The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā 4.1-5

4.1

Atha kho sandhāno gahapati yena nigrodho paribbājako tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā nigrodhena paribbājakena saddhiṃ sammodi.

Then Sandhāna went up to the wanderer Nigrodha, and exchanged greetings with him.

4.2

Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho sandhāno gahapati nigrodhaṃ paribbājakaṃ etadavoca:

When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Nigrodha,

4.3

“aññathā kho ime bhonto aññatitthiyā paribbājakā saṅgamma samāgamma unnādino uccāsaddamahāsaddā anekavihitaṃ tiracchānakathaṃ anuyuttā viharanti.

“The way the wanderers make an uproar as they sit together and talk about all kinds of low topics is one thing.

4.4

Seyyathidaṃ—rājakathaṃ …pe… itibhavābhavakathaṃ iti vā.

4.5

Aññathā kho pana so bhagavā araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni paṭisevati appasaddāni appanigghosāni vijanavātāni manussarāhasseyyakāni paṭisallānasāruppānī”ti.

It’s quite different to the way the Buddha frequents remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest that are quiet and still, far from the madding crowd, remote from human settlements, and fit for retreat.”