Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
evaṁ me → evamme (th) | evaṁ → evam (pts)I have heard ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

Tena kho pana samayena rañño pasenadissa kosalassa vijite coro aṅgulimālo nāma hoti luddo lohitapāṇi hatapahate niviṭṭho adayāpanno pāṇabhūtesu.
lohitapāṇi → lohitapāṇī (bj, sya-all, pts) | Pasenadissa → Bm Si Pass- always. (pts note)And at that time in King Pasenadi’s realm there was a bandit named Aṅgulimāla: brutal, bloody-handed, devoted to killing & slaying, showing no mercy to living beings. Tena gāmāpi agāmā katā, nigamāpi anigamā katā, janapadāpi ajanapadā katā.
gāmāpi → gāmā pi (pts) | nigamāpi → nigamā pi (pts) | janapadāpi → janapadā pi (pts)He turned villages into non-villages, towns into non-towns, settled countryside into unsettled countryside. So manusse vadhitvā vadhitvā aṅgulīnaṁ mālaṁ dhāreti.Having repeatedly killed human beings, he wore a garland [māla] made of fingers [aṅguli].

Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
sāvatthiṁ → sāvattiyaṁ (bj: sīmu8) | pattacīvaramādāya → pattacīvaraṁ ādāya (bjt, pts)Then the Blessed One, early in the morning, having adjusted his lower robe and taking his bowl & outer robe, went into Sāvatthī for alms. Sāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto senāsanaṁ saṁsāmetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena coro aṅgulimālo tenaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajji.
addhānamaggaṁ → Bm omits Sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi; Skt Sāvatthiyaṁ in both places. 2 Bm tenāddh-. (pts note) | pattacīvaramādāya → pattacīvaraṁ ādāya (bjt, th, pts) | tenaddhānamaggaṁ → ten addhānamaggaṁ (pts)Having gone for alms in Sāvatthī and returning from his alms round after his meal, he set his lodging in order.

Addasāsuṁ kho gopālakā pasupālakā kassakā pathāvino bhagavantaṁ yena coro aṅgulimālo tenaddhānamaggapaṭipannaṁ.
addasāsuṁ → addasaṁsu (bj, sya-all) | tenaddhānamaggapaṭipannaṁ → tenaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipannaṁ (bj) | pathāvino → padhāvino (sya-all, pts) | tenaddhānamaggapaṭipannaṁ disvāna → ten addhānamaggaṁ paṭipannaṁ disvā (pts) | addasaṁsu → addāsuṁ (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu8, PTS) | pathāvino → padhāvino (bj: PTS, syā) | Addasāsuṁ → So Skt Bm; Si addasaṁsu. (pts note)Carrying his bowl & robe, he went along the road to where Aṅgulimāla was staying. Cowherds, shepherds, & farmers saw him going along the road to where Aṅgulimāla was staying, Disvāna bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:
paṭipannaṁ → Si ten'; addhānamaggapaṭipannaṁ. (pts note) | disvā → Si Bm disvāna. (pts note) | disvāna → paṭipannaṁ disvā (pts) | etadavocuṁ → etad avocuṁ (pts)and on seeing him said to him, “mā, samaṇa, etaṁ maggaṁ paṭipajji.“Don’t go along that road, contemplative, Etasmiṁ, samaṇa, magge coro aṅgulimālo nāma luddo lohitapāṇi hatapahate niviṭṭho adayāpanno pāṇabhūtesu.
lohitapāṇi → lohitapāṇī (bj, sya-all, pts)for on that road is Aṅgulimāla: brutal, bloody-handed, devoted to killing & slaying, showing no mercy to living beings. Tena gāmāpi agāmā katā, nigamāpi anigamā katā, janapadāpi ajanapadā katā.
gāmāpi → gāmā pi (pts) | nigamāpi → nigamā pi (pts) | janapadāpi → janapadā pi (pts)He has turned villages into non-villages, towns into non-towns, settled countryside into unsettled countryside. So manusse vadhitvā vadhitvā aṅgulīnaṁ mālaṁ dhāreti.Having repeatedly killed human beings, he wears a garland made of fingers. Etañhi, samaṇa, maggaṁ dasapi purisā vīsampi purisā tiṁsampi purisā cattārīsampi purisā paññāsampi purisā saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā paṭipajjanti.
saṅkaritvā → saṁharitvā saṁharitvā (bj, pts1ed); saṅgaritvā (sya-all, km) | vīsampi → vīsatimpi (bj, pts) | saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā → saṁharitvā saṁharitvā (bj) | cattārīsampi → cattāḷīsampi (sya-all) | paññāsampi purisā saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā → saṅgaritvā saṅgaritvā (sya-all); saṁharitvā saṁharitvā (pts) | tiṁsampi → tiṁsatim pi (pts) | saṁharitvā → saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā (bj: machasaṁ); saṅgaritvā saṅgaritvā (bj: syā) | saṅkaritvā → saṁharitvā saṁharitvā (cck: sī. pī.); saṅgaritvā (cck: syā. kaṁ.) | saṅgaritvā → saṁharitvā (sya-all: sī.) | tiṁsatim → Bm Si vīsaṁ & tiṁsaṁ. (pts note) | saṁharitvā → Bm saṁkaritvā; Si saṁgaritvā, with note that the Sinh. reading is saṁharitvā. Bu saṁharitvā, which he paraphrases by saṁgaritvā (cf. Si). (pts note) | etañhi → etaṁ hi (bjt) | etañhi → etam hi (pts) | dasapi → dasa pi (pts) | vīsampi → vīsatim pi (pts) | cattārīsampi → cattārīsam pi (pts)Groups of ten, twenty, thirty, & forty men have gone along that road, Tepi corassa aṅgulimālassa hatthatthaṁ gacchantī”ti.
hatthatthaṅgacchantī’ti → hatthattaṁ gacchanti (bj: sīmu8); hatthatthaṁ gacchanti (bj: machasaṁ, syā, PTS) | hatthatthaṁ → So Sk Bm Si & St infra; St here hatthaṁ; Bu hatthahatthaṁ. (pts note) | tepi → te pi (pts)and even they have fallen into Aṅgulimāla’s hands.” Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā tuṇhībhūto agamāsi.
agamāsi → agamasi (pts)When this was said, the Blessed One kept going in silence.

