{"id":"snp5.1","title":"Introductory Verses","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.1","title":"Introductory Verses","units":[{"id":"snp5.1:0","sourceIds":["snp5.1:0.1","snp5.1:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.1\nVatthugāthā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.1\nIntroductory Verses"}},{"id":"snp5.1:1","sourceIds":["snp5.1:1.1","snp5.1:1.2","snp5.1:1.3","snp5.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kosalānaṁ purā rammā,\nagamā dakkhiṇāpathaṁ;\nĀkiñcaññaṁ patthayāno,\nbrāhmaṇo mantapāragū.","en":"From the fair city of the Kosalans\nto the southern region\ncame a brahmin expert in hymns,\naspiring to nothingness."}},{"id":"snp5.1:2","sourceIds":["snp5.1:2.1","snp5.1:2.2","snp5.1:2.3","snp5.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So assakassa visaye,\naḷakassa samāsane;\nVasi godhāvarīkūle,\nuñchena ca phalena ca.","en":"He settled in a region under the shared dominion\nof Assaka and Muḷaka,\nwhere he lived on the bank of the Godāvarī River,\ngetting by on gleanings and fruit."}},{"id":"snp5.1:3","sourceIds":["snp5.1:3.1","snp5.1:3.2","snp5.1:3.3","snp5.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasseva upanissāya,\ngāmo ca vipulo ahu;\nTato jātena āyena,\nmahāyaññamakappayi.","en":"He was supported\nby a prosperous village nearby.\nWith the revenue earned from there\nhe performed a great sacrifice."}},{"id":"snp5.1:4","sourceIds":["snp5.1:4.1","snp5.1:4.2","snp5.1:4.3","snp5.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahāyaññaṁ yajitvāna,\npuna pāvisi assamaṁ;\nTasmiṁ paṭipaviṭṭhamhi,\nañño āgañchi brāhmaṇo.","en":"When he had completed the great sacrifice,\nhe returned to his hermitage once more.\nUpon his return,\nanother brahmin arrived."}},{"id":"snp5.1:5","sourceIds":["snp5.1:5.1","snp5.1:5.2","snp5.1:5.3","snp5.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ugghaṭṭapādo tasito,\npaṅkadanto rajassiro;\nSo ca naṁ upasaṅkamma,\nsatāni pañca yācati.","en":"Foot-sore and thirsty,\nwith grotty teeth and dusty head,\nhe approached the other\nand asked for five hundred coins."}},{"id":"snp5.1:6","sourceIds":["snp5.1:6.1","snp5.1:6.2","snp5.1:6.3","snp5.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ bāvarī disvā,\nāsanena nimantayi;\nSukhañca kusalaṁ pucchi,\nidaṁ vacanamabravi.","en":"When Bāvari saw him,\nhe invited him to sit down,\nasked of his happiness and well-being,\nand said the following."}},{"id":"snp5.1:7","sourceIds":["snp5.1:7.1","snp5.1:7.2","snp5.1:7.3","snp5.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kho mama deyyadhammaṁ,\nSabbaṁ visajjitaṁ mayā;\nAnujānāhi me brahme,\nNatthi pañcasatāni me”.","en":"“Whatever I had available to give,\nI have already distributed.\nBelieve me, brahmin,\nI don’t have five hundred coins.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:8","sourceIds":["snp5.1:8.1","snp5.1:8.2","snp5.1:8.3","snp5.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sace me yācamānassa,\nbhavaṁ nānupadassati;\nSattame divase tuyhaṁ,\nmuddhā phalatu sattadhā”.","en":"“If, good fellow, you do not\ngive me what I ask,\nthen on the seventh day,\nlet your head explode in seven!”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:9","sourceIds":["snp5.1:9.1","snp5.1:9.2","snp5.1:9.3","snp5.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhisaṅkharitvā kuhako,\nbheravaṁ so akittayi;\nTassa taṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nbāvarī dukkhito ahu.","en":"After performing a ritual,\nthat charlatan uttered his dreadful curse.\nWhen he heard these words,\nBāvari became distressed."}},{"id":"snp5.1:10","sourceIds":["snp5.1:10.1","snp5.1:10.2","snp5.1:10.3","snp5.