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Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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The Third Chapter for Recitation - 134<br />

Sace tvaṁ Ānanda Tathāgataṁ yāceyyāsi dve va te vācā Tathāgato paṭikkhipeyya,<br />

If you, Ānanda, had begged the Realised One twice the Realised One might have<br />

rejected your speech,<br />

atha tatiyakaṁ adhivāseyya.<br />

but would have accepted it on the third occasion.<br />

Tasmātih’ Ānanda tuyhevetaṁ dukkaṭaṁ tuyhevetaṁ aparaddhaṁ.<br />

So, Ānanda, there is this wrong-doing for you, there is this fault for you.<br />

[25: Vesāliyaṁ Ānandassa Aparaddhaṁ]<br />

[Ānanda’s Fault at Vesālī]<br />

Ekam-idāhaṁ Ānanda samayaṁ idheva Vesāliyaṁ viharāmi Udene Cetiye,<br />

At one time, Ānanda, I was living right here near Vesālī, in the Udena Shrine,<br />

idheva Vesāliyaṁ viharāmi Gotamake Cetiye,<br />

I was living right here near Vesālī, in the Gotamaka Shrine,<br />

idheva Vesāliyaṁ viharāmi Sattambe Cetiye,<br />

I was living right here near Vesālī, in the Seven Mangos Shrine,<br />

idheva Vesāliyaṁ viharāmi Bahuputte Cetiye,<br />

I was living right here near Vesālī, in the Many Sons Shrine,<br />

idheva Vesāliyaṁ viharāmi Sārandade Cetiye,<br />

I was living right here near Vesālī, in the Sārandada Shrine,<br />

idāneva kho tāhaṁ Ānanda ajja Cāpāle Cetiye āmantesiṁ:<br />

and here today, Ānanda, at the Cāpāla Shrine I addressed you, (saying):<br />

‘Ramaṇīyā Ānanda Vesālī ramaṇīyaṁ Udenaṁ Cetiyaṁ,<br />

‘Delightful, Ānanda, is Vesālī, delightful is the Udena Shrine,<br />

ramaṇīyaṁ Gotamakaṁ Cetiyaṁ ramaṇīyaṁ Sattambaṁ Cetiyaṁ,<br />

delightful is the Gotamaka Shrine, delightful is the Seven Mangos Shrine,<br />

ramaṇīyaṁ Bahuputtaṁ Cetiyaṁ ramaṇīyaṁ Sārandadaṁ Cetiyaṁ,<br />

delightful is the Many Sons Shrine, delightful is the Sārandada Shrine,<br />

ramaṇīyaṁ Cāpālaṁ Cetiyaṁ,<br />

delightful is the Cāpāla Shrine.

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