Dutiyampi kho gopālakā …pe…
pathāvino → padhāvino (bj: PTS, syā) | hatthatthaṅgacchantī’ti → hatthattaṁ gacchanti (bj: sīmu8); hatthatthaṁ gacchanti (bj: machasaṁ, syā, PTS) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt) | + → hatthatthaṅgacchantīti dutiyampi kho bhagavā tuṇhībhūto agamāsi (bjt)A second time… tatiyampi kho gopālakā pasupālakā kassakā pathāvino bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:
pathāvino → padhāvino (sya-all, pts) | pathāvino → padhāvino (bj: PTS, syā) | gopālakā → Bm (not Sk Si) omits paragaph from pasupālakā . . . to . . . tuṇhībhūto agamāsi, substituting la. (pts note) | etadavocuṁ → etad avocuṁ (pts)A third time, cowherds, shepherds, & farmers said to the Blessed One, “mā, samaṇa, etaṁ maggaṁ paṭipajji, etasmiṁ samaṇa magge coro aṅgulimālo nāma luddo lohitapāṇi hatapahate niviṭṭho adayāpanno pāṇabhūtesu, tena gāmāpi agāmā katā, nigamāpi anigamā katā, janapadāpi ajanapadā katā.
lohitapāṇi → lohitapāṇī (sya-all)“Don’t go along that road, contemplative.… Groups of ten, twenty, thirty, & forty men have gone along that road, and even they have fallen into Aṅgulimāla’s hands.” So manusse vadhitvā vadhitvā aṅgulīnaṁ mālaṁ dhāreti. Etañhi samaṇa maggaṁ dasapi purisā vīsampi purisā tiṁsampi purisā cattārīsampi purisā paññāsampi purisā saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā paṭipajjanti.
etañhi → etaṁ (bj) | vīsampi → vīsatimpi (bj) | saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā → saṁharitvā saṁharitvā (bj) | cattārīsampi → cattāḷīsampi (sya-all) | saṁharitvā → saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā (bj: machasaṁ); saṅgaritvā saṅgaritvā (bj: syā) Tepi corassa aṅgulimālassa hatthatthaṁ gacchantī”ti.
hatthatthaṁ gacchantīti atha → hatthatthaṅgacchantīti tatiyampi (bj) | hatthatthaṅgacchantī’ti → hatthattaṁ gacchanti (bj: sīmu8); hatthatthaṁ gacchanti (bj: machasaṁ, syā, PTS)

Atha kho bhagavā tuṇhībhūto agamāsi.When this was said, the Blessed One kept going in silence.

Addasā kho coro aṅgulimālo bhagavantaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.
dūratova → dūrato va (pts)Then Aṅgulimāla saw the Blessed One coming from afar Disvānassa etadahosi:
disvānassa etadahosi → disvān assa etad ahosi (pts)and on seeing him, this thought occurred to him: “acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.
abbhutaṁ → abbhūtaṁ (sya-all)“Isn’t it amazing! Isn’t it astounding! Imañhi maggaṁ dasapi purisā vīsampi purisā tiṁsampi purisā cattārīsampi purisā paññāsampi purisā saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā paṭipajjanti.
vīsampi → vīsatimpi (bj, pts) | saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā → saṁharitvā saṁharitvā (bj, pts) | cattārīsampi → cattāḷīsampi (sya-all) | paññāsampi purisā saṅkaritvā saṅkaritvā → saṅgaritvā saṅgaritvā (sya-all) | tiṁsampi → tiṁsatim pi (pts) | purisā → Bm Si omit paññāsam pi purisā. (pts note) | imañhi → imaṁ hi (bjt, pts) | dasapi → dasa pi (pts) | vīsampi → vīsatim pi (pts) | cattārīsampi → cattārīsam pi (pts)Groups of ten, twenty, thirty, & forty men have gone along this road, Tepi mama hatthatthaṁ gacchanti.
hatthatthaṁ gacchanti → hatthatthaṅgacchanti (bjt) | tepi → te pi (pts)and even they have fallen into my hands, Atha ca panāyaṁ samaṇo eko adutiyo pasayha maññe āgacchati.and yet now this contemplative comes attacking, as it were, alone and without a companion. Yannūnāhaṁ imaṁ samaṇaṁ jīvitā voropeyyan”ti.
imaṁ → (sya-all) | yannūnāhaṁ → yaṁnūnāhaṁ (my) | yannūnāhaṁ → yan nūnāhaṁ (pts) | voropeyyanti → voropeyyan ti (pts)Why don’t I kill him?”

Atha kho coro aṅgulimālo asicammaṁ gahetvā dhanukalāpaṁ sannayhitvā bhagavantaṁ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhi.So Aṅgulimāla, taking up his sword & shield, buckling on his bow & quiver, followed right behind the Blessed One. Atha kho bhagavā tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsi yathā coro aṅgulimālo bhagavantaṁ pakatiyā gacchantaṁ sabbathāmena gacchanto na sakkoti sampāpuṇituṁ.
abhisaṅkhāsi → abhisaṅkhāresi (sya-all, km, mr) | abhisaṅkhāsi → abhiṅkhāsi (bj) | abhiṅkhāsi → abhisaṅkhāresi (bj: syā) | abhisaṅkhāsi → abhisaṅkhāresi (cck: syā. kaṁ. ka.) | abhisaṁkhāsi → So Sk Bu; Bm Si abhisaṁkhāresi. (pts note) | sabbatthāmena → Bm Si sabbathāmena. (pts note) | iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsi → iddhābhisaṁkhāraṁ abhisaṁkhāsi (pts)Then the Blessed One willed a feat of psychic power such that Aṅgulimāla, though running with all his might, could not catch up with the Blessed One walking at normal pace.

Atha kho corassa aṅgulimālassa etadahosi:
etadahosi → etad ahosi (pts)Then the thought occurred to Aṅgulimāla: “acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.
abbhutaṁ → abbhūtaṁ (sya-all)“Isn’t it amazing! Isn’t it astounding! Ahañhi pubbe hatthimpi dhāvantaṁ anupatitvā gaṇhāmi, assampi dhāvantaṁ anupatitvā gaṇhāmi, rathampi dhāvantaṁ anupatitvā gaṇhāmi, migampi dhāvantaṁ anupatitvā gaṇhāmi;
ahañhi → ahaṁ hi (bjt, pts) | hatthimpi → hatthiṁpi (th) | assampi → assaṁpi (th) | rathampi → rathaṁpi (th) | migampi → migaṁpi (th) | hatthimpi → hatthim pi (pts) | assampi → assam pi (pts) | rathampi → ratham pi (pts) | migampi → migam pi (pts)In the past I’ve chased & seized even a swift-running elephant, a swift-running horse, a swift-running chariot, a swift-running deer. atha ca panāhaṁ imaṁ samaṇaṁ pakatiyā gacchantaṁ sabbathāmena gacchanto na sakkomi sampāpuṇitun”ti.
sampāpuṇitunti ṭhitova → sampāpuṇitun ti ṭhito (pts) | sabbathāmena → sabbatthāmena (bjt, pts)But now, even though I’m running with all my might, I can’t catch up with this contemplative walking at normal pace.”

Ṭhitova bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Ṭhito → Bm Si add va. (pts note) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)So he stopped and called out to the Blessed One, “tiṭṭha, tiṭṭha, samaṇā”ti.
tiṭṭha → tiṭṭha samaṇa (bj, sya-all, pts) | samaṇāti → St omits t. s-āti; Bm omits samaṇa. (pts note)“Stop, contemplative! Stop!”

“Ṭhito ahaṁ, aṅgulimāla, tvañca tiṭṭhā”ti.
tvañca → tvañ ca (pts)“I have stopped, Aṅgulimāla. You stop.”