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ussussati anāhāro,\nSokasallasamappito;\nAthopi evaṁ cittassa,\nJhāne na ramatī mano.","en":"Not eating, he grew emaciated,\nstricken by the dart of sorrow.\nAnd in such a state of mind,\nhe could not enjoy absorption."}},{"id":"snp5.1:11","sourceIds":["snp5.1:11.1","snp5.1:11.2","snp5.1:11.3","snp5.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Utrastaṁ dukkhitaṁ disvā,\nDevatā atthakāminī;\nBāvariṁ upasaṅkamma,\nIdaṁ vacanamabravi.","en":"Seeing him anxious and distraught,\na goddess wishing to help,\napproached Bāvari\nand said the following."}},{"id":"snp5.1:12","sourceIds":["snp5.1:12.1","snp5.1:12.2","snp5.1:12.3","snp5.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na so muddhaṁ pajānāti,\nKuhako so dhanatthiko;\nMuddhani muddhapāte vā,\nÑāṇaṁ tassa na vijjati”.","en":"“That charlatan understands nothing\nabout the head, he only wants money.\nWhen it comes to heads or head-splitting,\nhe has no knowledge at all.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:13","sourceIds":["snp5.1:13.1","snp5.1:13.2","snp5.1:13.3","snp5.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhotī carahi jānāsi,\nTaṁ me akkhāhi pucchitā;\nMuddhaṁ muddhādhipātañca,\nTaṁ suṇoma vaco tava”.","en":"“Then you, Madam, must know—\nplease answer my question.\nLet me hear what you say\nabout heads and head-splitting.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:14","sourceIds":["snp5.1:14.1","snp5.1:14.2","snp5.1:14.3","snp5.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ahampetaṁ na jānāmi,\nÑāṇamettha na vijjati;\nMuddhani muddhādhipāte ca,\nJinānaṁ hettha dassanaṁ”.","en":"“I too do not know that,\nI have no knowledge in that matter.\nWhen it comes to heads or head-splitting,\nit is the Victors who have vision.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:15","sourceIds":["snp5.1:15.1","snp5.1:15.2","snp5.1:15.3","snp5.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atha ko carahi jānāti,\nAsmiṁ pathavimaṇḍale;\nMuddhaṁ muddhādhipātañca,\nTaṁ me akkhāhi devate”.","en":"“So who then,\nin all this vast territory,\ndoes know about heads and head-splitting?\nPlease tell me, goddess.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:16","sourceIds":["snp5.1:16.1","snp5.1:16.2","snp5.1:16.3","snp5.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Purā kapilavatthumhā,\nNikkhanto lokanāyako;\nApacco okkākarājassa,\nSakyaputto pabhaṅkaro.","en":"“From the city of Kapilavatthu\nthe World Leader has gone forth.\nHe is a scion of King Okkāka,\na Sakyan, and a beacon."}},{"id":"snp5.1:17","sourceIds":["snp5.1:17.1","snp5.1:17.2","snp5.1:17.3","snp5.1:17.4","snp5.1:17.5","snp5.1:17.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So hi brāhmaṇa sambuddho,\nSabbadhammāna pāragū;\nSabbābhiññābalappatto,\nSabbadhammesu cakkhumā;\nSabbakammakkhayaṁ patto,\nVimutto upadhikkhaye.","en":"For he, brahmin, is the Awakened One!\nHe has gone beyond all things;\nhe has attained to all knowledge and power;\nhis eye sees clearly in all things,\nhe has attained the end of all deeds;\nhe is freed with the ending of attachments."}},{"id":"snp5.1:18","sourceIds":["snp5.1:18.1","snp5.1:18.2","snp5.1:18.3","snp5.1:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Buddho so bhagavā loke,\nDhammaṁ deseti cakkhumā;\nTaṁ tvaṁ gantvāna pucchassu,\nSo te taṁ byākarissati”.","en":"That Buddha, the Blessed One in the world,\nthe Clear-eyed One, teaches Dhamma.\nGo to him and ask—\nhe will answer you.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:19","sourceIds":["snp5.1:19.1","snp5.1:19.2","snp5.1:19.3","snp5.