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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 82<br />

Atha kho seṭṭhī gahapati yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkami,<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the merchant householder approached the Gracious One,<br />

upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:<br />

and after approaching he said this to the Gracious One:<br />

“Api Bhante Bhagavā Yasaṁ kulaputtaṁ passeyyā” ti<br />

“Has the Gracious One, venerable Sir, seen the young man Yasa”<br />

“Tena hi gahapati nisīda appeva nāma idha nisinno<br />

“Sit, householder, and it may be that while you are sitting here<br />

idha nisinnaṁ Yasaṁ kulaputtaṁ passeyyāsī.” ti<br />

you will see the young man Yasa sitting here.”<br />

Atha kho seṭṭhī gahapati: “Idheva kirāhaṁ nisinno<br />

<strong>The</strong>n the merchant householder (thought): “It seems that while sitting here<br />

idha nisinnaṁ Yasaṁ kulaputtaṁ passissāmī,” ti<br />

I will see the young man Yasa sitting here,”<br />

haṭṭho udaggo Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekam-antaṁ nisīdi.<br />

and joyful, uplifted, after worshipping the Gracious One, he sat down on one side.<br />

Ekam-antaṁ nisinnassa kho seṭṭhissa gahapatissa<br />

To the merchant householder, sitting at one side<br />

Bhagavā anupubbikathaṁ kathesi,<br />

the Gracious One spoke about the gradual teaching,<br />

seyyathīdaṁ: dānakathaṁ sīlakathaṁ saggakathaṁ,<br />

that is to say: talk about giving, talk about virtue, talk about heaven,<br />

kāmānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ,<br />

the danger, degradation, and defilement of sensual desires,<br />

nekkhamme ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.<br />

and the advantages of renunciation, (these) he explained.<br />

Yadā Bhagavā aññāsi seṭṭhiṁ gahapatiṁ<br />

When the Gracious One knew that the merchant householder<br />

kallacittaṁ muducittaṁ vinīvaraṇacittaṁ udaggacittaṁ pasannacittaṁ,<br />

had a ready mind, a pliable mind, an open mind, an uplifted mind, a confident mind,<br />

atha yā Buddhānaṁ sāmukkaṁsikā Dhammadesanā taṁ pakāsesi:<br />

he explained to him the Dhamma teaching the Awakened Ones have discovered<br />

themselves:

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