Atha kho corassa aṅgulimālassa etadahosi:
etadahosi → etad ahosi (pts)Then the thought occurred to Aṅgulimāla, “ime kho samaṇā sakyaputtiyā saccavādino saccapaṭiññā.“These Sakyan contemplatives are speakers of the truth, asserters of the truths, Atha panāyaṁ samaṇo gacchaṁ yevāha:
atha → atha ca (bj, sya-all, pts) | gacchaṁ yevāha → gacchaṁyeva samāno evamāha (bj) | evamāha → gacchaṁyevāha (bj: machasaṁ, syā, PTS) | yevāha → yev āha (pts)and yet this contemplative, even while walking, says, ‘ṭhito ahaṁ, aṅgulimāla, tvañca tiṭṭhā’ti.
tvañca → tvañ ca (pts)‘I have stopped, Aṅgulimāla. You stop.’ Yannūnāhaṁ imaṁ samaṇaṁ puccheyyan”ti.
yannūnāhaṁ → yaṁnūnāhaṁ (my) | yannūnāhaṁ → yan nūnāhaṁ (pts) | puccheyyanti → puccheyyan ti (pts)Why don’t I question him?”

Atha kho coro aṅgulimālo bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
gāthāya → Cf. Theragāthā p. 80. (pts note)So Aṅgulimāla the bandit addressed this verse to the Blessed One:

“Gacchaṁ vadesi samaṇa ṭhitomhi, mamañca brūsi ṭhitamaṭṭhitoti;
mhi → Si samaṇaṭṭhito mhi. (pts note) | samaṇa ṭhitomhi → samaṇaṭṭhitomhi (th) | ṭhitomhi → ṭhito mhi (pts) ṭhitamaṭṭhitoti → ṭhitamaṭṭhitosi (sya-all) | ṭhitamaṭṭhitoti → ṭhitaṁ aṭṭhitoti (bjt) | mamañca → mamañ ca (pts) | ṭhitamaṭṭhitoti → ṭhitam aṭṭhito ti (pts)“While walking, contemplative, you say, ‘I have stopped.’ Pucchāmi taṁ samaṇa etamatthaṁ, kathaṁ ṭhito tvaṁ ahamaṭṭhitomhī”ti.
etamatthaṁ → etam atthaṁ (pts) ahamaṭṭhitomhīti → ahamaṭṭhitomhi (sya-all) | ahamaṭṭhitomhīti ṭhito → aham aṭṭhito mhi thito (pts)But when I have stopped you say I haven’t. I ask you the meaning of this: How have you stopped? How haven’t I?”

“Ṭhito ahaṁ aṅgulimāla sabbadā, sabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ;
ṭhito → thito (pts)“I have stopped, Aṅgulimāla, once & for all, having cast off violence toward all living beings. Tuvañca pāṇesu asaññatosi, tasmā ṭhitohaṁ tuvamaṭṭhitosī”ti.
Tuvañ → So Si; Skt tvañ; Bm tvaṁ. (pts note) | tuvañca → tuvañ ca (pts) | asaññatosi → asaññato si (pts) tuvamaṭṭhitosīti → tuvamaṭṭhitosi (sya-all) | ṭhitohaṁ tuvamaṭṭhitosīti → ṭhito haṁ tuvam aṭṭhito si (pts)You, though, are unrestrained toward beings. that’s how I’ve stopped and you haven’t.”

“Cirassaṁ vata me mahito mahesī, mahāvanaṁ pāpuṇi saccavādī;
mahesī → mahesi (pts) | Cirassaṁ → Bmp cīrassaṁ. (pts note) | mahesi → Si Bm mahesī. (pts note) mahāvanaṁ pāpuṇi saccavādī → mahāvanaṁ samaṇoyaṁ paccupādi (bj); mahāvanaṁ samaṇa paccupādi (sya-all, km); mahāvanaṁ samaṇoyaṁ paccavādi (pts1ed) | paccupādi → mahāvanaṁ pāpuṇi saccavādī (bj: machasaṁ); mahāvanaṁ samaṇa paccupādi (bj: syā); mahāvanaṁ samaṇoyaṁ paccavādi (bj: PTS) | saccavādī → mahāvanaṁ samaṇoyaṁ paccupādi (cck: sī.); mahāvanaṁ samaṇa paccupādi (cck: syā. kaṁ.) | paccavādi → Bm mahāvanaṁ pāpuṇi saccavādi; Si mahāvanaṁ samaṇa paccupādi, with note that the Sinh. reading is samaṇoyaṁ; Skt mahāvana samaṇo 'yaṁ paccupādi; Bu paccavādīti . . . paṭipajji. (pts note)“At long last a greatly revered great seer for my sake has come to the great forest. Sohaṁ carissāmi pahāya pāpaṁ, sutvāna gāthaṁ tava dhammayuttaṁ”.
Sohaṁ carissāmi pahāya pāpaṁ → sohaṁ carissāpi pahassaṁ pāpaṁ (bj); sohaṁ cirassāpi pahāssaṁ pāpaṁ (si); sohaṁ carissāmi pajahissa pāpaṁ (sya-all, km); sohaṁ cirassā pahāssaṁ pāpaṁ (pts1ed) | carissāmi pahāya → cirassāpi pahassaṁ (bj) | pahāya → pajahissa (sya-all) | pahassaṁ → pahāya (bj: machasaṁ); pajahissa (bj: syā); pahāssaṁ (bj: sīmu8, PTS) | pāpaṁ → sohaṁ cirassāpi pahāssaṁ pāpaṁ (cck: sī.); sohaṁ carissāmi pajahissaṁ pāpaṁ (cck: syā. kaṁ.) | cirassā → So Skt; Bm Si carissāmi. Si notes a reading cirassā. (pts note) | pahāssaṁ → Bm pahāya; Si pajahissa, noting another reading pahāssa, which occurs in Skt; Bu pahassaṁ. (pts note)Having heard your verse in line with the Dhamma, I will go about having abandoned evil.”

Itveva coro asimāvudhañca, sobbhe papāte narake akiri;
asimāvudhañca → asiāvudhañca (bj) | Itveva → So all MSS; Bu idh'; eva. (pts note) | asimāvudhañca → asim āvudhañ ca (pts) akiri → anvakāsi (…) | akiri → anvakāri (bj); manvakāri (sya-all); anvakārī (pts) | anvakāri → akiri (bj: machasaṁ); manvakāri (bj: syā) | anvakārī → So Bu Skt; Bm akīri; Si manvakārī. (pts note)So saying, the bandit hurled his sword & weapons over a cliff into a chasm, a pit. Avandi coro sugatassa pāde, tattheva naṁ pabbajjaṁ ayāci.
tattheva → tatth eva (pts)Then the bandit paid homage to the feet of the One Well-Gone, and right there requested the Going-forth.

Buddho ca kho kāruṇiko mahesi, yo satthā lokassa sadevakassa;
mahesi → mahesī (sya-all)The Awakened One, the compassionate great seer, the teacher of the world, along with its devas, “Tamehi bhikkhū”ti tadā avoca, eseva tassa ahu bhikkhubhāvoti.
tamehi → tam ehi (pts) eseva → es eva (pts) | bhikkhubhāvoti → bhikkhubhāvo ti (pts)said to him then: “Come, bhikkhu.” that in itself was bhikkhuhood for him.

