SN 11.20
Saṅghavandanāsutta
Chưa có bản dịch tiếng Việt cho bài này. Bản dịch tiếng Anh của Tỳ-khưu Sujato được đặt cạnh để đối chiếu.
Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane. Tatra kho …pe… etadavoca: “bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo mātaliṁ saṅgāhakaṁ āmantesi: ‘yojehi, samma mātali, sahassayuttaṁ ājaññarathaṁ, uyyānabhūmiṁ gacchāma subhūmiṁ dassanāyā’ti. ‘Evaṁ, bhaddantavā’ti kho, bhikkhave, mātali saṅgāhako sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā, sahassayuttaṁ ājaññarathaṁ yojetvā sakkassa devānamindassa paṭivedesi: ‘yutto kho te, mārisa, sahassayutto ājaññaratho, yassadāni kālaṁ maññasī’ti. Atha kho, bhikkhave, sakko devānamindo vejayantapāsādā orohanto añjaliṁ katvā sudaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ namassati. Atha kho, bhikkhave, mātali saṅgāhako sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove. “Once upon a time, mendicants, Sakka, lord of gods, addressed his chariot handler Mātali, ‘My dear Mātali, harness the chariot with its team of a thousand thoroughbreds. We will go to a park and see the scenery.’ ‘Yes, lord,’ replied Mātali. He harnessed the chariot and informed Sakka, ‘Good fellow, the chariot with its team of a thousand thoroughbreds has been harnessed. Please go at your convenience.’ Then Sakka descended from the Palace of Victory, raised his cupped palms, and revered the mendicant Saṅgha. So Mātali the chariot handler addressed Sakka in verse:
‘Tañhi ete namasseyyuṁ, pūtidehasayā narā; Nimuggā kuṇapamhete, khuppipāsasamappitā.
‘It’s these who should worship you, namely the humans stuck in their putrid bodies, sunk in a carcass, stricken by hunger and thirst.
Kiṁ nu tesaṁ pihayasi, anāgārāna vāsava; Ācāraṁ isinaṁ brūhi, taṁ suṇoma vaco tavā’ti.
Why then do you envy those who are homeless, Vāsava? Relate the seers’ way of life, let us hear what you say.’
‘Etaṁ tesaṁ pihayāmi, anāgārāna mātali; Yamhā gāmā pakkamanti, anapekkhā vajanti te.
‘This is why I envy the homeless, Mātali. When they leave a village, they proceed without concern.
Na tesaṁ koṭṭhe openti, na kumbhi na kaḷopiyaṁ; Paraniṭṭhitamesānā, tena yāpenti subbatā.
They hoard no goods in storerooms, nor in pots or baskets. They seek food prepared by others, and, true to their vows, live on that.
Sumantamantino dhīrā, tuṇhībhūtā samañcarā; Devā viruddhā asurehi, puthu maccā ca mātali.
The attentive, whose words are full of wisdom, live peacefully and quietly. Gods fight with titans, and mortals fight each other, Mātali.
Aviruddhā viruddhesu, attadaṇḍesu nibbutā; Sādānesu anādānā, te namassāmi mātalī’ti.
Not fighting among those who fight, quenched among those who have taken up arms, not grasping among those who grasp: they’re who I worship, Mātali.’
‘Seṭṭhā hi kira lokasmiṁ, ye tvaṁ sakka namassasi; Ahampi te namassāmi, ye namassasi vāsavā’”ti.
‘Those who you worship seem to be the best in the world, Sakka. I too will worship those who you worship, Vāsava.’
Idaṁ vatvāna maghavā, devarājā sujampati; Bhikkhusaṅghaṁ namassitvā, pamukho rathamāruhīti. Dutiyo vaggo.
After saying this, Maghavā the chief, king of gods, Sujā’s husband, having worshiped the mendicant Saṅgha, climbed into his chariot.”