The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā 3.1-8
Udumbarikasutta 3.1-8
- Language
- Pāli
3.1
Addasā kho nigrodho paribbājako sandhānaṃ gahapatiṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ.
Nigrodha saw Sandhāna coming off in the distance,
3.2
Disvā sakaṃ parisaṃ saṇṭhāpesi:
and hushed his own assembly:
3.3
“appasaddā bhonto hontu, mā bhonto saddamakattha.
“Be quiet, good fellows, don’t make a sound.
3.4
Ayaṃ samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako āgacchati sandhāno gahapati.
The householder Sandhāna, a disciple of the ascetic Gotama, is coming.
3.5
Yāvatā kho pana samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakā gihī odātavasanā rājagahe paṭivasanti, ayaṃ tesaṃ aññataro sandhāno gahapati.
He is included among the white-clothed lay disciples of the ascetic Gotama, who is residing near Rājagaha.
3.6
Appasaddakāmā kho panete āyasmanto appasaddavinītā, appasaddassa vaṇṇavādino.
Such venerables like the quiet, are educated to be quiet, and praise the quiet.
3.7
Appeva nāma appasaddaṃ parisaṃ viditvā upasaṅkamitabbaṃ maññeyyā”ti.
Hopefully if he sees that our assembly is quiet he’ll see fit to approach.”
3.8
Evaṃ vutte, te paribbājakā tuṇhī ahesuṃ.
Then those wanderers fell silent.
Translations (3)
- Lavlji rik u Udumbariki — sr
- Das Löwengebrüll im Kloster der Dame Udumbarikā — German
- The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli