Pathikasutta 1.15: 4. Acelapāthikaputtavatthu

Pāthikasutta 1.15

Language: Pāli

4. Acelapāthikaputtavatthu

1.15.1

Ekamidāhaṃ, bhaggava, samayaṃ tattheva vesāliyaṃ viharāmi mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṃ.

This one time, Bhaggava, I was staying right there near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.
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1.15.2

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

Now at that time the naked ascetic Pāṭikaputta was residing in Vesālī. And in the Vajjian capital he had reached the peak of material things and fame.
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1.15.3

So vesāliyaṃ parisati evaṃ vācaṃ bhāsati:

He was telling a crowd in Vesālī:
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1.15.4

‘samaṇopi gotamo ñāṇavādo, ahampi ñāṇavādo.

‘Both the ascetic Gotama and I speak from knowledge.
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1.15.5

Ñāṇavādo kho pana ñāṇavādena arahati uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ dassetuṃ.

One who speaks from knowledge ought to display a superhuman demonstration of psychic power to another who speaks from knowledge.
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1.15.6

Samaṇo gotamo upaḍḍhapathaṃ āgaccheyya, ahampi upaḍḍhapathaṃ gaccheyyaṃ.

If the ascetic Gotama meets me half-way,
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1.15.7

Te tattha ubhopi uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ kareyyāma.

there we should both perform a superhuman demonstration of psychic power.
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1.15.8

Ekañce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissati, dvāhaṃ karissāmi.

If he performs one demonstration of psychic power, I’ll perform two.
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1.15.9

Dve ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, cattārāhaṃ karissāmi.

If he performs two, I’ll perform four.
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1.15.10

Cattāri ce samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyāni karissati, aṭṭhāhaṃ karissāmi.

If he performs four, I’ll perform eight.
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1.15.11

Iti yāvatakaṃ yāvatakaṃ samaṇo gotamo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṃ karissati, taddiguṇaṃ taddiguṇāhaṃ karissāmī’ti.

However many demonstrations of psychic power the ascetic Gotama performs, I’ll perform double.’
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