Tevijjasutta 15.1-4
Tevijjasutta 15.1-4
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- Pāli
15.1
“Sādhu, vāseṭṭha, te vata, vāseṭṭha, tevijjā brāhmaṇā yaṃ na jānanti, yaṃ na passanti, tassa sahabyatāya maggaṃ desessanti. ‘Ayameva ujumaggo, ayamañjasāyano niyyāniko, niyyāti takkarassa brahmasahabyatāyā’ti, netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.
“Good, Vāseṭṭha. For it is impossible that they should teach the path to that which they neither know nor see.
15.2
Seyyathāpi, vāseṭṭha, andhaveṇi paramparasaṃsattā purimopi na passati, majjhimopi na passati, pacchimopi na passati;
Suppose there was a queue of blind men, each holding the one in front: the first one does not see, the middle one does not see, and the last one does not see.
15.3
evameva kho, vāseṭṭha, andhaveṇūpamaṃ maññe tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ bhāsitaṃ, purimopi na passati, majjhimopi na passati, pacchimopi na passati.
In the same way, it seems to me that the brahmins’ statement turns out to be comparable to a queue of blind men: the first one does not see, the middle one does not see, and the last one does not see.
15.4
Tesamidaṃ tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ bhāsitaṃ hassakaññeva sampajjati, nāmakaññeva sampajjati, rittakaññeva sampajjati, tucchakaññeva sampajjati.
Their statement turns out to be a joke—mere words, vacuous and hollow.
Translations (5)
- Tri znanja — sr
- Experts in the Three Vedas — English
- In den drei Veden bewandert — German
- On Knowledge of the Vedas (Tevigga-suttanta) — English
- Tevijja Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Linked texts (2)
- Subhasutta — Pāli
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese