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# The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā 7.1-19

Udumbarikasutta 7.1-19

- **Language:** Pāli

### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.1)

Atha kho bhagavā yena nigrodho paribbājako tenupasaṅkami.

> Then the Buddha went up to the wanderer Nigrodha,  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.2)

Atha kho nigrodho paribbājako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> who said to him,  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.3)

“etu kho, bhante, bhagavā, svāgataṃ, bhante, bhagavato.

> “Let the Blessed One come, sir! Welcome to the Blessed One, sir!  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.4)

Cirassaṃ kho, bhante, bhagavā imaṃ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṃ idhāgamanāya.

> It’s been a long time since you took the opportunity to come here.  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.5)

Nisīdatu, bhante, bhagavā, idamāsanaṃ paññattan”ti.

> Please, sir, sit down, here, a seat is ready.”  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.6)

Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane.

> The Buddha sat down on the seat spread out,  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.7)

Nigrodhopi kho paribbājako aññataraṃ nīcāsanaṃ gahetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

> while Nigrodha took a low seat and sat to one side.  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.8)

Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho nigrodhaṃ paribbājakaṃ bhagavā etadavoca:

> The Buddha said to him,  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.9)

“kāya nuttha, nigrodha, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā, kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā”ti?

> “Nigrodha, what were you sitting talking about just now? What conversation was left unfinished?”  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.10)

Evaṃ vutte, nigrodho paribbājako bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

> Nigrodha said,  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.11)

“idha mayaṃ, bhante, addasāma bhagavantaṃ sumāgadhāya tīre moranivāpe abbhokāse caṅkamantaṃ, disvāna evaṃ avocumhā:

> “Well, sir, I saw you walking mindfully and said:  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.12)

‘sace samaṇo gotamo imaṃ parisaṃ āgaccheyya, imaṃ taṃ pañhaṃ puccheyyāma:

> ‘If the ascetic Gotama comes, I’ll ask him this question:  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.13)

“ko nāma so, bhante, bhagavato dhammo, yena bhagavā sāvake vineti, yena bhagavatā sāvakā vinītā assāsappattā paṭijānanti ajjhāsayaṃ ādibrahmacariyan”’ti?

> “Sir, what teaching do you use to guide your disciples, through which they claim solace in the fundamental goal of the spiritual life?”’  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.14)

Ayaṃ kho no, bhante, antarākathā vippakatā; atha bhagavā anuppatto”ti.

> This is the conversation that was unfinished when the Buddha arrived.”  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.15)

“Dujjānaṃ kho etaṃ, nigrodha, tayā aññadiṭṭhikena aññakhantikena aññarucikena aññatrāyogena aññatrācariyakena, yenāhaṃ sāvake vinemi, yena mayā sāvakā vinītā assāsappattā paṭijānanti ajjhāsayaṃ ādibrahmacariyaṃ.

> “It’s hard for you to understand this, Nigrodha, since you have a different view, creed, and belief, and another discipline and denomination.  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.16)

Iṅgha tvaṃ maṃ, nigrodha, sake ācariyake adhijegucche pañhaṃ puccha:

> Please ask me a question about the higher disgust of sin in your own denomination:  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.17)

‘kathaṃ santā nu kho, bhante, tapojigucchā paripuṇṇā hoti, kathaṃ aparipuṇṇā’”ti?

> ‘How are the conditions for the fervent mortification in disgust of sin completed, and how are they incomplete?’”  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.18)

Evaṃ vutte, te paribbājakā unnādino uccāsaddamahāsaddā ahesuṃ:

> When he said this, those wanderers made an uproar,  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25.7.19)

“acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhutaṃ vata bho, samaṇassa gotamassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā, yatra hi nāma sakavādaṃ ṭhapessati, paravādena pavāressatī”ti.

> “Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing! The ascetic Gotama has such power and might! For he sets aside his own doctrine and invites discussion on the doctrine of others!”  
> — The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā

## Translations (3)

- [Lavlji rik u Udumbariki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~sr-brankokovacevic.7.1) — sr
- [Das Löwengebrüll im Kloster der Dame Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~de-sabbamitta.7.1) — German
- [The Lion’s Roar at the Monastery of Lady Udumbarikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.25~en-sujato.7.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.55) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (3)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.104.9) — Classical Chinese
- [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.8.12) — Classical Chinese
- [尼拘陀梵志經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.nyagrodhasutra*zh-danapala.1.9) — Classical Chinese

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