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Katamodakatissasutta

Tissaka About Katamorakatissaka

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī…
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 brahmās 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, referring to the bhikkhu Katamorakatissaka, the independent brahmā Suddhāvāsa recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
Then Suddhāvāsa recited this verse about the mendicant Katamorakatissaka in the Buddha’s presence:

“Appameyyaṁ paminanto,
An immeasurable one by taking his measure?
“What wise person here would judge

Kodha vidvā vikappaye;
“What wise man here would seek to define
the immeasurable by measuring them?

Appameyyaṁ pamāyinaṁ,
He who would measure an immeasurable one
I think anyone who’d do such a thing

Nivutaṁ taṁ maññe akissavan”ti.
Must be, I think, an obstructed moron. ”
must be a fool, shrouded in darkness.”