Dighanikaya 1.2_4

1.2_4

Evaṃ vāsaṃ upagato pana so paribbājako rattibhāge dasabalaṃ olokesi. Tasmiñca samaye samantā vippakiṇṇatārakā viya padīpā jalanti, majjhe bhagavā nisinno hoti, bhikkhusaṅgho ca bhagavantaṃ parivāretvā. Tattha ekabhikkhussapi hatthakukkuccaṃ vā pādakukkuccaṃ vā ukkāsitasaddo vā khipitasaddo vā natthi. Sā hi parisā attano ca sikkhitasikkhatāya satthari ca gāravenāti dvīhi kāraṇehi nivāte padīpasikhā viya niccalā sannisinnāva ahosi. Paribbājako taṃ vibhūtiṃ disvā attano parisaṃ olokesi. Tattha keci hatthaṃ khipanti, keci pādaṃ, keci vippalapanti, keci nillālitajivhā paggharitakheḷā, dante khādantā kākacchamānā gharugharupassāsino sayanti. So ratanattayassa guṇavaṇṇe vattabbepi issāvasena puna avaṇṇameva ārabhi. Brahmadatto pana vuttanayeneva vaṇṇaṃ. Tena vuttaṃ – ‘‘tatrāpi sudaṃ suppiyo paribbājako’’ti sabbaṃ vattabbaṃ. Tattha tatrāpīti tasmimpi, ambalaṭṭhikāyaṃ uyyāneti attho.

Having thus retired for the night, that wanderer looked toward the One of Ten Powers during the night. And at that time, lamps shone all around like scattered stars; the Blessed One was seated in the middle, and the Saṅgha of monks surrounded the Blessed One. There, not even a single monk displayed fidgeting of the hands, fidgeting of the feet, or the sound of coughing or sneezing. For that assembly sat motionless, like the flame of a lamp where there is no wind, on account of two reasons: because of their well-trained training and out of reverence for the Teacher. Seeing that splendor, the wanderer looked toward his own company. There, some were throwing their hands about, some their feet; some were babbling incoherently, some with their tongues lolling out and dribbling saliva; and some lay grinding their teeth, snoring, breathing with a rattle. Though praise of the virtues of the Three Jewels was what ought to have been spoken, he, driven by envy, began again to speak only disparagement. Brahmadatta, however, spoke praise in the manner already described. Hence it is said: “There too, indeed, the wanderer Suppiya…” and so on, everything should be stated. There, “there too” means in that place as well, that is to say, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park.