Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

I. The First Teachings - 49
diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissathā.” ti
and will dwell having known, experienced, and attained it yourselves in this very
life.”
Evaṁ vutte pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū Bhagavantaṁ etad-avocuṁ:
After this was said, the group-of-five monks said this to the Gracious One:
“Tāya pi kho tvaṁ āvuso Gotama cariyāya,
“But you, friend Gotama, 118 by that (ascetic) lifestyle,
tāya paṭipadāya tāya dukkarakārikāya,
that practice, that difficult way of living,
nevajjhagā uttarimanussadhammaṁ alam-ariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ.
did not arrive at a state beyond (ordinary) human beings, a distinction of what is
truly noble knowledge and insight.
Kiṁ pana tvaṁ etarahi bāhuliko,
So how can you now, given to luxury,
padhānavibbhanto, āvatto bāhullāya, adhigamissasi
forsaking the striving, gone back to luxury, attain
uttarimanussadhammaṁ alam-ariyañāṇadassanavisesan”-ti
a state beyond (ordinary) human beings, a distinction of what is truly noble
knowledge and insight”
Evaṁ vutte Bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū etad-avoca:
After this was said, the Gracious One said this to the group-of-five monks:
“Na bhikkhave Tathāgato bāhuliko,
“The Realised One, monks, is not given to luxury,
na padhānavibbhanto, na āvatto bāhullāya.
is not forsaking the striving, and has not gone back to luxury.
Arahaṁ bhikkhave Tathāgato Sammāsambuddho,
The Realised One is a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha,
odahatha bhikkhave sotaṁ Amatam-adhigataṁ aham-anusāsāmi,
lend an ear, monks, I will instruct you about the attainment of the Deathless,
ahaṁ Dhammaṁ desemi yathānusiṭṭhaṁ thatā paṭipajjamānā,
I will teach the Dhamma, (and) following the path as it has been preached,
118 They are still using āvuso and his clan name, even though told not to because they are still
unconvinced of the Buddha’s achievement.