Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 4.32
Mahāparinibbānasutta 4.32
- Language
- Pāli
4.32.1
‘kiṃ nu kho eso, āvuso, mahājanakāyo sannipatito’ti?
‘Why, respectable sir, has this crowd gathered?’
4.32.2
‘Idāni, bhante, deve vassante deve gaḷagaḷāyante vijjullatāsu niccharantīsu asaniyā phalantiyā dve kassakā bhātaro hatā cattāro ca balibaddā.
‘Just now, sir, the heavens were raining and pouring, lightning was flashing, and thunder was cracking. And two farmers who were brothers were killed, as well as four oxen.
4.32.3
Ettheso mahājanakāyo sannipatito.
Then this crowd gathered here.
4.32.4
Tvaṃ pana, bhante, kva ahosī’ti?
But sir, where were you?’
4.32.5
‘Idheva kho ahaṃ, āvuso, ahosin’ti.
‘I was right here, respectable sir.’
4.32.6
‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, addasā’ti?
‘But sir, did you see?’
4.32.7
‘Na kho ahaṃ, āvuso, addasan’ti.
‘No, respectable sir, I didn’t see anything.’
4.32.8
‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, saddaṃ assosī’ti?
‘But sir, didn’t you hear a sound?’
4.32.9
‘Na kho ahaṃ, āvuso, saddaṃ assosin’ti.
‘No, respectable sir, I didn’t hear a sound.’
4.32.10
‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, sutto ahosī’ti?
‘But sir, were you asleep?’
4.32.11
‘Na kho ahaṃ, āvuso, sutto ahosin’ti.
‘No, respectable sir, I wasn’t asleep.’
4.32.12
‘Kiṃ pana, bhante, saññī ahosī’ti?
‘But sir, were you conscious?’
4.32.13
‘Evamāvuso’ti.
‘Yes, respectable sir.’
4.32.14
‘So tvaṃ, bhante, saññī samāno jāgaro deve vassante deve gaḷagaḷāyante vijjullatāsu niccharantīsu asaniyā phalantiyā neva addasa, na pana saddaṃ assosī’ti?
‘So, sir, while conscious and awake you neither saw nor heard a sound as the heavens were raining and pouring, lightning was flashing, and thunder was cracking?’
4.32.15
‘Evamāvuso’ti.
‘Yes, respectable sir.’