{"id":"snp3.4","title":"With Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā on the Sacrificial Cake","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp3.4","title":"With Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā on the Sacrificial Cake","units":[{"id":"snp3.4:0","sourceIds":["snp3.4:0.1","snp3.4:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 3.4\nPūraḷāsa (sundarikabhāradvāja) sutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 3.4\nWith Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā on the Sacrificial Cake"}},{"id":"snp3.4:1","sourceIds":["snp3.4:1.1","snp3.4:1.2","snp3.4:1.3","snp3.4:1.4","snp3.4:1.5","snp3.4:1.6","snp3.4:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ 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 avidūre aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle sasīsaṁ pārutaṁ nisinnaṁ;\ndisvāna vāmena hatthena habyasesaṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena kamaṇḍaluṁ gahetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt 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."}},{"id":"snp3.4:2","sourceIds":["snp3.4:2.1","snp3.4:2.2","snp3.4:2.3","snp3.4:2.4","snp3.4:2.5","snp3.4:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha 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, yannūnāhaṁ upasaṅkamitvā jātiṁ puccheyyan”ti.\nAtha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁjacco bhavan”ti?","en":"When 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. Why don’t I go to him and ask about his birth?”\nThen the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā went up to the Buddha, and said to him,\n“Sir, what are you by birth?”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:3","sourceIds":["snp3.4:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā sundarikabhāradvājaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then the Buddha addressed Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā in verse:"}},{"id":"snp3.4:4","sourceIds":["snp3.4:4.1","snp3.4:4.2","snp3.4:4.3","snp3.4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na brāhmaṇo nomhi na rājaputto,\nNa vessāyano uda koci nomhi;\nGottaṁ pariññāya puthujjanānaṁ,\nAkiñcano manta carāmi loke.","en":"“I am no brahmin, nor am I a ruler,\nnor peasant nor anything else.\nFully understanding the clan of ordinary people,\nI wander in the world owning nothing, reflective."}},{"id":"snp3.4:5","sourceIds":["snp3.4:5.1","snp3.4:5.2","snp3.4:5.3","snp3.4:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅghāṭivāsī agaho carāmi,\nNivuttakeso abhinibbutatto;\nAlippamāno idha māṇavehi,\nAkallaṁ maṁ brāhmaṇa pucchasi gottapañhaṁ”.","en":"Clad in my cloak, I wander without home,\nmy hair shorn, quenched.\nSince I’m unburdened by sons of Manu,\nit’s inappropriate to ask me about clan.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:6","sourceIds":["snp3.4:6.1","snp3.4:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pucchanti ve bho brāhmaṇā brāhmaṇebhi,\nSaha brāhmaṇo no bhavan”ti.","en":"“Actually sir, when brahmins meet they politely\nask each other whether they are brahmins.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:7","sourceIds":["snp3.4:7.1","snp3.4:7.2","snp3.4:7.3","snp3.4:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Brāhmaṇo hi ce tvaṁ brūsi,\nMañca brūsi abrāhmaṇaṁ;\nTaṁ taṁ sāvittiṁ pucchāmi,\nTipadaṁ catuvīsatakkharaṁ”.","en":"“Well, if you say that you’re a brahmin,\nand that I am not,\nI shall question you on that Sāvitrī Prayer,\nwith its three lines and twenty-four syllables.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:8","sourceIds":["snp3.4:8.1","snp3.4:8.2","snp3.4:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ nissitā isayo manujā,\nKhattiyā brāhmaṇā devatānaṁ;\nYaññamakappayiṁsu puthū idha loke”.","en":"“On what grounds have seers and men,\naristocrats and brahmins here in the world\nperformed so many different sacrifices to the gods?”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:9","sourceIds":["snp3.4:9.1","snp3.4:9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadantagū vedagū yaññakāle,\nYassāhutiṁ labhe tassijjheti brūmi”.","en":"“During a sacrifice, should a past-master, a knowledge master,\nreceive an oblation, it profits the donor, I say.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:10","sourceIds":["snp3.4:10.1","snp3.4:10.2","snp3.4:10.3","snp3.4:10.4","snp3.4:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Addhā hi tassa hutamijjhe,\n(iti brāhmaṇo)\nYaṁ tādisaṁ vedagumaddasāma;\nTumhādisānañhi adassanena,\nAñño jano bhuñjati pūraḷāsaṁ”.","en":"“Then clearly my oblation will be profitable,”\nsaid the brahmin,\n“since I have met such a knowledge master.