Pathikasutta 1.13

1.13.1

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,

1.13.2

‘tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī’ti.

‘Don’t you claim to be an ascetic who follows the Sakyan, you silly man?’

1.13.3

‘Kiṃ pana maṃ, bhante, bhagavā evamāha—

‘But why does the Buddha say this to me?’

1.13.4

tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī’ti?

1.13.5

‘Nanu tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, acelaṃ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṃ upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ apucchi.

‘Didn’t you go to see the naked ascetic Kaḷāramaṭṭaka and ask him a question?

1.13.6

Tassa te acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako pañhaṃ puṭṭho na sampāyāsi.

But when it stumped him,

1.13.7

Asampāyanto kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātvākāsi.

he displayed annoyance, hate, and bitterness.

1.13.8

Tassa te etadahosi:

Then you thought,

1.13.9

“sādhurūpaṃ vata bho arahantaṃ samaṇaṃ āsādimhase.

“I’ve offended the holy man, the perfected one, the ascetic.

1.13.10

Mā vata no ahosi dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāyā”’ti.

I mustn’t create lasting harm and suffering for myself!”’

1.13.11

‘Evaṃ, bhante.

‘Yes, sir.

1.13.12

Kiṃ pana, bhante, bhagavā arahattassa maccharāyatī’ti?

But sir, are you jealous of perfected ones?’

1.13.13

‘Na kho ahaṃ, moghapurisa, arahattassa maccharāyāmi,

‘I’m not jealous of the perfected ones, you silly man.

1.13.14

api ca tuyhevetaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ, taṃ pajaha.

Rather, you should give up this harmful misconception that has arisen in you.

1.13.15

Mā te ahosi dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya.

Don’t create lasting harm and suffering for yourself!

1.13.16

Yaṃ kho panetaṃ, sunakkhatta, maññasi acelaṃ kaḷāramaṭṭakaṃ—

That naked ascetic Kaḷāramaṭṭaka, who you imagine to be a true holy man,

1.13.17

sādhurūpo ayaṃ samaṇoti, so nacirasseva parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṃ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālaṃ karissatī’ti.

will shortly be clothed, living with a partner, eating rice and porridge, having gone past all the shrines near Vesālī. And he will die after losing all his fame.’

1.13.18

Atha kho, bhaggava, acelo kaḷāramaṭṭako nacirasseva parihito sānucāriko vicaranto odanakummāsaṃ bhuñjamāno sabbāneva vesāliyāni cetiyāni samatikkamitvā yasā nihīno kālamakāsi.

And that’s exactly what happened.