Rich and poor

Khuddaka Nikāya

4. Nibbānavagga

Kammanānākaraṇapañha

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Rich and poor

Khuddaka Nikāya

4. Nibbānavagga

Kammanānākaraṇapañha

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PTS cs 2 The king said: ‘Why is it, Nāgasena, that all men are not alike, but some are short-lived and some long-lived, some sickly and some healthy, some ugly and some beautiful, some without influence and some of great power, some poor and some wealthy, some low born and some high born, some stupid and somewise?’ PTS vp En 101 The Elder replied: ‘Why is it that all vegetables are not alike, but some sour, and some salt, and some pungent, and some acid, and some astringent, and some sweet?’

‘I fancy, Sir, it is because they come from different kinds of seeds.’

‘And just so, great king, are the differences you have mentioned among men to be explained. For it has been said by the Blessed One: “Beings, O brahmin, have each their own Karma, are inheritors of Karma, belong to the tribe of their Karma, are relatives by Karma, have each their Karma as their protecting overlord. It is Karma that divides them up into low and high and the like divisions.”’

‘Very good, Nāgasena!’

4. Kammanānākaraṇapañha

Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, kena kāraṇena manussā na sabbe samakā, aññe appāyukā, aññe dīghāyukā, aññe bahvābādhā aññe appābādhā, aññe dubbaṇṇā, aññe vaṇṇavanto, aññe appesakkhā, aññe mahesakkhā, aññe appabhogā, aññe mahābhogā, aññe nīcakulīnā, aññe mahākulīnā, aññe duppaññā, aññe paññavanto”ti?

Rājā āha—

“bhante nāgasena, kena kāraṇena manussā na sabbe samakā, aññe appāyukā, aññe dīghāyukā, aññe bahvābādhā aññe appābādhā, aññe dubbaṇṇā, aññe vaṇṇavanto, aññe appesakkhā, aññe mahesakkhā, aññe appabhogā, aññe mahābhogā, aññe nīcakulīnā, aññe mahākulīnā, aññe duppaññā, aññe paññavanto”ti?

Thero āha—“kissa pana, mahārāja, rukkhā na sabbe samakā, aññe ambilā, aññe lavaṇā, aññe tittakā, aññe kaṭukā, aññe kasāvā, aññe madhurā”ti? “Maññāmi, bhante, bījānaṁ nānākaraṇenā”ti. “Evameva kho, mahārāja, kammānaṁ nānākaraṇena manussā na sabbe samakā, aññe appāyukā, aññe dīghāyukā, aññe bahvābādhā, aññe appābādhā, aññe dubbaṇṇā, aññe vaṇṇavanto, aññe appesakkhā, aññe mahesakkhā, aññe appabhogā, aññe mahābhogā, aññe nīcakulīnā, aññe mahākulīnā, aññe duppaññā, aññe paññavanto. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā—‘kammassakā, māṇava, sattā kammadāyādā kammayonī kammabandhū kammappaṭisaraṇā, kammaṁ satte vibhajati yadidaṁ hīnappaṇītatāyā’”ti.

Thero āha—

“kissa pana, mahārāja, rukkhā na sabbe samakā, aññe ambilā, aññe lavaṇā, aññe tittakā, aññe kaṭukā, aññe kasāvā, aññe madhurā”ti?

“Maññāmi, bhante, bījānaṁ nānākaraṇenā”ti.

“Evameva kho, mahārāja, kammānaṁ nānākaraṇena manussā na sabbe samakā, aññe appāyukā, aññe dīghāyukā, aññe bahvābādhā, aññe appābādhā, aññe dubbaṇṇā, aññe vaṇṇavanto, aññe appesakkhā, aññe mahesakkhā, aññe appabhogā, aññe mahābhogā, aññe nīcakulīnā, aññe mahākulīnā, aññe duppaññā, aññe paññavanto.

Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā—

‘kammassakā, māṇava, sattā kammadāyādā kammayonī kammabandhū kammappaṭisaraṇā, kammaṁ satte vibhajati yadidaṁ hīnappaṇītatāyā’”ti.

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.

Kammanānākaraṇapañho catuttho. *Kammanānākaraṇapañho → kammanānākāraṇapañho (maku)

Kammanānākaraṇapañho catuttho. *

Kammanānākaraṇapañho catuttho. *Kammanānākaraṇapañho → kammanānākāraṇapañho (maku)