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sambuddhoti vaco sutvā,\nUdaggo bāvarī ahu;\nSokassa tanuko āsi,\nPītiñca vipulaṁ labhi.","en":"When he heard the word “Buddha”,\nBāvari was elated.\nHis sorrow faded,\nand he was filled to brimming with joy."}},{"id":"snp5.1:20","sourceIds":["snp5.1:20.1","snp5.1:20.2","snp5.1:20.3","snp5.1:20.4","snp5.1:20.5","snp5.1:20.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So bāvarī attamano udaggo,\nTaṁ devataṁ pucchati vedajāto;\n“Katamamhi gāme nigamamhi vā pana,\nKatamamhi vā janapade lokanātho;\nYattha gantvāna passemu,\nSambuddhaṁ dvipaduttamaṁ”.","en":"Uplifted, elated, and inspired,\nBāvari questioned that goddess:\n“But in what village or town,\nor in what land is the protector of the world,\nwhere we may go and pay respects\nto the Awakened One, best of men?”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:21","sourceIds":["snp5.1:21.1","snp5.1:21.2","snp5.1:21.3","snp5.1:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sāvatthiyaṁ kosalamandire jino,\nPahūtapañño varabhūrimedhaso;\nSo sakyaputto vidhuro anāsavo,\nMuddhādhipātassa vidū narāsabho”.","en":"“Near Sāvatthī, home of the Kosalans, is the Victor\nabounding in wisdom, vast in intelligence.\nThat Sakyan is indefatigable, free of defilements,\nthat captain of men understands head-splitting.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:22","sourceIds":["snp5.1:22.1","snp5.1:22.2","snp5.1:22.3","snp5.1:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato āmantayī sisse,\nBrāhmaṇe mantapārage;\n“Etha māṇavā akkhissaṁ,\nSuṇātha vacanaṁ mama.","en":"Therefore he addressed his acolytes,\nbrahmins who had mastered the hymns:\n“Come, students, I shall speak.\nListen to what I say."}},{"id":"snp5.1:23","sourceIds":["snp5.1:23.1","snp5.1:23.2","snp5.1:23.3","snp5.1:23.4","snp5.1:23.5","snp5.1:23.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasseso dullabho loke,\nPātubhāvo abhiṇhaso;\nSvājja lokamhi uppanno,\nSambuddho iti vissuto;\nKhippaṁ gantvāna sāvatthiṁ,\nPassavho dvipaduttamaṁ”.","en":"Today has arisen in the world\none whose appearance in the world\nis hard to find again—\nhe is renowned as the Awakened One.\nQuickly go to Sāvatthī\nand see the best of men.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:24","sourceIds":["snp5.1:24.1","snp5.1:24.2","snp5.1:24.3","snp5.1:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ carahi jānemu,\nDisvā buddhoti brāhmaṇa;\nAjānataṁ no pabrūhi,\nYathā jānemu taṁ mayaṁ”.","en":"“Brahmin, how then are we to know\nthe Buddha when we see him?\nWe don’t know, please tell us,\nso we can recognize him.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:25","sourceIds":["snp5.1:25.1","snp5.1:25.2","snp5.1:25.3","snp5.1:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Āgatāni hi mantesu,\nMahāpurisalakkhaṇā;\nDvattiṁsāni ca byākkhātā,\nSamattā anupubbaso.","en":"“The marks of a great man\nhave been handed down in our hymns.\nThirty-two have been described,\ncomplete and in order."}},{"id":"snp5.1:26","sourceIds":["snp5.1:26.1","snp5.1:26.2","snp5.1:26.3","snp5.1:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassete honti gattesu,\nMahāpurisalakkhaṇā;\nDveyeva tassa gatiyo,\nTatiyā hi na vijjati.","en":"One upon whose body is found\nthese marks of a great man\nhas two possible destinies,\nthere is no third."}},{"id":"snp5.1:27","sourceIds":["snp5.1:27.1","snp5.1:27.2","snp5.1:27.3","snp5.1:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace agāraṁ āvasati,\nVijeyya pathaviṁ imaṁ;\nAdaṇḍena asatthena,\nDhammena manusāsati.","en":"If he stays at home,\nhaving conquered this land\nwithout rod or sword,\nhe shall govern by principle."