8:10.1","sn7.8:10.2","sn7.8:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, aggikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\naññataro ca panāyasmā aggikabhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.","en":"When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” …\nAnd Venerable Bhāradvāja the Fire-Worshiper became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.8/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."}