{"id":"sn3.20","title":"Childless (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.20","title":"Childless (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn3.20:0","sourceIds":["sn3.20:0.1","sn3.20:0.2","sn3.20:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.20\n2. Dutiyavagga\nDutiyaaputtakasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.20\n2. Childless\nChildless (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn3.20:1","sourceIds":["sn3.20:1.1","sn3.20:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo divā divassa yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:\n“handa kuto nu tvaṁ, mahārāja, āgacchasi divā divassā”ti?","en":"Then King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha in the middle of the day … The Buddha said to him,\n“So, Great King, where are you coming from in the middle of the day?”"}},{"id":"sn3.20:2","sourceIds":["sn3.20:2.1","sn3.20:2.2","sn3.20:2.3","sn3.20:2.4","sn3.20:2.5","sn3.20:2.6","sn3.20:2.7","sn3.20:2.8","sn3.20:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, bhante, sāvatthiyaṁ seṭṭhi gahapati kālaṅkato.\nTamahaṁ aputtakaṁ sāpateyyaṁ rājantepuraṁ atiharitvā āgacchāmi.\nSataṁ, bhante, satasahassāni hiraññasseva, ko pana vādo rūpiyassa.\nTassa kho pana, bhante, seṭṭhissa gahapatissa evarūpo bhattabhogo ahosi—\nkaṇājakaṁ bhuñjati bilaṅgadutiyaṁ.\nEvarūpo vatthabhogo ahosi—\nsāṇaṁ dhāreti tipakkhavasanaṁ.\nEvarūpo yānabhogo ahosi—\njajjararathakena yāti paṇṇachattakena dhāriyamānenā”ti.","en":"“Sir, here in Sāvatthī a financier householder has passed away.\nSince he died childless, I have come after transferring his fortune to the royal compound.\nThere was ten million in gold coin, not to mention the silver coin.\nAnd yet that financier ate meals of\nsour gruel with false black pepper.\nHe wore clothes consisting of\nthree patches of sunn hemp.\nHe traveled around in a vehicle that was\na dilapidated little cart, holding a leaf as parasol.”"}},{"id":"sn3.20:3","sourceIds":["sn3.20:3.1","sn3.20:3.2","sn3.20:3.3","sn3.20:3.4","sn3.20:3.5","sn3.20:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evametaṁ, mahārāja, evametaṁ, mahārāja.\nBhūtapubbaṁ so, mahārāja, seṭṭhi gahapati taggarasikhiṁ nāma paccekasambuddhaṁ piṇḍapātena paṭipādesi.\n‘Detha samaṇassa piṇḍan’ti vatvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.\nDatvā ca pana pacchā vippaṭisārī ahosi:\n‘varametaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ dāsā vā kammakarā vā bhuñjeyyun’ti.\nBhātu ca pana ekaputtakaṁ sāpateyyassa kāraṇā jīvitā voropesi.","en":"“That’s so true, Great King! That’s so true!\nOnce upon a time, great king, that financier householder provided almsfood on behalf of an independent Buddha named Tagarasikhī.\nHe instructed: ‘Give alms to that ascetic,’ before getting up from his seat and leaving.\nBut after giving he regretted it:\n‘It would have been better to feed the bondservants or workers with that almsfood.’\nWhat’s more, he murdered his brother’s only child for the sake of his fortune."}},{"id":"sn3.20:4","sourceIds":["sn3.20:4.1","sn3.20:4.2","sn3.20:4.3","sn3.20:4.4","sn3.20:4.5","sn3.20:4.6","sn3.20:4.7","sn3.20:4.8","sn3.20:4.9","sn3.20:4.10","sn3.20:4.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ kho so, mahārāja, seṭṭhi gahapati taggarasikhiṁ paccekasambuddhaṁ piṇḍapātena paṭipādesi, tassa kammassa vipākena sattakkhattuṁ sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajji.\nTasseva kammassa vipākāvasesena imissāyeva sāvatthiyā sattakkhattuṁ seṭṭhittaṁ kāresi.\nYaṁ kho so, mahārāja, seṭṭhi gahapati datvā pacchā vippaṭisārī ahosi:\n‘varametaṁ piṇḍapātaṁ dāsā vā kammakarā vā bhuñjeyyun’ti, tassa kammassa vipākena nāssuḷārāya bhattabhogāya cittaṁ namati, nāssuḷārāya vatthabhogāya cittaṁ namati, nāssuḷārāya yānabhogāya cittaṁ namati, nāssuḷārānaṁ pañcannaṁ kāmaguṇānaṁ bhogāya cittaṁ namati.