With Bhāradvāja the Bitter

Bilaṅgikasutta

With Bhāradvāja the Bitter

Bilaṅgikasutta

EN
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. The brahmin Bhāradvāja the Bitter heard a rumor that 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.
PL
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Assosi kho bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo: “bhāradvājagotto kira brāhmaṇo samaṇassa gotamassa santike agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito”ti kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tuṇhībhūto ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.
EN
Then the Buddha, knowing Bhāradvāja the Bitter’s train of thought, addressed him in verse: “Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong, a pure man who has not a blemish, the evil backfires on the fool,
PL
Atha kho bhagavā bilaṅgikassa bhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya bilaṅgikaṁ bhāradvājaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: “Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati, Suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa; Tameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,
EN
like fine dust thrown upwind.” When he said this, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Bitter said to the Buddha, “Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” …
PL
Sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto”ti. Evaṁ vutte, bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe… abbhaññāsi.
EN
And Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected.
PL
Aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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