Bodhivaggo
1-6: Kassapasuttaṁ (6)
The Discourse about Kassapa
Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I heard:
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Rājagahe viharati,
at one time the Fortunate One was dwelling near Rājagaha,
Veḷuvane Kalandakanivāpe. Dr. Mark Allon points out in Style and Function that the openings of the discourses often have a rhythmic structure (which he calls "loose veḍha" (e.g. pg. 246), but which I think would be better termed prose gaṇa). If we read
−−¦⏑⏑−¦−−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑⏑−¦−⏑⏑¦−⏑⏑¦⏑⏑
−¦⏑⏑−¦⏑−⏑¦⏑⏑−¦−
It should be noted, however, that not all the openings scan as well as this.
in Bamboo Wood, at the Squirrels’ Feeding Place.
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā Mahākassapo
Then at that time venerable Mahākassapa
Pipphaliguhāyaṁ viharati, ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.
was dwelling in the Pepper Cave, and was afflicted, suffering, and very sick.
Atha kho āyasmā Mahākassapo aparena samayena
Then venerable Mahākassapa at another time
tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhāsi.
arose from that affliction.
Atha kho āyasmato Mahākassapassa
o Then this occurred to venerable Mahākassapa
tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhitassa etad-ahosi:
when he arose from that affliction:
“Yannūnāhaṁ Rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya paviseyyan”-ti.
“Well now, I should enter Rājagaha for alms.”
Tena kho pana samayena
Then at that time
pañcamattāni devatāsatāni The splitting of the numerals as here
five hundred devatās were ready and eager
āyasmato Mahākassapassa piṇḍapātapaṭilābhāya. This is a dative of purpose used in the sense of the infinitive, which occurs quite frequently in the texts; it normally has the dative ending in -
to offer almsfood to venerable Mahākassapa.
Atha kho āyasmā Mahākassapo
But venerable Mahākassapa,
tāni pañcamattāni devatāsatāni paṭikkhipitvā,
after refusing those five hundred devatās,
pubbanhasamayaṁ The accusative here overlaps with the locative in meaning. Similarly with
Note also that
having dressed in the morning time, after picking up his bowl and robe,
Rājagahaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi,
entered Rājagaha for alms,
yena daḷiddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā.
(going) to the poor streets, to the wretched streets, to the weaver’s streets.
Addasā kho Bhagavā āyasmantaṁ Mahākassapaṁ
The Fortunate One saw venerable Mahākassapa
Rājagahe piṇḍāya carantaṁ,
walking for alms in Rājagaha,
yena daḷiddavisikhā kapaṇavisikhā pesakāravisikhā.
(going) to the poor streets, to the wretched streets, to the weaver’s streets.
Atha kho Bhagavā, etam-atthaṁ viditvā,
Then the Fortunate One, having understood the significance of it,
tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“Anaññaposiṁ aññātaṁ, The Commentary states that
The Commentary defines
“Not nourishing another, well-known, controlled, established in the essential,
Khīṇāsavaṁ
With pollutants destroyed, rid of faults: him I call a brāhmaṇa.”