{"id":"sn3.24","title":"Archery","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.24","title":"Archery","units":[{"id":"sn3.24:0","sourceIds":["sn3.24:0.1","sn3.24:0.2","sn3.24:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.24\n3. Tatiyavagga\nIssattasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.24\n3. Kosala\nArchery"}},{"id":"sn3.24:1","sourceIds":["sn3.24:1.1","sn3.24:1.2","sn3.24:1.3","sn3.24:1.4","sn3.24:1.5","sn3.24:1.6","sn3.24:1.7","sn3.24:1.8","sn3.24:1.9","sn3.24:1.10","sn3.24:1.11","sn3.24:1.12","sn3.24:1.13","sn3.24:1.14","sn3.24:1.15","sn3.24:1.16","sn3.24:1.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kattha nu kho, bhante, dānaṁ dātabban”ti?\n“Yattha kho, mahārāja, cittaṁ pasīdatī”ti.\n“Kattha pana, bhante, dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti?\n“Aññaṁ kho etaṁ, mahārāja, kattha dānaṁ dātabbaṁ, aññaṁ panetaṁ kattha dinnaṁ mahapphalanti?\nSīlavato kho, mahārāja, dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ, no tathā dussīle.\nTena hi, mahārāja, taññevettha paṭipucchissāmi. Yathā, te khameyya, tathā naṁ byākareyyāsi.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja,\nidha tyassa yuddhaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ saṅgāmo samupabyūḷho.\nAtha āgaccheyya khattiyakumāro asikkhito akatahattho akatayoggo akatūpāsano bhīru chambhī utrāsī palāyī.\nBhareyyāsi taṁ purisaṁ, attho ca te tādisena purisenā”ti?\n“Nāhaṁ, bhante, bhareyyaṁ taṁ purisaṁ, na ca me attho tādisena purisenā”ti.\n“Atha āgaccheyya brāhmaṇakumāro asikkhito …pe…\natha āgaccheyya vessakumāro asikkhito …pe…\natha āgaccheyya suddakumāro asikkhito …pe…\nna ca me attho tādisena purisenā”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nSeated to one side, King Pasenadi said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, where should a gift be given?”\n“Wherever your heart feels inspired, Great King.”\n“But sir, where is a gift very fruitful?”\n“Where a gift should be given is one thing, Great King, but where a gift is very fruitful is another.\nA gift is very fruitful when it’s given to an ethical person, not so much to an unethical person.\nWell then, Great King, I’ll ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like.\nWhat do you think, Great King?\nSuppose you were at war, ready to fight a battle.\nThen along comes an aristocrat youth who is untrained, inexpert, unfit, inexperienced. And he’s fearful, scared, nervous, quick to flee.\nWould you employ such a man? Would he be of any use to you?”\n“No, sir, I would have no use for such a man.”\n“What about a brahmin youth,\na peasant youth,\nor a menial youth who was similar?”\n“No, sir, I would have no use for such a man.”"}},{"id":"sn3.24:2","sourceIds":["sn3.24:2.1","sn3.24:2.2","sn3.24:2.3","sn3.24:2.4","sn3.24:2.5","sn3.24:2.6","sn3.24:2.7","sn3.24:2.8","sn3.24:2.9","sn3.24:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja,\nidha tyassa yuddhaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ saṅgāmo samupabyūḷho.\nAtha āgaccheyya khattiyakumāro susikkhito katahattho katayoggo katūpāsano abhīru acchambhī anutrāsī apalāyī.\nBhareyyāsi taṁ purisaṁ, attho ca te tādisena purisenā”ti?\n“Bhareyyāhaṁ, bhante, taṁ purisaṁ, attho ca me tādisena purisenā”ti.\n“Atha āgaccheyya brāhmaṇakumāro …pe…\natha āgaccheyya vessakumāro …pe…\natha āgaccheyya suddakumāro susikkhito katahattho katayoggo katūpāsano abhīru acchambhī anutrāsī apalāyī.\nBhareyyāsi taṁ purisaṁ, attho ca te tādisena purisenā”ti?\n“Bhareyyāhaṁ, bhante, taṁ purisaṁ, attho ca me tādisena purisenā”ti.","en":"“What do you think, Great King?\nSuppose you were at war, ready to fight a battle.\nThen along comes an aristocrat youth who is trained, expert, fit, experienced. And he’s fearless, brave, bold, standing his ground.\nWould you employ such a man? Would he be of any use to you?”\n“Yes, sir, I would have a use for such a man.”\n“What about a brahmin youth,\na peasant youth,\nor a menial youth who was similar?\nWould you employ such a man? Would he be of any use to you?”\n“Yes, sir, I would have a use for such a man.”"}},{"id":"sn3.24:3","sourceIds":["sn3.24:3.1","sn3.24:3.2","sn3.24:3.3","sn3.24:3.4","sn3.24:3.5","sn3.24:3.6","sn3.24:3.7","sn3.24:3.8","sn3.24:3.9","sn3.24:3.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evameva kho, mahārāja, yasmā kasmā cepi kulā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti, so ca hoti pañcaṅgavippahīno pañcaṅgasamannāgato, tasmiṁ dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ hoti.