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With Ambaṭṭha 1.21

Ambaṭṭhasutta 1.21

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Pāli

1.21.1

Tena kho pana samayena vajirapāṇī yakkho mahantaṃ ayokūṭaṃ ādāya ādittaṃ sampajjalitaṃ sajotibhūtaṃ ambaṭṭhassa māṇavassa upari vehāsaṃ ṭhito hoti:

Now at that time the spirit Vajirapāṇī, holding a massive iron spear, burning, blazing, and glowing, stood in the air above Ambaṭṭha, thinking,

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1.21.2

“sacāyaṃ ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhagavatā yāvatatiyakaṃ sahadhammikaṃ pañhaṃ puṭṭho na byākarissati, etthevassa sattadhā muddhaṃ phālessāmī”ti.

“If this Ambaṭṭha doesn’t answer when asked a third time, I’ll blow his head into seven pieces there and then!”

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1.21.3

Taṃ kho pana vajirapāṇiṃ yakkhaṃ bhagavā ceva passati ambaṭṭho ca māṇavo.

And both the Buddha and Ambaṭṭha could see Vajirapāṇī.

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1.21.4

Atha kho ambaṭṭho māṇavo bhīto saṃviggo lomahaṭṭhajāto bhagavantaṃyeva tāṇaṃ gavesī bhagavantaṃyeva leṇaṃ gavesī bhagavantaṃyeva saraṇaṃ gavesī upanisīditvā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

Ambaṭṭha was terrified, shocked, and awestruck. Looking to the Buddha for shelter, asylum, and refuge, he sat down close by the Buddha and said,

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1.21.5

“kimetaṃ bhavaṃ gotamo āha?

“What did you say?

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1.21.6

Punabhavaṃ gotamo bravitū”ti.

Please repeat the question.”

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1.21.7

“Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

“What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?

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1.21.8

kinti te sutaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ vuddhānaṃ mahallakānaṃ ācariyapācariyānaṃ bhāsamānānaṃ kutopabhutikā kaṇhāyanā, ko ca kaṇhāyanānaṃ pubbapuriso”ti?

According to what you have heard from elderly and senior brahmins, the tutors of tutors, what is the origin of the Kaṇhāyanas, and who is their founder?”

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1.21.9

“Evameva me, bho gotama, sutaṃ yatheva bhavaṃ gotamo āha.

“I have heard, worthy Gotama, that it is just as you say.

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1.21.10

Tatopabhutikā kaṇhāyanā;

That’s the origin of the Kaṇhāyanas,

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1.21.11

so ca kaṇhāyanānaṃ pubbapuriso”ti.

and that’s who their founder is.”

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