1. Arahantavagga

1. The Perfected Ones

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.4

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1. Arahantavagga

1. The Perfected Ones

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Bilaṅgikasutta

With Bhāradvāja the Bitter

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Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.

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Assosi kho bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo:

The brahmin Bhāradvāja the Bitter heard a rumor that

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“bhāradvājagotto kira brāhmaṇo samaṇassa gotamassa santike agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito”ti kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.

a brahmin of the Bhāradvāja clan had gone forth from the lay life to homelessness in the presence of the ascetic Gotama. Angry and displeased he went to the Buddha and stood silently to one side.

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Atha kho bhagavā bilaṅgikassa bhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya bilaṅgikaṁ bhāradvājaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

Then the Buddha, knowing Bhāradvāja the Bitter’s train of thought, addressed him in verse:

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“Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati,

“Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong,

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Suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa;

a pure man who has not a blemish,

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Tameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,

the evil backfires on the fool,

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Sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto”ti.

like fine dust thrown upwind.”

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Evaṁ vutte, bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

When he said this, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Bitter said to the Buddha,

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“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…

“Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” …

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abbhaññāsi.

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Aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.

And Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected.