With Ambaṭṭha 1.18
Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.18
- Language
- Pāli
1.18.1
Atha kho bhagavā te māṇavake etadavoca:
So the Buddha said to them,
1.18.2
“sace kho tumhākaṃ māṇavakānaṃ evaṃ hoti:
“Well, young students, if you think that
1.18.3
‘dujjāto ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, akulaputto ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, appassuto ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, akalyāṇavākkaraṇo ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, duppañño ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, na ca pahoti ambaṭṭho māṇavo samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetun’ti, tiṭṭhatu ambaṭṭho māṇavo, tumhe mayā saddhiṃ mantavho asmiṃ vacane.
Ambaṭṭha is ill-born, not a gentleman, unlearned, a poor speaker, witless, and not capable of debating with me about this, then leave him aside and you can debate with me.
1.18.4
Sace pana tumhākaṃ māṇavakānaṃ evaṃ hoti:
But if you think that
1.18.5
‘sujāto ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, kulaputto ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, bahussuto ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, kalyāṇavākkaraṇo ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, paṇḍito ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo, pahoti ca ambaṭṭho māṇavo samaṇena gotamena saddhiṃ asmiṃ vacane paṭimantetun’ti, tiṭṭhatha tumhe;
he’s well-born, a gentleman, learned, who enunciates well, is astute, and is capable of debating with me about this, then you should stand aside and let him debate with me.”
1.18.6
ambaṭṭho māṇavo mayā saddhiṃ paṭimantetū”ti.
Translations (5)
- အမ္ဗဋ္ဌသုတ် — Burmese
- Razgovor sa Ambaṭṭhom — sr
- Mit Ambaṭṭha — German
- With Ambaṭṭha — English
- Ambattha Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (2)
Discussed in (1)
- Pāli Literature and Language — Geiger 1916, English