{"id":"snp2.12","title":"Vaṅgīsa and His Mentor Nigrodhakappa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp2.12","title":"Vaṅgīsa and His Mentor Nigrodhakappa","units":[{"id":"snp2.12:0","sourceIds":["snp2.12:0.1","snp2.12:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 2.12\nNigrodhakappa (vaṅgīsa) sutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 2.12\nVaṅgīsa and His Mentor Nigrodhakappa"}},{"id":"snp2.12:1","sourceIds":["snp2.12:1.1","snp2.12:1.2","snp2.12:1.3","snp2.12:1.4","snp2.12:1.5","snp2.12:1.6","snp2.12:1.7","snp2.12:1.8","snp2.12:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā āḷaviyaṁ viharati aggāḷave cetiye.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmato vaṅgīsassa upajjhāyo nigrodhakappo nāma thero aggāḷave cetiye aciraparinibbuto hoti.\nAtha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi—\nparinibbuto nu kho me upajjhāyo udāhu no parinibbutoti?\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavantaṁ etadavoca—\nidha mayhaṁ, bhante, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi—\nparinibbuto nu kho me upajjhāyo, udāhu no parinibbutoti.\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ cīvaraṁ katvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Āḷavī, at Āḷavī’s premier shrine.\nNow at that time it was not long after Venerable Vaṅgīsa’s mentor, the senior monk named Nigrodhakappa, had become fully quenched.\nThen as Vaṅgīsa was in private retreat this thought came to his mind:\n“Has my mentor become quenched or not?”\nThen in the late afternoon, Venerable Vaṅgīsa came out of retreat and went to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“Just now, sir, as I was in private retreat this thought came to mind.\n‘Has my mentor become quenched or not?’”\nThen Venerable Vaṅgīsa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"snp2.12:2","sourceIds":["snp2.12:2.1","snp2.12:2.2","snp2.12:2.3","snp2.12:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pucchāmi satthāramanomapaññaṁ,\nDiṭṭheva dhamme yo vicikicchānaṁ chettā;\nAggāḷave kālamakāsi bhikkhu,\nÑāto yasassī abhinibbutatto.","en":"“I ask the Teacher unrivaled in wisdom,\nwho has cut off all doubts in this very life:\na monk has died at Āḷavī’s premier shrine,\nwho was well-known, famous, and quenched."}},{"id":"snp2.12:3","sourceIds":["snp2.12:3.1","snp2.12:3.2","snp2.12:3.3","snp2.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nigrodhakappo iti tassa nāmaṁ,\nTayā kataṁ bhagavā brāhmaṇassa;\nSo taṁ namassaṁ acari mutyapekkho,\nĀraddhaviriyo daḷhadhammadassī.","en":"Nigrodhakappa was his name;\nit was given to that brahmin by you, Blessed One.\nHe wandered in your honor, yearning for freedom,\nenergetic, a resolute Seer of Truth."}},{"id":"snp2.12:4","sourceIds":["snp2.12:4.1","snp2.12:4.2","snp2.12:4.3","snp2.12:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ sāvakaṁ sakya mayampi sabbe,\nAññātumicchāma samantacakkhu;\nSamavaṭṭhitā no savanāya sotā,\nTuvaṁ no satthā tvamanuttarosi.","en":"O Sakyan, All-seer,\nwe all wish to know about that disciple.\nOur ears are eager to hear,\nfor you are the most excellent teacher."}},{"id":"snp2.12:5","sourceIds":["snp2.12:5.1","snp2.12:5.2","snp2.12:5.3","snp2.12:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chindeva no vicikicchaṁ brūhi metaṁ,\nParinibbutaṁ vedaya bhūripañña;\nMajjheva no bhāsa samantacakkhu,\nSakkova devāna sahassanetto.","en":"Cut off our doubt, declare this to us;\nyour wisdom is vast, tell us of his quenching!\nAll-seer, speak among us,\nlike the thousand-eyed Sakka in the midst of the gods!"}},{"id":"snp2.12:6","sourceIds":["snp2.12:6.1","snp2.12:6.2","snp2.12:6.3","snp2.12:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye keci ganthā idha mohamaggā,\nAññāṇapakkhā vicikicchaṭhānā;\nTathāgataṁ patvā na te bhavanti,\nCakkhuñhi etaṁ paramaṁ narānaṁ.","en":"Whatever ties there are, or paths to delusion,\nor things on the side of unknowing, or that are bases of doubt\nvanish on reaching a Realized One,\nfor his eye is the best of all people’s."}},{"id":"snp2.12:7","sourceIds":["snp2.12:7.1","snp2.12:7.2","snp2.12:7.3","snp2.12:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"No ce hi jātu puriso kilese,\nVāto yathā abbhaghanaṁ vihāne;\nTamovassa nivuto sabbaloko,\nNa jotimantopi narā tapeyyuṁ.","en":"If no man were ever to disperse corruptions,\nlike the wind dispersing the stormclouds,\ndarkness would shroud the whole world;\nnot even brilliant men would shine."