Pathikasutta 1.10

Pāthikasutta 1.10

Language: Pāli

1.10.1

Atha kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto yenāhaṃ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhaggava, sunakkhattaṃ licchaviputtaṃ etadavocaṃ:

Then Sunakkhatta came to me, bowed, and sat down to one side. I said to him,
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1.10.2

‘Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta,

‘What do you think, Sunakkhatta?
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1.10.3

yatheva te ahaṃ acelaṃ korakkhattiyaṃ ārabbha byākāsiṃ, tatheva taṃ vipākaṃ, aññathā vā’ti?

Did the prediction I made about the aristocrat of Kuru turn out to be correct, or not?’
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1.10.4

‘Yatheva me, bhante, bhagavā acelaṃ korakkhattiyaṃ ārabbha byākāsi, tatheva taṃ vipākaṃ, no aññathā’ti.

‘It turned out to be correct.’
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1.10.5

‘Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta,

‘What do you think, Sunakkhatta?
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1.10.6

yadi evaṃ sante kataṃ vā hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ, akataṃ vā’ti?

If that is so, has a superhuman demonstration of psychic power been performed or not?’
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1.10.7

‘Addhā kho, bhante, evaṃ sante kataṃ hoti uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ, no akatan’ti.

‘Clearly, sir, a superhuman demonstration of psychic power has been performed.’
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1.10.8

‘Evampi kho maṃ tvaṃ, moghapurisa, uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karontaṃ evaṃ vadesi—

‘Though I performed such a superhuman demonstration of psychic power you say this:
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1.10.9

na hi pana me, bhante, bhagavā uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karotīti.

“But sir, the Buddha never performs any superhuman demonstrations of psychic power for me.”
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1.10.10

Passa, moghapurisa, yāvañca te idaṃ aparaddhan’ti.

See how far you have strayed!’
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1.10.11

Evampi kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto mayā vuccamāno apakkameva imasmā dhammavinayā, yathā taṃ āpāyiko nerayiko.

Though I spoke to Sunakkhatta like this, he still left this teaching and training, like someone on the highway to hell.
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