{"id":"sn7.9","title":"With Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.9","title":"With Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā","units":[{"id":"sn7.9:0","sourceIds":["sn7.9:0.1","sn7.9:0.2","sn7.9:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.9\n1. Arahantavagga\nSundarikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.9\n1. The Perfected Ones\nWith Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā"}},{"id":"sn7.9:1","sourceIds":["sn7.9:1.1","sn7.9:1.2","sn7.9:1.3","sn7.9:1.4","sn7.9:1.5","sn7.9:1.6","sn7.9:1.7","sn7.9:1.8","sn7.9:1.9","sn7.9:1.10","sn7.9:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu viharati sundarikāya nadiyā tīre.\nTena kho pana samayena sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo sundarikāya nadiyā tīre aggiṁ juhati, aggihuttaṁ paricarati.\nAtha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo aggiṁ juhitvā aggihuttaṁ paricaritvā uṭṭhāyāsanā samantā catuddisā anuvilokesi:\n“ko nu kho imaṁ habyasesaṁ bhuñjeyyā”ti?\nAddasā kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle sasīsaṁ pārutaṁ nisinnaṁ.\nDisvāna vāmena hatthena habyasesaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena kamaṇḍaluṁ gahetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.\nAtha kho bhagavā sundarikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa padasaddena sīsaṁ vivari.\nAtha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo “muṇḍo ayaṁ bhavaṁ, muṇḍako ayaṁ bhavan”ti tatova puna nivattitukāmo ahosi.\nAtha kho sundarikabhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi:\n“muṇḍāpi hi idhekacce brāhmaṇā bhavanti;\nyannūnāhaṁ taṁ upasaṅkamitvā jātiṁ puccheyyan”ti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the Kosalan lands on the bank of the Sundarikā River.\nNow at that time the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā was serving the sacred flame and performing the fire sacrifice on the bank of the Sundarikā.\nThen he rose from his seat and surveyed the four quarters, wondering,\n“Now who might eat the leftovers of this oblation?”\nHe saw the Buddha meditating at the root of a certain tree with his robe pulled over his head.\nTaking the leftovers of the oblation in his left hand and a pitcher in the right he approached the Buddha.\nWhen he heard Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā’s footsteps the Buddha uncovered his head.\nBhāradvāja of Sundarikā thought, “This man is shaven, he is shaven!” And he wanted to turn back.\nBut he thought,\n“Even some brahmins are shaven.\nWhy don’t I go to him and ask about his birth?”"}},{"id":"sn7.9:2","sourceIds":["sn7.9:2.1","sn7.9:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁjacco bhavan”ti?","en":"Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā went up to the Buddha, and said to him,\n“Sir, what are you by birth?”"}},{"id":"sn7.9:3","sourceIds":["sn7.9:3.1","sn7.9:3.2","sn7.9:3.3","sn7.9:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mā jātiṁ puccha caraṇañca puccha,\nKaṭṭhā have jāyati jātavedo;\nNīcākulīnopi muni dhitimā,\nĀjānīyo hoti hirīnisedho.","en":"“Don’t ask about birth, ask about conduct;\nfor the fire of Jātaveda is born from sticks.\nA steadfast sage, even though from a low class family,\nis a thoroughbred checked by conscience."}},{"id":"sn7.9:4","sourceIds":["sn7.9:4.1","sn7.9:4.2","sn7.9:4.3","sn7.9:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saccena danto damasā upeto,\nVedantagū vusitabrahmacariyo;\nYaññopanīto tamupavhayetha,\nKālena so juhati dakkhiṇeyye”ti.","en":"Tamed by truth, fulfilled by taming,\na complete knowledge master who has completed the spiritual journey—\nthat’s who a sacrificer should woo,\nand offer a timely oblation to one worthy of a religious donation.”"}},{"id":"sn7.9:5","sourceIds":["sn7.9:5.1","sn7.9:5.2","sn7.9:5.3","sn7.9:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Addhā suyiṭṭhaṁ suhutaṁ mama yidaṁ,\nYaṁ tādisaṁ vedagumaddasāmi;\nTumhādisānañhi adassanena,\nAñño jano bhuñjati habyasesan”ti.","en":"“My sacrificial offering must have been well performed,\nsince I have met such a knowledge master!\nIt’s because I’d never met anyone like you\nthat others ate the leftover oblation."}},{"id":"sn7.9:6","sourceIds":["sn7.9:6.1","sn7.9:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhuñjatu bhavaṁ gotamo.\nBrāhmaṇo bhavan”ti.","en":"May the worthy Gotama eat!\nThe worthy one is a brahmin.”"}},{"id":"sn7.9:7","sourceIds":["sn7.9:7.1","sn7.9:7.2","sn7.9:7.3","sn7.9:7.4"],"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":"sn7.9:8","sourceIds":["sn7.9:8.1","sn7.9:8.2","sn7.9:8.3","sn7.9:8.4"],"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":"sn7.9:9","sourceIds":["sn7.9:9.1","sn7.9:9.2","sn7.9:9.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atha kassa cāhaṁ, bho gotama, imaṁ habyasesaṁ dammī”ti?