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With Ambaṭṭha 1.14: 2.3. Tatiyaibbhavāda

Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.14

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Pāli

2.3. Tatiyaibbhavāda

1.14.1

“Laṭukikāpi kho, ambaṭṭha, sakuṇikā sake kulāvake kāmalāpinī hoti.

“Even a little quail, Ambaṭṭha, speaks as she likes in her own nest.

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1.14.2

Sakaṃ kho panetaṃ, ambaṭṭha, sakyānaṃ yadidaṃ kapilavatthuṃ, nārahatāyasmā ambaṭṭho imāya appamattāya abhisajjitun”ti.

Kapilavatthu is the Sakyans’ own place, Ambaṭṭha. It’s not worthy of the Venerable Ambaṭṭha to lose his temper over such a small thing.”

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1.14.3

“Cattārome, bho gotama, vaṇṇā—

“Worthy Gotama, there are these four classes:

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1.14.4

khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā suddā.

aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, and menials.

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1.14.5

Imesañhi, bho gotama, catunnaṃ vaṇṇānaṃ tayo vaṇṇā—

Three of these classes—

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1.14.6

khattiyā ca vessā ca suddā ca—

aristocrats, peasants, and menials—

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1.14.7

aññadatthu brāhmaṇasseva paricārakā sampajjanti.

in fact succeed only when serving the brahmins.

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1.14.8

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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1.14.9

Itiha ambaṭṭho māṇavo idaṃ tatiyaṃ sakyesu ibbhavādaṃ nipātesi.

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

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