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With Kūṭadanta 21.1-16

Kūṭadantasutta 21.1-16

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Pāli

21.1

Evaṃ vutte, te brāhmaṇā unnādino uccāsaddamahāsaddā ahesuṃ:

When he said this, those brahmins made an uproar,

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21.2

“aho yañño, aho yaññasampadā”ti.

“Hooray for such sacrifice! Hooray for the accomplishment of such sacrifice!”

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21.3

Kūṭadanto pana brāhmaṇo tūṇhībhūtova nisinno hoti.

But the brahmin Kūṭadanta sat in silence.

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21.4

Atha kho te brāhmaṇā kūṭadantaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etadavocuṃ:

So those brahmins said to him,

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21.5

“kasmā pana bhavaṃ kūṭadanto samaṇassa gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodatī”ti?

“How can you not applaud the ascetic Gotama’s fine words?”

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21.6

“Nāhaṃ, bho, samaṇassa gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodāmi.

“It’s not that I don’t applaud what he said.

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21.7

Muddhāpi tassa vipateyya, yo samaṇassa gotamassa subhāsitaṃ subhāsitato nābbhanumodeyya.

If anyone didn’t applaud such fine words, their head would explode!

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21.8

Api ca me, bho, evaṃ hoti—

But, gentlemen, it occurs to me that

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21.9

samaṇo gotamo na evamāha:

the ascetic Gotama does not say:

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21.10

‘evaṃ me sutan’ti vā ‘evaṃ arahati bhavitun’ti vā;

‘So I have heard’ or ‘It ought to be like this.’

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21.11

api ca samaṇo gotamo:

Rather, he just says:

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21.12

‘evaṃ tadā āsi, itthaṃ tadā āsi’ tveva bhāsati.

‘So it was then, this is how it was then.’

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21.13

Tassa mayhaṃ bho evaṃ hoti:

It occurs to me that

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21.14

‘addhā samaṇo gotamo tena samayena rājā vā ahosi mahāvijito yaññassāmi purohito vā brāhmaṇo tassa yaññassa yājetā’ti.

the ascetic Gotama at that time must have been King Mahāvijita, the owner of the sacrifice, or else the brahmin high priest who facilitated the sacrifice for him.

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21.15

Abhijānāti pana bhavaṃ gotamo evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ yajitvā vā yājetvā vā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjitā”ti?

Does the worthy Gotama recall having performed such a sacrifice, or having facilitated it, and then, when his body broke up, after death, being reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm?”

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21.16

“Abhijānāmahaṃ, brāhmaṇa, evarūpaṃ yaññaṃ yajitvā vā yājetvā vā kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjitā, ahaṃ tena samayena purohito brāhmaṇo ahosiṃ tassa yaññassa yājetā”ti.

“I do recall that, brahmin. For I myself was the brahmin high priest at that time who facilitated the sacrifice.”

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