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With Ambaṭṭha 1.15: 2.4. Dāsiputtavāda

Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.15

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2.4. Dāsiputtavāda

1.15.1

Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:

Then it occurred to the Buddha,

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1.15.2

“atibāḷhaṃ kho ayaṃ ambaṭṭho māṇavo sakyesu ibbhavādena nimmādeti, yannūnāhaṃ gottaṃ puccheyyan”ti.

“This Ambaṭṭha puts the Sakyans down way too much by calling them primitives. Why don’t I ask him about his own clan?”

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1.15.3

Atha kho bhagavā ambaṭṭhaṃ māṇavaṃ etadavoca:

So the Buddha said to him,

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1.15.4

“kathaṃ gottosi, ambaṭṭhā”ti?

“What is your clan, Ambaṭṭha?”

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1.15.5

“Kaṇhāyanohamasmi, bho gotamā”ti.

“I am a Kaṇhāyana, worthy Gotama.”

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1.15.6

“Porāṇaṃ kho pana te, ambaṭṭha, mātāpettikaṃ nāmagottaṃ anussarato ayyaputtā sakyā bhavanti; dāsiputto tvamasi sakyānaṃ.

“But, recollecting the ancient name and clan of your mother and father, the Sakyans were the children of the masters, while you’re descended from the son of a slavegirl of the Sakyans.

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1.15.7

Sakyā kho pana, ambaṭṭha, rājānaṃ okkākaṃ pitāmahaṃ dahanti.

But the Sakyans regard King Okkāka as their grandfather.

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1.15.8

Bhūtapubbaṃ, ambaṭṭha, rājā okkāko yā sā mahesī piyā manāpā, tassā puttassa rajjaṃ pariṇāmetukāmo jeṭṭhakumāre raṭṭhasmā pabbājesi—

Once upon a time, King Okkāka, wishing to divert the royal succession to the son of his most beloved queen, banished the elder princes from the realm—

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1.15.9

okkāmukhaṃ karakaṇḍaṃ hatthinikaṃ sinisūraṃ.

Okkāmukha, Karakaṇḍa, Hatthinika, and Sinisūra.

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1.15.10

Te raṭṭhasmā pabbājitā himavantapasse pokkharaṇiyā tīre mahāsākasaṇḍo, tattha vāsaṃ kappesuṃ.

They made their home beside a lotus pond on the slopes of the Himalayas, where there was a large grove of sakhua trees.

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1.15.11

Te jātisambhedabhayā sakāhi bhaginīhi saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ kappesuṃ.

For fear of breaking their line of birth, they slept with their own (saka) sisters.

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1.15.12

Atha kho, ambaṭṭha, rājā okkāko amacce pārisajje āmantesi:

Then King Okkāka addressed his ministers and councillors,

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1.15.13

‘kahaṃ nu kho, bho, etarahi kumārā sammantī’ti?

‘Where, sirs, have the princes settled now?’

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1.15.14

‘Atthi, deva, himavantapasse pokkharaṇiyā tīre mahāsākasaṇḍo, tatthetarahi kumārā sammanti.

‘Your Majesty, there is a lotus pond on the slopes of the Himalayas, by a large grove of sakhua trees. They’ve settled there.

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1.15.15

Te jātisambhedabhayā sakāhi bhaginīhi saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ kappentī’ti.

For fear of breaking their line of birth, they are sleeping with their own sisters.’

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1.15.16

Atha kho, ambaṭṭha, rājā okkāko udānaṃ udānesi:

Then, Ambaṭṭha, King Okkāka expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

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1.15.17

‘sakyā vata, bho, kumārā, paramasakyā vata, bho, kumārā’ti.

‘The princes are indeed Sakyans! The princes are indeed the best Sakyans!’

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1.15.18

Tadagge kho pana, ambaṭṭha, sakyā paññāyanti; so ca nesaṃ pubbapuriso.

From that day on the Sakyans were recognized and he was their founder.

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