Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

3.5.8 Methunasuttaṃ

… “Kiṃ pana, bho gotama, brahmacariyassa khaṇḍampi chiddampi sabalampi kammāsampī”ti? “Idha, brāhmaṇa, ekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā sammā brahmacārī paṭijānamāno na heva kho mātugāmena saddhiṃ dvayaṃdvayasamāpattiṃ samāpajjati; api ca kho mātugāmassa ucchādanaparimaddananhāpanasambāhanaṃ sādiyati. So taṃ assādeti , taṃ nikāmeti, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati. Idampi kho, brāhmaṇa, brahmacariyassa khaṇḍampi chiddampi sabalampi kammāsampi. Ayaṃ vuccati, brāhmaṇa, aparisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carati, saṃyutto methunena saṃyogena na parimuccati jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, na parimuccati dukkhasmāti vadāmi.

“Puna caparaṃ, brāhmaṇa, idhekacco samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā sammā brahmacārī paṭijānamāno na heva kho mātugāmena saddhiṃ dvayaṃdvayasamāpattiṃ samāpajjati, napi mātugāmassa ucchādanaparimaddananhāpanasambāhanaṃ sādiyati; api ca kho mātugāmena saddhiṃ sañjagghati saṃkīḷati saṃkelāyati. So taṃ assādeti , taṃ nikāmeti, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati. Idampi kho, brāhmaṇa, brahmacariyassa khaṇḍampi chiddampi sabalampi kammāsampi. Ayaṃ vuccati, brāhmaṇa, aparisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carati, saṃyutto methunena saṃyogena na parimuccati jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, na parimuccati dukkhasmāti vadāmi.

…pe…1 napi mātugāmena saddhiṃ sañjagghati saṃkīḷati saṃkelāyati; api ca kho mātugāmassa cakkhunā cakkhuṃ upanijjhāyati pekkhati .…pe… napi mātugāmassa cakkhunā cakkhuṃ upanijjhāyati pekkhati; api ca kho mātugāmassa saddaṃ suṇāti tirokuṭṭaṃ2 vā tiropākāraṃ vā hasantiyā vā bhaṇantiyā vā gāyantiyā vā rodantiyā vā …pe… napi mātugāmassa saddaṃ suṇāti tirokuṭṭaṃ vā tiropākāravāṃ hasantiyā vā bhaṇantiyā vā gāyantiyā vā rodantiyā vā; api ca kho yānissa tāni pubbe mātugāmena saddhiṃ hasitalapitakīḷitāni tāni anussarati …pe… napi yānissa tāni pubbe mātugāmena saddhiṃ hasitalapitakīḷitāni tāni anussarati; api ca kho passati gahapatiṃ vā gahapatiputtaṃ vā pañcahi kāmaguṇehi3 samappitaṃ samaṅgībhūtaṃ paricārayamānaṃ …pe… napi passati gahapatiṃ vā gahapatiputtaṃ vā pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitaṃ samaṅgībhūtaṃ paricārayamānaṃ; api ca kho aññataraṃ devanikāyaṃ paṇidhāya brahmacariyaṃ carati imināhaṃ sīlena vā vatena vā tapena vā brahmacariyena vā devo vā bhavissāmi devaññataro vāti. So taṃ assādeti, taṃ nikāmeti, tena ca vittiṃ āpajjati. Idampi kho, brāhmaṇa, brahmacariyassa khaṇḍampi chiddampi sabalampi kammāsampi. Ayaṃ vuccati, brāhmaṇa, aparisuddhaṃ brahmacariyaṃ carati saṃyutto methunena saṃyogena, na parimuccati jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, na parimuccati dukkhasmāti vadāmi. …

Mahāyaññavaggo, Paṭhamapaṇṇāsakaṃ, Sattakanipātapāḷi, Aṅguttaranikāyo

 


1. …pe…—here refers to the respective sentences before and always adds the last.

2. kuṭṭaṃ / kuḍḍaṃ / pākāraṃ these are walls made of different materials like wattle and daub, bricks, stone and wood. Tiro is from the outside of these walls.

3. pañcahi kāmaguṇehi — sensual pleasures that are enjoyed by any of the five senses.


Vocabulary
  1. anussarati - to remember
  2. assādeti - taste, relish
  3. bhaṇantiyā - speaking
  4. chiddampi - [chiddaṃ + api] perforated, having holes
  5. dvayaṃdvayasamāpattiṃ - [dvaya + dvaya + samāpatti] two + entered upon, sexual intercourse
  6. gāyantiyā - singing
  7. gahapatiṃ - householder
  8. gahapatiputtaṃ - householder’s son
  9. hasitalapitakīḷitāni - [hasita + lapita + kīḷitāni] laughing + talking + playing, amusing
  10. kāmaguṇehi - [kāma + guṇa + ehi] sensual pleasures
  11. kammāsampī - [kammāsa + api] blemished, variegated
  12. khaṇḍampi - [khaṇḍa + api] broken
  13. mātugāmena - women, womenfolk
  14. methunena - [instr.] sexual intercourse
  15. nikāmeti - not strive after
  16. paṇidhāya - [paṇidahati (ger.)] aspiring for, attending to
  17. paricārayamānaṃ - indulging in
  18. paridevehi - lamentation, wailing
  19. paṭijānamāno - [paṭijānati + māno] approving, promising, knowing
  20. pekkhati - to look at
  21. rodantiyā - crying
  22. sādiyati - lit. enjoy for oneself, agree to
  23. saṃkīḷati - to play
  24. saṃkelāyati - amuse oneself
  25. saṃyogena - bond, fetter
  26. saṃyutto - [pp.] tied, connected
  27. sabalampi - [sabala + api] inconsistent, spotted
  28. samāpajjati - to enter upon
  29. samaṅgībhūtaṃ - possessed of, provided with
  30. samappitaṃ - [samappeti (pp)] possessed of, endowed with
  31. sañjagghati - to joke
  32. ucchādanaparimaddananhāpanasambāhanaṃ - [ucchādana + parimadda + nahāpana] anointing perfumes and oil rubbing, massage rubbing, shampooing
  33. upāyāsa - trouble, unrest, disturbance
  34. upanijjhāyati - to consider, to look at
  35. vitti - joy, happiness

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