MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
MahÄkhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts
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II. Progress of the Sāsana - 91<br />
“Yaso kira kulaputto kesamassuṁ ohāretvā,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> young man Yasa, it seems, after shaving off his hair and beard,<br />
kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā, agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.” ti<br />
and donning brown garments, 148 has gone forth from the home to the homeless life.”<br />
Sutvāna nesaṁ etad-ahosi:<br />
After hearing (it), this occurred to them:<br />
“Na hi nūna so orako Dhammavinayo, na sā orakā pabbajjā<br />
“This is not an inferior Dhamma and Discipline, not an inferior going-forth<br />
yattha Yaso kulaputto kesamassuṁ ohāretvā,<br />
in which the young man Yasa, after shaving off his hair and beard,<br />
kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā, agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.” ti<br />
and donning brown garments, has gone forth from the home to the homeless life.”<br />
Te yenāyasmā Yaso tenupasaṅkamiṁsu,<br />
<strong>The</strong>y approached the venerable Yasa,<br />
upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ Yasaṁ abhivādetvā, ekam-antaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.<br />
and after approaching and worshipping the venerable Yasa, they stood on one side.<br />
Atha kho āyasmā Yaso te cattāro gihisahāyake ādāya<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the venerable Yasa took those four householder friends<br />
yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkami,<br />
and approached the Gracious One,<br />
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā, ekam-antaṁ nisīdi.<br />
and after approaching and worshipping the Gracious One, he sat down on one side.<br />
Ekam-antaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā Yaso Bhagavantaṁ etad-avoca:<br />
While sitting on one side the venerable Yasa said this to the Gracious One:<br />
“Ime me Bhante cattāro gihisahāyakā<br />
“<strong>The</strong>se, venerable Sir, are four of my householder friends<br />
Bārāṇasiyaṁ seṭṭhānuseṭṭhīnaṁ kulānaṁ puttā,<br />
sons of good families of greater and lesser merchants in Bārāṇasī,<br />
148 It is not clear what colour kāsāya really was, as the dictionaries mention red, ochre, yellow<br />
and brown. According to CPD (s.v. kasāya) it was made from the juice of myrobalan. It is<br />
interesting that the word used in these stock phrases is vattha, garments or clothes, rather<br />
than cīvara, robes.