PTS cs 2 The king said: ‘You say that the ultimate point of time is not apparent. Give me an illustration of that.’
‘Suppose, O king, a man were to plant in the ground a tiny seed, and that it were to come up as a shoot, and in due course grow, develope, and mature until it produced a fruit. PTS vp Pali 51 And then the man, taking a seed from that fruit, were again to plant it in the ground, and all should happen as before. Now would there be any end to this series?’
Certainly not, Sir.’ PTS vp En 80 ‘Just so, O king, the ultimate point in the past of the whole of this time is not apparent.’
‘Give me a further illustration.’
‘The hen lays an egg. From the egg comes a hen. From the hen an egg. Is there any end to this series?’
‘No.’
‘Just so, O king, the ultimate point in the past of the whole of this time is not apparent.’
‘Give me a further illustration.’
Then the Elder drew a circle on the ground and asked the king: ‘Is there any end to this circle?’
‘No, it has no end.’
‘Well, that is like those circles spoken of by the Blessed One. “By reason of the eye and of forms there arises sight, when these three come together there is touch, by reason of touch sensation, by reason of sensation and longing (Taṇhā, thirst), by reason of the longing action (Karma), and from action eye is once more produced.” Now is there any end to this series?
‘No.’ PTS vp En 81
Then setting out a precisely corresponding circle of each of the other organs of sense (of the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind), he in each case put the same question. And the reply being always the same, he concluded:
‘Just so, O king, the ultimate point of time in the past is not apparent.’
‘You are ready, Nāgasena, in reply.’
2. Purimakoṭipañha
2. Purimakoṭipañha
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, yaṁ panetaṁ brūsi ‘purimā koṭi na paññāyatī’ti, tassa opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, puriso parittaṁ bījaṁ pathaviyaṁ nikkhipeyya, tato aṅkuro uṭṭhahitvā anupubbena vuḍḍhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjitvā phalaṁ dadeyya. *parittaṁ → paripakkaṁ (mr)Tato bījaṁ gahetvā puna ropeyya, tatopi aṅkuro uṭṭhahitvā anupubbena vuḍḍhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjitvā phalaṁ dadeyya. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“bhante nāgasena, yaṁ panetaṁ brūsi ‘purimā koṭi na paññāyatī’ti, tassa opammaṁ karohī”ti.
“Yathā, mahārāja, puriso parittaṁ bījaṁ pathaviyaṁ nikkhipeyya, tato aṅkuro uṭṭhahitvā anupubbena vuḍḍhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjitvā phalaṁ dadeyya. *parittaṁ → paripakkaṁ (mr)
Tato bījaṁ gahetvā puna ropeyya, tatopi aṅkuro uṭṭhahitvā anupubbena vuḍḍhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjitvā phalaṁ dadeyya.
Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti?
“Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, yaṁ panetaṁ brūsi ‘purimā koṭi na paññāyatī’ti, tassa opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, puriso parittaṁ bījaṁ pathaviyaṁ nikkhipeyya, tato aṅkuro uṭṭhahitvā anupubbena vuḍḍhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjitvā phalaṁ dadeyya. *parittaṁ → paripakkaṁ (mr)Tato bījaṁ gahetvā puna ropeyya, tatopi aṅkuro uṭṭhahitvā anupubbena vuḍḍhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjitvā phalaṁ dadeyya. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“Bhiyyo opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, kukkuṭiyā aṇḍaṁ bhaveyya, aṇḍato kukkuṭī kukkuṭiyā aṇḍanti. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“Bhiyyo opammaṁ karohī”ti.
“Yathā, mahārāja, kukkuṭiyā aṇḍaṁ bhaveyya, aṇḍato kukkuṭī kukkuṭiyā aṇḍanti.
Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti?
“Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“Bhiyyo opammaṁ karohī”ti. “Yathā, mahārāja, kukkuṭiyā aṇḍaṁ bhaveyya, aṇḍato kukkuṭī kukkuṭiyā aṇḍanti. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“Bhiyyo opammaṁ karohī”ti. Thero pathaviyā cakkaṁ likhitvā milindaṁ rājānaṁ etadavoca—“atthi, mahārāja, imassa cakkassa anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, imāni cakkāni vuttāni bhagavatā ‘cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ, upādānapaccayā kammaṁ, kammato puna cakkhuṁ jāyatī’ti. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti.
“Bhiyyo opammaṁ karohī”ti.
Thero pathaviyā cakkaṁ likhitvā milindaṁ rājānaṁ etadavoca—
“atthi, mahārāja, imassa cakkassa anto”ti?
“Evameva kho, mahārāja, imāni cakkāni vuttāni bhagavatā ‘cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ, upādānapaccayā kammaṁ, kammato puna cakkhuṁ jāyatī’ti.
Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti?
“Bhiyyo opammaṁ karohī”ti. Thero pathaviyā cakkaṁ likhitvā milindaṁ rājānaṁ etadavoca—“atthi, mahārāja, imassa cakkassa anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, imāni cakkāni vuttāni bhagavatā ‘cakkhuñca paṭicca rūpe ca uppajjati cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ, upādānapaccayā kammaṁ, kammato puna cakkhuṁ jāyatī’ti. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti.
“‘Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca …pe… manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ, upādānapaccayā kammaṁ, kammato puna mano jāyatī’ti. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“‘Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca …pe…
manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ, upādānapaccayā kammaṁ, kammato puna mano jāyatī’ti.
Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti?
“Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“‘Sotañca paṭicca sadde ca …pe… manañca paṭicca dhamme ca uppajjati manoviññāṇaṁ, tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ, upādānapaccayā kammaṁ, kammato puna mano jāyatī’ti. Evametissā santatiyā atthi anto”ti? “Natthi, bhante”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, addhānassāpi purimā koṭi na paññāyatī”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Purimakoṭipañho dutiyo.
Purimakoṭipañho dutiyo.