\nYaṁ kho so, mahārāja, seṭṭhi gahapati bhātu ca pana ekaputtakaṁ sāpateyyassa kāraṇā jīvitā voropesi, tassa kammassa vipākena bahūni vassāni bahūni vassasatāni bahūni vassasahassāni bahūni vassasatasahassāni niraye paccittha.\nTasseva kammassa vipākāvasesena idaṁ sattamaṁ aputtakaṁ sāpateyyaṁ rājakosaṁ paveseti.\nTassa kho, mahārāja, seṭṭhissa gahapatissa purāṇañca puññaṁ parikkhīṇaṁ, navañca puññaṁ anupacitaṁ.\nAjja pana, mahārāja, seṭṭhi gahapati mahāroruve niraye paccatī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante, seṭṭhi gahapati mahāroruvaṁ nirayaṁ upapanno”ti.\n“Evaṁ, mahārāja, seṭṭhi gahapati mahāroruvaṁ nirayaṁ upapanno”ti.\nIdamavoca …pe….","en":"Because that financier provided Tagarasikhī with almsfood, as a result of that deed he was reborn seven times in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nAnd as a residual result of that same deed he held the position of financier seven times right here in Sāvatthī.\nBut because that financier regretted giving alms,\nas a result of that deed his mind didn’t tend to enjoy nice food, clothes, vehicles, or the five refined kinds of sensual stimulation.\nAnd because that financier murdered his brother’s only child for the sake of his fortune, as a result of that deed he burned in hell for many years, for many hundreds, many thousands, many hundreds of thousands of years.\nAnd as a residual result of that same deed, he is childless for the seventh time, his fortune ending up in the royal treasury.\nNow the old merit of that financier has been used up, and he hasn’t accumulated new merit.\nToday, Great King, that financier burns in the Great Hell of Screams.”\n“Really, sir, that financier has been reborn in the Great Hell of Screams?”\n“Yes he has, Great King.”\nThat is what the Buddha said. …"}},{"id":"sn3.20:5","sourceIds":["sn3.20:5.1","sn3.20:5.2","sn3.20:5.3","sn3.20:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dhaññaṁ dhanaṁ rajataṁ jātarūpaṁ,\nPariggahaṁ vāpi yadatthi kiñci;\nDāsā kammakarā pessā,\nYe cassa anujīvino.","en":"“Grain, money, silver, and gold,\nor whatever other possessions there are;\nbondservants, workers, servants,\nand those dependent for their livelihood:"}},{"id":"sn3.20:6","sourceIds":["sn3.20:6.1","sn3.20:6.2","sn3.20:6.3","sn3.20:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbaṁ nādāya gantabbaṁ,\nsabbaṁ nikkhippagāminaṁ;\nYañca karoti kāyena,\nvācāya uda cetasā.","en":"you must go on without taking these;\nall of them are left behind.\nBut the deeds you do\nby body, speech, and mind—"}},{"id":"sn3.20:7","sourceIds":["sn3.20:7.1","sn3.20:7.2","sn3.20:7.3","sn3.20:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tañhi tassa sakaṁ hoti,\ntaṁva ādāya gacchati;\nTaṁvassa anugaṁ hoti,\nchāyāva anapāyinī.","en":"that’s what you can call your own.\nThat’s what you take when you go.\nThat’s what goes with you,\nlike a shadow that never leaves."}},{"id":"sn3.20:8","sourceIds":["sn3.20:8.1","sn3.20:8.2","sn3.20:8.3","sn3.20:8.4","sn3.20:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā kareyya kalyāṇaṁ,\nnicayaṁ samparāyikaṁ;\nPuññāni paralokasmiṁ,\npatiṭṭhā honti pāṇinan”ti.\nDutiyo vaggo.","en":"That’s why you should do good,\ninvesting in the future life.\nThe good deeds of sentient beings\nsupport them in the next world.”"}},{"id":"sn3.20:9","sourceIds":["sn3.20:9.0","sn3.20:9.1","sn3.20:9.2","sn3.20:9.3","sn3.20:9.4","sn3.20:9.5","sn3.20:9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nJaṭilā pañca rājāno,\nDoṇapākakurena ca;\nSaṅgāmena dve vuttāni,\nMallikā dve appamādena ca;\nAputtakena dve vuttā,\nVaggo tena pavuccatīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.20/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."}