Sutta Nipata Chapter 3: The Great Chapter
3:7 With Sela
3:7 Sela
Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was traveling on tour among the Aṅguttarāpans together with a large Sangha of bhikkhus, with [103] 1,250 bhikkhus, when eventually he arrived at a town of the Aṅguttarāpans named Āpaṇa.
The jaṭila Keṇiya heard: “The ascetic Gotama, the son of the Sakyans who went forth from a Sakyan family, traveling on tour among the Aṅguttarāpans together with a large Sangha of bhikkhus, with 1,250 bhikkhus, has arrived at Āpaṇa. Now a good report about that Master Gotama has circulated thus:
‘That Blessed One is an arahant, perfectly enlightened, accomplished in clear knowledge and conduct, fortunate, knower of the world, unsurpassed trainer of persons to be tamed, teacher of devas and humans, the Enlightened One, the Blessed One. Having directly known and realized on his own this world with its devas, Māra, and Brahmā, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, he makes it known to others. He teaches a Dhamma that is good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, with meaning and phrasing; he reveals a spiritual life that is perfectly complete and pure.’
Now it is good to see such arahants.”
Then the jaṭila Keṇiya approached the Blessed One and exchanged greetings with him. When they had concluded their greetings and cordial talk, he sat down at one side. As he sat there, the Blessed One instructed, encouraged, inspired, and gladdened him with a talk on the Dhamma.
Then, having been instructed, encouraged, inspired, and gladdened by the Blessed One with a talk on the Dhamma, the jaṭila Keṇiya said to the Blessed One: “Let Master Gotama together with the Sangha of bhikkhus consent to accept tomorrow’s meal from me.”
When this was said, the Blessed One told him: “The Sangha of bhikkhus is large, Keṇiya, [104] consisting of 1,250 bhikkhus, and you place full confidence in the brahmins.”
A second time the jaṭila Keṇiya said to the Blessed One: “Although the Sangha of bhikkhus is large, Master Gotama, consisting of 1,250 bhikkhus, and although I place full confidence in the brahmins, still let Master Gotama, together with the Sangha of bhikkhus, consent to accept tomorrow’s meal from me.” A second time the Blessed One told him: “The Sangha of bhikkhus is large, Keṇiya. . . .”
A third time the jaṭila Keṇiya said to the Blessed One: “Although the Sangha is large . . . still let Master Gotama together with the Sangha of bhikkhus consent to accept tomorrow’s meal from me.” The Blessed One consented in silence.
Then, knowing that the Blessed One had consented, the jaṭila Keṇiya rose from his seat and went to his own hermitage where he addressed his friends and companions, his relatives and family members thus: “Hear me, my honored friends and companions, relatives and family members. I have invited the ascetic Gotama together with the Sangha of bhikkhus for tomorrow’s meal. Take care of the preparatory work for me.”
“Yes, sir,” his friends and companions, relatives and family members, replied. Then some dug out ovens, some chopped wood, some washed dishes, some set up a water jug, some prepared seats, while the jaṭila Keṇiya himself set up a pavilion.
Now on that occasion the brahmin Sela was staying at Āpaṇa. [105] He was a master of the Three Vedas with their lexicon and rules of ritual, with their phonology and etymology, and with historical lore as the fifth; being skilled in philology and grammar, he was fully versed in natural philosophy and in the marks of a great man, and he was teaching the recitation of the hymns to three hundred brahmin students.
Now at the time the jaṭila Keṇiya had placed full confidence in the brahmin Sela. Then the brahmin Sela, while walking and wandering around for exercise attended by his three hundred brahmin students, came to Keṇiya’s hermitage. There he saw some jaṭilas of Keṇiya’s hermitage digging out ovens, some chopping wood, some washing dishes, some setting out water jugs, some preparing seats, and the jaṭila Keṇiya himself setting up a pavilion.
When he saw this, he asked the jaṭila Keṇiya: “Is Master Keṇiya to hold a marriage or a giving in marriage? Or is a great sacrifice in preparation? Or has King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha been invited with his troops for tomorrow’s meal?”
“I will not be holding a marriage or a giving in marriage, Master Sela, nor has King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha been invited with his troops for tomorrow’s meal, but I am preparing for a great sacrifice. The ascetic Gotama, the son of the Sakyans who went forth from a Sakyan family, while wandering on tour among the Anguttarāpans together with a large Sangha of bhikkhus, with 1,250 bhikkhus, has arrived at Āpaṇa. [106] Now a good report about that Master Gotama has circulated thus:
‘That Blessed One is . . . the Enlightened One (Buddha), the Blessed One.’