\nIt’s because I’d never met anyone like you\nthat others ate the sacrificial cake.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:11","sourceIds":["snp3.4:11.1","snp3.4:11.2","snp3.4:11.3","snp3.4:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tasmātiha tvaṁ brāhmaṇa atthena,\nAtthiko upasaṅkamma puccha;\nSantaṁ vidhūmaṁ anīghaṁ nirāsaṁ,\nAppevidha abhivinde sumedhaṁ”.","en":"“So then, brahmin, since you have approached me\nas a seeker of the good, ask.\nPerhaps you may find here someone intelligent,\npeaceful, unclouded, untroubled, with no need for hope.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:12","sourceIds":["snp3.4:12.1","snp3.4:12.2","snp3.4:12.3","snp3.4:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaññe ratohaṁ bho gotama,\nYaññaṁ yiṭṭhukāmo nāhaṁ pajānāmi;\nAnusāsatu maṁ bhavaṁ,\nYattha hutaṁ ijjhate brūhi me taṁ”.","en":"“Worthy Gotama, I like to sacrifice\nand wish to perform a sacrifice. Please advise me,\nfor I do not understand\nwhere an oblation is profitable; tell me this.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:13","sourceIds":["snp3.4:13.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tena hi tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, odahassu sotaṁ; dhammaṁ te desessāmi—","en":"“Well then, brahmin, listen up, I will teach you the Dhamma."}},{"id":"snp3.4:14","sourceIds":["snp3.4:14.1","snp3.4:14.2","snp3.4:14.3","snp3.4:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mā jātiṁ pucchī caraṇañca puccha,\nKaṭṭhā have jāyati jātavedo;\nNīcākulīnopi munī dhitīmā,\nĀjāniyo 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":"snp3.4:15","sourceIds":["snp3.4:15.1","snp3.4:15.2","snp3.4:15.3","snp3.4:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saccena danto damasā upeto,\nVedantagū vūsitabrahmacariyo;\nKālena tamhi habyaṁ pavecche,\nYo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha.","en":"Tamed by truth, fulfilled by taming,\na complete knowledge master who has completed the spiritual journey—\nthat is where a brahmin seeking merit\nshould bestow a timely oblation as sacrifice."}},{"id":"snp3.4:16","sourceIds":["snp3.4:16.1","snp3.4:16.2","snp3.4:16.3","snp3.4:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye kāme hitvā agahā caranti,\nSusaññatattā tasaraṁva ujjuṁ;\nKālena tesu habyaṁ pavecche,\nYo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha.","en":"Those who have left sensuality behind, wandering homeless,\nself-controlled, straight as a shuttle—\nthat is where a brahmin seeking merit\nshould bestow a timely oblation as sacrifice."}},{"id":"snp3.4:17","sourceIds":["snp3.4:17.1","snp3.4:17.2","snp3.4:17.3","snp3.4:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye vītarāgā susamāhitindriyā,\nCandova rāhuggahaṇā pamuttā;\nKālena tesu habyaṁ pavecche,\nYo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha.","en":"Those freed of greed, with senses stilled,\nlike the moon released from the eclipse—\nthat is where a brahmin seeking merit\nshould bestow a timely oblation as sacrifice."}},{"id":"snp3.4:18","sourceIds":["snp3.4:18.1","snp3.4:18.2","snp3.4:18.3","snp3.4:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asajjamānā vicaranti loke,\nSadā satā hitvā mamāyitāni;\nKālena tesu habyaṁ pavecche,\nYo brāhmaṇo puññapekkho yajetha.","en":"They wander the world unobstructed,\nalways mindful, calling nothing their own—\nthat is where a brahmin seeking merit\nshould bestow a timely oblation as sacrifice."}},{"id":"snp3.4:19","sourceIds":["snp3.4:19.1","snp3.4:19.2","snp3.4:19.3","snp3.4:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo kāme hitvā abhibhuyyacārī,\nYo vedi jātīmaraṇassa antaṁ;\nParinibbuto udakarahadova sīto,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"Having left sensuality behind, wandering triumphant,\nknowing the end of rebirth and death,\nquenched and cool as a lake:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:20","sourceIds":["snp3.4:20.1","snp3.4:20.2","snp3.4:20.3","snp3.4:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samo samehi visamehi dūre,\nTathāgato hoti anantapañño;\nAnūpalitto idha vā huraṁ vā,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"Good among the good, far from the bad,\nthe Realized One has infinite wisdom.\nUnsullied in this life and the next:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:21","sourceIds":["snp3.4:21.1","snp3.4:21.2","snp3.4:21.3","snp3.4:21.4","snp3.4:21.