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With Ambaṭṭha 1.12

Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.12

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Pāli

1.12.1

Atha kho ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhagavatā avusitavādena vuccamāno kupito anattamano bhagavantaṃyeva khuṃsento bhagavantaṃyeva vambhento bhagavantaṃyeva upavadamāno:

When he said this, Ambaṭṭha became angry and upset with the Buddha because of being described as unqualified. He even attacked and badmouthed the Buddha himself, saying,

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1.12.2

“samaṇo ca me bho gotamo pāpito bhavissatī”ti bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

“The ascetic Gotama will be worsted!” He said to the Buddha,

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1.12.3

“caṇḍā, bho gotama, sakyajāti;

“Worthy Gotama, the Sakyans are rude,

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1.12.4

pharusā, bho gotama, sakyajāti;

harsh,

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1.12.5

lahusā, bho gotama, sakyajāti;

touchy,

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1.12.6

bhassā, bho gotama, sakyajāti;

and argumentative.

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1.12.7

ibbhā santā ibbhā samānā na brāhmaṇe sakkaronti, na brāhmaṇe garuṃ karonti, na brāhmaṇe mānenti, na brāhmaṇe pūjenti, na brāhmaṇe apacāyanti.

Primitive they are, and primitive they remain! They don’t honor, respect, revere, worship, or venerate brahmins.

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1.12.8

Tayidaṃ, bho gotama, nacchannaṃ, tayidaṃ nappatirūpaṃ, yadime sakyā ibbhā santā ibbhā samānā na brāhmaṇe sakkaronti, na brāhmaṇe garuṃ karonti, na brāhmaṇe mānenti, na brāhmaṇe pūjenti, na brāhmaṇe apacāyantī”ti.

It is neither proper nor appropriate that the Sakyans—primitives that they are—don’t honor, respect, revere, worship, or venerate brahmins.”

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1.12.9

Itiha ambaṭṭho māṇavo idaṃ paṭhamaṃ sakyesu ibbhavādaṃ nipātesi.

And that’s how Ambaṭṭha denigrated the Sakyans with the word “primitives” for the first time.

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