[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [The Minor Collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka) › [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada) › [Commentary on the Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha) › 26.1.p2 # Verses on Dhamma 26.1.p2 Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 26.1.p2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [26.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.1.p2) So kira brāhmaṇo bhagavato dhammadesanaṃ sutvā pasannacitto attano gehe soḷasamattānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ niccabhattaṃ paṭṭhapetvā bhikkhūnaṃ āgatavelāya pattaṃ gahetvā ‘‘āgacchantu bhonto arahanto, nisīdantu bhonto arahanto’’ti yaṃkiñci vadanto arahantavādapaṭisaṃyuttameva vadati. Tesu puthujjanā ‘‘ayaṃ amhesu arahantasaññī’’ti cintayiṃsu, khīṇāsavā ‘‘ayaṃ no khīṇāsavabhāvaṃ jānātī’’ti. Evaṃ te sabbepi kukkuccāyantā tassa gehaṃ nāgamiṃsu. So dukkhī dummano ‘‘kinnu kho, ayyā, nāgacchantī’’ti vihāraṃ gantvā satthāraṃ vanditvā tamatthaṃ ārocesi. Satthā bhikkhū āmantetvā ‘‘kiṃ etaṃ, bhikkhave’’ti pucchitvā tehi tasmiṃ atthe ārocite ‘‘sādiyatha pana tumhe, bhikkhave, arahantavāda’’nti āha. ‘‘Na sādiyāma mayaṃ, bhante’’ti. ‘‘Evaṃ sante manussānaṃ etaṃ pasādabhaññaṃ, anāpatti, bhikkhave, pasādabhaññe, api ca kho pana brāhmaṇassa arahantesu adhimattaṃ pemaṃ, tasmā tumhehipi taṇhāsotaṃ chetvā arahattameva pattuṃ yutta’’nti vatvā dhammaṃ desento imaṃ gāthamāha – > The story goes that this Brahman once heard the Exalted One preach the Law, and was so delighted at heart that he thereafter gave food regularly to sixteen monks at his house. When the monks came, he would take their bowls and say, “May the Reverend Arahats draw near! May the Reverend Arahats sit down!” No matter whom he addressed, he greeted all of the monks with the title “Arahats.” Now those of the monks who had not yet attained the Fruit of Conversion thought to themselves, “This layman thinks that there are Arahats among us;” and those who had attained Arahatship thought to themselves, “This layman does not know that we have attained Arahatship.” The result was that all of the monks became dissatisfied and stopped going to his house. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > This made the layman very sad and sorrowful. “Why pray do the noble monks no longer come to my house?” thought he. So he went to the monastery, saluted the Teacher, and told him what had happened. Then the Teacher addressed the monks and asked them, “Monks, what does this mean?” The monks told him what had happened. Said the Teacher, “But, monks, do you not like to have him greet you as ‘Arahats’?” “No, Reverend Sir, we do not like it.” “Nevertheless, monks, this is only an expression of the joy which men feel; and no fault can be found with an expression of joy. Now the love of the Brahman for the Arahats is boundless. Therefore it is proper that you too should sever the stream of Craving and be satisfied with nothing less than the attainment of Arahatship.” So saying, he preached the Law by pronouncing the following Stanza, > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 26.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.1.p1) - [Next: 26.1.383](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.1.383) - [Up: 26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.1) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.26.1.p2) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.383) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.26.1.p2) · Pramāṇa