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yamhi na māyā vasati na māno,\nYo vītalobho amamo nirāso;\nPaṇunnakodho abhinibbutatto,\nYo brāhmaṇo sokamalaṁ ahāsi;\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"In whom dwells no deceit or conceit,\nrid of greed, unselfish, with no need for hope,\nwith anger cast aside, quenched,\na brahmin rid of sorrow’s stain:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:22","sourceIds":["snp3.4:22.1","snp3.4:22.2","snp3.4:22.3","snp3.4:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nivesanaṁ yo manaso ahāsi,\nPariggahā yassa na santi keci;\nAnupādiyāno idha vā huraṁ vā,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"He has given up the mind’s home,\nand has no possessions at all.\nNot grasping to this life or the next:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:23","sourceIds":["snp3.4:23.1","snp3.4:23.2","snp3.4:23.3","snp3.4:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samāhito yo udatāri oghaṁ,\nDhammaṁ caññāsi paramāya diṭṭhiyā;\nKhīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"Serene, he has crossed the flood,\nand has understood the teaching with ultimate view.\nWith defilements ended, bearing his final body:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:24","sourceIds":["snp3.4:24.1","snp3.4:24.2","snp3.4:24.3","snp3.4:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhavāsavā yassa vacī kharā ca,\nVidhūpitā atthagatā na santi;\nSa vedagū sabbadhi vippamutto,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"In whom desire to be reborn, and caustic speech\nare cleared and ended, and are no more;\nthat knowledge master, everywhere free:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:25","sourceIds":["snp3.4:25.1","snp3.4:25.2","snp3.4:25.3","snp3.4:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅgātigo yassa na santi saṅgā,\nYo mānasattesu amānasatto;\nDukkhaṁ pariññāya sakhettavatthuṁ,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"He has slipped his chains, he’s chained no more,\namong those caught in conceit he is free of conceit;\nhe has fully understood suffering with its field and ground:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:26","sourceIds":["snp3.4:26.1","snp3.4:26.2","snp3.4:26.3","snp3.4:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āsaṁ anissāya vivekadassī,\nParavediyaṁ diṭṭhimupātivatto;\nĀrammaṇā yassa na santi keci,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"Not relying on hope, seeing seclusion,\nwell past the views proclaimed by others.\nIn him there are no supporting conditions at all:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:27","sourceIds":["snp3.4:27.1","snp3.4:27.2","snp3.4:27.3","snp3.4:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paroparā yassa samecca dhammā,\nVidhūpitā atthagatā na santi;\nSanto upādānakhaye vimutto,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"He has comprehended all things, high and low,\ncleared them and ended them, so they are no more.\nPeaceful, freed in the ending of grasping:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:28","sourceIds":["snp3.4:28.1","snp3.4:28.2","snp3.4:28.3","snp3.4:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyojanaṁ jātikhayantadassī,\nYopānudi rāgapathaṁ asesaṁ;\nSuddho nidoso vimalo akāco,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"He sees the ending of rebirth’s fetter,\nand has cast aside all manner of desire.\nPure, stainless, immaculate, flawless:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:29","sourceIds":["snp3.4:29.1","snp3.4:29.2","snp3.4:29.3","snp3.4:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo attano attānaṁ nānupassati,\nSamāhito ujjugato ṭhitatto;\nSa ve anejo akhilo akaṅkho,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ.","en":"Not seeing himself in terms of a self,\nhe is stilled, sincere, and steadfast.\nImperturbable, kind, wishless:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake."}},{"id":"snp3.4:30","sourceIds":["snp3.4:30.1","snp3.4:30.2","snp3.4:30.3","snp3.4:30.4","snp3.4:30.5","snp3.4:30.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mohantarā yassa na santi keci,\nSabbesu dhammesu ca ñāṇadassī;\nSarīrañca antimaṁ dhāreti,\nPatto ca sambodhimanuttaraṁ sivaṁ;\nEttāvatā yakkhassa suddhi,\nTathāgato arahati pūraḷāsaṁ”.","en":"He harbors no delusions within at all,\nhe has insight into all things.\nHe bears his final body,\nattained to the state of grace, the supreme awakening.