He has been invited by me for tomorrow’s meal together with the Sangha of bhikkhus.”
“Did you say ‘Buddha,’ Keṇiya?”
“I said ‘Buddha,’ Sela.”
“Did you say ‘Buddha,’ Keṇiya?”
“I said ‘Buddha,’ Sela.”
Then it occurred to the brahmin Sela: “Even this sound ‘buddha’ is rarely encountered in the world. Now the thirty-two marks of a great man have come down in our hymns, and the great man who is endowed with them has only two possible destinies, no other.
If he lives the home life, he becomes a wheel-turning monarch, a righteous king who rules by the Dhamma, a ruler of the four quarters, victorious, who has attained stability in his country and possesses the seven gems. He has these seven gems: the wheel gem, the elephant gem, the horse gem, the jewel gem, the woman gem, the steward gem, and the governor gem as the seventh. His sons, who exceed a thousand, are brave and heroic and crush the armies of others. He rules over this earth bounded by the ocean, having conquered it by means of the Dhamma, without a rod, without a weapon.
But if he goes forth from the home life into homelessness, he becomes an arahant, a perfectly enlightened buddha, whose coverings in the world are removed.”
[He then asked:] “My good Keṇiya, where is Master Gotama, the arahant, the perfectly enlightened one, now living?”
When this was said, the jaṭila Keṇiya extended his right arm and said to the brahmin Sela: [107] “There, by that green line of the grove, Master Sela.”
Then the brahmin Sela together with the three hundred brahmin students approached the Blessed One. He addressed the brahmin students: “Come quietly, sirs, treading step by step; for these Blessed Ones are hard to approach, like lions that wander alone. And when I am speaking with the ascetic Gotama, do not break in and interrupt me, but wait until our talk is finished.”
Then the brahmin Sela approached the Blessed One and exchanged greetings with him. When they had concluded their greetings and cordial talk, he sat down to one side. He then looked for the thirty-two marks of a great man on the Blessed One’s body.
He saw most of the thirty-two marks of a great man on the Blessed One’s body, except two; he was perplexed and doubtful about two of the marks, and he could not decide and make up his mind about them: about the male organ being enclosed in a sheath and about the largeness of the tongue.
Then it occurred to the Blessed One: “This brahmin Sela sees most of the thirty-two marks of a great man on me, except two; he is perplexed and doubtful about two of the marks, and he cannot decide and make up his mind about them: about the male organ being enclosed in a sheath and about the largeness of the tongue.”
Then the Blessed One performed such a feat of psychic potency that the brahmin Sela saw that his male organ was enclosed in a sheath. [108] Next the Blessed One stuck out his tongue, and with it he repeatedly touched and stroked both ear holes and both nostrils, and he covered the whole of his forehead with his tongue.
Then the brahmin Sela thought: “The ascetic Gotama is endowed with the thirty-two marks of a great man; they are complete, not incomplete. Yet I do not know whether he is a buddha or not. However, I have heard aged brahmins advanced in years, the teachers of teachers, say that those who are arahants, perfectly enlightened ones, reveal themselves as such when their own praises are spoken. Let me extol the ascetic Gotama to his face with fitting verses.”
Then the brahmin Sela extolled the Blessed One to his face with fitting verses:
548“You are perfect in body, delightful,
well born and lovely to behold.
O Blessed One, golden is your color,
your teeth so white, you are full of vigor. (1)
549“The features possessed
by a well-born man are all
to be found on your body,
these marks of a great man. (2)
550“With clear eyes, bright face,
stately, erect as a flame,
amid this group of ascetics
you shine like the sun. (3)
551“A bhikkhu so lovely to look on
with skin of a golden sheen —
why do you, one of supreme beauty,
adopt the state of an ascetic? (4)
552“You are fit to be a king,
a wheel-turning monarch, lord of charioteers,
a victor in all the four quarters,
lord of the Jambu Continent. [109] (5)
553“With khattiyas and great princes
all devoted to your service,
as king above kings, as a ruler of people,
you should exercise rulership, Gotama.” (6)
("Sela,” the Blessed One said)
554“I am already a king,
“I am the unsurpassed king of the Dhamma,
I turn the wheel by means of the Dhamma,
the wheel that cannot be turned back.” (7)
(The brahmin Sela said)
555“You claim to be an enlightened one,”
“You say, Gotama,
‘I am the unsurpassed king of the Dhamma.
