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II. Progress of the Sāsana - 79<br />
Atha kho Yaso kulaputto yena Isipatanaṁ Migadāyo tenupasaṅkami.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa approached the Deer Park at Isipatana.<br />
Tena kho pana samayena Bhagavā rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ paccuṭṭhāya<br />
<strong>The</strong>n at that time, towards the time of dawn, after rising, the Gracious One<br />
ajjhokāse caṅkamati.<br />
was walking in the open air.<br />
Addasā kho Bhagavā Yasaṁ kulaputtaṁ dūrato va āgacchantaṁ<br />
<strong>The</strong> Gracious One saw the young man Yasa coming while still far away,<br />
disvāna caṅkamā orohitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.<br />
and after seeing (him) and descending from the walkway, he sat down on the<br />
prepared seat.<br />
Atha kho Yaso kulaputto Bhagavato avidūre udānaṁ udānesi:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa, not far from the Gracious One uttered this exalted<br />
utterance:<br />
“Upaddutaṁ vata bho upassaṭṭhaṁ vata bho” ti.<br />
“Tribulation indeed, ruination indeed!”<br />
Atha kho Bhagavā Yasaṁ kulaputtaṁ etad-avoca:<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the Gracious One said this to the young man Yasa:<br />
“Idaṁ kho Yasa anupaddutaṁ idaṁ anupassaṭṭhaṁ,<br />
“This, Yasa, is not tribulation, this is not ruination,<br />
ehi Yasa nisīda Dhammaṁ te desessāmī.” ti<br />
come, Yasa, sit down and I will teach Dhamma to you.”<br />
Atha kho Yaso kulaputto: ‘Idaṁ kira anupaddutaṁ idaṁ anupassaṭṭhan,’-ti<br />
<strong>The</strong>n the young man Yasa (thinking): ‘It seems this is not tribulation, this is not<br />
ruination’,<br />
haṭṭho udaggo suvaṇṇapādukāhi orohitvā, yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkami,<br />
joyful, uplifted, after taking off his golden slippers, 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<br />
side.<br />
Ekam-antaṁ nisinnassa kho Yasassa kulaputtassa<br />
To the young man Yasa, sitting at one side,