}},{"id":"snp5.1:28","sourceIds":["snp5.1:28.1","snp5.1:28.2","snp5.1:28.3","snp5.1:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace ca so pabbajati,\nAgārā anagāriyaṁ;\nVivaṭṭacchado sambuddho,\nArahā bhavati anuttaro.","en":"But if he goes forth\nfrom the lay life to homelessness,\nhe becomes an Awakened One, a perfected one,\nwith veil cast off, supreme."}},{"id":"snp5.1:29","sourceIds":["snp5.1:29.1","snp5.1:29.2","snp5.1:29.3","snp5.1:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jātiṁ gottañca lakkhaṇaṁ,\nMante sisse punāpare;\nMuddhaṁ muddhādhipātañca,\nManasāyeva pucchatha.","en":"Ask him about my birth, clan, and marks,\nmy hymns and acolytes; and further,\nabout heads and head-splitting—\nbut do so only in your mind!"}},{"id":"snp5.1:30","sourceIds":["snp5.1:30.1","snp5.1:30.2","snp5.1:30.3","snp5.1:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anāvaraṇadassāvī,\nYadi buddho bhavissati;\nManasā pucchite pañhe,\nVācāya vissajessati”.","en":"If he is the Buddha\nof unhindered vision,\nhe will answer with his voice\nthe questions in your mind.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:31","sourceIds":["snp5.1:31.1","snp5.1:31.2","snp5.1:31.3","snp5.1:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bāvarissa vaco sutvā,\nSissā soḷasa brāhmaṇā;\nAjito tissametteyyo,\nPuṇṇako atha mettagū.","en":"Sixteen brahmin acolytes\nheard what Bāvari said:\nAjita, Tissametteyya,\nPuṇṇaka and Mettagū,"}},{"id":"snp5.1:32","sourceIds":["snp5.1:32.1","snp5.1:32.2","snp5.1:32.3","snp5.1:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhotako upasīvo ca,\nNando ca atha hemako;\nTodeyya-kappā dubhayo,\nJatukaṇṇī ca paṇḍito.","en":"Dhotaka and Upasīva,\nNanda and then Hemaka,\nboth Todeyya and Kappa,\nand Jatukaṇṇī the astute,"}},{"id":"snp5.1:33","sourceIds":["snp5.1:33.1","snp5.1:33.2","snp5.1:33.3","snp5.1:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhadrāvudho udayo ca,\nPosālo cāpi brāhmaṇo;\nMogharājā ca medhāvī,\nPiṅgiyo ca mahāisi.","en":"Bhadrāvudha and Udaya,\nand the brahmin Posāla,\nMogharāja the intelligent,\nand Piṅgiya the great seer."}},{"id":"snp5.1:34","sourceIds":["snp5.1:34.1","snp5.1:34.2","snp5.1:34.3","snp5.1:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paccekagaṇino sabbe,\nSabbalokassa vissutā;\nJhāyī jhānaratā dhīrā,\nPubbavāsanavāsitā.","en":"Each of them had their own following,\nthey were renowned the whole world over.\nThose attentive ones, meditators who love absorption,\nwere redolent with the potential of their past deeds."}},{"id":"snp5.1:35","sourceIds":["snp5.1:35.1","snp5.1:35.2","snp5.1:35.3","snp5.1:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bāvariṁ abhivādetvā,\nKatvā ca naṁ padakkhiṇaṁ;\nJaṭājinadharā sabbe,\nPakkāmuṁ uttarāmukhā.","en":"Having bowed to Bāvari,\nand circled him to his right,\nthey set out for the north,\nwith their dreadlocks and hides."}},{"id":"snp5.1:36","sourceIds":["snp5.1:36.1","snp5.1:36.2","snp5.1:36.3","snp5.1:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aḷakassa patiṭṭhānaṁ,\nPurimāhissatiṁ tadā;\nUjjeniñcāpi gonaddhaṁ,\nVedisaṁ vanasavhayaṁ.","en":"First to Patiṭṭhāna of Muḷaka,\nthen on to the citadel of Māhissatī;\nto Ujjenī and Gonaddhā,\nand Vedisa, and Vanasa."}},{"id":"snp5.1:37","sourceIds":["snp5.1:37.1","snp5.1:37.2","snp5.1:37.3","snp5.1:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kosambiñcāpi sāketaṁ,\nSāvatthiñca puruttamaṁ;\nSetabyaṁ kapilavatthuṁ,\nKusinārañca mandiraṁ.","en":"Then to Kosambī and Sāketa,\nand the capital city of Sāvatthī;\non they went to Setavyā and Kapilavatthu,\nand the homestead at Kusinārā."