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With Yamaka 14.1-19

Yamakasutta 14.1-19

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Pāli

14.1

“Sādhu sādhu, āvuso yamaka.

“Good, good, Reverend Yamaka!

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14.2

Tena hāvuso yamaka, upamaṃ te karissāmi etasseva atthassa bhiyyoso mattāya ñāṇāya.

Well then, I shall give you a simile to make the meaning even clearer.

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14.3

Seyyathāpi, āvuso yamaka, gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo;

Suppose there was a householder or householder’s son who was rich, with a lot of money and great wealth,

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14.4

so ca ārakkhasampanno.

and a bodyguard for protection.

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14.5

Tassa kocideva puriso uppajjeyya anatthakāmo ahitakāmo ayogakkhemakāmo jīvitā voropetukāmo.

Then along comes a person who wants to harm, injure, and threaten him, and take his life.

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14.6

Tassa evamassa:

They’d think:

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14.7

‘ayaṃ kho gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā aḍḍho mahaddhano mahābhogo;

‘This householder or householder’s son is rich, with a lot of money and great wealth,

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14.8

so ca ārakkhasampanno;

and a bodyguard for protection.

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14.9

nāyaṃ sukaro pasayha jīvitā voropetuṃ.

It won’t be easy to take his life by force.

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14.10

Yannūnāhaṃ anupakhajja jīvitā voropeyyan’ti.

Why don’t I get close to him, then take his life?’

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14.11

So taṃ gahapatiṃ vā gahapatiputtaṃ vā upasaṅkamitvā evaṃ vadeyya:

So he goes up to that householder or householder’s son and says:

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14.12

‘upaṭṭhaheyyaṃ taṃ, bhante’ti.

‘Sir, I would serve you.’

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14.13

Tamenaṃ so gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā upaṭṭhāpeyya.

They would serve that householder or householder’s son.

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14.14

So upaṭṭhaheyya pubbuṭṭhāyī pacchānipātī kiṅkārapaṭissāvī manāpacārī piyavādī.

They’d get up before him and go to bed after him, and be obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely.

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14.15

Tassa so gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā mittatopi naṃ saddaheyya;

The householder or householder’s son would consider them as a friend

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14.16

suhajjatopi naṃ saddaheyya;

and companion,

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14.17

tasmiñca vissāsaṃ āpajjeyya.

and come to trust them.

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14.18

Yadā kho, āvuso, tassa purisassa evamassa:

But when that person realizes that

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14.19

‘saṃvissattho kho myāyaṃ gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā’ti, atha naṃ rahogataṃ viditvā tiṇhena satthena jīvitā voropeyya.

they’ve gained the trust of the householder or householder’s son, then, when they know he’s alone, they’d take his life with a sharp knife.

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