Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

3.3.6 Ambalaṭṭhikarāhulovādasuttaṃ, Part One

Evaṃ me sutaṃ– ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā rāhulo ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ viharati. Atha kho bhagavā sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena ambalaṭṭhikā yenā yasmā rāhulo tenupasaṅkami. Addasā kho āyasmā rāhulo bhagavantaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ. Disvāna āsanaṃ paññāpesi, udakañca pādānaṃ nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane. Nisajja pāde pakkhālesi. Āyasmāpi kho rāhulo bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

“Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, rāhula, kimatthiyo ādāso ”ti? “Paccavekkhaṇattho, bhante”ti.

“Evameva kho, rāhula, paccavekkhitvā paccavekkhitvā kāyena kammaṃ kattabbaṃ, paccavekkhitvā paccavekkhitvā vācāya kammaṃ kattabbaṃ, paccavekkhitvā paccavekkhitvā manasā kammaṃ kattabbaṃ. Yadeva tvaṃ, rāhula, kāyena kammaṃ kattukāmo ahosi, tadeva te kāyakammaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ– ‘yaṃ nu kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ kattukāmo idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ attabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya, parabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya– akusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ dukkhudrayaṃ dukkhavipākan’ti? Sace tvaṃ, rāhula, paccavekkhamāno evaṃ jāneyyāsi– ‘yaṃ kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ kattukāmo idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ attabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya, parabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya– akusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ dukkhudrayaṃ dukkhavipākan’ti, evarūpaṃ te, rāhula, kāyena kammaṃ sasakkaṃ na karaṇīyaṃ

Sace pana tvaṃ, rāhula, paccavekkhamāno evaṃ jāneyyāsi– ‘yaṃ kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ kattukāmo idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ nevattabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya, na parabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya, na ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvatteyya– kusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ sukhudrayaṃ sukhavipākan’ti, evarūpaṃ te, rāhula, kāyena kammaṃ karaṇīyaṃ.

“Karontenapi te, rāhula, kāyena kammaṃ tadeva te kāyakammaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ– ‘yaṃ nu kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ karomi idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ attabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, parabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati– akusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ dukkhudrayaṃ dukkhavipākan’ti? Sace pana tvaṃ, rāhula, paccavekkhamāno evaṃ jāneyyāsi– ‘yaṃ kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ karomi idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ attabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, parabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati– akusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ dukkhudrayaṃ dukkhavipākan’ti, paṭisaṃhareyyāsi tvaṃ, rāhula, evarūpaṃ kāyakammaṃ. Sace pana tvaṃ, rāhula, paccavekkhamāno evaṃ jāneyyāsi– ‘yaṃ kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ karomi idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ nevattabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, na parabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, na ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati– kusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ sukhudrayaṃ sukhavipākan’ti, anupadajjeyyāsi tvaṃ, rāhula, evarūpaṃ kāyakammaṃ.

“Katvāpi te, rāhula, kāyena kammaṃ tadeva te kāyakammaṃ paccavekkhitabbaṃ– ‘yaṃ nu kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ akāsiṃ idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ attabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati parabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati– akusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ dukkhudrayaṃ dukkhavipākan’ti? Sace kho tvaṃ, rāhula, paccavekkhamāno evaṃ jāneyyāsi– ‘yaṃ kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ akāsiṃ, idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ attabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, parabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati– akusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ dukkhudrayaṃ dukkhavipākan’ti, evarūpaṃ te, rāhula, kāyakammaṃ satthari vā viññūsu vā sabrahmacārīsu desetabbaṃ, vivaritabbaṃ, uttānīkātabbaṃ; desetvā vivaritvā uttānīkatvā āyatiṃ saṃvaraṃ āpajjitabbaṃ. Sace pana tvaṃ, rāhula, paccavekkhamāno evaṃ jāneyyāsi– ‘yaṃ kho ahaṃ idaṃ kāyena kammaṃ akāsiṃ idaṃ me kāyakammaṃ nevattabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, na parabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati, na ubhayabyābādhāyapi saṃvattati– kusalaṃ idaṃ kāyakammaṃ sukhudrayaṃ sukhavipākan’ti, teneva tvaṃ, rāhula, pītipāmojjena vihareyyāsi ahorattānusikkhī kusalesu dhammesu. …

Bhikkhuvaggo, Majjhimapaṇṇāsapāḷi, Majjhimanikāye

 

Vocabulary
  1. aṭṭīyitvā / aṭṭiyitvā - (ger.) worried
  2. atītamaddhānaṃ - [atīta + m + addhānaṃ] in the past + time
  3. attabyābādhāyapi - [atta + byābādhāya + pi] oneself + pain, evil, misery + also
  4. addasā - [(aor.) of dassati] he saw
  5. anāgatamaddhānaṃ - [anāgata + m + addhānaṃ] in the future + time
  6. anupadajjeyyāsi - [(opt.) of anuppadeti] support, encourage
  7. ahorattānusikkhī - [aho + ratta + anu + sikkhī] day + night + following the training
  8. ādāso - mirror
  9. āpajjitabbaṃ - [āpajji + tabbaṃ (fpp.)] should be undertaken, produced
  10. āyatiṃ - future
  11. āsana - seat
  12. uttānīkatvā - (ger.) having made open, confessed
  13. udakañca - [udaka + ñ + ca] water + and
  14. ubhayabyābādhāyapi - [ubhaya + byābādhāya + pi] both sides + pain, evil, misery + also
  15. etarahi - (adv.) now, at present
  16. kattabbaṃ - (fpp.) should be done
  17. kattukāmo - [kattum (inf.) + kāmo] to do + desirous
  18. katvāpi - [katvā (ger.) + api] having done + also
  19. karaṇīyaṃ - (fpp.) what ought to be done
  20. karontenapi - (ppr.) + and and doing
  21. jigucchitvā - (ger.) disgusted
  22. disvāna - (ger.) of dassati/passati having seen
  23. dukkhavipākan - [dukkha + vipākan] misery + result
  24. dukkhudrayaṃ - [dukkha + udrayaṃ] misery + yielding
  25. dūratova - [ dūrato + va] from afar
  26. desetabbaṃ - (fpp.) should be taught
  27. desetvā - (ger.) having taught
  28. nisajja - having sat down
  29. nisīdi - sat down
  30. pakkhālesi - (caus./ aor.) to wash, cleanse
  31. paccavekkhaṇattho - [paccavekkhaṃ + attho] looking at + purpose
  32. paccavekkhitvā - (abs.) having considered, contemplated
  33. paṭisallānā - seclusion
  34. paṭisaṃhareyyāsi - (opt.) should withdraw, remove
  35. parabyābādhāyapi - [para + byābādhāyapi] others + pain, evil, misery
  36. parisodhesuṃ - (aor.) to clean, purify
  37. paññatte - (p.p) of above having made known, assigned
  38. paññāpesi - [pajānāti (caus. / aor.)] to make known, declare, assign
  39. pādānaṃ - for the feet
  40. pītipāmojjena - [pīti + pāmojjena] joy + gladness
  41. vivaritvā - (ger.) having uncovered
  42. vuṭṭhito - [vuṭṭhāti (pp.)] arising from
  43. sasakkaṃ - (adv.) certainly, surely
  44. saṃvaraṃ - restraint
  45. sāyanhasamayaṃ - [sāyanha + samayaṃ] evening + time
  46. harāyitvā - (ger.) ashamed

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