Verses on Dhamma 10.2.p2

10.2.p2

Teyeva ekasmiñhi samaye teneva kāraṇena purimasikkhāpade sattarasavaggiye pahariṃsu. Teneva kāraṇena tesaṃ talasattikaṃ uggiriṃsu. Idhāpi satthā tesaṃ saddaṃ sutvā ‘‘kiṃ ida’’nti pucchitvā ‘‘idaṃ nāmā’’ti ārocite ‘‘na, bhikkhave, ito paṭṭhāya bhikkhunā nāma evaṃ kattabbaṃ, yo karoti, so imaṃ nāma āpattiṃ āpajjatī’’ti talasattikasikkhāpadaṃ (pāci. 454 ādayo) paññāpetvā, ‘‘bhikkhave, bhikkhunā nāma ‘yathā ahaṃ, tatheva aññepi daṇḍassa tasanti, yathā ca mayhaṃ, tatheva nesaṃ jīvitaṃ piya’nti ñatvā paro na paharitabbo na ghāṭetabbo’’ti vatvā anusandhiṃ ghaṭetvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha –

For once upon a time, the circumstances being the same as those which attended the promulgation of the foregoing precept, the monks of the Band of Six struck the monks of the Band of Seventeen, whereupon the latter made threatening gestures. On this occasion also the Teacher heard the outcry made by the latter and asked, "What is that?" Informed of the cause, he promulgated the precept regarding threatening gestures, saying, "Monks, henceforth no monk should do any such thing. Whoever does this is guilty of sin." Having so done, he said, "Monks, a monk should consider, 'As do I, so also do others tremble at the rod; as do I, so also do others cherish life.' And bearing this thought in mind, he should neither strike another nor kill another." So saying, he joined the connection and preaching the Law, pronounced the following Stanza,