Atha kho bhagavā āyasmatā aṅgulimālena pacchāsamaṇena yena sāvatthi tena cārikaṁ pakkāmi.
sāvatthi → sāvatthī (sya-all) | Sāvatthi → Si Sāvatthī. (pts note)Then the Blessed One set out wandering toward Sāvatthī with Ven. Aṅgulimāla as his attendant monk. Anupubbena cārikaṁ caramāno yena sāvatthi tadavasari.
sāvatthi → sāvatthī (sya-all) | tadavasari → tad avasari (pts)After wandering by stages he reached Sāvatthī, Tatra sudaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.and there he lived near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

Tena kho pana samayena rañño pasenadissa kosalassa antepuradvāre mahājanakāyo sannipatitvā uccāsaddo mahāsaddo hoti:
antepuradvāre → Bm antepūradvāre. (pts note)Now at that time a large crowd of people, loud & noisy, had gathered at the gates to King Pasenadi Kosala’s inner palace, (calling out,) “coro te, deva, vijite aṅgulimālo nāma luddo lohitapāṇi hatapahate niviṭṭho adayāpanno pāṇabhūtesu.
lohitapāṇi → lohitapāṇī (sya-all, pts)“There is a bandit in your realm, sire, named Aṅgulimāla: brutal, bloody-handed, devoted to killing & slaying, showing no mercy to living beings. Tena gāmāpi agāmā katā, nigamāpi anigamā katā, janapadāpi ajanapadā katā.
gāmāpi → gāmā pi (pts) | nigamāpi → nigamā pi (pts) | janapadāpi → janapadā pi (pts)He has turned villages into non-villages, towns into non-towns, settled countryside into unsettled countryside. So manusse vadhitvā vadhitvā aṅgulīnaṁ mālaṁ dhāreti.Having repeatedly killed human beings, he wears a garland made of fingers. Taṁ devo paṭisedhetū”ti.The king must stamp him out!”

Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo pañcamattehi assasatehi sāvatthiyā nikkhami divā divassa.
divā divassa yena ārāmo → divādivassa yenārāmo (bj) | nikkhami divā divassa → nikkhamitvā divādivassa (sya-all) | divā divassa yena → divādivassa yen (pts)Then King Pasenadi Kosala, with a cavalry of roughly 500 horsemen, drove out of Sāvatthī in the middle of the day Yena ārāmo tena pāvisi.
pāvisi → pāyāsi (bj) | pāvisi yāvatikā → pāyāsi yāvatiko (pts) | yena → yen (pts)and entered the monastery. Yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi yānena gantvā yānā paccorohitvā pattikova yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:
pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ → pasenadikosalaṁ (sya-all) | paccorohitvā pattikova → paccārohitvā pattiko va (pts) | yāvatikā → yāvatiko (bj: PTS) | tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)Driving as far as the ground was passable for chariots, he got down from his chariot and went on foot to the Blessed One. On arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, he sat to one side. As he was sitting there, the Blessed One said to him,

“kiṁ nu te, mahārāja, rājā vā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro kupito vesālikā vā licchavī aññe vā paṭirājāno”ti?
vā → (bj, sya-all, pts) | rājā → So Si; Skt omit; Bm rājā vā. (pts note) | kiṁ nu → kinnu (bjt, th) | kiṁ → kin (pts) | paṭirājānoti → paṭirājāno ti (pts)“What is it, great king? Has King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha provoked you, or have the Licchavis of Vesālī or some other hostile king?”

“Na kho me, bhante, rājā māgadho seniyo bimbisāro kupito, nāpi vesālikā licchavī, nāpi aññe paṭirājāno.
nāpi → napi (bj, sya-all, pts) | pi → Bm nāpi. (pts note) | nāpi → na pi (pts)“No, lord. King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha hasn’t provoked me, nor have the Licchavis of Vesālī, nor has some other hostile king. Coro me, bhante, vijite aṅgulimālo nāma luddo lohitapāṇi hatapahate niviṭṭho adayāpanno pāṇabhūtesu.
lohitapāṇi → lohitapāṇī (sya-all, pts)There is a bandit in my realm, lord, named Aṅgulimāla: brutal, bloody-handed, devoted to killing & slaying, showing no mercy to living beings. Tena gāmāpi agāmā katā, nigamāpi anigamā katā, janapadāpi ajanapadā katā.
gāmāpi → gāmā pi (pts) | nigamāpi → nigamā pi (pts) | janapadāpi → janapadā pi (pts)He has turned villages into non-villages, towns into non-towns, settled countryside into unsettled countryside. So manusse vadhitvā vadhitvā aṅgulīnaṁ mālaṁ dhāreti.Having repeatedly killed human beings, he wears a garland made of fingers. Tāhaṁ, bhante, paṭisedhissāmī”ti.
tāhaṁ → nāhaṁ (pts)I am going to stamp him out.”

“Sace pana tvaṁ, mahārāja, aṅgulimālaṁ passeyyāsi kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajitaṁ, virataṁ pāṇātipātā, virataṁ adinnādānā, virataṁ musāvādā, ekabhattikaṁ, brahmacāriṁ, sīlavantaṁ, kalyāṇadhammaṁ, kinti naṁ kareyyāsī”ti?
naṁ → taṁ (sya-all)“Great king, suppose you were to see Aṅgulimāla with his hair & beard shaved off, wearing the ochre robe, having gone forth from the home life into homelessness, refraining from killing living beings, refraining from taking what is not given, refraining from telling lies, living the holy life on one meal a day, virtuous & of fine character: what would you do to him?”

“Abhivādeyyāma vā, bhante, paccuṭṭheyyāma vā āsanena vā nimanteyyāma, abhinimanteyyāma vā naṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārehi, dhammikaṁ vā assa rakkhāvaraṇaguttiṁ saṁvidaheyyāma.
vā → vā mayaṁ (bj) | abhinimanteyyāma vā → abhinimanteyyāmapi (bj) | saṁvidaheyyāma → So Skt Si; Bm saṁvideyyāma (pts note) | cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārehi → cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārehi (bjt, pts) | cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārehi → cīvara piṇḍapāta senāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārehi (th)“We would bow down to him, lord, or rise up to greet him, or offer him a seat, or offer him robes, almsfood, lodgings, or medicinal requisites for curing illness; or we would arrange a lawful guard, protection, & defense. Kuto panassa, bhante, dussīlassa pāpadhammassa evarūpo sīlasaṁyamo bhavissatī”ti?
panassa → pan assa (pts)But how could there be such virtue & restraint in an unvirtuous, evil character?”

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā aṅgulimālo bhagavato avidūre nisinno hoti.Now at that time Ven. Aṅgulimāla was sitting not far from the Blessed One. Atha kho bhagavā dakkhiṇaṁ bāhuṁ paggahetvā rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ etadavoca:
dakkhiṇaṁ bāhuṁ → dakkhiṇabāhaṁ (sya-all, pts) | pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ → pasenadikosalaṁ (sya-all) | bāhuṁ → dakkhiṇabāhaṁ (bj: PTS) | dakkhiṇabāhaṁ → Bm dakkhiṇaṁ bāhuṁ. (pts note) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)So the Blessed One, pointing with his right arm, said to King Pasenadi Kosala, “eso, mahārāja, aṅgulimālo”ti.
aṅgulimāloti → aṅgulimālo ti (pts)“That, great king, is Aṅgulimāla.”

