Uttarajjhayana 12

12.1

sovāgakulasaṃbhūo guṇuttaradharo munī |
hariesabalo nāma āsi bhikkhū jiiṃdio ||

Born in the family of an outcaste, bearing superior virtues, a sage
named Harikeśabala was a monk who had conquered his senses.

Born into a family of outcasts, possessed of supreme virtues,
there was a sage named Hariesabala, a mendicant with conquered senses.

12.2

iriesaṇabhāsāe uccārasamiīsu ya |
jao āyāṇanikkheve saṃjao susamāhio ||

In walking, begging, speaking, and in the disposal of excrement,
circumspect in receiving and putting down [alms-utensils], self-restrained, well concentrated,

[Circumspect] in the circumspections of movement, begging [food], speech, and evacuation,
restrained in picking up and laying down [objects], controlled, and well-composed.

12.3

managutto vayagutto kāyagutto jiiṃdio |
bhikkhaṭṭhā baṃbhaijjammi jannavāḍaṃ uvaṭṭhio ||

guarded in mind, guarded in speech, guarded in body, having conquered his senses,
he approached a sacrificial enclosure during a Brahmin assembly for the sake of alms.

Guarded in mind, guarded in speech, guarded in body, with senses conquered,
he approached the sacrificial enclosure at the Brahmin assembly for the sake of alms.

12.4

taṃ pāsiūṇamejjaṃtaṃ taveṇa parisosiyaṃ |
paṃtovahiuvagaraṇaṃ uvahasaṃti anāriyā ||

Seeing him approaching, withered by austerity,
having vile clothes and equipment, the un-Aryan [Brahmins] mocked him:

Seeing him approaching, emaciated by ascetic penance,
with crude clothes and equipment, the ignoble mock him.

12.5

jāīmayapaḍithaddhā hiṃsagā ajiiṃdiyā |
abaṃbhacāriṇo bālā imaṃ vayaṇamabbavī ||

Stiffened by pride of caste, violent, having uncontrolled senses,
unchaste, the foolish men spoke this word:

Stiffened by pride of caste, violent, unrestrained in their senses,
unvirtuous, and foolish, they spoke these words:

12.6

kayare āgacchai dittarūve kāle vigarāle phokkanāse |
omacelae paṃsupisāyabhūe saṃkaradūsaṃ parihariya kaṃṭhe? ||

"Who is this coming with terrible appearance, black, hideous, flat-nosed,
wearing vile rags, like a dust-demon, wearing a rag from a rubbish heap on his neck?

Who is this that comes, of blazing appearance, black, terrifying, with a flat nose, / poorly clad, like a goblin covered in dust, wearing a ragsheet around his neck?

12.7

kayare tumaṃ iya adaṃsaṇijje kāe vā āsā ihamāgaosi? |
omacelagā paṃsupisāyabhūyā gaccha kkhalāhi kimihaṃ ṭhiosi? ||

Who are you, so unsightly? And with what hope have you come here?
Wearing vile rags, like a dust-demon, go away, get out! Why do you stand here?"

Who are you, so unsightly? With what hope have you come here?
Wretchedly clad, looking like a goblin of dust—go away, be off! Why are you standing here?

12.8

jakkho tahiṃ tiṃduyarukkhavāsī aṇukaṃpao tassa mahāmunissa |
pacchāyaittā niyagaṃ sarīraṃ imāiṃ vayaṇāimudāharitthā ||

A yakṣa dwelling there in a tinduka tree, having compassion for that great sage,
hid his own body and uttered these words:

A yakṣa dwelling there in a tinduka tree, compassionate towards that great sage, / having concealed his own body, uttered these words:

12.9

samaṇo ahaṃ saṃjao baṃbhayārī virao dhanapayaṇapariggahāo |
parappavittassa u bhikkhakāle annassa aṭṭhā ihamāgao mi ||

"I am a śramaṇa, self-restrained, celibate, abstaining from wealth, cooking, and possessions;
I have come here at the time of alms for food cooked by others.

I am an ascetic, restrained, celibate, turned away from wealth, cooking, and possessions;
and at the time of alms, I have come here for the sake of food prepared by another.

12.10

viyarijjai khajjai bhujjaī ya annaṃ pabhūyaṃ bhavayāṇameyaṃ |
jāṇāhi me jāyaṇajīviṇu tti sesāvasesaṃ labhaū tavassī ||

Abundant food of yours is being distributed, eaten, and enjoyed;
know me as living by begging; let the ascetic receive the leftover scraps!"

Abundant food of yours here is distributed, eaten, and enjoyed.
Know me as living on alms; let the ascetic receive the leftover remains.

12.11

uvakkhaḍaṃ bhoyaṇa māhaṇāṇaṃ attaṭṭhiyaṃ siddhamihegapakkhaṃ |
na ū vayaṃ erisamannapāṇaṃ dāhāmu tujjhaṃ kimihaṃ ṭhiosi? ||

"This food has been prepared for Brahmins, cooked solely for our own sake here;
we will certainly not give such food and drink to you. Why do you stand here?"

Food is prepared for the brāhmaṇas, cooked here exclusively for their sake. / We will not give you such food and drink; why do you stand here?

12.12

thalesu bīyāi vavaṃti kāsagā taheva ninnesu ya āsasāe |
eyāe saddhāe dalāha majjhaṃ ārāhae puṇṇamiṇaṃ khu khettaṃ ||

"Farmers sow seeds on dry ground and likewise in depressions, hoping [for a crop];
with this faith give to me: this field indeed produces merit."

Farmers sow seeds on dry ground, and likewise in low ground, in hope;
with this same faith give to me; this is indeed a field that produces merit.

12.13

khettāṇi amhaṃ viiyāṇi loe jahiṃ pakiṇṇā viruhaṃti puṇṇā |
je māhaṇā jāivijjovaveyā tāiṃ tu khettāiṃ supesalāiṃ ||

"Fields are known to us in the world, where merits sown sprout up;
those Brahmins endowed with caste and learning, they indeed are the very pleasant fields."

We know the fields in the world, where merits, once sown, spring forth; / those Brahmins endowed with [high] birth and learning, they indeed are the most delightful fields.

12.14

koho ya māno ya vaho ya jesiṃ mosaṃ adattaṃ ca pariggahaṃ ca |
te māhaṇā jāivijjāvihūṇā tāiṃ tu khettāiṃ supāvayāiṃ ||

"Those who have anger, pride, slaughter, falsehood, taking the un-given, and possessions;
those Brahmins are devoid of caste and learning: they indeed are very evil fields.

Those who have anger, pride, and killing, / falsehood, taking what is not given, and possession—
those are brahmins devoid of [true] caste and knowledge; they are indeed very bad fields [for giving alms].

12.15

tubbhettha bho! bhāradharā girāṇaṃ aṭṭhaṃ na jāṇāha ahijja vee |
uccāvayāiṃ muniṇo caraṃti tāiṃ tu khettāiṃ supesalāiṃ ||

O bearers of words here, having recited the Vedas, you do not know the meaning!
Sages wander among high and low [houses]: they indeed are the very pleasant fields."

You here, O [priests], are merely bearers of burdens of words; having studied the Vedas, you do not know the meaning! / Sages wander among [alms-givers] high and low; those indeed are very lovely fields.

12.16

ajjhāvayāṇaṃ paḍikūlabhāsī pabhāsase kiṃ tu sagāsi amhaṃ |
avi eyaṃ viṇassau annapāṇaṃ na ya ṇaṃ dāhāmu tumaṃ niyaṃṭhā! ||

"Contradicting the teachers, why do you speak in our presence?
Even if this food and drink should spoil, we will still not give it to you, Nirgrantha!"

Speaking against the Vedic teachers, why do you speak in our presence? / Even if this food and drink should spoil, we will not give it to you, O Nirgrantha!

12.17

samiīhi majjhaṃ susamāhiyassa guttīhiṃ guttassa jiiṃdiyassa |
jai me na dāhittha ahesaṇijjaṃ kimajja jannāṇa lahittha lāhaṃ? ||

"To me, well composed with circumspection, guarded by the restraints, having conquered my senses,
if you will not give what is blameless, what benefit from the sacrifices have you gained today?"

To me, who am well concentrated through the samitis,
guarded by the guptis, with conquered senses,
if you will not give what is free from faults,
what benefit from sacrifices will you gain today?

12.18

ke ettha khattā uvajoiyā vā ajjhāvayā vā saha khaṃḍiehiṃ |
eyaṃ daṃḍeṇa phaleṇa haṃtā kaṃṭhammi ghettūṇa khelajja jo ṇaṃ? ||

"Who here among the servants, attendants, or teachers together with their pupils
will strike him with a stick or a piece of wood, seize him by the neck, and drive him out?"

Who is here—a guard, an attendant, or a teacher with his pupils—
who, striking him with a stick [or] a staff, and seizing him by the neck, would throw him out?

12.19

ajjhāvayāṇaṃ vayaṇaṃ suṇettā uddhāiyā tattha bahū kumārā |
daṃḍehi vittehi kasehi ceva samāgayā taṃ isi tālayaṃti ||

Hearing the words of the teachers, many young men rushed forward there;
having assembled with sticks, canes, and whips, they beat that ṛṣi.

Having heard the words of the teachers, many youths ran forward there;
Assembling together with sticks, canes, and whips, they beat that sage.

12.20

ranno tahiṃ kosaliyassa dhūyā bhadda tti nāmeṇa aniṃdiyaṃgī |
taṃ pāsiyā saṃjaya hammamāṇaṃ kuddhe kumāre parinivvavei ||

The daughter of King Kausalika there, Bhadrā by name, of unblemished limbs,
seeing that self-restrained [monk] being beaten, pacified the enraged young men:

There, the daughter of King Kosaliya, Bhadrā by name, of flawless limbs, / seeing him, restrained the monks [being] beaten, [and] pacified the enraged princes.

12.21

devābhiogeṇa nioieṇaṃ dinnā mu rannā manasā na jjhāyā |
nariṃdadeviṃda'bhivaṃdieṇaṃ jeṇamhi vaṃtā isiṇā sa eso ||

"Given by the king forced by divine compulsion, not desired by him in mind,
[the monk] by whom I was spat out, he is this very ṛṣi, worshipped by kings and Indra!

Constrained by divine power, I was given by the king, but not cherished in [his] mind. / He who was venerated by kings and lord of gods, by which sage I was renounced—it is he.

12.22

eso hu so uggatavo mahappā jiiṃdio saṃjao baṃbhayārī |
jo me tayā necchai dijjamāṇi piuṇā sayaṃ kosalieṇa rannā ||

This indeed is that high-minded one of fierce austerity, who has conquered his senses, self-restrained, celibate,
who back then did not desire me when given by my father himself, King Kausalika.

This indeed is that great-souled one of fierce austerities, self-controlled, restrained, and celibate,
who back then did not desire me when I was personally offered by my father, the king of Kosala.

12.23

mahājaso esa mahānubhāgo ghoravvao ghoraparakkamo ya |
mā eyaṃ hīlaha ahīlaṇijjaṃ mā savve teeṇa bhe niddahejjā ||

He is of great fame, of great power, of terrible vows, and of terrible valour;
do not insult him who is not to be insulted, lest he consume you all with his splendour!"

This [sage] is of great renown, of great power, of terrible vows, and of terrible valour.
Do not insult him who must not be insulted, lest he consume all of you with his splendour!

12.24

eyāiṃ tīse vayaṇāi soccā pattīi bhaddāi suhāsiyāiṃ |
isissa veyāvaḍiyaṭṭhayāe jakkhā kumāre vinivāḍayaṃti ||

Hearing these well-spoken words of hers, the queen Bhadrā,
yakṣas, for the sake of serving the ṛṣi, struck down the young men.

12.25

te ghorarūvā ṭhiya aṃtalikkhe asurā tahiṃ taṃ jaṇaṃ tālayaṃti |
te bhinnadehe ruhiraṃ vamaṃte pāsittu bhaddā iṇamāhu bhujjo ||

Remaining in the air, those of terrible form, Asuras, beat those people there;
seeing their broken bodies vomiting blood, Bhadrā spoke this again:

12.26

giriṃ nahehiṃ khaṇaha ayaṃ daṃtehiṃ khāyaha |
jāyateyaṃ pāehi haṇaha je bhikkhuṃ avamannaha ||

"You dig a mountain with your nails, you chew iron with your teeth,
you strike fire with your feet, you who despise the monk!

12.27

āsīviso uggatavo mahesī ghoravvao ghoraparakkamo ya |
agaṇiṃ va pakkhaṃda payaṃgaseṇā je bhikkhuyaṃ bhattakāle vaheha ||

He is a venomous serpent, of fierce austerity, a great ṛṣi, of terrible vows, and of terrible valour;
like a swarm of moths rushing into fire, you who would slay the monk at the time of food!

12.28

sīseṇa eyaṃ saraṇaṃ uveha samāgayā savvajaṇeṇa tubbhe |
jai icchaha jīviyaṃ vā dhanaṃ vā logaṃ pi eso kuvio ḍahejjā ||

Go to him with bowed head for refuge, all of you people assembled together,
if you desire life or wealth; enraged, he might burn even the world!"

12.29

avaheḍiya piṭṭhisauttamaṃge pasāriyā bāhu akammaceṭṭhe |
nibbheriyacche ruhiraṃ vamaṃte uḍḍhamuhe niggayajīhanette ||

With their heads twisted to their backs, arms outstretched, devoid of movement,
with eyes bulging out, vomiting blood, faces turned upwards, tongues and eyes hanging out,

12.30

te pāsiyā khaṃḍiya kaṭṭhabhūe vimano visaṇṇo aha māhaṇo so |
isiṃ pasāei sabhāriyāo hīlaṃ ca niṃdaṃ ca khamāha bhaṃte! ||

seeing them broken, like pieces of wood, downcast and distressed, that Brahmin
appeased the ṛṣi together with his wife: "Forgive the insult and censure, venerable sir!

12.31

bālehi mūḍhehi ayāṇaehiṃ jaṃ hīliyā tassa khamāha bhaṃte! |
mahappasāyā isiṇo havaṃti na hu munī kovaparā havaṃti ||

What insult was done by the foolish, deluded, and ignorant, forgive that, venerable sir!
Ṛṣis are very gracious; sages indeed are not prone to anger."

12.32

puvviṃ ca iṇhiṃ ca anāgayaṃ ca manappadoso na me atthi koi |
jakkhā hu veyāvaḍiyaṃ kareṃti tamhā hu ee nihayā kumārā ||

"Previously, now, and in the future, I have no evil thought in mind;
yakṣas indeed performed service, therefore these young men have been struck down."

12.33

atthaṃ ca dhammaṃ ca viyāṇamāṇā tubbhe na vi kuppaha bhūipaṇṇā |
tubbhaṃ tu pāe saraṇaṃ uvemo samāgayā savvajanena amhe ||

"Knowing what is advantageous and what is Dharma, you of abundant wisdom do not get angry;
we, coming together with all our people, take refuge at your feet.

12.34

accesu te mahābhāga! na te kiṃci na accimo |
bhuṃjāhi sālimaṃ kūraṃ nānāvaṃjaṇasaṃjuyaṃ ||

These things are yours, O fortunate one! There is nothing of yours we do not revere;
eat boiled rice of winter rice accompanied by various relishes.

12.35

imaṃ ca me atthi pabhūyamannaṃ taṃ bhuṃjasu amha anuggahaṭṭhā |
bāḍhaṃ ti paḍicchai bhattapānaṃ māsassa ū pāraṇae mahappā ||

And here is abundant food of mine, eat it for the sake of showing us favour!"
Saying "Very well," the high-minded one accepts the food and drink at the breaking of his month-long fast.

12.36

tahiyaṃ gaṃdhodayapupphavāsaṃ divvā tahiṃ vasuhārā ya vuṭṭhā |
pahayāo duṃduhīo surehiṃ āgāse aho dāṇaṃ ca ghuṭṭhaṃ ||

There a rain of fragrant water and flowers fell, and a shower of divine treasures;
drums were struck in the sky by the gods, and 'Oh, what a gift!' was proclaimed.

12.37

sakkhaṃ khu dīsai tavoviseso na dīsaī jāivisesa koī |
sovāgaputte hariesasāhū jasserisā iḍḍhi mahānubhāgā ||

Clearly, indeed, the excellence of austerity is seen; no excellence of birth is seen at all. / The virtuous mendicant Harikeśa was the son of a Śvapāka, yet such was his glorious power and great majesty!

