{"id":"sn3.9","title":"Sacrifice","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.9","title":"Sacrifice","units":[{"id":"sn3.9:0","sourceIds":["sn3.9:0.1","sn3.9:0.2","sn3.9:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.9\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nYaññasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.9\n1. Shackles\nSacrifice"}},{"id":"sn3.9:1","sourceIds":["sn3.9:1.1","sn3.9:1.2","sn3.9:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nTena kho pana samayena rañño pasenadissa kosalassa mahāyañño paccupaṭṭhito hoti, pañca ca usabhasatāni pañca ca vacchatarasatāni pañca ca vacchatarisatāni pañca ca ajasatāni pañca ca urabbhasatāni thūṇūpanītāni honti yaññatthāya.\nYepissa te honti dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā, tepi daṇḍatajjitā bhayatajjitā assumukhā rudamānā parikammāni karonti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nNow at that time a grand sacrifice had been set up for King Pasenadi of Kosala. Bulls, bullocks, heifers, goats and rams—five hundred of each—had been led to the pillar for the sacrifice.\nHis bondservants, servants, and workers did their jobs under threat of punishment and danger, weeping with tearful faces."}},{"id":"sn3.9:2","sourceIds":["sn3.9:2.1","sn3.9:2.2","sn3.9:2.3","sn3.9:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pavisiṁsu.\nSāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“idha, bhante, rañño pasenadissa kosalassa mahāyañño paccupaṭṭhito hoti, pañca ca usabhasatāni pañca ca vacchatarasatāni pañca ca vacchatarisatāni pañca ca ajasatāni pañca ca urabbhasatāni thūṇūpanītāni honti yaññatthāya.\nYepissa te honti dāsāti vā pessāti vā kammakarāti vā, tepi daṇḍatajjitā bhayatajjitā assumukhā rudamānā parikammāni karontī”ti.","en":"Then several mendicants robed up in the morning and, taking their bowls and robes, entered Sāvatthī for alms.\nThen, after the meal, when they returned from almsround, they went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what was happening."}},{"id":"sn3.9:3","sourceIds":["sn3.9:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha recited these verses:"}},{"id":"sn3.9:4","sourceIds":["sn3.9:4.1","sn3.9:4.2","sn3.9:4.3","sn3.9:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Assamedhaṁ purisamedhaṁ,\nsammāpāsaṁ vājapeyyaṁ;\nNiraggaḷaṁ mahārambhā,\nna te honti mahapphalā.","en":"“Horse sacrifice, human sacrifice,\nthe ‘casting of the yoke-pin’, the ‘royal soma drinking’,\nand the ‘unimpeded’—\nthese grand, violent sacrifices yield no great fruit."}},{"id":"sn3.9:5","sourceIds":["sn3.9:5.1","sn3.9:5.2","sn3.9:5.3","sn3.9:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajeḷakā ca gāvo ca,\nvividhā yattha haññare;\nNa taṁ sammaggatā yaññaṁ,\nupayanti mahesino.","en":"The great sages of right comportment\ndon’t attend sacrifices\nwhere goats, sheep, and cattle\nand various creatures are killed."}},{"id":"sn3.9:6","sourceIds":["sn3.9:6.1","sn3.9:6.2","sn3.9:6.3","sn3.9:6.4","sn3.9:6.5","sn3.9:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca yaññā nirārambhā,\nyajanti anukulaṁ sadā;\nAjeḷakā ca gāvo ca,\nvividhā nettha haññare;\nEtaṁ sammaggatā yaññaṁ,\nupayanti mahesino.","en":"But the great sages of right comportment\ndo attend those sacrifices\nthat are non-violent and propitious,\nwhere goats, sheep, and cattle,\nand various creatures are not killed."}},{"id":"sn3.9:7","sourceIds":["sn3.9:7.1","sn3.9:7.2","sn3.9:7.3","sn3.9:7.4","sn3.9:7.5","sn3.9:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etaṁ yajetha medhāvī,\neso yañño mahapphalo;\nEtañhi yajamānassa,\nseyyo hoti na pāpiyo;\nYañño ca vipulo hoti,\npasīdanti ca devatā”ti.","en":"An intelligent person should sacrifice like this,\nfor this sacrifice is very fruitful.\nFor a sponsor of sacrifices like this,\nthings get better, not worse.\nSuch a sacrifice is truly abundant,\nand even the deities are pleased.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.9/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."}