Atha kho rañño pasenadissa kosalassa ahudeva bhayaṁ, ahu chambhitattaṁ, ahu lomahaṁso.
ahudeva → ahud eva (pts)Then King Pasenadi Kosala was frightened, terrified, his hair standing on end. Atha kho bhagavā rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ bhītaṁ saṁviggaṁ lomahaṭṭhajātaṁ viditvā rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ etadavoca:
pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ → pasenadikosalaṁ (sya-all) | saṁviggaṁ lomahaṭṭhajātaṁ → saṁviggalomahaṭṭhajātaṁ (sya-all, pts) | etadavoca → etadavoca mā bhāyi mahārāja (sya-all) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)So the Blessed One, sensing the king’s fear & hair-raising awe, said to him, “mā bhāyi, mahārāja, natthi te ito bhayan”ti.
mahārāja → mahārāja mā bhāyi mahārāja (bj) | ito → ato (bj) | ito bhayanti → ato bhayan ti (pts) | ato → So Sk Bu; Bm Si ito. (pts note) | natthi → mā bhāyi mahārāja na tthi (pts)“Don’t be afraid, great king. Don’t be afraid. He poses no danger to you. Atha kho rañño pasenadissa kosalassa yaṁ ahosi bhayaṁ vā chambhitattaṁ vā lomahaṁso vā so paṭippassambhi.
chambhitattaṁ → chimbhitattaṁ (sya-all) | paṭippassambhi → So Skt Si; Bm paṭipasambhi. (pts note)Then the king’s fear, his terror, his hair-standing-on-end subsided.

Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo yenāyasmā aṅgulimālo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ aṅgulimālaṁ etadavoca:
yenāyasmā → yen āyasmā (pts) | tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)He went over to Ven. Aṅgulimāla and said, “ayyo no, bhante, aṅgulimālo”ti?
aṅgulimāloti → aṅgulimālo ti (pts)“Are you really Aṅgulimāla, lord?”

“Evaṁ, mahārājā”ti.
Evaṁ → Bm adds mayhaṁ. (pts note)“Yes, great king.”

“Kathaṅgotto ayyassa pitā, kathaṅgottā mātā”ti?
kathaṅgotto → kathaṁgotto bhante (bj, pts) | kathaṅgottā → kathaṁgottā ayyassa (sya-all) | Kathaṁgottā → Si adds ayyassa; Bm kathaṁgotto. (pts note) | kathaṅgottā mātāti → kathaṁgottā mātā ti (pts)“What is your father’s clan? What is your mother’s clan?”

“Gaggo kho, mahārāja, pitā, mantāṇī mātā”ti.
mantāṇī → mantānī (bj, sya-all) | Gaggo → So Skt Si Bu; Bm Bhaggo. (pts note) | Mantāṇī → So Sk Bu; Bm Si St Mantānī. (pts note) | mātāti → mātā ti (pts)“My father is a Gagga, great king, and my mother a Mantāṇi.”

“Abhiramatu, bhante, ayyo gaggo mantāṇiputto.
mantāṇiputto → mantānīputto (sya-all) | mantāṇiputto ahamayyassa → mantāṇīputto aham ayyassa (pts)“Then may Master Gagga Mantāṇiputta delight (in staying here). Ahamayyassa gaggassa mantāṇiputtassa ussukkaṁ karissāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānan”ti.
mantāṇiputtassa → mantānīputtassa (bj, sya-all); mantāṇīputtassa (pts) | cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānanti → parikkhārehīti (bj: sīmu8) | mantāṇiputtassa → mantānīputassa (th) | cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānanti → cīvara piṇḍapāta senāsana gilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānanti (th) | ahamayyassa → aham ayyassa (pts) | cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānanti → cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānan ti (pts)I will be responsible for your robes, almsfood, lodgings, & medicinal requisites for curing illness.”

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā aṅgulimālo āraññiko hoti piṇḍapātiko paṁsukūliko tecīvariko.
āraññiko → āraññako (bj, sya-all, pts)Now it so happened that at that time Ven. Aṅgulimāla was a wilderness-dweller, an alms-goer, wearing one set of the triple robe made of cast-off cloth. Atha kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ etadavoca:
pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ → pasenadikosalaṁ (sya-all) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)So he said to King Pasenadi Kosala, “alaṁ, mahārāja, paripuṇṇaṁ me cīvaran”ti.
cīvaranti → ticīvaranti (bj, sya-all, pts) | cīvaranti → ticīvaran ti (pts)“Enough, great king. My triple robe is complete.”

Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)So King Pasenadi Kosala went to the Blessed One and on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, “acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante.
abbhutaṁ → abbhūtaṁ (sya-all)“It’s amazing, lord. It’s astounding, Yāvañcidaṁ, bhante, bhagavā adantānaṁ dametā, asantānaṁ sametā, aparinibbutānaṁ parinibbāpetā.
asantānaṁ → asamentānaṁ (sya-all) | asantānaṁ → asamentānaṁ (bj: syā) | aparinibbutānaṁ → apparinibbutānaṁ (bj: syā) | aparinibbutānaṁ → Si appar-. (pts note) | parinibbāpetā → So Bm Si; Skt parinibbutāpetvā. (pts note) | yāvañcidaṁ → yāvañ idaṁ (pts)how the Blessed One has tamed the untamed, pacified the unpeaceful, and brought to unbinding those who were not unbound. Yañhi mayaṁ, bhante, nāsakkhimhā daṇḍenapi satthenapi dametuṁ so bhagavatā adaṇḍena asattheneva danto.
asattheneva → asatthena (sya-all, km) | asattheneva → asatthena (bj: syā) | asattheneva → asatthena (cck: syā. kaṁ.) | eva → So St Bm; Sk va; Si omits eva. (pts note) | yañhi → yaṁ hi (bjt, th, pts) | daṇḍenapi satthenapi → daṇḍena pi satthena pi (pts) | asattheneva → asatthen eva (pts)For what we could not tame even with blunt or bladed weapons, the Blessed One has tamed without blunt or bladed weapons. Handa ca dāni mayaṁ, bhante, gacchāma;
Handa ca dāni → handadāni (sya-all, km, pts1ed) | handa ca dāni → handadāni (sya-all) | ca → (pts) | dāni → handadāni (bj: syā, PTS) | dāni → handa dāni (cck: syā. kaṁ. pī.) | Handa → Skt add ca. (pts note)Now, lord, we must go. bahukiccā mayaṁ bahukaraṇīyā”ti.
ti → Bm bahūkiccā, but bahukaraṇīyāti. (pts note) | bahukaraṇīyāti → bahukaraṇīyā ti (pts)Many are our duties, many our responsibilities.”

“Yassadāni, mahārāja, kālaṁ maññasī”ti.
yassadāni → yassadāni tvaṁ (bj) | tvaṁ → Bm Si omits tvaṁ. (pts note) | yassadāni → yassa dāni tvaṁ (pts)“Then do, great king, what you think it is now time to do.” Atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.
uṭṭhāyāsanā → uṭṭhāy āsanā (pts)Then King Pasenadi Kosala got up from his seat, bowed down to the Blessed One and—keeping him to his right—departed.