12.38

kiṃ māhaṇā! joisamārabhaṃtā udaeṇa sohiṃ bahiyā vimaggahā? |
jaṃ maggahā bāhiriyaṃ visohi na ta sudiṭṭhaṃ kusalā vayaṃti ||

"Why, O Brahmins, undertaking [sacrificial] fire, do you seek purification externally through water? / What external purification you seek, the wise declare that it is not well-seen.

12.39

kusaṃ ca jūvaṃ taṇakaṭṭhamaggiṃ sāyaṃ ca pāyaṃ udagaṃ phusaṃtā |
pāṇāi bhūyāi viheḍayaṃtā bhujjo vi maṃdā! pagareha pāvaṃ ||

Touching kuśa grass, sacrificial posts, straw, wood, and fire, and touching water evening and morning, / injuring living beings and creatures, O foolish ones, you continually produce evil deeds!"

12.40

kahaṃ care? bhikkhu! vayaṃ jayāmo? pāvāi kammāi paṇollayāmo? |
akkhāhi ṇe saṃjaya! jakkhapūiyā! kahaṃ sujaṭṭhaṃ kusalā vayaṃti? ||

"How should we conduct ourselves? Monk, how may we practice self-restraint? How may we drive off evil karmas? / Tell us, O self-restrained one honored by Yakṣas! How do the wise declare one to be truly well-sacrificed?"

12.41

chajjīvakāe asamārabhaṃtā mosaṃ adattaṃ ca asevamāṇā |
pariggahaṃ itthio māṇamāyaṃ eyaṃ pariṇṇāya caraṃti daṃtā ||

"Not undertaking injury to the six classes of living beings, not practicing falsehood and taking what is not given, / having fully comprehended possessions, women, pride, and deceit, the disciplined live thus.

12.42

susaṃvuḍo paṃcahiṃ saṃvarehiṃ iha jīviyaṃ anavakaṃkhamāṇo |
vosaṭṭhakāo suicattadeho mahājayaṃ jayaī jannasiṭṭhaṃ ||

Well-guarded by the five restraints, not longing for life in this world, / having relinquished his body and truly cast off his form, he performs the great sacrifice, the best of sacrifices."

12.43

ke te joī? ke va te joiṭhāṇe? kā te suyā? kiṃ va te kārisaṃgaṃ? |
ehā ya te kayarā saṃti? bhikkhū! kayareṇa homeṇa huṇāsi joiṃ? ||

"What is your fire? What is your fireplace? What is your sacrificial ladle? What is your cow-dung fuel? / And what are your dried cow-dung cakes? O monk, with what oblation do you sacrifice into the fire?"

12.44

tavo joī jīvo joiṭhāṇaṃ jogā suyā sarīraṃ kārisaṃgaṃ |
kamma ehā saṃjamajogasaṃtī homaṃ huṇāmī isiṇaṃ pasatthaṃ ||

"Austerity is my fire; the soul is the fireplace; the faculties of activity are the ladle; the body is the cow-dung fuel; / karma is the dried cow-dung cake; with the tranquility of the practice of self-restraint, I sacrifice the oblation praised by the seers."

12.45

ke te harae? ke ya te saṃtititthe? kahiṃsi ṇhāo va rayaṃ jahāsi? |
āikkha ṇe saṃjae! jakkhapūiyā! icchāmo nāuṃ bhavao sagāse ||

"What is your lake? And what is your peaceful ford? Where, bathing, do you leave behind the dust? / Tell us, O self-restrained one honored by Yakṣas! We wish to know from your presence."

12.46

dhamme harae baṃbhe saṃtititthe aṇāvile attapasannalese |
jahiṃsi ṇhāo vimalo visuddho susīibhūo pajahāmi dosaṃ ||

"The Dharma is the lake, celibacy is the peaceful ford, undisturbed, with pure and serene leśyā of the soul; / bathing wherein, clean and stainless, cooled, I abandon aversion.

12.47

eyaṃ sināṇaṃ kusalehiṃ diṭṭhaṃ mahāsiṇāṇaṃ isiṇaṃ pasatthaṃ |
jahiṃsi ṇhāyā vimalā visuddhā mahārisī uttama ṭhāṇa patta || –tti bemi ||

This bath is perceived by the wise, the great bath praised by the seers, / bathing wherein, clean and stainless, the great seers have reached the supreme state." — Thus I speak.