I turn the wheel by means of the Dhamma.’ (8)
556“Who is your general, that disciple
who follows after the Teacher?
Who is it who helps you turn
this wheel that you set in motion?” (9)
("Sela,” the Blessed One replied)
557“The wheel set in motion by me,
“the unsurpassed wheel of Dhamma,
Sāriputta, the Tathāgata’s offspring,
helps to keep turning. (10)
558“What should be directly known is directly known,
what should be developed has been developed,
what should be abandoned has been abandoned:
therefore, brahmin, I am a buddha. (11)
559“So remove your doubt about me
and be convinced, brahmin!
For it is rare to gain the sight
of the enlightened ones. (12) [110]
560“I am one whose appearance
is rarely encountered in the world.
I am the Enlightened One,
brahmin, the unsurpassed surgeon. (13)
561“I have become Brahmā, peerless,
one who has crushed Māra’s army.
Having mastered all my enemies,
I rejoice, without fear from anywhere.” (14)
562“Sirs, hear this,” (said Sela),
“as the One with Vision has spoken,
the surgeon, the mighty hero,
who roars like a lion in the forest. (15)
563“Who having seen him, even one of dark birth,
would not place confidence in him,
the one who has become Brahmā, incomparable,
the one who has crushed Māra’s army? (16)
564“Whoever wishes may follow me;
who does not wish to may depart.
Here I will go forth under him,
this man of excellent wisdom.” (17)
565“If, sir, you now approve of the teaching
of the Perfectly Enlightened One,
we too will go forth under him,
this man of excellent wisdom.” (18)
566“There are three hundred brahmins here
who implore you, making salutations.
Let us live the spiritual life
under you, O Blessed One.” (19)
("Sela,” said the Blessed One)
567“The spiritual life is well proclaimed,
“directly visible, immediate,
where the going forth will not be barren
for one who trains heedfully.” (20)
Then the brahmin Sela and his assembly received the going forth under the Blessed One, and they received the full ordination.
Then, when the night had ended, the jaṭila Keṇiya had good food of various kinds prepared in his own hermitage [111] and had the time announced to the Blessed One: “It is time, Master Gotama, the meal is ready.” Then, in the morning, the Blessed One dressed, and taking his bowl and outer robe, he went with the Sangha of bhikkhus to the hermitage of the jaṭila Keṇiya and sat down on the seat made ready.
Then, with his own hands, the jaṭila Keṇiya served and satisfied the Sangha of bhikkhus headed by the Buddha with various kinds of good food. When the Blessed One had eaten and had put aside his bowl, the jaṭila Keṇiya took a low seat and sat down on one side. Thereupon the Blessed One expressed appreciation with these verses:
568“Fire offerings are the best of sacrifices,
Sāvittī the best of Vedic hymns.
The best of human beings is a king,
the sea the best for flowing rivers. (21)
569“The moon is the best of celestial bodies,
the sun the best of things that shine.
For those desiring merit, the Sangha
is best for those who sacrifice.” (22)
When the Blessed One had expressed his appreciation with these stanzas, he rose from his seat and departed.
Then, the Venerable Sela and his assembly, dwelling alone, withdrawn, heedful, ardent, and resolute, before long [112] realized for themselves with direct knowledge, in this very life, that unsurpassed consummation of the spiritual life for the sake of which clansmen rightly go forth from the household life into homelessness, and having entered upon it, they dwelled in it. They directly knew: “Finished is birth, the spiritual life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming back to any state of being.”
And the Venerable Sela together with his assembly became arahants.
Then the Venerable Sela together with his assembly approached the Blessed One. Having arranged his upper robe on one shoulder, extending his hands in reverential salutation toward the Blessed One, the Venerable Sela addressed him with verses:
570“This is the eighth day, One with Vision,
since we went to you for refuge.
In these seven nights, Blessed One,
we have been tamed in your teaching. (23)
571“You are the Buddha, you are the Teacher,
you are the muni, the conqueror of Māra.
Having cut off the latent tendencies,
crossed over, you lead this population across.The verse is identical with verse 545. (24)
572“You have transcended the acquisitions,
you have sundered the influxes.
