Dighanikaya 20.331_6

20.331_6

Bhagavā jānantova – ‘‘kasmā āgatattha mahārājā’’ti pucchi. Bhagavā, na titthakīḷāya na pabbatakīḷāya na nadīkīḷāya na giridassanatthaṃ, imasmiṃ pana ṭhāne saṅgāmaṃ paccupaṭṭhapetvā āgatamhāti. Kiṃ nissāya vo kalaho mahārājāti? Udakaṃ, bhanteti. Udakaṃ kiṃ agghati mahārājāti? Appagghaṃ, bhanteti. Pathavī nāma kiṃ agghati mahārājāti? Anagghā, bhanteti. Khattiyā kiṃ agghanti mahārājāti? Khattiyā nāma anagghā bhanteti. Appamūlakaṃ udakaṃ nissāya kimatthaṃ anagghe khattiye nāsetha, mahārājāti? ‘‘Kalahe assādo nāma natthi, kalahavasena mahārājā aṭṭhāne veraṃ katvā ekāya rukkhadevatāya kāḷasīhena saddhiṃ baddhāghāto sakalampi imaṃ kappaṃ anuppattoyevā’’ti vatvā phandanajātakaṃ kathesi. Tato ‘‘parapattiyena nāma mahārājā na bhavitabbaṃ. Parapattiyā hutvā hi ekassa sasakassa kathāya tiyojanasahassavitthate himavante catuppadagaṇā mahāsamuddaṃ pakkhandino ahesuṃ. Tasmā parapattiyena na bhavitabba’’nti vatvā pathavīundriyajātakaṃ kathesi. Tato – ‘‘kadāci, mahārājā, dubbalopi mahabbalassa randhaṃ vivaraṃ passati, kadāci mahabbalo dubbalassa. Laṭukikāpi hi sakuṇikā hatthināgaṃ ghātesī’’ti vatvā laṭukikajātakaṃ kathesi. Evaṃ kalahavūpasamatthāya tīṇi jātakāni kathetvā sāmaggiparidīpanatthāya dve jātakāni kathesi. Kathaṃ? Samaggānañhi mahārājā koci otāraṃ nāma passituṃ na sakkotīti vatvā rukkhadhammajātakaṃ kathesi. Tato ‘‘samaggānaṃ mahārājā koci vivaraṃ passituṃ nāsakkhi. Yadā pana aññamaññaṃ vivādamakaṃsu, atha te nesādaputto jīvitā voropetvā ādāya gato. Vivāde assādo nāma natthī’’ti vatvā vaṭṭakajātakaṃ kathesi. Evaṃ imāni pañca jātakāni kathetvā avasāne attadaṇḍasuttaṃ kathesi.

The Blessed One, though knowing, asked: “Why have you come, great kings?” “Blessed One, we have not come for amusement at a bathing-place, nor for amusement in the hills, nor for amusement in the river, nor to see the mountains; rather, having prepared for battle at this place, we have come.” “On account of what is your quarrel, great kings?” “Water, venerable sir.” “What is water worth, great kings?” “It is of little value, venerable sir.” “What is the earth worth, great kings?” “It is priceless, venerable sir.” “What are nobles worth, great kings?” “Nobles are priceless, venerable sir.” “Why are you destroying priceless nobles on account of water of little value, great kings? There is no gratification in a quarrel, great kings; on account of a quarrel, having formed an unfounded enmity, the grudge bound by a certain tree deity with a black lion has persisted throughout this entire kappa,” and having said this, he told the Phandana Jātaka. Then he said: “One should not be one who is led by trust in others, great kings. Indeed, through trust in others, by the word of a single hare, herds of four-footed beasts rushed into the great ocean across the three-thousand-league-wide Himavanta. Therefore, one should not be one who is led by trust in others,” and he told the Pathavīundriya Jātaka. Then he said: “Sometimes, great kings, even a weak one sees a chink or opening in a very strong one, and sometimes a very strong one in a weak one. For even a little quail bird caused the destruction of a bull elephant,” and he told the Laṭukika Jātaka. Having thus told three Jātakas for the purpose of calming the quarrel, he told two Jātakas for the purpose of illustrating harmony. How? Saying, “Great kings, no one can find an opening against those who are harmonious,” he told the Rukkhadhamma Jātaka. Then saying, “Great kings, no one could find an opening against those who were harmonious. But when they quarreled with one another, then the fowler’s son deprived them of life and took them away. There is no gratification in dispute,” he told the Vaṭṭaka Jātaka. Having told these five Jātakas, at the conclusion he delivered the Attadaṇḍa Sutta.