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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Great</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> - 50<br />
na cirasseva, yassatthāya kulaputtā sammad-eva<br />
after no long time (you will attain) that good for which young men of good family<br />
agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti,<br />
rightly go forth from the home to the homeless life,<br />
tad-anuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ,<br />
that unsurpassed conclusion to the spiritual life,<br />
diṭṭhe va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissathā.” ti<br />
and will dwell having known, experienced, and attained it yourselves in this very<br />
life.”<br />
Dutiyam-pi kho pañcavaggiyā bhikkhū Bhagavantaṁ etad-avocuṁ:<br />
For a second time the group-of-five monks said this to the Gracious One:<br />
“Tāya pi kho tvaṁ āvuso Gotama cariyāya,<br />
“But you, friend Gotama, by that (ascetic) lifestyle,<br />
tāya paṭipadāya tāya dukkarakārikāya,<br />
that practice, that difficult way of living,<br />
nevajjhagā uttarimanussadhammaṁ alam-ariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ.<br />
did not arrive at a state beyond (ordinary) human beings, a distinction of what is<br />
truly noble knowledge and insight.<br />
Kiṁ pana tvaṁ etarahi bāhuliko,<br />
So how can you now, given to luxury,<br />
padhānavibbhanto, āvatto bāhullāya, adhigamissasi<br />
forsaking the striving, gone back to luxury, attain<br />
uttarimanussadhammaṁ alam-ariyañāṇadassanavisesan?”-ti<br />
a state beyond (ordinary) human beings, a distinction of what is truly noble<br />
knowledge and insight?”<br />
Dutiyam-pi kho Bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū etad-avoca:<br />
For a second time, the Gracious One said this to the group-of-five monks:<br />
“Na bhikkhave Tathāgato bāhuliko,<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Realised One, monks, is not given to luxury,<br />
na padhānavibbhanto, na āvatto bāhullāya.<br />
is not forsaking the striving, and has not gone back to luxury.<br />
Arahaṁ bhikkhave Tathāgato Sammāsambuddho,<br />
<strong>The</strong> Realised One is a Worthy One, a Perfect Sambuddha,