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With Ambaṭṭha 2.7

Ambaṭṭhasutta 2.7

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Pāli

2.7.1

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?

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2.7.2

idha rājā pasenadi kosalo hatthigīvāya vā nisinno assapiṭṭhe vā nisinno rathūpatthare vā ṭhito uggehi vā rājaññehi vā kiñcideva mantanaṃ manteyya.

Suppose King Pasenadi was holding consultations with warrior-chiefs or chieftains while sitting on an elephant’s neck or on horseback, or while standing on the mat in a chariot.

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2.7.3

So tamhā padesā apakkamma ekamantaṃ tiṭṭheyya.

And suppose he’d get down from that place and stand aside.

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2.7.4

Atha āgaccheyya suddo vā suddadāso vā, tasmiṃ padese ṭhito tadeva mantanaṃ manteyya:

Then along would come a worker or their bondservant, who’d stand in the same place and continue the consultation:

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2.7.5

‘evampi rājā pasenadi kosalo āha, evampi rājā pasenadi kosalo āhā’ti.

‘This is what King Pasenadi says, and this too is what the king says.’

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2.7.6

Api nu so rājabhaṇitaṃ vā bhaṇati rājamantanaṃ vā manteti?

Though he spoke the king’s words and gave the king’s advice,

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2.7.7

Ettāvatā so assa rājā vā rājamatto vā”ti?

does that qualify him to be the king or the king’s minister?”

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2.7.8

“No hidaṃ, bho gotama”.

“No, worthy Gotama.”

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