You are a lion, without clinging,
you have abandoned fear and dread.The verse is identical with verse 546. (25)
573“Here these three hundred bhikkhus stand
saluting you with reverence.
Extend your feet, O hero:
let these nāgas pay homage to the Teacher.” (26)
Selasutta
Evaṁ me sutaṁ. Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā aṅguttarāpesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ aḍḍhateḷasehi bhikkhusatehi yena āpaṇaṁ nāma aṅguttarāpānaṁ nigamo tadavasari.
Assosi kho keṇiyo jaṭilo "Samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito aṅguttarāpesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ aḍḍhateḷasehi bhikkhusatehi āpaṇaṁ anuppatto. Taṁ kho pana bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ evaṁ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:
‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti. So imaṁ lokaṁ sadevakaṁ samārakaṁ sabrahmakaṁ sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiṁ pajaṁ sadevamanussaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedeti. So dhammaṁ deseti ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ, kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāseti.
Sādhu kho pana tathārūpānaṁ arahataṁ dassanaṁ hotī"ti.
Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ bhagavā dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṁsesi.
Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavatā dhammiyā kathāya sandassito samādapito samuttejito sampahaṁsito bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "adhivāsetu me bhavaṁ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā"ti.
Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ etadavoca: "mahā kho, keṇiya, bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni; tvañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno"ti.
Dutiyampi kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "kiñcāpi, bho gotama, mahā bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni, ahañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno; adhivāsetu me bhavaṁ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā"ti. Dutiyampi kho bhagavā keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ etadavoca: "mahā kho, keṇiya, bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni; tvañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno"ti.
Tatiyampi kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "kiñcāpi, bho gotama, mahā bhikkhusaṅgho aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni, ahañca brāhmaṇesu abhippasanno, adhivāsetu me bhavaṁ gotamo svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā"ti. Adhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.
Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavato adhivāsanaṁ viditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā yena sako assamo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā mittāmacce ñātisālohite āmantesi: "suṇantu me bhavanto mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā, samaṇo me gotamo nimantito svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghena, yena me kāyaveyyāvaṭikaṁ kareyyāthā"ti.
"Evaṁ, bho"ti kho keṇiyassa jaṭilassa mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā keṇiyassa jaṭilassa paṭissutvā appekacce uddhanāni khaṇanti, appekacce kaṭṭhāni phālenti, appekacce bhājanāni dhovanti, appekacce udakamaṇikaṁ patiṭṭhāpenti, appekacce āsanāni paññāpenti. Keṇiyo pana jaṭilo sāmaṁyeva maṇḍalamāḷaṁ paṭiyādeti.
Tena kho pana samayena selo brāhmaṇo āpaṇe paṭivasati, tiṇṇaṁ vedānaṁ pāragū sanighaṇḍukeṭubhānaṁ sākkharappabhedānaṁ itihāsapañcamānaṁ padako veyyākaraṇo lokāyatamahāpurisalakkhaṇesu anavayo, tīṇi ca māṇavakasatāni mante vāceti.
Tena kho pana samayena keṇiyo jaṭilo sele brāhmaṇe abhippasanno hoti. Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo tīhi māṇavakasatehi parivuto jaṅghāvihāraṁ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assamo tenupasaṅkami. Addasā kho selo brāhmaṇo keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assame appekacce uddhanāni khaṇante … pe … appekacce āsanāni paññapente, keṇiyaṁ pana jaṭilaṁ sāmaṁyeva maṇḍalamāḷaṁ paṭiyādentaṁ.
Disvāna keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ etadavoca: "Kiṁ nu kho bhoto keṇiyassa āvāho vā bhavissati, vivāho vā bhavissati, mahāyañño vā paccupaṭṭhito, rājā vā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro nimantito svātanāya saddhiṁ balakāyenā"ti?
"Na me, bho sela, āvāho vā bhavissati vivāho vā, nāpi rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro nimantito svātanāya saddhiṁ balakāyena; api ca kho me mahāyañño paccupaṭṭhito. Atthi samaṇo gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito aṅguttarāpesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ aḍḍhateḷasehi bhikkhusatehi āpaṇaṁ anuppatto.
Taṁ kho pana bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ … pe … buddho bhagavāti.
So me nimantito svātanāya bhattaṁ saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghenā"ti.
