Then Ujjaya the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha: “Does the worthy Gotama praise sacrifice?” “Brahmin, I don’t praise all sacrifices.
Nor do I criticize all sacrifices. Take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are slaughtered. I don’t praise that kind of violent sacrifice. Why is that?
Because neither perfected ones nor those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a violent sacrifice. But take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are not slaughtered. I do praise that kind of non-violent sacrifice; for example, a regular gift as a propitious sacrifice.
PL
Evarūpañhi, brāhmaṇa, sārambhaṁ yaññaṁ na upasaṅkamanti arahanto vā arahattamaggaṁ vā samāpannā. Yathārūpe ca kho, brāhmaṇa, yaññe neva gāvo haññanti, na ajeḷakā haññanti, na kukkuṭasūkarā haññanti, na vividhā pāṇā saṅghātaṁ āpajjanti; evarūpaṁ kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, nirārambhaṁ yaññaṁ vaṇṇemi, yadidaṁ niccadānaṁ anukulayaññaṁ.
EN
Why is that? Because perfected ones and those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a non-violent sacrifice. Horse sacrifice, human sacrifice, the sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’,
the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unbarred’— these big violent sacrifices yield no great fruit. The great sages of right comportment don’t attend sacrifices
PL
Mahāyaññā mahārambhā, Na te honti mahapphalā. Ajeḷakā ca gāvo ca, vividhā yattha haññare;
EN
where goats, sheep, and cattle, and various creatures are killed. But the great sages of right comportment do attend those sacrifices
PL
Na taṁ sammaggatā yaññaṁ, upayanti mahesino. Ye ca yaññā nirārambhā, yajanti anukulaṁ sadā;
EN
that are non-violent and propitious, where goats, sheep, and cattle, and various creatures are not killed.
PL
Ajeḷakā ca gāvo ca, vividhā nettha haññare; Tañca sammaggatā yaññaṁ, upayanti mahesino.
EN
An intelligent person should sacrifice like this, for this sacrifice is very fruitful. For a sponsor of sacrifices like this, things get better, not worse.
PL
Etaṁ yajetha medhāvī, eso yañño mahapphalo; Etaṁ hi yajamānassa, seyyo hoti na pāpiyo;
EN
Such a sacrifice is truly abundant, and even the deities are pleased.”
PL
Yañño ca vipulo hoti, pasīdanti ca devatā”ti. Navamaṁ.
Then Ujjaya the brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha: “Does the worthy Gotama praise sacrifice?” “Brahmin, I don’t praise all sacrifices.
Nor do I criticize all sacrifices. Take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are slaughtered. I don’t praise that kind of violent sacrifice. Why is that?
Because neither perfected ones nor those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a violent sacrifice. But take the kind of sacrifice where cattle, goats and sheep, chickens and pigs, and various kinds of creatures are not slaughtered. I do praise that kind of non-violent sacrifice; for example, a regular gift as a propitious sacrifice.
PL
Evarūpañhi, brāhmaṇa, sārambhaṁ yaññaṁ na upasaṅkamanti arahanto vā arahattamaggaṁ vā samāpannā. Yathārūpe ca kho, brāhmaṇa, yaññe neva gāvo haññanti, na ajeḷakā haññanti, na kukkuṭasūkarā haññanti, na vividhā pāṇā saṅghātaṁ āpajjanti; evarūpaṁ kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, nirārambhaṁ yaññaṁ vaṇṇemi, yadidaṁ niccadānaṁ anukulayaññaṁ.
EN
Why is that? Because perfected ones and those who are on the path to perfection will attend such a non-violent sacrifice. Horse sacrifice, human sacrifice, the sacrifices of the ‘casting of the yoke-pin’,
the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unbarred’— these big violent sacrifices yield no great fruit. The great sages of right comportment don’t attend sacrifices
PL
Mahāyaññā mahārambhā, Na te honti mahapphalā. Ajeḷakā ca gāvo ca, vividhā yattha haññare;
EN
where goats, sheep, and cattle, and various creatures are killed. But the great sages of right comportment do attend those sacrifices
PL
Na taṁ sammaggatā yaññaṁ, upayanti mahesino. Ye ca yaññā nirārambhā, yajanti anukulaṁ sadā;
EN
that are non-violent and propitious, where goats, sheep, and cattle, and various creatures are not killed.
PL
Ajeḷakā ca gāvo ca, vividhā nettha haññare; Tañca sammaggatā yaññaṁ, upayanti mahesino.
EN
An intelligent person should sacrifice like this, for this sacrifice is very fruitful. For a sponsor of sacrifices like this, things get better, not worse.
PL
Etaṁ yajetha medhāvī, eso yañño mahapphalo; Etaṁ hi yajamānassa, seyyo hoti na pāpiyo;
EN
Such a sacrifice is truly abundant, and even the deities are pleased.”
PL
Yañño ca vipulo hoti, pasīdanti ca devatā”ti. Navamaṁ.
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