Aggannasutta 17.1-23
Aggaññasutta 17.1-23
- Language
- Pāli
17.1
Adhammasammataṃ kho pana, vāseṭṭha, tena samayena hoti, tadetarahi dhammasammataṃ.
What was deemed as unprincipled at that time, these days is deemed as principled.
17.2
Ye kho pana, vāseṭṭha, tena samayena sattā methunaṃ dhammaṃ paṭisevanti, te māsampi dvemāsampi na labhanti gāmaṃ vā nigamaṃ vā pavisituṃ.
The beings who had sex together weren’t allowed to enter a village or town for one or two months.
17.3
Yato kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā tasmiṃ asaddhamme ativelaṃ pātabyataṃ āpajjiṃsu.
Ever since they excessively threw themselves into immorality,
17.4
Atha agārāni upakkamiṃsu kātuṃ tasseva asaddhammassa paṭicchādanatthaṃ.
they started to make buildings to hide their immoral deeds.
17.5
Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññatarassa sattassa alasajātikassa etadahosi:
Then one of those beings of idle disposition thought,
17.6
‘ambho, kimevāhaṃ vihaññāmi sāliṃ āharanto sāyaṃ sāyamāsāya pāto pātarāsāya.
‘Oh my, why should I be bothered to gather rice at dusk for supper, and at daybreak for breakfast?
17.7
Yannūnāhaṃ sāliṃ āhareyyaṃ sakideva sāyapātarāsāyā’ti.
Why don’t I gather rice for supper and breakfast all at once?’
17.8
Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva sāyapātarāsāya.
So that’s what he did.
17.9
Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññataro satto yena so satto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ sattaṃ etadavoca:
Then one of the other beings approached that being and said,
17.10
‘ehi, bho satta, sālāhāraṃ gamissāmā’ti.
‘Come, good being, we shall go to gather rice.’
17.11
‘Alaṃ, bho satta, āhato me sāli sakideva sāyapātarāsāyā’ti.
‘There’s no need, good being! I gathered rice for supper and breakfast all at once.’
17.12
Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto tassa sattassa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjamāno sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva dvīhāya. ‘Evampi kira, bho, sādhū’ti.
So that being, following their example, gathered rice for two days all at once, thinking: ‘This seems fine.’
17.13
Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññataro satto yena so satto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ sattaṃ etadavoca:
Then one of the other beings approached that being and said,
17.14
‘ehi, bho satta, sālāhāraṃ gamissāmā’ti.
‘Come, good being, we shall go to gather rice.’
17.15
‘Alaṃ, bho satta, āhato me sāli sakideva dvīhāyā’ti.
‘There’s no need, good being! I gathered rice for two days all at once.’
17.16
Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto tassa sattassa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjamāno sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva catūhāya, ‘evampi kira, bho, sādhū’ti.
So that being, following their example, gathered rice for four days all at once, thinking: ‘This seems fine.’
17.17
Atha kho, vāseṭṭha, aññataro satto yena so satto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṃ sattaṃ etadavoca:
Then one of the other beings approached that being and said,
17.18
‘ehi, bho satta, sālāhāraṃ gamissāmā’ti.
‘Come, good being, we shall go to gather rice.’
17.19
‘Alaṃ, bho satta, āhato me sāli sakideva catūhāyā’ti.
‘There’s no need, good being! I gathered rice for four days all at once.’
17.20
Atha kho so, vāseṭṭha, satto tassa sattassa diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjamāno sāliṃ āhāsi sakideva aṭṭhāhāya, ‘evampi kira, bho, sādhū’ti.
So that being, following their example, gathered rice for eight days all at once, thinking: ‘This seems fine.’
17.21
Yato kho te, vāseṭṭha, sattā sannidhikārakaṃ sāliṃ upakkamiṃsu paribhuñjituṃ.
But when they started to store up rice to eat,
17.22
Atha kaṇopi taṇḍulaṃ pariyonandhi, thusopi taṇḍulaṃ pariyonandhi;
the rice grains became wrapped in powder and husk,
17.23
lūnampi nappaṭivirūḷhaṃ, apadānaṃ paññāyittha, saṇḍasaṇḍā sālayo aṭṭhaṃsu.
it didn’t grow back after reaping, leaving a trace showing, and the rice stood in clumps.
Translations (3)
- What Came First — English
- Was zuerst kam — German
- Nastanak sveta — sr
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