The Waterpot

Khuddaka Nikāya

8. Kumbhavagga

Kumbhaṅgapañha

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The Waterpot

Khuddaka Nikāya

8. Kumbhavagga

Kumbhaṅgapañha

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PTS vp En 364 PTS cs 1 PTS vp Pali 414 ‘Venerable Nāgasena, that one quality of the waterpot you say he ought to take, which is it?’

‘Just, O king, as the waterpot when it is full gives forth no sound; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, even when he has reached the summit of Samaṇaship, and knows all tradition and learning and interpretation, yet should give forth no sound, not pride himself thereon, not show himself puffed up, but putting away pride and self-righteousness, should be straightforward, not garrulous of himself, neither deprecating others. This, O king, is the quality of the waterpot he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by the Blessed One, the god over all gods, in the Sutta Nipāta:

“What is not full, that is the thing that sounds,
That which is full is noiseless and at rest;
The fool is like an empty waterpot,
The wise man like a deep pool, clear and full.”’

1. Kumbhaṅgapañha

“Bhante nāgasena, ‘kumbhassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, kumbho sampuṇṇo na saṇati; evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena āgame adhigame pariyattiyaṁ sāmaññe pāramiṁ patvā na saṇitabbaṁ, na tena māno karaṇīyo, na dabbo dassetabbo, nihatamānena nihatadabbena bhavitabbaṁ, ujukena amukharena avikatthinā. *dabbo → dappo (bj, maku, pts-vp-pli1)Idaṁ, mahārāja, kumbhassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena suttanipāte—

“Bhante nāgasena, ‘kumbhassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti?

“Yathā, mahārāja, kumbho sampuṇṇo na saṇati;

evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena āgame adhigame pariyattiyaṁ sāmaññe pāramiṁ patvā na saṇitabbaṁ, na tena māno karaṇīyo, na dabbo dassetabbo, nihatamānena nihatadabbena bhavitabbaṁ, ujukena amukharena avikatthinā. *

Idaṁ, mahārāja, kumbhassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.

Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena suttanipāte—

‘Yadūnakaṁ taṁ saṇati, Yaṁ pūraṁ santameva taṁ; Aḍḍhakumbhūpamo bālo, *Aḍḍhakumbhūpamo → rittakumbhūpamo (bj, pts-vp-pli1)Rahado pūrova paṇḍito’”ti.

‘Yadūnakaṁ taṁ saṇati,

Yaṁ pūraṁ santameva taṁ;

Aḍḍhakumbhūpamo bālo, *

Rahado pūrova paṇḍito’”ti.

‘Yadūnakaṁ taṁ saṇati, Yaṁ pūraṁ santameva taṁ; Aḍḍhakumbhūpamo bālo, *Aḍḍhakumbhūpamo → rittakumbhūpamo (bj, pts-vp-pli1)Rahado pūrova paṇḍito’”ti.

Kumbhaṅgapañho paṭhamo.