Piyajatikasutta 5.1-12

5.1

Atha kho idaṃ kathāvatthu anupubbena rājantepuraṃ pāvisi.

Eventually that topic of discussion reached the royal compound.

5.2

Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo mallikaṃ deviṃ āmantesi:

Then King Pasenadi addressed Queen Mallikā,

5.3

“idaṃ te, mallike, samaṇena gotamena bhāsitaṃ:

“Mallikā, your ascetic Gotama said this:

5.4

‘piyajātikā sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā piyappabhavikā’”ti.

‘Our loved ones are a source of sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.’”

5.5

“Sacetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṃ, evametan”ti.

“If that’s what the Buddha said, Great King, then that’s how it is.”

5.6

“Evameva panāyaṃ mallikā yaññadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsati taṃ tadevassa abbhanumodati:

“No matter what the ascetic Gotama says, Mallikā agrees with him:

5.7

‘Sacetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṃ evametan’ti.

‘If that’s what the Buddha said, Great King, then that’s how it is.’

5.8

Seyyathāpi nāma, yaññadeva ācariyo antevāsissa bhāsati taṃ tadevassa antevāsī abbhanumodati:

You’re just like a pupil who agrees with everything their tutor says.

5.9

‘evametaṃ, ācariya, evametaṃ, ācariyā’ti.

5.10

Evameva kho tvaṃ, mallike, yaññadeva samaṇo gotamo bhāsati taṃ tadevassa abbhanumodasi:

5.11

‘Sacetaṃ, mahārāja, bhagavatā bhāsitaṃ evametan’ti.

5.12

Cara pire, mallike, vinassā”ti.

Go away, Mallikā, get out of here!”