Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Great Chapter - 180
“Āgato kho Mahāsamaṇo Māgadhānaṁ Giribbajaṁ
“The Great Ascetic has come to Giribbaja 222 in Magadha
Sabbe Sañjaye netvāna, kaṁ su dāni nayissatī” ti
After leading off all those under Sañjaya, who will he lead off now”
Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū tesaṁ manussānaṁ
The monks heard those people
ujjhāyantānaṁ khīyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
grumbling, moaning, cursing.
Atha kho te bhikkhū Bhagavato etam-atthaṁ ārocesuṁ.
Then those monks informed the Gracious One of it.
“Na bhikkhave so saddo ciraṁ bhavissati, sattāham-eva bhavissati,
“This noise will not last long, monks, it will last for only seven days,
sattāhassa accayena antaradhāyissati.
and with the passing of seven days it will disappear.
Tena hi bhikkhave ye tumhe imāya gāthāya codenti:
Therefore, monks, whoever scolds you with this verse:
‘Āgato kho Mahāsamaṇo Māgadhānaṁ Giribbajaṁ
‘The Great Ascetic has come to Giribbaja in Magadha
Sabbe Sañjaye netvāna, kaṁ su dāni nayissatī’ ti
After leading off all those under Sañjaya, who will he lead off now’
te tumhe imāya gāthāya paṭicodetha:
you scold them back with this verse:
‘Nayanti ve Mahāvīrā Saddhammena Tathāgatā,
‘The Great Heros, the Realised Ones, lead with the True Dhamma,
Dhammena nayamānānaṁ, kā usuyyā vijānatan.’ ”-ti
By the Dhamma 223 they are leading, why be jealous of the wise’ ”
222 Another name for Rājagaha. Cf. Pabbajāsuttaṁ of Suttanipāta (Sn 3.4): Agamā Rājagahaṁ
Buddho, Magadhānaṁ Giribbajaṁ; the Buddha went to Rājagaha, to Giribbaja of the
Magadhans.
223 The commentary has an interesting note here explaining that this word can be taken as
having locative, genitive, or instrumental sense, giving the meanings: in the Dhamma, for the
Dhamma, or by the Dhamma; however the form is an instrumental and I translate it as such.