Atha kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiyaṁ → pattacīvaraṁ ādāya sāvatthiṁ (bj, pts) | sāvatthiyaṁ → sāvatthiṁ (sya-all) | sāvatthiṁ → sāvatthiyaṁ (bj: sīmu8, machasaṁ)Then Ven. Aṅgulimāla, early in the morning, having adjusted his lower robe and taking his bowl & outer robe, went into Sāvatthī for alms. Addasā kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo sāvatthiyaṁ sapadānaṁ piṇḍāya caramāno aññataraṁ itthiṁ mūḷhagabbhaṁ vighātagabbhaṁ.
vighātagabbhaṁ → visātagabbhaṁ (sya-all, km, pts1ed, mr) | vighātagabbhaṁ → visātagabbhaṁ (bj: PTS, syā) | vighātagabbhaṁ → visātagabbhaṁ (cck: syā. kaṁ. pī. ka.) | mūḷhagabbhaṁ → So Sk Si Bu; Bm pāvīsi. 12 Bm Si mu-. (pts note) | visātagabbhaṁ → So Bm Si, as Skt infra; Skt here vighātag-. (pts note)As he was going from house to house for alms, he saw a woman suffering a breech birth. Disvānassa etadahosi:
disvānassa etadahosi → disvān assa etad ahosi (pts)On seeing her, the thought occurred to him: “kilissanti vata, bho, sattā;“How tormented are living beings! kilissanti vata, bho, sattā”ti.
sattāti → sattā ti (pts)How tormented are living beings!”

Atha kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo sāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)Then, having gone for alms in Sāvatthī and returning from his alms round after his meal, he went to the Blessed One. On arrival, having bowed down to him, he sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, “idhāhaṁ, bhante, pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisiṁ.
pubbaṇhasamayaṁ → pubbanhasamayaṁ (bj) | sāvatthiṁ → sāvatthiyaṁ (bj: sīmu8, machasaṁ) | Idhāhaṁ → Sk omits. (pts note) | pattacīvaramādāya → pattacīvaraṁ ādāya (bjt, th, pts)“Just now, lord, early in the morning, having adjusted my lower robe and taking my bowl & outer robe, I went into Sāvatthī for alms. Addasaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, sāvatthiyaṁ sapadānaṁ piṇḍāya caramāno aññataraṁ itthiṁ mūḷhagabbhaṁ vighātagabbhaṁ.
vighātagabbhaṁ → visātagabbhaṁ (sya-all, pts) | vighātagabbhaṁ → visātagabbhaṁ (bj: PTS, syā)As I was going from house to house for alms, I saw a woman suffering a breech birth. Disvāna mayhaṁ etadahosi:
mayhaṁ → me (bj, sya-all) | mayhaṁ etadahosi → me etad ahosi (pts) | me → Bm assa. (pts note)On seeing her, the thought occurred to me: ‘kilissanti vata bho sattā, kilissanti vata bho sattā’”ti.
sattāti → sattā ti (pts)‘How tormented are living beings! How tormented are living beings!’” “Tena hi tvaṁ, aṅgulimāla, yena sā itthī tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ itthiṁ evaṁ vadehi:
itthī → itthi (bj) | sā itthī tenupasaṅkama → sāvatthi ten upasaṁkama (pts) | itthi → sāvatthi (bj: PTS) | itthī → katthaci potthake yena sāvatthīti pāṭho dissati (sya-all note) | Sāvatthi → Bm Si sā itthi, the latter with note that katthaci potthake Yena Sāvaṭṭhīti pāṭho dissati. (pts note) | tena hi → tenahi (th) | sā itthī tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā → sāvatthi ten upasaṁkama upasaṁkamitvā (pts)“In that case, Aṅgulimāla, go to that woman and on arrival say to her,

‘yatohaṁ, bhagini, jāto nābhijānāmi sañcicca pāṇaṁ jīvitā voropetā, tena saccena sotthi te hotu, sotthi gabbhassā’”ti.
yatohaṁ, bhagini, jāto → bhagini jātiyā jāto (si) | yatohaṁ → yato ahaṁ (pts) | jāto → jātiyā jāto (bj: sīmu8) | jāto → bhagini jātiyā jāto (cck: sī.) | bhagini → Skt add jātiyā, which is omitted in Bm Si Bu. (pts note)‘Sister, since I was born I do not recall intentionally killing a living being. Through this truth may there be wellbeing for you, wellbeing for your fetus.’”

“So hi nūna me, bhante, sampajānamusāvādo bhavissati.
nūna → nuna (pts) | hi → Bm 'haṁ. (pts note) | bhante → Sk omits bhante & Bm omits me. (pts note)“But, lord, wouldn’t that be a lie for me? Mayā hi, bhante, bahū sañcicca pāṇā jīvitā voropitā”ti.
pāṇā → Sk Bm pāṇaṁ. (pts note) | ti → So Skt Si; Bm voropetā, as Skt Si supra & infra. (pts note) | voropitāti → voropitā ti (pts)For I have intentionally killed many living beings.”

“Tena hi tvaṁ, aṅgulimāla, yena sā itthī tenupasaṅkama; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ itthiṁ evaṁ vadehi:
sā itthī tenupasaṅkama → sāvatthi ten upasaṁkama (pts) | itthī → sāvatthi (bj: PTS) | tena hi → tenahi (th) | sā itthī tenupasaṅkama upasaṅkamitvā → sāvatthi ten upasaṁkama upasaṁkamitvā (pts)“Then in that case, Aṅgulimāla, go to that woman and on arrival say to her,

‘yatohaṁ, bhagini, ariyāya jātiyā jāto, nābhijānāmi sañcicca pāṇaṁ jīvitā voropetā, tena saccena sotthi te hotu, sotthi gabbhassā’”ti.
yatohaṁ → yato aham (pts)‘Sister, since I was born in the noble birth, I do not recall intentionally killing a living being. Through this truth may there be wellbeing for you, wellbeing for your fetus.’”

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo bhagavato paṭissutvā yena sā itthī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ itthiṁ etadavoca:
sā itthī tenupasaṅkami → sāvatthi ten upasaṁkami (pts) | etadavoca yatohaṁ → etad avoca yato ahaṁ (pts) | itthī → sāvatthi (bj: PTS) | bhanteti → bhante ti (pts) | paṭissutvā → paṭisutvā (pts) | sā itthī tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → sāvatthi ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts)Responding, “As you say, lord,” to the Blessed One, Aṅgulimāla went to that woman and on arrival said to her,

“yatohaṁ, bhagini, ariyāya jātiyā jāto, nābhijānāmi sañcicca pāṇaṁ jīvitā voropetā, tena saccena sotthi te hotu, sotthi gabbhassā”ti.
yatohaṁ → ahaṁ (pts)“Sister, since I was born in the noble birth, I do not recall intentionally killing a living being. Through this may there be wellbeing for you, wellbeing for your fetus.”

Atha khvāssā itthiyā sotthi ahosi, sotthi gabbhassa.
khvāssā → kho sotthi (bj) | sotthi → (bj, pts) | khvāssā itthiyā sotthi → kho sotthitthiyā (sya-all) | ahosi → atha khvāssā ithiyā sotthi ahosi (bj: sīmu8, machasaṁ) | itthiyā → So Skt Si; Bm atha khavāssā itthiyā sotthi. (pts note) | khvāssā → kho sotth (pts)And there was wellbeing for the woman, wellbeing for her fetus.

Atha kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.
nacirasseva → na cirasseva (bjt) | nacirasseva yassatthāya → na cirass eva yass atthāya (pts) | tadanuttaraṁ → tad anuttaraṁ (pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭhe va (pts)Then Ven. Aṅgulimāla, dwelling alone, secluded, heedful, ardent, & resolute, in no long time reached & remained in the supreme goal of the holy life for which clansmen rightly go forth from home into homelessness, knowing & realizing it for himself in the here & now.