\nThat’s how the purity of a spirit is defined:\nthe Realized One is worthy of the sacrificial cake.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:31","sourceIds":["snp3.4:31.1","snp3.4:31.2","snp3.4:31.3","snp3.4:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Hutañca mayhaṁ hutamatthu saccaṁ,\nYaṁ tādisaṁ vedagunaṁ alatthaṁ;\nBrahmā hi sakkhi paṭigaṇhātu me bhagavā,\nBhuñjatu me bhagavā pūraḷāsaṁ”.","en":"“Let my oblation be a true offering,\nsince I have found such a knowledge master!\nI see divinity in person! Accept my offering, Blessed One:\nplease eat my sacrificial cake.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:32","sourceIds":["snp3.4:32.1","snp3.4:32.2","snp3.4:32.3","snp3.4:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Gāthābhigītaṁ me abhojaneyyaṁ,\nSampassataṁ brāhmaṇa nesa dhammo;\nGāthābhigītaṁ panudanti buddhā,\nDhamme satī 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":"snp3.4:33","sourceIds":["snp3.4:33.1","snp3.4:33.2","snp3.4:33.3","snp3.4:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññena ca kevalinaṁ mahesiṁ,\nKhīṇāsavaṁ kukkuccavūpasantaṁ;\nAnnena pānena upaṭṭhahassu,\nKhettañhi taṁ puññapekkhassa hoti”.","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":"snp3.4:34","sourceIds":["snp3.4:34.1","snp3.4:34.2","snp3.4:34.3","snp3.4:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhāhaṁ bhagavā tathā vijaññaṁ,\nYo dakkhiṇaṁ bhuñjeyya mādisassa;\nYaṁ yaññakāle pariyesamāno,\nPappuyya tava sāsanaṁ”.","en":"“Please, Blessed One, help me understand:\nnow that I have found your teaching,\nwhen I look for someone during a sacrifice,\nwho should eat the religious donation of one like me?”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:35","sourceIds":["snp3.4:35.1","snp3.4:35.2","snp3.4:35.3","snp3.4:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sārambhā yassa vigatā,\nCittaṁ yassa anāvilaṁ;\nVippamutto ca kāmehi,\nThinaṁ yassa panūditaṁ.","en":"“One who is rid of aggression,\nwhose mind is unclouded,\nwho is liberated from sensual pleasures,\nand who has cast aside dullness."}},{"id":"snp3.4:36","sourceIds":["snp3.4:36.1","snp3.4:36.2","snp3.4:36.3","snp3.4:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīmantānaṁ vinetāraṁ,\nJātimaraṇakovidaṁ;\nMuniṁ moneyyasampannaṁ,\nTādisaṁ yaññamāgataṁ.","en":"One who has erased perimeters and limits,\nexpert in birth and death,\na sage, blessed with sagacity.\nWhen such a person comes to the sacrifice,"}},{"id":"snp3.4:37","sourceIds":["snp3.4:37.1","snp3.4:37.2","snp3.4:37.3","snp3.4:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhakuṭiṁ vinayitvāna,\nPañjalikā namassatha;\nPūjetha annapānena,\nEvaṁ ijjhanti dakkhiṇā”.","en":"get rid of your scowl!\nHonor them with cupped palms,\nand venerate them with food and drink,\nand in this way your religious donation will succeed.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:38","sourceIds":["snp3.4:38.1","snp3.4:38.2","snp3.4:38.3","snp3.4:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Buddho bhavaṁ arahati pūraḷāsaṁ,\nPuññakhettamanuttaraṁ;\nĀyāgo sabbalokassa,\nBhoto dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti.","en":"“The Buddha is worthy of the sacrificial cake,\nhe is the supreme field of merit,\nrecipient of gifts from the whole world;\nwhat’s given to the worthy one is very fruitful.”"}},{"id":"snp3.4:39","sourceIds":["snp3.4:39.1","snp3.4:39.2","snp3.4:39.3","snp3.4:39.4","snp3.4:39.5","snp3.4:39.6","snp3.4:39.7","snp3.4:39.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama.\nSeyyathāpi, bho gotama, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṁ bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEsāhaṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nLabheyyāhaṁ bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṁ, labheyyaṁ upasampadan”ti.\nAlattha kho sundarikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo …pe…\narahataṁ ahosīti.\nSundarikabhāradvājasuttaṁ catutthaṁ.","en":"Then the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent!\nAs if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, worthy Gotama has made the teaching clear in many ways.\nI go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.\nMay I receive the going forth, the ordination in the worthy Gotama’s presence?”\nAnd the brahmin Bhāradvāja of Sundarikā received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.\nAnd soon after, he became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp3.4/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."}