{"id":"sn9.14","title":"The Thief of Scent","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn9.14","title":"The Thief of Scent","units":[{"id":"sn9.14:0","sourceIds":["sn9.14:0.1","sn9.14:0.2","sn9.14:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.14\n1. Vanavagga\nGandhatthenasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 9.14\n1. In the Woods\nThe Thief of Scent"}},{"id":"sn9.14:1","sourceIds":["sn9.14:1.1","sn9.14:1.2","sn9.14:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.\nTena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto pokkharaṇiṁ ogāhetvā padumaṁ upasiṅghati.\nAtha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ saṁvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At one time one of the mendicants was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.\nNow at that time, after the meal, on their return from almsround, that mendicant plunged into a lotus pond and sniffed a pink lotus.\nThe deity haunting that forest had sympathy for that mendicant, and wanted what’s best for them. So they approached that mendicant wanting to stir them up, and addressed them in verse:"}},{"id":"sn9.14:2","sourceIds":["sn9.14:2.1","sn9.14:2.2","sn9.14:2.3","sn9.14:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yametaṁ vārijaṁ pupphaṁ,\nadinnaṁ upasiṅghasi;\nEkaṅgametaṁ theyyānaṁ,\ngandhatthenosi mārisā”ti.","en":"“This water flower has not been given.\nWhen you sniff it,\nthis is one factor of theft.\nGood fellow, you are a thief of scent!”"}},{"id":"sn9.14:3","sourceIds":["sn9.14:3.1","sn9.14:3.2","sn9.14:3.3","sn9.14:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na harāmi na bhañjāmi,\nārā siṅghāmi vārijaṁ;\nAtha kena nu vaṇṇena,\ngandhatthenoti vuccati.","en":"“I do not take, nor do I break;\nI sniff the water flower from afar.\nSo how do you explain why\nyou call me a thief of scent?"}},{"id":"sn9.14:4","sourceIds":["sn9.14:4.1","sn9.14:4.2","sn9.14:4.3","sn9.14:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yvāyaṁ bhisāni khanati,\npuṇḍarīkāni bhañjati;\nEvaṁ ākiṇṇakammanto,\nkasmā eso na vuccatī”ti.","en":"Why don’t you accuse someone\nwho does such vandalizing\nas digging up the roots,\nor breaking off the flowers?”"}},{"id":"sn9.14:5","sourceIds":["sn9.14:5.1","sn9.14:5.2","sn9.14:5.3","sn9.14:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ākiṇṇaluddo puriso,\ndhāticelaṁva makkhito;\nTasmiṁ me vacanaṁ natthi,\ntvañcārahāmi vattave.","en":"“I have nothing to say\nto a person who is a crude vandal,\nsoiled like a used nappy.\nYou’re the one who deserves to be spoken to."}},{"id":"sn9.14:6","sourceIds":["sn9.14:6.1","sn9.14:6.2","sn9.14:6.3","sn9.14:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anaṅgaṇassa posassa,\nniccaṁ sucigavesino;\nVālaggamattaṁ pāpassa,\nabbhāmattaṁva khāyatī”ti.","en":"To the man who has not a blemish,\nwho is always seeking purity,\neven a hair-tip of evil\nseems as big as a stormcloud.”"}},{"id":"sn9.14:7","sourceIds":["sn9.14:7.1","sn9.14:7.2","sn9.14:7.3","sn9.14:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Addhā maṁ yakkha jānāsi,\natho me anukampasi;\nPunapi yakkha vajjāsi,\nyadā passasi edisan”ti.","en":"“Indeed, O spirit, you understand me,\nand you empathize with me.\nPlease speak to me again,\nwhenever you see something like this.”"}},{"id":"sn9.14:8","sourceIds":["sn9.14:8.1","sn9.14:8.2","sn9.14:8.3","sn9.14:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Neva taṁ upajīvāma,\nnapi te bhatakāmhase;\nTvameva bhikkhu jāneyya,\nyena gaccheyya suggatin”ti.","en":"“We are no dependent of yours,\nnor are we your servant.\nYou yourself should know, mendicant,\nthe way that leads to a good place.”"}},{"id":"sn9.14:9","sourceIds":["sn9.14:9.1","sn9.14:9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.\nVanavaggo paṭhamo.","en":"Impelled by that deity, that mendicant was struck with a sense of urgency."}},{"id":"sn9.14:10","sourceIds":["sn9.14:10.0","sn9.14:10.1","sn9.14:10.2","sn9.14:10.3","sn9.14:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nVivekaṁ upaṭṭhānañca,\nKassapagottena sambahulā;\nĀnando anuruddho ca,\nNāgadattañca kulagharaṇī."}},{"id":"sn9.14:11","sourceIds":["sn9.14:11.1","sn9.14:11.2","sn9.14:11.3","sn9.14:11.4","sn9.14:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vajjiputto ca vesālī,\nSajjhāyena ayoniso;\nMajjhanhikālamhi pākatindriya—\nPadumapupphena cuddasa bhaveti.\nVanasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.","en":"The Linked Discourses in the Forest are complete."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn9.14/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."}