“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.He knew: “Birth is ended, the holy life fulfilled, the task done. There is nothing further for the sake of this world.” Aññataro kho panāyasmā aṅgulimālo arahataṁ ahosi.
aññataro → aññataro ca (bj) | panāyasmā → pan āyasmā (pts)And thus Ven. Aṅgulimāla became another one of the arahants.

Atha kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
sāvatthiṁ → sāvatthiyaṁ (sya-all) | Sāvatthiṁ → So Bm; Skt (as usually) & Si Sāvatthiyaṁ. (pts note) | pattacīvaramādāya → pattacīvaraṁ ādāya (bjt, pts)Then Ven. Aṅgulimāla, early in the morning, having adjusted his lower robe and taking his bowl & outer robe, went into Sāvatthī for alms. Tena kho pana samayena aññenapi leḍḍu khitto āyasmato aṅgulimālassa kāye nipatati, aññenapi daṇḍo khitto āyasmato aṅgulimālassa kāye nipatati, aññenapi sakkharā khittā āyasmato aṅgulimālassa kāye nipatati.
nipatati → Sk na patati; Bu kāye patati (in commentary). (pts note) | sakkharā → Si sakkarā. (pts note) | aññenapi → aññena pi (pts)Now at that time a clod thrown by one person hit Ven. Aṅgulimāla on the body, a stone thrown by another person hit him on the body, and a potsherd thrown by still another person hit him on the body. Atha kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo bhinnena sīsena, lohitena gaḷantena, bhinnena pattena, vipphālitāya saṅghāṭiyā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.
gaḷantena → galantena (bj) | vipphālitāya → vipphāritāya (bj: sīmu8) | vipphālitāya → Skt vippāritāya; Bm vippālitāya; Si viphālitāya. (pts note) | saṅghāṭiyā → saṁghāṭiyā (pts) | tenupasaṅkami → ten upasaṁkami (pts)So Ven. Aṅgulimāla—his head broken open and dripping with blood, his bowl broken, and his outer robe ripped to shreds—went to the Blessed One.

Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ aṅgulimālaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.
dūratova → dūrato va (pts)The Blessed One saw him coming from afar Disvāna āyasmantaṁ aṅgulimālaṁ etadavoca:
disvāna → disvā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)and on seeing him said to him: “adhivāsehi tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, adhivāsehi tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa.“Bear with it, brahman! Bear with it! Yassa kho tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, kammassa vipākena bahūni vassāni bahūni vassasatāni bahūni vassasahassāni niraye pacceyyāsi tassa tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, kammassa vipākaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme paṭisaṁvedesī”ti.
brāhmaṇa → (bj, sya-all, pts) | tvaṁ → Bm adds brāhmaṇa. (pts note) | pacceyyāsi → paceyyāsi (th) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭhe va (pts)The fruit of the kamma that would have burned you in hell for many years, many hundreds of years, many thousands of years, you are now experiencing in the here & now!”

Atha kho āyasmā aṅgulimālo rahogato paṭisallīno vimuttisukhaṁ paṭisaṁvedi;
vimuttisukhaṁ paṭisaṁvedi → vimuttisukhapaṭisaṁvedī (bj) | paṭisaṁvedi → paṭisaṁvedī (sya-all, pts) | paṭisallīno → patisallīno (pts) | patisallīno → Bm paṭisallīno. Cf. p. 23 supra. (pts note)Then Ven. Aṅgulimāla, having gone alone into seclusion, experienced the bliss of release. tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
udānesi → Cf. Theragāthā p. 81; Dhp. l. 172--3, 382, 80, 26--7; Vinaya II 196. (pts note)At that time he exclaimed:

“Yo pubbeva pamajjitvā, pacchā so nappamajjati;
pubbeva → yo ca pubbe (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | pubbeva → ca pubbe (pts) | pubbeva → yo ca pubbe (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.) | ca → So Skt Si; Bm inserts va after pubbe. (pts note)Who once was heedless, but later is not, Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā.
Somaṁ → so imaṁ (bj) | somaṁ → so imaṁ (bj) | Somaṁ → so imaṁ (cck: sī.) | maṁ → So Bm Si Bu; Skt so imaṁ. (pts note) | somaṁ → so maṁ (pts) abbhā muttova → abbhāmuttova (th) | muttova → mutto va (pts)brightens the world like the moon set free from a cloud.

Yassa pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ, kusalena pidhīyati;
pidhīyati → pithīyati (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | pidhīyati somaṁ → pithīyati so imaṁ (bj); pithīyati so maṁ (pts) | pidhīyati → pithīyati (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.) | pithīyati → So Skt Si; Bm pidhiyyati. (pts note)His evil-done deed is replaced with skillfulness: Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā.
somaṁ → imaṁ (bjt) | somaṁ → so maṁ (pts) abbhā muttova → abbhāmuttova (th) | muttova → mutto va (pts)he brightens the world like the moon set free from a cloud.

Yo have daharo bhikkhu, yuñjati buddhasāsane;Whatever young monk devotes himself to the Buddha’s bidding: Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova candimā.
somaṁ → so imaṁ (bj) | somaṁ → so maṁ (pts) abbhā muttova → abbhāmuttova (th) | muttova → mutto va (pts)he brightens the world like the moon set free from a cloud.

Disā hi me dhammakathaṁ suṇantu, disā hi me yuñjantu buddhasāsane;May even my enemies hear talk of the Dhamma. may even my enemies devote themselves to the Buddha’s bidding. Disā hi me te manujā bhajantu, ye dhammamevādapayanti santo.
manujā → manuje (bj); manusse (pts) | manuje → manussā (bj: sīmu8); manujā (bj: machasaṁ, syā); manusse (bj: PTS) | manusse → So Skt; Bm Si (&? Bu) manujā. (pts note) dhammam → So Bm Bu; Si dhammevādapayanti; Skt dhammemevād-. (pts note) | dhammamevādapayanti → dhammam ev ādapayanti (pts)May even my enemies associate with those people who—peaceful, good— get others to accept the Dhamma.

Disā hi me khantivādānaṁ, avirodhappasaṁsīnaṁ;
khantivādānaṁ avirodhappasaṁsīnaṁ → khantivodānaṁ avirodhappasaṁsanaṁ (sya-all) | khantivādānaṁ → khantivodāniṁ (bj: syā) | khantivādānaṁ → So Skt; Si khantivodānaṁ; Bm khantipavādānaṁ. (pts note) avirodhappasaṁsīnaṁ → avirodhappasaṁsinaṁ (bj) | avirodhappasaṁsinaṁ → avirodhappasaṁsanaṁ (bj: syā); saṁsinaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | avirodhappasaṁsīnaṁ → So Bu; Skt av-inaṁ; Si avirodhapasaṁsanaṁ; Bm avirodhaṁ pasaṁsanaṁ. (pts note)May even my enemies hear the Dhamma time & again from those who advise endurance, forbearance, Suṇantu dhammaṁ kālena, tañca anuvidhīyantu.
anuvidhīyantu → anuvidhiyantu (sya-all) | anuvidhīyantu → So Sk Si Bu; Bm anudhiyantu. (pts note) | tañca → tañ ca (pts)who praise non-opposition, and may they follow it.