}},{"id":"snp5.1:38","sourceIds":["snp5.1:38.1","snp5.1:38.2","snp5.1:38.3","snp5.1:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāvañca bhoganagaraṁ,\nVesāliṁ māgadhaṁ puraṁ;\nPāsāṇakaṁ cetiyañca,\nRamaṇīyaṁ manoramaṁ.","en":"To Pāvā they went, and Bhoga City,\nand on to Vesālī and the Magadhan city.\nFinally they reached the Pāsāṇaka Shrine,\nfair and delightful."}},{"id":"snp5.1:39","sourceIds":["snp5.1:39.1","snp5.1:39.2","snp5.1:39.3","snp5.1:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasitovudakaṁ sītaṁ,\nMahālābhaṁva vāṇijo;\nChāyaṁ ghammābhitattova,\nTuritā pabbatamāruhuṁ.","en":"Like a thirsty person to cool water,\nlike a merchant to great profit,\nlike a heat-struck person to shade,\nthey quickly climbed the mountain."}},{"id":"snp5.1:40","sourceIds":["snp5.1:40.1","snp5.1:40.2","snp5.1:40.3","snp5.1:40.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhagavā tamhi samaye,\nBhikkhusaṅghapurakkhato;\nBhikkhūnaṁ dhammaṁ deseti,\nSīhova nadatī vane.","en":"At that time the Buddha,\nat the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha,\nwas teaching the mendicants the Dhamma,\nlike a lion roaring in the jungle."}},{"id":"snp5.1:41","sourceIds":["snp5.1:41.1","snp5.1:41.2","snp5.1:41.3","snp5.1:41.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajito addasa buddhaṁ,\nSataraṁsiṁva bhāṇumaṁ;\nCandaṁ yathā pannarase,\nPāripūriṁ upāgataṁ.","en":"Ajita saw the Buddha,\nlike the sun shining with a hundred rays,\nlike the moon on the fifteenth day\nwhen it has come into its fullness."}},{"id":"snp5.1:42","sourceIds":["snp5.1:42.1","snp5.1:42.2","snp5.1:42.3","snp5.1:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athassa gatte disvāna,\nParipūrañca byañjanaṁ;\nEkamantaṁ ṭhito haṭṭho,\nManopañhe apucchatha.","en":"Then he saw his body,\ncomplete in all features.\nThrilled, he stood to one side\nand asked this question in his mind."}},{"id":"snp5.1:43","sourceIds":["snp5.1:43.1","snp5.1:43.2","snp5.1:43.3","snp5.1:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ādissa jammanaṁ brūhi,\nGottaṁ brūhi salakkhaṇaṁ;\nMantesu pāramiṁ brūhi,\nKati vāceti brāhmaṇo”.","en":"“Speak about the brahmin’s birth;\nof his clan; and his own marks;\nwhat hymns is he proficient in;\nand how many he teaches.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:44","sourceIds":["snp5.1:44.1","snp5.1:44.2","snp5.1:44.3","snp5.1:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vīsaṁ vassasataṁ āyu,\nSo ca gottena bāvarī;\nTīṇissa lakkhaṇā gatte,\nTiṇṇaṁ vedāna pāragū.","en":"“His age is a hundred and twenty.\nBy clan he is a Bāvari.\nThere are three marks on his body.\nHe is a master of the three Vedas,"}},{"id":"snp5.1:45","sourceIds":["snp5.1:45.1","snp5.1:45.2","snp5.1:45.3","snp5.1:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Lakkhaṇe itihāse ca,\nSanighaṇḍusakeṭubhe;\nPañcasatāni vāceti,\nSadhamme pāramiṁ gato”.","en":"the teachings on the marks, the testaments,\nthe vocabularies, and the rituals.\nHe teaches recitation to five hundred,\nand has reached proficiency in his own teaching.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:46","sourceIds":["snp5.1:46.1","snp5.1:46.2","snp5.1:46.3","snp5.1:46.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Lakkhaṇānaṁ pavicayaṁ,\nBāvarissa naruttama;\nKaṅkhacchida pakāsehi,\nMā no kaṅkhāyitaṁ ahu”.","en":"“O supreme man, cutter of craving,\nplease reveal in detail\nBāvari’s marks—\nlet us doubt no longer!”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:47","sourceIds":["snp5.1:47.1","snp5.1:47.2","snp5.1:47.3","snp5.1:47.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mukhaṁ jivhāya chādeti,\nUṇṇassa bhamukantare;\nKosohitaṁ vatthaguyhaṁ,\nEvaṁ jānāhi māṇava”.","en":"“He can cover his face with his tongue;\nthere is a tuft of hair between his eyebrows;\nhis private parts are sheathed in a foreskin:\nknow them as this, student.