Advice from Nandaka 16.1-16

16.1

Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ nandakaṃ āmantesi:

Then the Buddha said to Nandaka,

16.2

“tena hi tvaṃ, nandaka, svepi tā bhikkhuniyo tenevovādena ovadeyyāsī”ti.

“Well then, Nandaka, tomorrow you should give those nuns the same advice again.”

16.3

“Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā nandako bhagavato paccassosi.

“Yes, sir,” Nandaka replied.

16.4

Atha kho āyasmā nandako tassā rattiyā accayena pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.

And the next day he went to those nuns, and all unfolded just like the previous day.

16.5

Sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto attadutiyo yena rājakārāmo tenupasaṅkami.

16.6

Addasaṃsu kho tā bhikkhuniyo āyasmantaṃ nandakaṃ dūratova āgacchantaṃ.

16.7

Disvāna āsanaṃ paññāpesuṃ, udakañca pādānaṃ upaṭṭhapesuṃ.

16.8

Nisīdi kho āyasmā nandako paññatte āsane.

16.9

Nisajja pāde pakkhālesi.

16.10

Tāpi kho bhikkhuniyo āyasmantaṃ nandakaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu.

16.11

Ekamantaṃ nisinnā kho tā bhikkhuniyo āyasmā nandako etadavoca:

16.12

“paṭipucchakathā kho, bhaginiyo, bhavissati.

16.13

Tattha ājānantīhi ‘ājānāmā’ tissa vacanīyaṃ, na ājānantīhi ‘na ājānāmā’ tissa vacanīyaṃ.

16.14

Yassā vā panassa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā, ahameva tattha paṭipucchitabbo:

16.15

‘idaṃ, bhante, kathaṃ; imassa kvattho’”ti.

16.16

“Ettakenapi mayaṃ, bhante, ayyassa nandakassa attamanā abhiraddhā yaṃ no ayyo nandako pavāretī”ti.