"Buddhoti, bho keṇiya, vadesi"?
"Buddhoti, bho sela, vadāmi".
"Buddhoti, bho keṇiya, vadesi"?
"Buddhoti, bho sela, vadāmī"ti.
Atha kho selassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi: "ghosopi kho eso dullabho lokasmiṁ yadidaṁ buddhoti. Āgatāni kho panamhākaṁ mantesu dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.
Sace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato. Tassimāni satta ratanāni bhavanti, seyyathidaṁ – cakkaratanaṁ, hatthiratanaṁ, assaratanaṁ, maṇiratanaṁ, itthiratanaṁ, gahapatiratanaṁ, pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ. Parosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā. So imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.
Sace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭṭacchado.
Kahaṁ pana, bho keṇiya, etarahi so bhavaṁ gotamo viharati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho"ti?
Evaṁ vutte, keṇiyo jaṭilo dakkhiṇaṁ bāhuṁ paggahetvā selaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ etadavoca: "yenesā, bho sela, nīlavanarājī"ti.
Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo tīhi māṇavakasatehi saddhiṁ yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami. Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo te māṇavake āmantesi: "appasaddā bhonto āgacchantu, pade padaṁ nikkhipantā. Durāsadā hi te bhagavanto sīhāva ekacarā. Yadā cāhaṁ, bho, samaṇena gotamena saddhiṁ manteyyaṁ, mā me bhonto antarantarā kathaṁ opātetha; kathāpariyosānaṁ me bhavanto āgamentū"ti.
Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho selo brāhmaṇo bhagavato kāye dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni samannesi. Addasā kho selo brāhmaṇo bhagavato kāye dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve. Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati – kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cāti.
Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi: "passati kho me ayaṁ selo brāhmaṇo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇāni yebhuyyena ṭhapetvā dve. Dvīsu mahāpurisalakkhaṇesu kaṅkhati vicikicchati nādhimuccati na sampasīdati – kosohite ca vatthaguyhe pahūtajivhatāya cā"ti.
Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsi, yathā addasa selo brāhmaṇo bhagavato kosohitaṁ vatthaguyhaṁ. Atha kho bhagavā jivhaṁ ninnāmetvā ubhopi kaṇṇasotāni anumasi paṭimasi, ubhopi nāsikasotāni anumasi paṭimasi, kevalampi nalāṭamaṇḍalaṁ jivhāya chādesi.
Atha kho selassa brāhmaṇassa etadahosi: "samannāgato kho samaṇo gotamo dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi paripuṇṇehi, no aparipuṇṇehi. No ca kho naṁ jānāmi buddho vā no vā. Sutaṁ kho pana metaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ vuḍḍhānaṁ mahallakānaṁ ācariyapācariyānaṁ bhāsamānānaṁ: ‘ye te bhavanti arahanto sammāsambuddhā, te sake vaṇṇe bhaññamāne attānaṁ pātukarontī’ti. Yannūnāhaṁ samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthaveyyan"ti.
Atha kho selo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:
548"Paripuṇṇakāyo suruci,
Sujāto cārudassano;
Suvaṇṇavaṇṇosi bhagavā,
Susukkadāṭhosi vīriyavā.
549
Narassa hi sujātassa,
ye bhavanti viyañjanā;
Sabbe te tava kāyasmiṁ,
mahāpurisalakkhaṇā.
550
Pasannanetto sumukho,
brahā uju patāpavā;
Majjhe samaṇasaṅghassa,
ādiccova virocasi.
551
Kalyāṇadassano bhikkhu,
kañcanasannibhattaco;
Kiṁ te samaṇabhāvena,
evaṁ uttamavaṇṇino.
552
Rājā arahasi bhavituṁ,
cakkavattī rathesabho;
Cāturanto vijitāvī,
jambusaṇḍassa issaro.
553
Khattiyā bhogirājāno,
anuyantā bhavantu te;
Rājābhirājā manujindo,
rajjaṁ kārehi gotama".
(bhagavā):
554 "Rājāhamasmi selāti,
Dhammarājā anuttaro;
Dhammena cakkaṁ vattemi,
Cakkaṁ appaṭivattiyaṁ".
(iti selo brāhmaṇo):
555 "Sambuddho paṭijānāsi,
Dhammarājā anuttaro;
‘ Dhammena cakkaṁ vattemi’,
Iti bhāsasi gotama.