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:48","sourceIds":["snp5.1:48.1","snp5.1:48.2","snp5.1:48.3","snp5.1:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pucchañhi kiñci asuṇanto,\nSutvā pañhe viyākate;\nVicinteti jano sabbo,\nVedajāto katañjalī.","en":"Hearing the answers\nwithout having heard any questions,\nall the people, inspired,\nwith cupped palms, wondered:"}},{"id":"snp5.1:49","sourceIds":["snp5.1:49.1","snp5.1:49.2","snp5.1:49.3","snp5.1:49.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko nu devo vā brahmā vā,\nIndo vāpi sujampati;\nManasā pucchite pañhe,\nKametaṁ paṭibhāsati”.","en":"“Who is it that asked a question with their mind?\nWas it a god or divinity?\nOr Indra, Sujā’s husband?\nTo whom does the Buddha reply?”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:50","sourceIds":["snp5.1:50.1","snp5.1:50.2","snp5.1:50.3","snp5.1:50.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Muddhaṁ muddhādhipātañca,\nBāvarī paripucchati;\nTaṁ byākarohi bhagavā,\nKaṅkhaṁ vinaya no ise”.","en":"“Bāvari asks\nabout heads and head-splitting.\nMay the Buddha please answer,\nand so, O seer, dispel our doubt.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:51","sourceIds":["snp5.1:51.1","snp5.1:51.2","snp5.1:51.3","snp5.1:51.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Avijjā muddhāti jānāhi,\nVijjā muddhādhipātinī;\nSaddhāsatisamādhīhi,\nChandaviriyena saṁyutā”.","en":"“Know ignorance as the head,\nand knowledge as the head-splitter,\nwhen joined with faith, mindfulness, and immersion,\nand enthusiasm and energy.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:52","sourceIds":["snp5.1:52.1","snp5.1:52.2","snp5.1:52.3","snp5.1:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato vedena mahatā,\nSanthambhitvāna māṇavo;\nEkaṁsaṁ ajinaṁ katvā,\nPādesu sirasā pati.","en":"At that, the student,\nfull of inspiration,\narranged his antelope-skin cloak over one shoulder,\nand fell with his head to the Buddha’s feet."}},{"id":"snp5.1:53","sourceIds":["snp5.1:53.1","snp5.1:53.2","snp5.1:53.3","snp5.1:53.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bāvarī brāhmaṇo bhoto,\nSaha sissehi mārisa;\nUdaggacitto sumano,\nPāde vandati cakkhuma”.","en":"“Good fellow, the brahmin Bāvari\ntogether with his acolytes,\nelated and happy,\nbows to your feet, O Clear-eyed One!”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:54","sourceIds":["snp5.1:54.1","snp5.1:54.2","snp5.1:54.3","snp5.1:54.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sukhito bāvarī hotu,\nSaha sissehi brāhmaṇo;\nTvañcāpi sukhito hohi,\nCiraṁ jīvāhi māṇava.","en":"“May the brahmin Bāvari be happy,\ntogether with his acolytes.\nAnd may you, too, be happy!\nMay you live long, student."}},{"id":"snp5.1:55","sourceIds":["snp5.1:55.1","snp5.1:55.2","snp5.1:55.3","snp5.1:55.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bāvarissa ca tuyhaṁ vā,\nSabbesaṁ sabbasaṁsayaṁ;\nKatāvakāsā pucchavho,\nYaṁ kiñci manasicchatha”.","en":"To Bāvari and you all\nI grant the opportunity to clear up all doubt.\nPlease ask\nwhatever you want.”"}},{"id":"snp5.1:56","sourceIds":["snp5.1:56.1","snp5.1:56.2","snp5.1:56.3","snp5.1:56.4","snp5.1:56.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sambuddhena katokāso,\nNisīditvāna pañjalī;\nAjito paṭhamaṁ pañhaṁ,\nTattha pucchi tathāgataṁ.\nVatthugāthā niṭṭhitā.","en":"Granted the opportunity by the Buddha,\nthey sat down with cupped palms.\nAjita asked the Realized One\nthe first question right there.\nThe introductory verses are finished."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.1/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."}