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  • Itivuttaka 106
  • Catukkanipāta
  • Brāhmaṇadhammayāgavagga

Sabrahmakasutta

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
vuttañhetaṁ → vuttaṁ hetaṁ (bjt)
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Sabrahmakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.
bhikkhave tāni → bhikkhavetāni (bjt)
“Monks, living with Brahma are those families where, in the home, mother & father are revered by the children.
Sapubbadevatāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.
sapubbadevatāni → sapubbadevakāni (bj) | sapubbadevakāni → sapubbadevatāni (bj: sīmu) | Sapubbadevatāni → pubba-, without sa-, C. Pa. (pts note)
Living with the first devas are those families where, in the home, mother & father are revered by the children.
Sapubbācariyakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.
sapubbācariyakāni → sapubbācariyāni (sya-all, pts) | honti → I follow A. and D. E. The other MSS. omit this third sentence (sapubbācariyāni), though they have the pubbācariyā in the second part of this sutta. All MSS. add the following sentence (the fifth in D. E., the fourth in the other MSS.): Pāhuṇeyyakāni (Sapāhun-, M.; Sāpihuṇ-, P.) bhikkhave tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ, etc. But this has no corresponding sentence in the second part of this sutta, and is not in the commentary (A.). (pts note)
Living with the first teachers are those families where, in the home, mother & father are revered by the children.
Sāhuneyyakāni, bhikkhave, tāni kulāni yesaṁ puttānaṁ mātāpitaro ajjhāgāre pūjitā honti.
sāhuneyyakāni → sāhuneyyāni (sya-all) | Sāhuneyyakāni → āhuṇ-, B. C. P. Pa. (pts note) | ajjhāgāre → -āgāresu, B. (pts note)
Living with those worthy of gifts are those families where, in the home, mother & father are revered by the children.

‘Brahmā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
mātāpitūnaṁ → mātāpitunnaṁ (bj) | ti → brahmaṇā ti, B. C.; brahmakā ti, Pa. (pts note) | brahmāti → brahmā ti (pts)
‘Brahma’ is a synonym for mother & father.
‘Pubbadevatā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
mātāpitūnaṁ → mātāpitunnaṁ (bj) | Pubbadevatā → -devā, B. P. Pa. (pts note) | etaṁ → eva etaṁ, B. (pts note) | pubbadevatāti → pubbadevatā ti (pts)
‘The first devas’ is a synonym for mother & father.
‘Pubbācariyā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
mātāpitūnaṁ → mātāpitunnaṁ (bj) | ti → -cariyānīti, B. (pts note) | pubbācariyāti → pubbācariyā ti (pts)
‘The first teachers’ is a synonym for mother & father.
‘Āhuneyyā’ti, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ etaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
mātāpitūnaṁ → mātāpitunnaṁ (bj) | mātāpitūnaṁ → -pitunnaṁ, D. E. (pts note) | etaṁ → Om. B. (pts note) | adhivacanaṁ → Pubbadevatā . . . adhivacanaṁ om. C. (pts note) | āhuneyyāti → āhuneyyā ti (pts)
‘Those worthy of gifts’ is a synonym for mother & father.
Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that? Bahukārā, bhikkhave, mātāpitaro puttānaṁ āpādakā posakā imassa lokassa dassetāro”ti.
lokassa → (sya-all) | bahukārā → bahūpakārā (pts) | Bahūpakārā → bahupakārā, B. M. P. Pa. (pts note) | dassetāroti → dassetāro ti (pts)
Mother & father do much for their children. They care for them, nourish them, introduce them to this world.”

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Brahmāti mātāpitaro, pubbācariyāti vuccare;
brahmāti → brahmā ti (pts) vuccare → After vuccare C. has --pe--, B. --pa--. (pts note) | pubbācariyāti → pubbācariyā ti (pts)
Mother & father, compassionate to their family, are called Brahma, first teachers,
Āhuneyyā ca puttānaṁ, pajāya anukampakā.those worthy of gifts from their children.

Tasmā hi ne namasseyya, sakkareyya ca paṇḍito;
ne → te, D. E. (pts note) sakkareyya → sakkareyyā (bj) | ca → sakkār-, B.; sakkareyyā ca, C.; -eyyātha, D. E. (pts note)
So the wise should pay them homage, honor,
Annena atha pānena, vatthena sayanena ca;
atha → atho (sya-all, pts) | atha → atho (bj: machasaṁ, PTS)
with food & drink, clothing & bedding,
Ucchādanena nhāpanena, pādānaṁ dhovanena ca.
nhāpanena → nahāpanena (bj) | nhāpanena → nahāpanena (cck: sī.) | nhāpanena → hāpanena C. D. E., nhānena M. (pts note)
anointing & bathing, & washing their feet.

Tāya naṁ pāricariyāya, mātāpitūsu paṇḍitā;
mātāpitūsu → mātāpitusu (bj) | paṇḍitā → paṇḍito (pts)
Performing these services to their parents, the wise
Idheva naṁ pasaṁsanti, pecca sagge pamodatī”ti.
idheva → idhaceva (bj: katthaci) pamodatīti → ca modatīti (bj) | pamodatīti → pamodati, C. (pts note)
are praised right here and after death rejoice in heaven.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
Bahūpakārā → bahup-, B. M. P. (pts note)

Sattamaṁ.

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