Mahapadanasutta 3.4

3.4.1

Evaṃ vutte, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho taṃ mahābrahmānaṃ etadavoca:

When he said this, the Buddha Vipassī said to him,

3.4.2

‘mayhampi kho, brahme, etadahosi:

‘I too thought this, Divinity,

3.4.3

“yannūnāhaṃ dhammaṃ deseyyan”ti.

“Why don’t I teach the Dhamma?”

3.4.4

Tassa mayhaṃ, brahme, etadahosi:

Then it occurred to me,

3.4.5

“adhigato kho myāyaṃ dhammo gambhīro duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakkāvacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo.

3.4.6

Ālayarāmā kho panāyaṃ pajā ālayaratā ālayasammuditā.

3.4.7

Ālayarāmāya kho pana pajāya ālayaratāya ālayasammuditāya duddasaṃ idaṃ ṭhānaṃ yadidaṃ idappaccayatāpaṭiccasamuppādo.

3.4.8

Idampi kho ṭhānaṃ duddasaṃ yadidaṃ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṃ.

3.4.9

Ahañceva kho pana dhammaṃ deseyyaṃ, pare ca me na ājāneyyuṃ; so mamassa kilamatho, sā mamassa vihesā”ti.

“If I were to teach this principle, others might not understand me, which would be wearying and troublesome for me.”

3.4.10

Apissu maṃ, brahme, imā anacchariyā gāthāyo paṭibhaṃsu pubbe assutapubbā:

3.4.11

“Kicchena me adhigataṃ,

3.4.12

halaṃ dāni pakāsituṃ;

3.4.13

Rāgadosaparetehi,

3.4.14

nāyaṃ dhammo susambudho.

3.4.15

Paṭisotagāmiṃ nipuṇaṃ,

3.4.16

gambhīraṃ duddasaṃ aṇuṃ;

3.4.17

Rāgarattā na dakkhanti,

3.4.18

tamokhandhena āvuṭā”ti.

3.4.19

Itiha me, brahme, paṭisañcikkhato appossukkatāya cittaṃ nami, no dhammadesanāyā’ti.

So, as I reflected like this, my mind inclined to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.’