{"id":"ud7.9","title":"The Well","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud7.9","title":"The Well","units":[{"id":"ud7.9:0","sourceIds":["ud7.9:0.1","ud7.9:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 7.9\nUdapānasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 7.9\nThe Well"}},{"id":"ud7.9:1","sourceIds":["ud7.9:1.1","ud7.9:1.2","ud7.9:1.3","ud7.9:1.4","ud7.9:1.5","ud7.9:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā mallesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ yena thūṇaṁ nāma mallānaṁ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari.\nAssosuṁ kho thūṇeyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā:\n“samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito mallesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ thūṇaṁ anuppatto”ti.\n(…) Udapānaṁ tiṇassa ca bhusassa ca yāva mukhato pūresuṁ:\n“mā te muṇḍakā samaṇakā pānīyaṁ apaṁsū”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Mallas together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants when he arrived at a brahmin town of the Mallas named Thūṇa.\nThe brahmins and householders of Thūṇa heard:\n“It seems the ascetic Gotama—a Sakyan, gone forth from a Sakyan family—while wandering in the land of the Mallas has arrived at Thūṇa, together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants.”\nThey filled the well with grass and hay right to the top, thinking,\n“Don’t let these shavelings, these fake ascetics drink the water.”"}},{"id":"ud7.9:2","sourceIds":["ud7.9:2.1","ud7.9:2.2","ud7.9:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā maggā okkamma yena rukkhamūlaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.\nNisajja kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ āmantesi:\n“iṅgha me tvaṁ, ānanda, etamhā udapānā pānīyaṁ āharā”ti.","en":"And then the Buddha left the road, went to the root of a tree, and sat down on the seat spread out.\nWhen he was seated he said to Venerable Ānanda:\n“Go on then, Ānanda, fetch me some water from that well.”"}},{"id":"ud7.9:3","sourceIds":["ud7.9:3.1","ud7.9:3.2","ud7.9:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“idāni so, bhante, udapāno thūṇeyyakehi brāhmaṇagahapatikehi tiṇassa ca bhusassa ca yāva mukhato pūrito:\n‘mā te muṇḍakā samaṇakā pānīyaṁ apaṁsū’”ti.","en":"When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,\n“Just now, sir, the brahmins and householders of Thūṇa filled the well with grass and hay right to the top, thinking,\n‘Don’t let these shavelings, these fake ascetics drink the water.’”"}},{"id":"ud7.9:4","sourceIds":["ud7.9:4.1","ud7.9:4.2","ud7.9:4.3","ud7.9:4.4","ud7.9:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dutiyampi kho …pe…\ntatiyampi kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ āmantesi:\n“iṅgha me tvaṁ, ānanda, etamhā udapānā pānīyaṁ āharā”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ānando bhagavato paṭissutvā pattaṁ gahetvā yena so udapāno tenupasaṅkami.\nAtha kho so udapāno āyasmante ānande upasaṅkamante sabbaṁ taṁ tiṇañca bhusañca mukhato ovamitvā acchassa udakassa anāvilassa vippasannassa yāva mukhato pūrito vissandanto maññe aṭṭhāsi.","en":"For a second time …\nFor a third time, the Buddha said to Ānanda:\n“Go on then, Ānanda, fetch me some water from that well.”\n“Yes, sir,” replied Ānanda. Taking his bowl he went to the well.\nAs he approached the well, all the grass and hay erupted out of the well-mouth. The water stood transparent, unclouded, and clear right up to the top, seeming to overflow."}},{"id":"ud7.9:5","sourceIds":["ud7.9:5.1","ud7.9:5.2","ud7.9:5.3","ud7.9:5.4","ud7.9:5.5","ud7.9:5.6","ud7.9:5.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmato ānandassa etadahosi:\n“acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.\nAyañhi so udapāno mayi upasaṅkamante sabbaṁ taṁ tiṇañca bhusañca mukhato ovamitvā acchassa udakassa anāvilassa vippasannassa yāva mukhato pūrito vissandanto maññe ṭhito”ti.\nPattena pānīyaṁ ādāya yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.\nAyañhi so, bhante, udapāno mayi upasaṅkamante sabbaṁ taṁ tiṇañca bhusañca mukhato ovamitvā acchassa udakassa anāvilassa vippasannassa yāva mukhato pūrito vissandanto maññe aṭṭhāsi.\nPivatu bhagavā pānīyaṁ, pivatu sugato pānīyan”ti.","en":"Then Venerable Ānanda thought,\n“Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing! The Realized One has such psychic power and might!\nFor when I approached this well, all the grass and hay erupted out of the well-mouth. The water stood transparent, unclouded, and clear right up to the top, seeming to overflow.”\nGathering a bowl of drinking water he went back to the Buddha, and said to him,\n“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing! The Realized One has such psychic power and might!\nFor when I approached that well, all the grass and hay erupted out of the well-mouth. The water stood transparent, unclouded, and clear right up to the top, seeming to overflow.\nDrink the water, Blessed One! Drink the water, Holy One!”"}},{"id":"ud7.9:6","sourceIds":["ud7.9:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:"}},{"id":"ud7.9:7","sourceIds":["ud7.9:7.1","ud7.9:7.2","ud7.9:7.3","ud7.9:7.4","ud7.9:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ kayirā udapānena,\nĀpā ce sabbadā siyuṁ;\nTaṇhāya mūlato chetvā,\nKissa pariyesanaṁ care”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"“What difference would a well make\nif water is there all the time?\nHaving cut off craving at the root,\nwho would go out on a quest?”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud7.9/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."}