Sulabhasutta
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
vuttañhetaṁ → vuttaṁ hetaṁ (bjt)This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, appāni ceva sulabhāni ca, tāni ca anavajjāni.
ca → gatāni ca, P.; tāni ca, Pa.; tāni cattāri, C. (pts note) | cattārimāni → cattāri-māni (pts)“Monks, these four things are next to nothing, both easy to gain & blameless.
Katamāni cattāri?Which four?
Paṁsukūlaṁ, bhikkhave, cīvarānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.
cīvarānaṁ → cīvaraṁ, D. E. (pts note) | appañca sulabhañca → appaṁ ca sulabhaṁ ca (bjt)Cast-off cloth is next to nothing, both easy to gain & blameless.
Piṇḍiyālopo, bhikkhave, bhojanānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.
bhojanānaṁ → bhojanaṁ, D. E. * The whole sutta occurs Aṅguttara Nik. Cat. 27. (pts note)Alms food is next to nothing, both easy to gain & blameless.
Rukkhamūlaṁ, bhikkhave, senāsanānaṁ appañca sulabhañca, tañca anavajjaṁ.
senāsanānaṁ → senāsanaṁ, D. E. M. P. Pa. (pts note) | appañca sulabhañca → appaṁ ca sulabhaṁ ca (bjt)The root of a tree as a dwelling place is next to nothing, both easy to gain & blameless.
Pūtimuttaṁ, bhikkhave, bhesajjānaṁ appañca sulabhañca tañca anavajjaṁ.
bhesajjānaṁ → bhesajjaṁ, D. E. (pts note) | anavajjaṁ → anavajjānaṁ, C. (pts note) | appañca sulabhañca → appaṁ ca sulabhaṁ ca (bjt)Medicine made of smelly urine is next to nothing, both easy to gain & blameless.
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri appāni ceva sulabhāni ca, tāni ca anavajjāni.
ca → Om. D. E. (pts note) | ca → Om. B. (pts note)These are the four things that are next to nothing, both easy to gain & blameless.
Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appena ca tuṭṭho hoti sulabhena ca anavajjena ca, idamassāhaṁ aññataraṁ sāmaññaṅganti vadāmī”ti.
anavajjena ca → etthantare pāṭho si, pts1ed, mr potthakesu ca 15A4:184 ca | anavajjena ca idamassāhaṁ → imassāhaṁ (bj, pts) | idamassāhaṁ → imassāhaṁ (cck, sya-all) | ca → (…) natthi sī. pī. ka. potthakesu ca aṅguttare ca (cck note) | ca → bhikkhu tuṭṭho hoti appena ceva sulabhena ca anavajjena, D. E. (pts note) | imassāhaṁ → tassāhaṁ, D. E.; idamassāham, P. Pa. (pts note) | sāmaññaṅganti → sāmaññaṅgan-ti (pts)When a monk is content with what is next to nothing, easy to gain & blameless,
then I say that he has one of the component factors of the contemplative life.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
“Anavajjena tuṭṭhassa, appena sulabhena ca;Content with what’s blameless, next to nothing, easy to gain, Na senāsanamārabbha, cīvaraṁ pānabhojanaṁ;
senāsanamārabbha → senāsanam-ārabbha (pts)his mind not vexed over lodging, clothing, Vighāto hoti cittassa, disā nappaṭihaññati.
na-ppaṭihaññati → na paṭi-, M. P.; nappati-, B. C. D. E.; na patti-, Pa.; -haññasi, B. (pts note)food, or drink: the four directions offer him no obstruction.Ye cassa dhammā akkhātā, sāmaññassānulomikā;
cassa → yepassa (sya-all) | ye cassa → yepassa (sya-all) | cassa → yepassa (cck: syā.)These things, declared congenial for the contemplative life, Adhiggahitā tuṭṭhassa, appamattassa bhikkhuno”ti.
adhiggahitā → adhiggahītā (bj, pts) | adhiggahītā → -itā, B. M. (pts note) bhikkhuno”ti → sikkhatoti (si, mr) | bhikkhuno → sikkhato (__(sī. ka.)__ sī, aṭṭhakathā, sīmu) (bj note) | bhikkhuno’’ti → sikkhatoti (cck: sī. ka.) | bhikkhuno → bhikkhuno, C. D. E. and A.; the Burmese MSS. have sikkhato. In Pa, the scribe omitted nearly the whole of the gāthās, from the first tuṭṭhassa down to the second, but inserted the omitted piece after Jānato ahaṁ bhikkhave in the next sutta. (pts note)are possessed by the monk heedful, content.
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
Jānato-haṁ → ahaṁ, B. Pa. (pts note)
