Aggannasutta 16.1-15
Aggaññasutta 16.1-15
- Language
- Pāli
16.1
Atha kho tesaṃ, vāseṭṭha, sattānaṃ padālatāya antarahitāya akaṭṭhapāko sāli pāturahosi akaṇo athuso suddho sugandho taṇḍulapphalo.
When the bursting pods had vanished, ripe untilled rice appeared to those beings. It had no powder or husk, pure and fragrant, with only the rice-grain.
16.2
Yaṃ taṃ sāyaṃ sāyamāsāya āharanti, pāto taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ.
What they took for supper at dusk, by daybreak had grown back and ripened.
16.3
Yaṃ taṃ pāto pātarāsāya āharanti, sāyaṃ taṃ hoti pakkaṃ paṭivirūḷhaṃ;
And what they took for breakfast at daybreak had grown back and ripened by the evening,
16.4
nāpadānaṃ paññāyati.
leaving no trace showing.
16.5
Atha kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā akaṭṭhapākaṃ sāliṃ paribhuñjantā tambhakkhā tadāhārā ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu.
Then those beings eating the ripe untilled rice, with that as their food and nourishment, remained for a very long time.
7. Itthipurisaliṅgapātubhāva
16.7
Yathā yathā kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā akaṭṭhapākaṃ sāliṃ paribhuñjantā tambhakkhā tadāhārā ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ aṭṭhaṃsu tathā tathā tesaṃ sattānaṃ bhiyyoso mattāya kharattañceva kāyasmiṃ okkami, vaṇṇavevaṇṇatā ca paññāyittha, itthiyā ca itthiliṅgaṃ pāturahosi purisassa ca purisaliṅgaṃ.
But so long as they ate that ripe untilled rice, their bodies became more solid and they diverged in appearance. And female characteristics appeared on women, while male characteristics appeared on men.
16.8
Itthī ca purisaṃ ativelaṃ upanijjhāyati puriso ca itthiṃ.
Women spent too much time gazing at men, and men at women.
16.9
Tesaṃ ativelaṃ aññamaññaṃ upanijjhāyataṃ sārāgo udapādi, pariḷāho kāyasmiṃ okkami.
They became lustful, and their bodies burned with fever.
16.10
Te pariḷāhapaccayā methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭiseviṃsu.
Due to this fever they had sex with each other.
16.11
Ye kho pana te, vāseṭṭha, tena samayena sattā passanti methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevante, aññe paṃsuṃ khipanti, aññe seṭṭhiṃ khipanti, aññe gomayaṃ khipanti:
Those who saw them having sex pelted them with dirt, clods, or cow-dung, saying,
16.12
‘nassa asuci, nassa asucī’ti.
‘Get lost, filth! Get lost, filth!
16.13
‘Kathañhi nāma satto sattassa evarūpaṃ karissatī’ti.
How on earth can one being do that to another?’
16.14
Tadetarahipi manussā ekaccesu janapadesu vadhuyā nibbuyhamānāya aññe paṃsuṃ khipanti, aññe seṭṭhiṃ khipanti, aññe gomayaṃ khipanti.
And even today people in some countries, when carrying a bride off, pelt her with dirt, clods, or cow-dung.
16.15
Tadeva porāṇaṃ aggaññaṃ akkharaṃ anusaranti, na tvevassa atthaṃ ājānanti.
They’re just remembering an ancient primordial saying, but they don’t understand what it means.
Translations (3)
- Nastanak sveta — sr
- What Came First — English
- Was zuerst kam — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (3)
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 長阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 白衣金幢二婆羅門緣起經 — Classical Chinese