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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha

Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 4

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English

Bhikkhu Sujato

Linked Discourses 7.4
1. The Perfected Ones
With Bhāradvāja the Bitter
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.
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,
like fine dust thrown upwind.”
When he said this, the brahmin Bhāradvāja the Bitter said to the Buddha,
“Excellent, worthy Gotama! …” …
And Venerable Bhāradvāja became one of the perfected.

Pali

Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.4
1. Arahantavagga
Bilaṅgikasutta
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.
Atha kho bhagavā bilaṅgikassa bhāradvājassa brāhmaṇassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya bilaṅgikaṁ bhāradvājaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati,
Suddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa;
Tameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,
Sukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto”ti.
Evaṁ vutte, bilaṅgikabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…
abbhaññāsi.
Aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṁ ahosīti.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Discours reliés 7.4
1. Les Accomplis
Avec Bhāradvāja l’Amer
À une époque, le Bouddha séjournait près de Rājagaha, dans la Bambouseraie, au sanctuaire des écureuils.
Le brahmane Bhāradvāja l’Amer entendit dire
qu’un brahmane du clan Bhāradvāja avait quitté la vie laïque pour la vie sans foyer en présence de l’ascète Gotama. En colère et mécontent, il se rendit auprès du Bouddha et se tint silencieusement sur le côté.
Alors le Bouddha, connaissant le cours des pensées de Bhāradvāja l’Amer, s’adressa à lui en vers :
« Quiconque fait du tort à un homme qui n’en a fait aucun,
à un homme pur qui n’a pas une seule tache,
le mal revient sur ce sot,
comme une fine poussière jetée contre le vent. »
Lorsqu’il eut parlé, le brahmane Bhāradvāja l’Amer dit au Bouddha :
« Excellent, digne Gotama ! … » …
Et le vénérable Bhāradvāja devint l’un des accomplis.

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