Na hi jātu so mamaṁ hiṁse, aññaṁ vā pana kiñci naṁ;
pana kiñci naṁ → kañcanaṁ (bj); kañci naṁ (si, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | kiñci → kañci (sya-all, pts) | vā → va (pts) | kañcanaṁ → kiñci naṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | naṁ → kañci naṁ (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.); kañcanaṁ (cck: ?)For surely he wouldn’t harm me, or anyone else; Pappuyya paramaṁ santiṁ, rakkheyya tasathāvare.
tasathāvare → So Skt Si Bu; Bm tasathāvaraṁ. (pts note)he would attain the foremost peace, would protect the feeble & firm.

Udakañhi nayanti nettikā, usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ;
udakañhi → udakaṁ hi (bjt, pts) namayanti → damayanti (mr) | namayanti → damayanti (cck: ka.)Irrigators guide the water. fletchers shape the arrow shaft. Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā, attānaṁ damayanti paṇḍitā.Carpenters shape the wood. the wise control themselves.

Daṇḍeneke damayanti, aṅkusehi kasāhi ca;
daṇḍeneke → daṇḍen eke (pts) aṅkusehi → aṅkusebhi (sya-all)Some tame with a blunt stick, with hooks, & with whips Adaṇḍena asatthena, ahaṁ dantomhi tādinā.
dantomhi → daṇḍomhi (sya-all) | danto → Si daṇḍo. (pts note) | dantomhi → danto mhi (pts)But without blunt or bladed weapons I was tamed by the one who is Such.

Ahiṁsakoti me nāmaṁ, hiṁsakassa pure sato;
ahiṁsakoti → ahiṁsako ti (pts) pure → Bm pūre. (pts note)“Doer of No Harm” is my name, but I used to be a doer of harm. Ajjāhaṁ saccanāmomhi, na naṁ hiṁsāmi kiñci naṁ.
saccanāmomhi → saccanāmo mhi (pts) naṁ hiṁsāmi kiñci naṁ → kañci naṁ (si, sya-all, km, pts1ed); kañcanaṁ (?) | kiñci naṁ → kañcanaṁ (bj) | kiñci → kañci (sya-all, pts) | kañcanaṁ → kañci naṁ (bj: sīmu8, PTS, syā); kiñci naṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | naṁ → kañci naṁ (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.); kañcanaṁ (cck: ?)Today I am true to my name, for I harm no one at all.

Coro ahaṁ pure āsiṁ, aṅgulimāloti vissuto;
aṅgulimāloti → aṅgulimālo ti (pts)A bandit I used to be, renowned as Aṅgulimāla. Vuyhamāno mahoghena, buddhaṁ saraṇamāgamaṁ.
saraṇamāgamaṁ lohitapāṇi → saraṇam āgamaṁ lohitapāṇī (pts)Swept along by a great flood, I went to the Buddha as refuge.

Lohitapāṇi pure āsiṁ, aṅgulimāloti vissuto;
lohitapāṇi → lohitapāṇī (sya-all) | Lohitapāṇī → So Bm Si; Skt l-ṇiṁ. (pts note) aṅgulimāloti → aṅgulimālo ti (pts)Bloody-handed I used to be, renowned as Aṅgulimāla. Saraṇagamanaṁ passa, bhavanetti samūhatā.
saraṇagamanaṁ → saraṇāgamanaṁ (pts) | Saraṇāgamanaṁ → Bm Si saraṇagamanaṁ. (pts note) | saraṇagamanaṁ passa → saraṇagamanaṁpassa (th) bhavanetti → So all MSS. (pts note)See my going for refuge! uprooted is [craving], the guide to becoming.

Tādisaṁ kammaṁ katvāna, bahuṁ duggatigāminaṁ;
bahuṁ → bahu (bj: PTS)Having done the type of kamma that would lead to many bad destinations, Phuṭṭho kammavipākena, aṇaṇo bhuñjāmi bhojanaṁ.
aṇaṇo → anaṇo (bj, sya-all, pts) | anaṇo → Bm Si anaṇo; Skt ānaṇo; Bu (thrice) aṇaṇo, adding aṇino ti pi pātho. (pts note)touched by the fruit of (that) kamma, unindebted, I eat my food.

Pamādamanuyuñjanti, bālā dummedhino janā;
Pamādam → Sk not St, inserts mā. (pts note) | pamādamanuyuñjanti → pamādam anuyuñjanti (pts)They’re addicted to heedlessness —dullards, fools— Appamādañca medhāvī, dhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁva rakkhati.
appamādañca → appamādañ ca (pts) seṭṭhaṁva → seṭṭhaṁ va (pts)while one who is wise cherishes heedfulness as his highest wealth.

Mā pamādamanuyuñjetha, mā kāmarati santhavaṁ;
pamādamanuyuñjetha → pamādam anuyuñjetha (pts) kāmarati santhavaṁ → kāmaratisanthavaṁ (bjt, th, pts)Don’t give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight— Appamatto hi jhāyanto, pappoti vipulaṁ sukhaṁ.
vipulaṁ → paramaṁ (mr) | vipulaṁ → paramaṁ (cck: ka.) | vipulaṁ → So Skt Si; Bm paramaṁ. (pts note)for a heedful person, absorbed in jhāna, attains an abundant bliss.

Svāgataṁ nāpagataṁ, nayidaṁ dummantitaṁ mama;
Svāgataṁ → sāgataṁ (bj, pts1ed) | nāpagataṁ → nāma sagataṁ (mr) | svāgataṁ → sāgataṁ (bj, pts) | sāgataṁ → svāgataṁ (bj: machasaṁ, syā) | Svāgataṁ → sāgataṁ (cck: sī. pī.) | nāpagataṁ → nāma sagataṁ (cck: ka.) | nāpagataṁ → So Skt Bu; Si svāgataṁ nāpagataṁ; Bm svāgataṁ nāma sagataṁ. (pts note) dummantitaṁ → So Bm Si & Skt (2nd time). (pts note) | dummantitaṁ → dummanti taṁ (th)This has come well & not gone away, it was not badly thought through for me. Saṁvibhattesu dhammesu, yaṁ seṭṭhaṁ tadupāgamaṁ.
Saṁvibhattesu → suvibhattesu (sya-all, km); paṭibhattesu (pts1ed); savibhattesu (mr) | saṁvibhattesu → suvibhattesu (sya-all); paṭibhattesu (pts) | saṁvibhattesu → suvibhattesu (bj: syā); paṭibhattesu (bj: PTS) | Saṁvibhattesu → suvibhattesu (cck: syā. kaṁ.); savibhattesu (cck: sī. ka.); paṭibhattesu (cck: pī.) | Paṭibhattesu → So Bu; Skt paṭihantesu; Si suvibhattesu; Bm savibh-. (pts note) tadupāgamaṁ svāgataṁ nāpagataṁ → tad upāgamaṁ sāgataṁ nāpagatam (pts)From among well-analyzed qualities, I have obtained the best.

Svāgataṁ nāpagataṁ, nayidaṁ dummantitaṁ mama;
svāgataṁ → sāgataṁ (bj) | sāgataṁ → svāgataṁ (bj: machasaṁ, syā) | svāgataṁ nāpagataṁ → sāgataṁ nāpagatam (pts) dummantitaṁ → dummanti taṁ (th)This has come well & not gone away, it was not badly thought through for me. Tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.
sāsananti → sāsanan ti (pts)The three knowledges have been attained; the Buddha’s bidding, done.

Aṅgulimālasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.