\n“Na khvāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yasseso habyaseso bhutto sammā pariṇāmaṁ gaccheyya aññatra, brāhmaṇa, tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā.\nTena hi tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, taṁ habyasesaṁ appaharite vā chaḍḍehi appāṇake vā udake opilāpehī”ti.","en":"“Then, Worthy Gotama, to whom should I give the leftovers of this oblation?”\n“Brahmin, I don’t see anyone in this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans—who can properly digest these leftovers, except the Realized One or one of his disciples.\nWell then, brahmin, throw out those leftovers where there is little that grows, or drop them into water that has no living creatures.”"}},{"id":"sn7.9:10","sourceIds":["sn7.9:10.1","sn7.9:10.2","sn7.9:10.3","sn7.9:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo taṁ habyasesaṁ appāṇake udake opilāpesi.\nAtha kho so habyaseso udake pakkhitto cicciṭāyati ciṭiciṭāyati sandhūpāyati sampadhūpāyati.\nSeyyathāpi nāma phālo divasaṁsantatto udake pakkhitto cicciṭāyati ciṭiciṭāyati sandhūpāyati sampadhūpāyati;\nevameva so habyaseso udake pakkhitto cicciṭāyati ciṭiciṭāyati sandhūpāyati sampadhūpāyati.","en":"So Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā dropped the leftover oblation in water that had no living creatures.\nAnd when those leftovers were placed in the water, they sizzled and hissed, steaming and fuming.\nSuppose there was an iron cauldron that had been heated all day. If you placed it in the water, it would sizzle and hiss, steaming and fuming.\nIn the same way, when those leftovers were placed in the water, they sizzled and hissed, steaming and fuming."}},{"id":"sn7.9:11","sourceIds":["sn7.9:11.1","sn7.9:11.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo saṁviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitaṁ kho sundarikabhāradvājaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ bhagavā gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā, shocked and awestruck, went up to the Buddha, and stood to one side.\nThe Buddha addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn7.9:12","sourceIds":["sn7.9:12.1","sn7.9:12.2","sn7.9:12.3","sn7.9:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mā brāhmaṇa dāru samādahāno,\nSuddhiṁ amaññi bahiddhā hi etaṁ;\nNa hi tena suddhiṁ kusalā vadanti,\nYo bāhirena parisuddhimicche.","en":"“When you’re kindling the wood, brahmin,\ndon’t imagine this is purity, for it’s just external.\nFor those who are skilled say this is no way to purity,\nwhen one seeks purity in externals."}},{"id":"sn7.9:13","sourceIds":["sn7.9:13.1","sn7.9:13.2","sn7.9:13.3","sn7.9:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hitvā ahaṁ brāhmaṇa dārudāhaṁ,\nAjjhattamevujjalayāmi jotiṁ;\nNiccagginī niccasamāhitatto,\nArahaṁ ahaṁ brahmacariyaṁ carāmi.","en":"I’ve given up kindling firewood, brahmin,\nnow I light only the inner flame.\nAlways blazing, always serene,\nI am a perfected one leading the spiritual life."}},{"id":"sn7.9:14","sourceIds":["sn7.9:14.1","sn7.9:14.2","sn7.9:14.3","sn7.9:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Māno hi te brāhmaṇa khāribhāro,\nKodho dhumo bhasmani mosavajjaṁ;\nJivhā sujā hadayaṁ jotiṭhānaṁ,\nAttā sudanto purisassa joti.","en":"Conceit, brahmin, is the burden of your pack,\nanger your smoke, and lies your ashes.\nThe tongue is the ladle, the heart the fireplace;\na well-tamed self is a person’s light."}},{"id":"sn7.9:15","sourceIds":["sn7.9:15.1","sn7.9:15.2","sn7.9:15.3","sn7.9:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammo rahado brāhmaṇa sīlatittho,\nAnāvilo sabbhi sataṁ pasattho;\nYattha have vedaguno sinātā,\nAnallagattāva taranti pāraṁ.","en":"The teaching is a lake, brahmin, into which ethics are the stairs,\nunclouded, praised by the fine to the good.\nThere the knowledge masters go to bathe,\nand cross to the far shore with dry limbs."}},{"id":"sn7.9:16","sourceIds":["sn7.9:16.1","sn7.9:16.2","sn7.9:16.3","sn7.9:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saccaṁ dhammo saṁyamo brahmacariyaṁ,\nMajjhe sitā brāhmaṇa brahmapatti;\nSa tujjubhūtesu namo karohi,\nTamahaṁ naraṁ dhammasārīti brūmī”ti.","en":"Truth, principle, restraint, the spiritual life,\nattaining divinity based on the middle, brahmin—\npay homage to the upright ones.\nI declare that man one who follows the teaching.”"}},{"id":"sn7.9:17","sourceIds":["sn7.9:17.1","sn7.9:17.2","sn7.9:17.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\naññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.","en":"When he had spoken, the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama …” …\nAnd Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.9/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."}