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With Pāyāsi 9.1-35

Pāyāsisutta 9.1-35

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Pāli

9.1

“Tena hi, rājañña, upamaṃ te karissāmi.

“Well then, chieftain, I shall give you a simile.

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9.2

Upamāya m’idhekacce viññū purisā bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājānanti.

For by means of a simile some sensible people understand the meaning of what is said.

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9.3

Seyyathāpi, rājañña, puriso gūthakūpe sasīsakaṃ nimuggo assa.

Suppose there were a man sunk over his head in a sewer.

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9.4

Atha tvaṃ purise āṇāpeyyāsi:

Then you were to order someone

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9.5

‘tena hi, bho, taṃ purisaṃ tamhā gūthakūpā uddharathā’ti.

to pull him out of the sewer,

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9.6

Te ‘sādhū’ti paṭissutvā taṃ purisaṃ tamhā gūthakūpā uddhareyyuṃ.

and they’d agree to do so.

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9.7

Te tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi:

Then you’d tell them to

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9.8

‘tena hi, bho, tassa purisassa kāyā veḷupesikāhi gūthaṃ sunimmajjitaṃ nimmajjathā’ti.

carefully scrape the dung off that man’s body with bamboo scrapers,

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9.9

Te ‘sādhū’ti paṭissutvā tassa purisassa kāyā veḷupesikāhi gūthaṃ sunimmajjitaṃ nimmajjeyyuṃ.

and they’d agree to do so.

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9.10

Te tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi:

Then you’d tell them to

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9.11

‘tena hi, bho, tassa purisassa kāyaṃ paṇḍumattikāya tikkhattuṃ subbaṭṭitaṃ ubbaṭṭethā’ti.

carefully scrub that man’s body down with pale clay three times,

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9.12

Te tassa purisassa kāyaṃ paṇḍumattikāya tikkhattuṃ subbaṭṭitaṃ ubbaṭṭeyyuṃ.

and they’d do so.

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9.13

Te tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi:

Then you’d tell them to

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9.14

‘tena hi, bho, taṃ purisaṃ telena abbhañjitvā sukhumena cuṇṇena tikkhattuṃ suppadhotaṃ karothā’ti.

smear that man’s body with oil, and carefully wash him down with fine paste three times,

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9.15

Te taṃ purisaṃ telena abbhañjitvā sukhumena cuṇṇena tikkhattuṃ suppadhotaṃ kareyyuṃ.

and they’d do so.

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9.16

Te tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi:

Then you’d tell them to

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9.17

‘tena hi, bho, tassa purisassa kesamassuṃ kappethā’ti.

dress that man’s hair and beard,

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9.18

Te tassa purisassa kesamassuṃ kappeyyuṃ.

and they’d do so.

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9.19

Te tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi:

Then you’d tell them to

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9.20

‘tena hi, bho, tassa purisassa mahagghañca mālaṃ mahagghañca vilepanaṃ mahagghāni ca vatthāni upaharathā’ti.

provide that man with costly garlands, makeup, and clothes,

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9.21

Te tassa purisassa mahagghañca mālaṃ mahagghañca vilepanaṃ mahagghāni ca vatthāni upahareyyuṃ.

and they’d do so.

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9.22

Te tvaṃ evaṃ vadeyyāsi:

Then you’d tell them to

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9.23

‘tena hi, bho, taṃ purisaṃ pāsādaṃ āropetvā pañcakāmaguṇāni upaṭṭhāpethā’ti.

bring that man up to the stilt longhouse and set him up with the five kinds of sensual stimulation,

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9.24

Te taṃ purisaṃ pāsādaṃ āropetvā pañcakāmaguṇāni upaṭṭhāpeyyuṃ.

and they’d do so.

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9.25

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, rājañña,

What do you think, chieftain?

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9.26

api nu tassa purisassa sunhātassa suvilittassa sukappitakesamassussa āmukkamālābharaṇassa odātavatthavasanassa uparipāsādavaragatassa pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitassa samaṅgībhūtassa paricārayamānassa punadeva tasmiṃ gūthakūpe nimujjitukāmatā assā”ti?

Now that man is nicely bathed and anointed, with hair and beard dressed, bedecked with garlands and bracelets, dressed in white, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation upstairs in the royal longhouse. Would he want to plunge back into that sewer again?”

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9.27

“No hidaṃ, bho kassapa”.

“No, worthy Kassapa.

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9.28

“Taṃ kissa hetu”?

Why is that?

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9.29

“Asuci, bho kassapa, gūthakūpo asuci ceva asucisaṅkhāto ca duggandho ca duggandhasaṅkhāto ca jeguccho ca jegucchasaṅkhāto ca paṭikūlo ca paṭikūlasaṅkhāto cā”ti.

Because that sewer is filthy, stinking, disgusting, and repulsive, and it’s regarded as such.”

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9.30

“Evameva kho, rājañña, manussā devānaṃ asucī ceva asucisaṅkhātā ca, duggandhā ca duggandhasaṅkhātā ca, jegucchā ca jegucchasaṅkhātā ca, paṭikūlā ca paṭikūlasaṅkhātā ca.

“In the same way, chieftain, to the gods, human beings are filthy, stinking, disgusting, and repulsive, and are regarded as such.

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9.31

Yojanasataṃ kho, rājañña, manussagandho deve ubbādhati.

The smell of humans reaches the gods even a hundred leagues away.

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9.32

Kiṃ pana te mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā pāṇātipātā paṭiviratā adinnādānā paṭiviratā kāmesumicchācārā paṭiviratā musāvādā paṭiviratā pisuṇāya vācāya paṭiviratā pharusāya vācāya paṭiviratā samphappalāpā paṭiviratā anabhijjhālū abyāpannacittā sammādiṭṭhī, kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapannā te āgantvā ārocessanti:

What then of your friends and colleagues, relatives and kin who are reborn in a higher realm after doing good things? Will they come back to tell you that

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9.33

‘itipi atthi paro loko, atthi sattā opapātikā, atthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko’ti?

there is an afterlife?

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9.34

Imināpi kho te, rājañña, pariyāyena evaṃ hotu:

By this method, too, it ought to be proven that

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9.35

‘itipi atthi paro loko, atthi sattā opapātikā, atthi sukatadukkaṭānaṃ kammānaṃ phalaṃ vipāko’”ti.

there is an afterlife.”

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