Mahaparinibbanasutta 1.3: 1. Vassakārabrāhmaṇa

Mahāparinibbānasutta 1.3

Language: Pāli

1. Vassakārabrāhmaṇa

1.3.1

“Evaṃ, bho”ti kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto rañño māgadhassa ajātasattussa vedehiputtassa paṭissutvā bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni yojetvā bhaddaṃ bhaddaṃ yānaṃ abhiruhitvā bhaddehi bhaddehi yānehi rājagahamhā niyyāsi, yena gijjhakūṭo pabbato tena pāyāsi.

“Yes, worthy sir,” Vassakāra replied. He had the finest carriages harnessed. Then he mounted a fine carriage and, along with other fine carriages, set out from Rājagaha for the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.3.2

Yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi, yānena gantvā, yānā paccorohitvā pattikova yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi.

He went by carriage as far as the terrain allowed, then descended and approached the Buddha on foot, and exchanged greetings with him.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.3.3

Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho vassakāro brāhmaṇo magadhamahāmatto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.3.4

“rājā, bho gotama, māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto bhoto gotamassa pāde sirasā vandati, appābādhaṃ appātaṅkaṃ lahuṭṭhānaṃ balaṃ phāsuvihāraṃ pucchati.

“Worthy Gotama, King Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, bows with his head to your feet. He asks if you are healthy and well, nimble, strong, and living comfortably.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.3.5

Rājā, bho gotama, māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto vajjī abhiyātukāmo.

Worthy Gotama, King Ajātasattu wants to invade the Vajjis.
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.3.6

So evamāha:

He said:
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

1.3.7

‘ahaṃ hime vajjī evaṃmahiddhike evaṃmahānubhāve ucchecchāmi vajjī, vināsessāmi vajjī, anayabyasanaṃ āpādessāmī’”ti.

‘I shall wipe out these Vajjis, so mighty and powerful! I shall destroy them, and lay ruin and devastation upon them!’”
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment

Translations (5)

Большое наставление об окончательной ниббане — Russian
Die große Lehrrede vom Erlöschen des Buddha — German
Dugi govor o konačnom oslobođenju — sr
The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment — English
The Book of the Great Decease (Mahâ-parinibbâna-suttanta) — English

Linked texts (1)

Vassakārasutta — Pāli