Dhammapada 26.35: 35. Naṭaputtakattheravatthu

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Hitvāti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā veḷuvane viharanto ekaṃ naṭaputtakaṃ ārabbha kathesi.

He that has cast off. This religious instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Veḷuvana with reference to a certain monk who was once a mime.

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So kira ekaṃ naṭakīḷaṃ kīḷayamāno vicaranto satthu dhammakathaṃ sutvā pabbajitvā arahattaṃ pāpuṇi. Tasmiṃ buddhappamukhena bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ piṇḍāya pavisante bhikkhū ekaṃ naṭaputtaṃ kīḷantaṃ disvā, ‘‘āvuso, esa tayā kīḷitakīḷitaṃ kīḷati, atthi nu kho te ettha sineho’’ti pucchitvā ‘‘natthī’’ti vutte ‘‘ayaṃ, bhante, abhūtaṃ vatvā aññaṃ byākarotī’’ti āhaṃsu. Satthā tesaṃ kathaṃ sutvā, ‘‘bhikkhave, mama putto sabbayoge atikkanto’’ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –

It is said that a certain mime giving performances from place to place heard the Teacher preach the Law, whereupon he retired from the world, became a monk, and attained Arahatship. One day, as he

was entering the village for alms, in company with the Congregation of Monks presided over by the Buddha, the monks saw a certain mime going through his performance. Thereupon they asked the monk who was once a mime, "Brother, yonder mime is going through the same kind of performance you used to go through; have you no longing for this sort of life?" "No, brethren," replied the monk. The monks said to the Teacher, "Reverend Sir, this monk utters what is not true, is guilty of falsehood." When the Teacher heard them say this, he replied, "Monks, my son has passed beyond all bonds." So saying, he pronounced the following Stanza,

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‘‘Hitvā mānusakaṃ yogaṃ, dibbaṃ yogaṃ upaccagā;
Sabbayogavisaṃyuttaṃ, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇa’’nti.

417. He that has cast off the bondage of things of earth,
He that has escaped from the bondage of things of heaven,
He that has thrown off every bond, such a man I call a Brahman.

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Tattha mānusakaṃ yoganti mānusakaṃ āyuñceva pañca kāmaguṇe ca. Dibbayogepi eseva nayo. Upaccagāti yo mānusakaṃ yogaṃ hitvā dibbaṃ yogaṃ atikkanto, taṃ sabbehi catūhipi yogehi visaṃyuttaṃ ahaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vadāmīti attho.

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Desanāvasāne bahū sotāpattiphalādīni pāpuṇiṃsūti.

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Naṭaputtakattheravatthu pañcatiṃsatimaṃ.