5:15 The Questions of Mogharājā

(Said the Venerable Mogharāja)

1116“I have asked the Sakyan twice,
but the One with Vision did not answer me.
Yet I have heard that the divine rishi
answers upon the third request. (1)

1117“As to this world, the other world,
the brahma world together with the devas,
I do not know your view,
[the view] of the famous Gotama. (2) [217]

1118“Thus I have come in need with a question
to the one of excellent vision.
How does one look upon the world,
so that the King of Death does not see one?” (3)

1119“Look upon the world as empty,
Mogharāja, being ever mindful.
Having uprooted the view of self,
one may thus cross over death.
The King of Death does not see
one who looks upon the world thus.” (4)

Mogharājamāṇavapucchā

(iccāyasmā mogharājā):

1116"Dvāhaṁ sakkaṁ apucchissaṁ,
Na me byākāsi cakkhumā;
Yāvatatiyañca devīsi,
Byākarotīti me sutaṁ.

1117 Ayaṁ loko paro loko,
brahmaloko sadevako;
Diṭṭhiṁ te nābhijānāti,
gotamassa yasassino.

1118 Evaṁ abhikkantadassāviṁ,
atthi pañhena āgamaṁ;
Kathaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ,
maccurājā na passati".

1119 "Suññato lokaṁ avekkhassu,
Mogharāja sadā sato;
Attānudiṭṭhiṁ ūhacca,
Evaṁ maccutaro siyā;
Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ,
Maccurājā na passatī"ti.

Mogharājamāṇavapucchā pannarasamā.