}},{"id":"snp2.12:8","sourceIds":["snp2.12:8.1","snp2.12:8.2","snp2.12:8.3","snp2.12:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhīrā ca pajjotakarā bhavanti,\nTaṁ taṁ ahaṁ vīra tatheva maññe;\nVipassinaṁ jānamupāgamumhā,\nParisāsu no āvikarohi kappaṁ.","en":"The attentive are bringers of light;\nmy hero, that is what I think of you.\nWe’ve come for your discernment and knowledge:\nhere in this assembly, declare to us about Kappāyana."}},{"id":"snp2.12:9","sourceIds":["snp2.12:9.1","snp2.12:9.2","snp2.12:9.3","snp2.12:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khippaṁ giraṁ eraya vaggu vagguṁ,\nHaṁsova paggayha saṇikaṁ nikūja;\nBindussarena suvikappitena,\nSabbeva te ujjugatā suṇoma.","en":"Swiftly send forth your sweet, sweet voice,\nlike a goose stretching its neck, gently honking,\nlucid-flowing, with lovely tone:\nalert, we all listen to you."}},{"id":"snp2.12:10","sourceIds":["snp2.12:10.1","snp2.12:10.2","snp2.12:10.3","snp2.12:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahīnajātimaraṇaṁ asesaṁ,\nNiggayha dhonaṁ vadessāmi dhammaṁ;\nNa kāmakāro hi puthujjanānaṁ,\nSaṅkheyyakāro ca tathāgatānaṁ.","en":"You have entirely abandoned birth and death;\ncurbed and pure, I urge you, speak the Dhamma!\nFor ordinary people have no wish-granter,\nbut Realized Ones have a comprehensibility-granter."}},{"id":"snp2.12:11","sourceIds":["snp2.12:11.1","snp2.12:11.2","snp2.12:11.3","snp2.12:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sampannaveyyākaraṇaṁ tavedaṁ,\nSamujjupaññassa samuggahītaṁ;\nAyamañjalī pacchimo suppaṇāmito,\nMā mohayī jānamanomapañña.","en":"Your answer is definitive, and we will adopt it,\nfor you have perfect understanding.\nWe raise our cupped palms one last time,\none of unrivaled wisdom, don’t deliberately confuse us."}},{"id":"snp2.12:12","sourceIds":["snp2.12:12.1","snp2.12:12.2","snp2.12:12.3","snp2.12:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parovaraṁ ariyadhammaṁ viditvā,\nMā mohayī jānamanomavīra;\nVāriṁ yathā ghammani ghammatatto,\nVācābhikaṅkhāmi sutaṁ pavassa.","en":"Knowing the teaching of the noble ones from top to bottom,\none of unrivaled energy, don’t deliberately confuse us.\nAs a man baking in the summer sun would long for water,\nI long for your voice, so let the sound rain  forth."}},{"id":"snp2.12:13","sourceIds":["snp2.12:13.1","snp2.12:13.2","snp2.12:13.3","snp2.12:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadatthikaṁ brahmacariyaṁ acarī,\nKappāyano kaccissa taṁ amoghaṁ;\nNibbāyi so ādu saupādiseso,\nYathā vimutto ahu taṁ suṇoma”.","en":"Surely Kappāyana did not lead the spiritual life in vain?\nDid he realize quenching,\nor did he still have a residue?\nLet us hear what kind of liberation he had!”"}},{"id":"snp2.12:14","sourceIds":["snp2.12:14.1","snp2.12:14.2","snp2.12:14.3","snp2.12:14.4","snp2.12:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Acchecchi taṇhaṁ idha nāmarūpe,\n(iti bhagavā)\nKaṇhassa sotaṁ dīgharattānusayitaṁ;\nAtāri jātiṁ maraṇaṁ asesaṁ”,\nIccabravī bhagavā pañcaseṭṭho.","en":"“He cut off craving for name and form right here,”\nsaid the Buddha,\n“the river of darkness that had long lain within him.\nHe has entirely crossed over birth and death.”\nSo declared the Blessed One, the leader of the five."}},{"id":"snp2.12:15","sourceIds":["snp2.12:15.1","snp2.12:15.2","snp2.12:15.3","snp2.12:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Esa sutvā pasīdāmi,\nVaco te isisattama;\nAmoghaṁ kira me puṭṭhaṁ,\nNa maṁ vañcesi brāhmaṇo.","en":"“Now that I have heard your words,\nseventh of seers, I am confident.\nMy question, it seems, was not in vain,\nthe brahmin did not deceive me."}},{"id":"snp2.12:16","sourceIds":["snp2.12:16.1","snp2.12:16.2","snp2.12:16.3","snp2.12:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāvādī tathākārī,\nAhu buddhassa sāvako;\nAcchidā maccuno jālaṁ,\nTataṁ māyāvino daḷhaṁ.","en":"As he said, so he did—\nhe was a disciple of the Buddha.\nHe cut the net of death the deceiver,\nso extended and strong."}},{"id":"snp2.12:17","sourceIds":["snp2.12:17.1","snp2.12:17.2","snp2.12:17.3","snp2.12:17.4","snp2.12:17.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasā bhagavā ādiṁ,\nUpādānassa kappiyo;\nAccagā vata kappāyano,\nMaccudheyyaṁ suduttaran”ti.\nNigrodhakappasuttaṁ dvādasamaṁ.","en":"Blessed One, Kappāyana saw\nthe starting point of grasping.\nHe has indeed gone far beyond\nDeath’s dominion so hard to pass.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp2.12/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."}