\nKatamāni pañcaṅgāni pahīnāni honti?\nKāmacchando pahīno hoti, byāpādo pahīno hoti, thinamiddhaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, uddhaccakukkuccaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, vicikicchā pahīnā hoti.\nImāni pañcaṅgāni pahīnāni honti.\nKatamehi pañcahaṅgehi samannāgato hoti?\nAsekkhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekkhena samādhikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekkhena paññākkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekkhena vimuttikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekkhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti.\nImehi pañcahaṅgehi samannāgato hoti.\nIti pañcaṅgavippahīne pañcaṅgasamannāgate dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā …pe…\nsatthā:","en":"“In the same way, a gift to anyone who has given up five factors and possesses five factors is very fruitful, no matter what family they’ve gone forth from.\nWhat are the five factors they’ve given up?\nSensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.\nThese are the five factors they’ve given up.\nWhat are the five factors they possess?\nThe entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and knowledge and vision of freedom.\nThese are the five factors they possess.\nI say that a gift to anyone who has given up these five factors and possesses these five factors is very fruitful.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"sn3.24:4","sourceIds":["sn3.24:4.1","sn3.24:4.2","sn3.24:4.3","sn3.24:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Issattaṁ balavīriyañca,\nyasmiṁ vijjetha māṇave;\nTaṁ yuddhattho bhare rājā,\nnāsūraṁ jātipaccayā.","en":"“Any youth skilled at archery,\npowerful and vigorous,\nwould be employed by a king going to war—\none is not a coward by reason of birth."}},{"id":"sn3.24:5","sourceIds":["sn3.24:5.1","sn3.24:5.2","sn3.24:5.3","sn3.24:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva khantisoraccaṁ,\ndhammā yasmiṁ patiṭṭhitā;\nAriyavuttiṁ medhāviṁ,\nhīnajaccampi pūjaye.","en":"Just so, whoever is settled\nin the qualities of patience and gentleness,\nan intelligent person with noble conduct,\nshould be venerated even if they’re low born."}},{"id":"sn3.24:6","sourceIds":["sn3.24:6.1","sn3.24:6.2","sn3.24:6.3","sn3.24:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāraye assame ramme,\nvāsayettha bahussute;\nPapañca vivane kayirā,\ndugge saṅkamanāni ca.","en":"You should build lovely hermitages\nand settle learned people in them.\nYou should set up water supplies in barren regions\nand passages in places hard to travel."}},{"id":"sn3.24:7","sourceIds":["sn3.24:7.1","sn3.24:7.2","sn3.24:7.3","sn3.24:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Annaṁ pānaṁ khādanīyaṁ,\nvatthasenāsanāni ca;\nDadeyya ujubhūtesu,\nvippasannena cetasā.","en":"Food, drink, edibles,\nclothes, and lodgings\nshould be given to the upright ones,\nwith a clear and confident heart."}},{"id":"sn3.24:8","sourceIds":["sn3.24:8.1","sn3.24:8.2","sn3.24:8.3","sn3.24:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā hi megho thanayaṁ,\nvijjumālī satakkaku;\nThalaṁ ninnañca pūreti,\nabhivassaṁ vasundharaṁ.","en":"The thundering rain cloud,\nits hundred peaks wreathed in lightning,\npours down over the rich earth,\nsoaking the uplands and valleys."}},{"id":"sn3.24:9","sourceIds":["sn3.24:9.1","sn3.24:9.2","sn3.24:9.3","sn3.24:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatheva saddho sutavā,\nabhisaṅkhacca bhojanaṁ;\nVanibbake tappayati,\nannapānena paṇḍito.","en":"So too an astute person,\nfaithful and learned,\nshould prepare a meal to satisfy\nsupplicants with food and drink."}},{"id":"sn3.24:10","sourceIds":["sn3.24:10.1","sn3.24:10.2","sn3.24:10.3","sn3.24:10.4","sn3.24:10.5","sn3.24:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āmodamāno pakireti,\ndetha dethāti bhāsati;\nTaṁ hissa gajjitaṁ hoti,\ndevasseva pavassato;\nSā puññadhārā vipulā,\ndātāraṁ abhivassatī”ti.","en":"Rejoicing, they strew gifts about,\nsaying, ‘Give! Give!’\nFor that is their thunder,\nlike rain sent from the heavens.\nThat stream of merit so abundant\nshowers down on the giver.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.24/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."}