Katamodakatissasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 6.8

Linked Discourses 6.8

1. Paṭhamavagga

1. The Appeal

Katamodakatissasutta

About Katamorakatissaka

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā divāvihāragato hoti paṭisallīno.

Now at that time the Buddha had gone into retreat for the day’s meditation.

Atha kho subrahmā ca paccekabrahmā suddhāvāso ca paccekabrahmā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā paccekaṁ dvārabāhaṁ nissāya aṭṭhaṁsu.

Then the independent divinities Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa went to the Buddha and stationed themselves one by each door-post.

Atha kho suddhāvāso paccekabrahmā katamodakatissakaṁ bhikkhuṁ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

Then Suddhāvāsa spoke this verse about the mendicant Katamorakatissaka in the Buddha’s presence:

“Appameyyaṁ paminanto,

“What wise person here would judge

Kodha vidvā vikappaye;

the immeasurable by measuring them?

Appameyyaṁ pamāyinaṁ,

I think anyone who’d do such a thing

Nivutaṁ taṁ maññe akissavan”ti.

is an ignoramus, shrouded.”