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With Ambaṭṭha 1.16

Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.16

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Pāli

1.16.1

Rañño kho pana, ambaṭṭha, okkākassa disā nāma dāsī ahosi.

Now, King Okkāka had a slavegirl named Disā.

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1.16.2

Sā kaṇhaṃ nāma janesi.

She gave birth to a boy named Black.

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1.16.3

Jāto kaṇho pabyāhāsi:

When he was born, Black Boy said:

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1.16.4

‘dhovatha maṃ, amma, nahāpetha maṃ amma, imasmā maṃ asucismā parimocetha, atthāya vo bhavissāmī’ti.

‘Wash me, mum, bathe me! Get this filth off of me! I will be useful for you!’

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1.16.5

Yathā kho pana, ambaṭṭha, etarahi manussā pisāce disvā ‘pisācā’ti sañjānanti;

Whereas these days when people see goblins they recognize them as goblins,

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1.16.6

evameva kho, ambaṭṭha, tena kho pana samayena manussā pisāce ‘kaṇhā’ti sañjānanti.

in those days they recognized goblins as ‘blackboys’.

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1.16.7

Te evamāhaṃsu:

They said:

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1.16.8

‘ayaṃ jāto pabyāhāsi, kaṇho jāto, pisāco jāto’ti.

‘He spoke as soon as he was born—a blackboy is born! A goblin is born!’

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1.16.9

Tadagge kho pana, ambaṭṭha, kaṇhāyanā paññāyanti, so ca kaṇhāyanānaṃ pubbapuriso.

From that day on the Kaṇhāyanas were proclaimed, and he was their founder.

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1.16.10

Iti kho te, ambaṭṭha, porāṇaṃ mātāpettikaṃ nāmagottaṃ anussarato ayyaputtā sakyā bhavanti, dāsiputto tvamasi sakyānan”ti.

That’s how, 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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