Puggalapannatti 2.3.45

Puggalapaññatti 2.3.45

Language: Pāli

2.3.45.1

Katamo ca puggalo sakkatvā garuṃ katvā sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo?

What sort of person having been honoured, revered, is to be served, cultivated, waited upon?
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

2.3.45.2

Idhekacco puggalo adhiko hoti sīlena samādhinā paññāya.

Here a certain person happens to be greater (than we are) in respect of virtue, concentration, insight. Such a person is to be honoured, served, waited upon. Why? “Because I shall fulfil the body of those precepts which are unfulfilled or I shall learn such and such precepts that I have fulfilled. Or I shall fulfil the branches of concentration which are unfulfilled, or I shall learn this and that branch by insight which I have fulfilled; lastly, because I shall do likewise as to the cultivation of insight”. Therefore such a person, having been honoured, revered, should be served, cultivated, and waited upon.
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

2.3.45.3

Evarūpo puggalo sakkatvā garuṃ katvā sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.

Here a certain person happens to be greater (than we are) in respect of virtue, concentration, insight. Such a person is to be honoured, served, waited upon. Why? “Because I shall fulfil the body of those precepts which are unfulfilled or I shall learn such and such precepts that I have fulfilled. Or I shall fulfil the branches of concentration which are unfulfilled, or I shall learn this and that branch by insight which I have fulfilled; lastly, because I shall do likewise as to the cultivation of insight”. Therefore such a person, having been honoured, revered, should be served, cultivated, and waited upon.
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

2.3.45.4

Taṃ kissa hetu?

Here a certain person happens to be greater (than we are) in respect of virtue, concentration, insight. Such a person is to be honoured, served, waited upon. Why? “Because I shall fulfil the body of those precepts which are unfulfilled or I shall learn such and such precepts that I have fulfilled. Or I shall fulfil the branches of concentration which are unfulfilled, or I shall learn this and that branch by insight which I have fulfilled; lastly, because I shall do likewise as to the cultivation of insight”. Therefore such a person, having been honoured, revered, should be served, cultivated, and waited upon.
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

2.3.45.5

“Aparipūraṃ vā sīlakkhandhaṃ paripūressāmi, paripūraṃ vā sīlakkhandhaṃ tattha tattha paññāya anuggahessāmi;

Here a certain person happens to be greater (than we are) in respect of virtue, concentration, insight. Such a person is to be honoured, served, waited upon. Why? “Because I shall fulfil the body of those precepts which are unfulfilled or I shall learn such and such precepts that I have fulfilled. Or I shall fulfil the branches of concentration which are unfulfilled, or I shall learn this and that branch by insight which I have fulfilled; lastly, because I shall do likewise as to the cultivation of insight”. Therefore such a person, having been honoured, revered, should be served, cultivated, and waited upon.
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

2.3.45.6

aparipūraṃ vā samādhikkhandhaṃ paripūressāmi, paripūraṃ vā samādhikkhandhaṃ tattha tattha paññāya anuggahessāmi;

Here a certain person happens to be greater (than we are) in respect of virtue, concentration, insight. Such a person is to be honoured, served, waited upon. Why? “Because I shall fulfil the body of those precepts which are unfulfilled or I shall learn such and such precepts that I have fulfilled. Or I shall fulfil the branches of concentration which are unfulfilled, or I shall learn this and that branch by insight which I have fulfilled; lastly, because I shall do likewise as to the cultivation of insight”. Therefore such a person, having been honoured, revered, should be served, cultivated, and waited upon.
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

2.3.45.7

aparipūraṃ vā paññākkhandhaṃ paripūressāmi, paripūraṃ vā paññākkhandhaṃ tattha tattha paññāya anuggahessāmī”ti.

Here a certain person happens to be greater (than we are) in respect of virtue, concentration, insight. Such a person is to be honoured, served, waited upon. Why? “Because I shall fulfil the body of those precepts which are unfulfilled or I shall learn such and such precepts that I have fulfilled. Or I shall fulfil the branches of concentration which are unfulfilled, or I shall learn this and that branch by insight which I have fulfilled; lastly, because I shall do likewise as to the cultivation of insight”. Therefore such a person, having been honoured, revered, should be served, cultivated, and waited upon.
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

2.3.45.8

Tasmā evarūpo puggalo sakkatvā garuṃ katvā sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo.

Here a certain person happens to be greater (than we are) in respect of virtue, concentration, insight. Such a person is to be honoured, served, waited upon. Why? “Because I shall fulfil the body of those precepts which are unfulfilled or I shall learn such and such precepts that I have fulfilled. Or I shall fulfil the branches of concentration which are unfulfilled, or I shall learn this and that branch by insight which I have fulfilled; lastly, because I shall do likewise as to the cultivation of insight”. Therefore such a person, having been honoured, revered, should be served, cultivated, and waited upon.
Bimala Churn Law 1924, Designation of Human Types

Translations (2)

Designation of Human Types — Bimala Churn Law 1924, English
English (machine translation) — English, machine translation

Commentaries (2)

Pañcappakaraṇaṭṭhakathā — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Mūlaṭīkā — Ānanda (Vanaratana), Pāli

Linked texts (1)

Sevitabbasutta — Pāli