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# Pathikasutta 1.11: 3. Acelakaḷāramaṭṭakavatthu

Pāthikasutta 1.11

- **Language:** Pāli

### 3. Acelakaḷāramaṭṭakavatthu

### [1.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.11.1)

Ekamidāhaṃ, bhaggava, samayaṃ vesāliyaṃ viharāmi mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṃ.

> This one time, Bhaggava, I was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.11.2)

Tena kho pana samayena acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako vesāliyaṃ paṭivasati lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme.

> Now at that time the naked ascetic Kaḷāramaṭṭaka was residing in Vesālī. And in the Vajjian capital he had reached the peak of material things and fame.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.11.3)

Tassa sattavatapadāni samattāni samādinnāni honti:

> He had undertaken these seven vows.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.11.4)

‘yāvajīvaṃ acelako assaṃ, na vatthaṃ paridaheyyaṃ, yāvajīvaṃ brahmacārī assaṃ, na methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭiseveyyaṃ, yāvajīvaṃ surāmaṃseneva yāpeyyaṃ, na odanakummāsaṃ bhuñjeyyaṃ.

> ‘As long as I live, I will be a naked ascetic, not wearing clothes. As long as I live, I will be chaste, not having sex. As long as I live, I will consume only meat and beer, not eating rice and porridge.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.11.5)

Puratthimena vesāliṃ udenaṃ nāma cetiyaṃ, taṃ nātikkameyyaṃ, dakkhiṇena vesāliṃ gotamakaṃ nāma cetiyaṃ, taṃ nātikkameyyaṃ, pacchimena vesāliṃ sattambaṃ nāma cetiyaṃ, taṃ nātikkameyyaṃ, uttarena vesāliṃ bahuputtaṃ nāma cetiyaṃ taṃ nātikkameyyan’ti.

> And I will not go past the following shrines near Vesālī: the Udena Shrine to the east, the Gotamaka to the south, the Seven Maidens to the west, and the Many Sons to the north.’  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

### [1.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.11.6)

So imesaṃ sattannaṃ vatapadānaṃ samādānahetu lābhaggappatto ceva yasaggappatto ca vajjigāme.

> And it was due to undertaking these seven vows that he had reached the peak of material things and fame.  
> — About Pāṭikaputta

## Translations (3)

- [O Pāṭhikaputti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~sr-brankokovacevic.1.11.1) — sr
- [About Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~en-sujato.1.11.1) — English
- [Über Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~de-sabbamitta.1.11.1) — German

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.24.11) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kathāvatthu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.kathavatthu) — Moggaliputta Tissa, Pāli

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