556
Ko nu senāpati bhoto,
Sāvako satthuranvayo;
Ko te tamanuvatteti,
Dhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ".
(selāti bhagavā):
557 "Mayā pavattitaṁ cakkaṁ,
Dhammacakkaṁ anuttaraṁ;
Sāriputto anuvatteti,
Anujāto tathāgataṁ.
558
Abhiññeyyaṁ abhiññātaṁ,
Bhāvetabbañca bhāvitaṁ;
Pahātabbaṁ pahīnaṁ me,
Tasmā buddhosmi brāhmaṇa.
559
Vinayassu mayi kaṅkhaṁ,
Adhimuccassu brāhmaṇa;
Dullabhaṁ dassanaṁ hoti,
Sambuddhānaṁ abhiṇhaso.
560
Yesaṁ ve dullabho loke,
Pātubhāvo abhiṇhaso;
Sohaṁ brāhmaṇa sambuddho,
Sallakatto anuttaro.
561
Brahmabhūto atitulo,
Mārasenappamaddano;
Sabbāmitte vasīkatvā,
Modāmi akutobhayo".
562
"Imaṁ bhavanto nisāmetha,
Yathā bhāsati cakkhumā;
Sallakatto mahāvīro,
Sīhova nadatī vane.
563
Brahmabhūtaṁ atitulaṁ,
Mārasenappamaddanaṁ;
Ko disvā nappasīdeyya,
Api kaṇhābhijātiko.
564
Yo maṁ icchati anvetu,
Yo vā nicchati gacchatu;
Idhāhaṁ pabbajissāmi,
Varapaññassa santike".
565
"Evañce ruccati bhoto,
Sammāsambuddhasāsane;
Mayampi pabbajissāma,
Varapaññassa santike".
566
Brāhmaṇā tisatā ime,
Yācanti pañjalīkatā;
"Brahmacariyaṁ carissāma,
Bhagavā tava santike".
(selāti bhagavā):
567 "Svākkhātaṁ brahmacariyaṁ,
Sandiṭṭhikamakālikaṁ;
Yattha amoghā pabbajjā,
Appamattassa sikkhato"ti.
Alattha kho selo brāhmaṇo sapariso bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ, alattha upasampadaṁ.
Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo tassā rattiyā accayena sake assame paṇītaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ paṭiyādāpetvā bhagavato kālaṁ ārocāpesi: "kālo, bho gotama, niṭṭhitaṁ bhattan"ti. Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena keṇiyassa jaṭilassa assamo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi saddhiṁ bhikkhusaṅghena.
Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo buddhappamukhaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappesi sampavāresi. Atha kho keṇiyo jaṭilo bhagavantaṁ bhuttāviṁ onītapattapāṇiṁ aññataraṁ nīcaṁ āsanaṁ gahetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ bhagavā imāhi gāthāhi anumodi:
568
"Aggihuttamukhā yaññā,
Sāvittī chandaso mukhaṁ;
Rājā mukhaṁ manussānaṁ,
Nadīnaṁ sāgaro mukhaṁ.
569
Nakkhattānaṁ mukhaṁ cando,
Ādicco tapataṁ mukhaṁ;
Puññaṁ ākaṅkhamānānaṁ,
Saṅgho ve yajataṁ mukhan"ti.
Atha kho bhagavā keṇiyaṁ jaṭilaṁ imāhi gāthāhi anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.
Atha kho āyasmā selo sapariso eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva … pe …
aññataro kho panāyasmā selo sapariso arahataṁ ahosi.
Atha kho āyasmā selo sapariso yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā ekaṁsaṁ cīvaraṁ katvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
570
"Yaṁ taṁ saraṇamāgamha,
Ito aṭṭhami cakkhuma;
Sattarattena bhagavā,
Dantamha tava sāsane.
571
Tuvaṁ buddho tuvaṁ satthā,
Tuvaṁ mārābhibhū muni;
Tuvaṁ anusaye chetvā,
Tiṇṇo tāresimaṁ pajaṁ.
572
Upadhī te samatikkantā,
Āsavā te padālitā;
Sīhosi anupādāno,
Pahīnabhayabheravo.
573
Bhikkhavo tisatā ime,
Tiṭṭhanti pañjalīkatā;
Pāde vīra pasārehi,
Nāgā vandantu satthuno"ti.
Selasuttaṁ sattamaṁ.