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Sutta NipÄta 5.13 Sutta NipÄta 5.12Anthology of Discourses 5.13
BhadrÄvudhamÄį¹avapucchÄ BhadrÄvudhaās QuestionThe Questions of BhadrÄvudha
āOkaƱjahaį¹ taį¹hacchidaį¹ anejaį¹, āI entreat the one who has abandoned homeācutting through craving, unperturbed;āI beseech you, the bastion-leaver, the craving-cutter, the imperturbable,ā
(iccÄyasmÄ bhadrÄvudho) (BhadrÄvudha)said Venerable BhadrÄvudha,
NandiƱjahaį¹ oghatiį¹į¹aį¹ vimuttaį¹; abandoned delightācrossed over the flood, released;āthe delight-leaver, the flood-crosser, the freed,
KappaƱjahaį¹ abhiyÄce sumedhaį¹, abandoned theoryāvery intelligent:the formulation-leaver, the intelligent.
SutvÄna nÄgassa apanamissanti ito. Having heard the NÄga, they will leaveāDifferent people have gathered from across the nations
NÄnÄjanÄ janapadehi saį¹
gatÄ, the many gathered from many lands, hero,wishing to hear your word, O hero.
Tava vÄ«ra vÄkyaį¹ abhikaį¹
khamÄnÄ; in hopes of your words.After hearing the spiritual giant they will depart from here.
Tesaį¹ tuvaį¹ sÄdhu viyÄkarohi, So tell them, please,Please, sage, answer them clearly,
TathÄ hi te vidito esa dhammoā. how this Dhamma has been known to you.āfor truly you understand this matter.ā
āÄdÄnataį¹haį¹ vinayetha sabbaį¹, āSubdue craving & graspingāallāāDispel all craving for attachments,ā
(bhadrÄvudhÄti bhagavÄ (the Buddha)replied the Buddha,
Uddhaį¹ adho tiriyaƱcÄpi majjhe; above, below, across, in between.For Nd IIās discussion of the various senses of āabove, below, across, in betweenā as objects of craving, see Sn 5:4, note 3. For more on the range of places craving can arise, see DN 22 and SN 35:95, note 1.āabove, below, all round, between.
Yaį¹ yaƱhi lokasmimupÄdiyanti, For whatever people cling to in the world,For whatever a personage grasps in the world,
Teneva mÄro anveti jantuį¹. itās through that that MÄra pursues them.MÄra pursues them right there.
TasmÄ pajÄnaį¹ na upÄdiyetha, So a monk, mindful, should cling to nothingSo let a mindful mendicant who understands
Bhikkhu sato kiƱcanaį¹ sabbaloke; in all the world, every world,not grasp anything in all the world,
ÄdÄnasatte iti pekkhamÄno, seeing these people entangled in graspingobserving that, in clinging to attachments, Read (with Niddesa) as accusative plural. Norman reads ÄdÄnasatte as locative singular, but compare the similar construction at Thag 19.1:20.3, where the former part of the line is accusative.
Pajaį¹ imaį¹ maccudheyye visattanāti. as entangled in Deathās realm.āSee also: MN 26; MN 49; SN 4:19; SN 4:21; SN 35:115; SN 35:189; SN 35:199.these people cling to the domain of death.ā
BhadrÄvudhamÄį¹avapucchÄ dvÄdasamÄ. BhadrÄvudhaās Questions, the twelfth.