PTS cs 18 ‘Venerable Nāgasena, the five qualities of the elephant he ought to take, which are they?’
‘Just, O king, as the elephant, as he walks about, crushes the earth; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, mastering the nature of the body, crush out all evil. This, O king, is the first quality of the elephant he ought to have.
PTS cs 19 ‘And again, O king, as the elephant turns his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before him, not glancing round this way and that ; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, turn his whole body when he looks, always looking straight before, not glancing round this way and that, not looking aloft, not looking at his feet, but keeping his eyes fixed about a yoke’s length in front of him. This, O king, is the second quality of the elephant he ought to have.
PTS cs 20 ‘And again, O king, as the elephant has no permanent lair, even in seeking his food does not always frequent the same spot, has no fixed place of PTS vp En 336 abode; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, have no permanent resting-place, but without a home should go his rounds for alms. Full of insight, wherever he sees a pleasant suitable agreeable place, whether in a hut or at the foot of a tree, or in a cave, or on a mountain side, there should he dwell, not taking up a fixed abode. This, O king, is the third quality of the elephant he ought to have.
PTS cs 21 ‘And again, O king, as the elephant revels in the water, plunging into glorious lotus ponds full of clear pure cool water, and covered-over with lotuses yellow, and blue, and red, and white, sporting there in the games in which the mighty beast delights; PTS vp Pali 399 just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, plunge into the glorious pond of self-possession, covered with the flowers of emancipation, filled with the delicious waters of the pure and stainless clear and limpid Truth; there should he by knowledge shake off and drive away the Saṁkhāras, there should he revel in the sport that is the delight of the recluse. This, O king, is the fourth quality of the elephant he ought to have.
PTS cs 22 ‘And again, O king, as the elephant lifts up his foot with care, and puts it down with care; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, be mindful and self-possessed in lifting PTS vp En 337 up his feet and in putting them down, in going or returning, in stretching his arm or drawing it back—wherever he is he should be mindful and self-possessed. This, O king, is the fifth quality of the elephant he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by the Blessed One, the god over all gods, in the most excellent Saṁyutta Nikāya:
“Good is restraint in action,
And good restraint in speech,
Good is restraint in mind,
Restraint throughout is good.
Well guarded is he said to be
Who is ashamed of sin, in all things self-controlled.”’
Here ends the Fourth Chapter.
10. Hatthiṅgapañha
10. Hatthiṅgapañha
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘hatthissa pañca aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni pañca aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, hatthī nāma caranto yeva pathaviṁ dāleti; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena kāyaṁ sammasamāneneva sabbe kilesā dāletabbā. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘hatthissa pañca aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni pañca aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti?
“Yathā, mahārāja, hatthī nāma caranto yeva pathaviṁ dāleti;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena kāyaṁ sammasamāneneva sabbe kilesā dāletabbā.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘hatthissa pañca aṅgāni gahetabbānī’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamāni tāni pañca aṅgāni gahetabbānī”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, hatthī nāma caranto yeva pathaviṁ dāleti; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena kāyaṁ sammasamāneneva sabbe kilesā dāletabbā. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa paṭhamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī sabbakāyeneva apaloketi, ujukaṁyeva pekkhati, na disāvidisā viloketi; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbakāyena apalokinā bhavitabbaṁ, na disāvidisā viloketabbā, na uddhaṁ ulloketabbaṁ, na adho oloketabbaṁ, yugamattapekkhinā bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī sabbakāyeneva apaloketi, ujukaṁyeva pekkhati, na disāvidisā viloketi;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbakāyena apalokinā bhavitabbaṁ, na disāvidisā viloketabbā, na uddhaṁ ulloketabbaṁ, na adho oloketabbaṁ, yugamattapekkhinā bhavitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī sabbakāyeneva apaloketi, ujukaṁyeva pekkhati, na disāvidisā viloketi; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sabbakāyena apalokinā bhavitabbaṁ, na disāvidisā viloketabbā, na uddhaṁ ulloketabbaṁ, na adho oloketabbaṁ, yugamattapekkhinā bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa dutiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī anibaddhasayano gocarāyamanugantvā na tameva desaṁ vāsatthamupagacchati, na dhuvappatiṭṭhālayo; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena anibaddhasayanena bhavitabbaṁ, nirālayena piṇḍāya gantabbaṁ, yadi passati vipassako manuññaṁ patirūpaṁ ruciradese bhavaṁ maṇḍapaṁ vā rukkhamūlaṁ vā guhaṁ vā pabbhāraṁ vā, tattheva vāsamupagantabbaṁ, dhuvappatiṭṭhālayo na kātabbo. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa tatiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī anibaddhasayano gocarāyamanugantvā na tameva desaṁ vāsatthamupagacchati, na dhuvappatiṭṭhālayo;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena anibaddhasayanena bhavitabbaṁ, nirālayena piṇḍāya gantabbaṁ, yadi passati vipassako manuññaṁ patirūpaṁ ruciradese bhavaṁ maṇḍapaṁ vā rukkhamūlaṁ vā guhaṁ vā pabbhāraṁ vā, tattheva vāsamupagantabbaṁ, dhuvappatiṭṭhālayo na kātabbo.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa tatiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī anibaddhasayano gocarāyamanugantvā na tameva desaṁ vāsatthamupagacchati, na dhuvappatiṭṭhālayo; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena anibaddhasayanena bhavitabbaṁ, nirālayena piṇḍāya gantabbaṁ, yadi passati vipassako manuññaṁ patirūpaṁ ruciradese bhavaṁ maṇḍapaṁ vā rukkhamūlaṁ vā guhaṁ vā pabbhāraṁ vā, tattheva vāsamupagantabbaṁ, dhuvappatiṭṭhālayo na kātabbo. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa tatiyaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī udakaṁ ogāhitvā sucivimalasītalasalilaparipuṇṇaṁ kumuduppalapadumapuṇḍarīkasañchannaṁ mahatimahantaṁ padumasaraṁ ogāhitvā kīḷati gajavarakīḷaṁ; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sucivimalavippasannamanāviladhammavaravāripuṇṇaṁ vimuttikusumasañchannaṁ mahāsatipaṭṭhānapokkharaṇiṁ ogāhitvā ñāṇena saṅkhārā odhunitabbā vidhunitabbā, yogāvacarakīḷā kīḷitabbā. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa catutthaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī udakaṁ ogāhitvā sucivimalasītalasalilaparipuṇṇaṁ kumuduppalapadumapuṇḍarīkasañchannaṁ mahatimahantaṁ padumasaraṁ ogāhitvā kīḷati gajavarakīḷaṁ;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sucivimalavippasannamanāviladhammavaravāripuṇṇaṁ vimuttikusumasañchannaṁ mahāsatipaṭṭhānapokkharaṇiṁ ogāhitvā ñāṇena saṅkhārā odhunitabbā vidhunitabbā, yogāvacarakīḷā kīḷitabbā.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa catutthaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī udakaṁ ogāhitvā sucivimalasītalasalilaparipuṇṇaṁ kumuduppalapadumapuṇḍarīkasañchannaṁ mahatimahantaṁ padumasaraṁ ogāhitvā kīḷati gajavarakīḷaṁ; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena sucivimalavippasannamanāviladhammavaravāripuṇṇaṁ vimuttikusumasañchannaṁ mahāsatipaṭṭhānapokkharaṇiṁ ogāhitvā ñāṇena saṅkhārā odhunitabbā vidhunitabbā, yogāvacarakīḷā kīḷitabbā. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa catutthaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī sato pādaṁ uddharati, sato pādaṁ nikkhipati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena satena sampajānena pādaṁ uddharitabbaṁ, satena sampajānena pādaṁ nikkhipitabbaṁ, abhikkamapaṭikkame samiñjanapasāraṇe sabbattha satena sampajānena bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa pañcamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena saṁyuttanikāyavare—
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī sato pādaṁ uddharati, sato pādaṁ nikkhipati;
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena satena sampajānena pādaṁ uddharitabbaṁ, satena sampajānena pādaṁ nikkhipitabbaṁ, abhikkamapaṭikkame samiñjanapasāraṇe sabbattha satena sampajānena bhavitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa pañcamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena saṁyuttanikāyavare—
Puna caparaṁ, mahārāja, hatthī sato pādaṁ uddharati, sato pādaṁ nikkhipati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena satena sampajānena pādaṁ uddharitabbaṁ, satena sampajānena pādaṁ nikkhipitabbaṁ, abhikkamapaṭikkame samiñjanapasāraṇe sabbattha satena sampajānena bhavitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, hatthissa pañcamaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena saṁyuttanikāyavare—
‘Kāyena saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu vācāya saṁvaro; Manasā saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu sabbattha saṁvaro; Sabbattha saṁvuto lajjī, rakkhitoti pavuccatī’”ti.
rakkhitoti pavuccatī’”ti.
‘Kāyena saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu vācāya saṁvaro; Manasā saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu sabbattha saṁvaro; Sabbattha saṁvuto lajjī, rakkhitoti pavuccatī’”ti.
Hatthiṅgapañho dasamo.
Hatthiṅgapañho dasamo.
Upacikāvaggo catuttho.
Upacikāvaggo catuttho.
Upacikā biḷāro ca, Undūro vicchikena ca; Nakulo siṅgālo migo, Gorūpo varāho hatthinā dasāti.
Gorūpo varāho hatthinā dasāti.
Upacikā biḷāro ca, Undūro vicchikena ca; Nakulo siṅgālo migo, Gorūpo varāho hatthinā dasāti.