[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Pathikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24) › 1.7.1-25 # Pathikasutta 1.7.1-25 Pāthikasutta 1.7.1-25 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.1) Ekamidāhaṃ, bhaggava, samayaṃ thūlūsu viharāmi uttarakā nāma thūlūnaṃ nigamo. > Bhaggava, this one time I was staying in the land of the Kurus where they have a town named Uttarakā. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.2) Atha khvāhaṃ, bhaggava, pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sunakkhattena licchaviputtena pacchāsamaṇena uttarakaṃ piṇḍāya pāvisiṃ. > Then I robed up in the morning and, taking my bowl and robe, entered Uttarakā for alms with Sunakkhatta the Licchavi as my second monk. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.3) Tena kho pana samayena acelo korakkhattiyo kukkuravatiko catukkuṇḍiko chamānikiṇṇaṃ bhakkhasaṃ mukheneva khādati, mukheneva bhuñjati. > Now at that time a naked ascetic who was an aristocrat of Kuru had taken a vow to behave like a dog. When food is tossed on the ground, he gets down on all fours, eating and devouring it just with his mouth. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.4) Addasā kho, bhaggava, sunakkhatto licchaviputto acelaṃ korakkhattiyaṃ kukkuravatikaṃ catukkuṇḍikaṃ chamānikiṇṇaṃ bhakkhasaṃ mukheneva khādantaṃ mukheneva bhuñjantaṃ. > Sunakkhatta saw him doing this > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.5) Disvānassa etadahosi: > and thought, > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.6) ‘sādhurūpo vata bho ayaṃ samaṇo catukkuṇḍiko chamānikiṇṇaṃ bhakkhasaṃ mukheneva khādati, mukheneva bhuñjatī’ti. > ‘That ascetic is a holy man!’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.7) Atha khvāhaṃ, bhaggava, sunakkhattassa licchaviputtassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya sunakkhattaṃ licchaviputtaṃ etadavocaṃ: > Then, knowing Sunakkhatta’s train of thought, I said to him, > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.8) ‘tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī’ti. > ‘Don’t you claim to be an ascetic who follows the Sakyan, you silly man?’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.9) ‘Kiṃ pana maṃ, bhante, bhagavā evamāha: > ‘But why does the Buddha say this to me?’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.10) “tvampi nāma, moghapurisa, samaṇo sakyaputtiyo paṭijānissasī”’ti? ### [1.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.11) ‘Nanu te, sunakkhatta, imaṃ acelaṃ korakkhattiyaṃ kukkuravatikaṃ catukkuṇḍikaṃ chamānikiṇṇaṃ bhakkhasaṃ mukheneva khādantaṃ mukheneva bhuñjantaṃ disvāna etadahosi— > ‘When you saw that naked ascetic of Kuru, didn’t you think, > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.12) sādhurūpo vata bho ayaṃ samaṇo catukkuṇḍiko chamānikiṇṇaṃ bhakkhasaṃ mukheneva khādati, mukheneva bhuñjatī’ti? > “That ascetic is a holy man!”?’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.13) ‘Evaṃ, bhante. > ‘Yes, sir. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.14) Kiṃ pana, bhante, bhagavā arahattassa maccharāyatī’ti? > But sir, are you jealous of the perfected ones?’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.15) ‘Na kho ahaṃ, moghapurisa, arahattassa maccharāyāmi. > ‘I’m not jealous of the perfected ones, you silly man. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.16) Api ca tuyhevetaṃ pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppannaṃ, taṃ pajaha. > Rather, you should give up this harmful misconception that has arisen in you. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.17) Mā te ahosi dīgharattaṃ ahitāya dukkhāya. > Don’t create lasting harm and suffering for yourself! > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.18) Yaṃ kho panetaṃ, sunakkhatta, maññasi acelaṃ korakkhattiyaṃ—sādhurūpo ayaṃ samaṇoti. So sattamaṃ divasaṃ alasakena kālaṃ karissati. > That naked ascetic the aristocrat of Kuru, who you imagine to be a holy man, will die of flatulence in seven days. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.19) Kālaṅkato ca kālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatra upapajjissati. > And when he dies, he’ll be reborn in the very lowest rank of titans, named the Kālakañjas. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.20) Kālaṅkatañca naṃ bīraṇatthambake susāne chaḍḍessanti. > And they’ll throw him in the charnel ground on a clump of vetiver. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.21) Ākaṅkhamāno ca tvaṃ, sunakkhatta, acelaṃ korakkhattiyaṃ upasaṅkamitvā puccheyyāsi— > If you wish, Sunakkhatta, go to the aristocrat of Kuru and ask him > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.22) jānāsi, āvuso korakkhattiya, attano gatinti? > whether he knows his own destiny. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.23) Ṭhānaṃ kho panetaṃ, sunakkhatta, vijjati yaṃ te acelo korakkhattiyo byākarissati— > It’s possible that he will answer: > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.24) jānāmi, āvuso sunakkhatta, attano gatiṃ; > “Reverend Sunakkhatta, I know my own destiny. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [1.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.25) kālakañcikā nāma asurā sabbanihīno asurakāyo, tatrāmhi upapanno’ti. > I’ve been reborn in the very lowest rank of titans, named the Kālakañjas.”’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ## Translations (3) - [O Pāṭhikaputti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~sr-brankokovacevic.1.7.1) — sr - [About Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~en-sujato.1.7.1) — English - [Über Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~de-sabbamitta.1.7.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.24.7) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (1) - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.15.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.1-25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.1.7.1-25) · Pramāṇa