Sutta Nipāta 5.6 Dhotakamāṇavapucchā “Pucchāmi taṁ bhagavā brūhi metaṁ, (iccāyasmā dhotako) Vācābhikaṅkhāmi mahesi tuyhaṁ; Tava sutvāna nigghosaṁ, Sikkhe nibbānamattano”.

The Questions of the Young Brahmin Dhotaka

I ask you, Blessed One, tell me this,

(said the venerable Dhotaka),

I long for your word, great seer.

Having heard your utterance,

I will train for my own extinguishment.

Then be ardent,

“Tenahātappaṁ karohi, (dhotakāti bhagavā) Idheva nipako sato; Ito sutvāna nigghosaṁ, Sikkhe nibbānamattano”.

(said the Blessed One, Dhotaka),

right here, alert and mindful.

Having heard the utterance from here,

you should train for your own extinguishment.

“Passāmahaṁ devamanussaloke, Akiñcanaṁ brāhmaṇamiriyamānaṁ; Taṁ taṁ namassāmi samantacakkhu, Pamuñca maṁ sakka kathaṅkathāhi”.

I see in the world of gods and humans,

a brahmin wandering, possessing nothing.

I bow down to you, the all-seeing one;

free me, Sakyan, from my doubts.

I cannot free anyone

“Nāhaṁ sahissāmi pamocanāya, Kathaṅkathiṁ dhotaka kañci loke; Dhammañca seṭṭhaṁ abhijānamāno, Evaṁ tuvaṁ oghamimaṁ taresi”.

in the world who is full of doubt, Dhotaka.

But by fully understanding the foremost Dhamma,

you will cross over this flood.

Instruct me, Holy One, out of compassion,

“Anusāsa brahme karuṇāyamāno, Vivekadhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ; Yathāhaṁ ākāsova abyāpajjamāno, Idheva santo asito careyyaṁ”.

in the Dhamma of seclusion, so that I may know it.

So that, untroubled like space,

I may wander right here at peace and independent.

I will explain peace to you,

“Kittayissāmi te santiṁ, (dhotakāti bhagavā) Diṭṭhe dhamme anītihaṁ; Yaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ, Tare loke visattikaṁ”.

(said the Blessed One, Dhotaka),

in this very life, not based on hearsay;

knowing which, wandering mindfully,

one may cross over entanglement in the world.

“Tañcāhaṁ abhinandāmi, mahesi santimuttamaṁ; Yaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ, tare loke visattikaṁ”.

And I rejoice in that,

great seer, the supreme peace;

knowing which, wandering mindfully,

one may cross over entanglement in the world.

Whatever you clearly comprehend,

“Yaṁ kiñci sampajānāsi, (dhotakāti bhagavā) Uddhaṁ adho tiriyañcāpi majjhe; Etaṁ viditvā saṅgoti loke, Bhavābhavāya mākāsi taṇhan”ti.

(said the Blessed One, Dhotaka),

above, below, across, and in the middle;

knowing this to be a bond in the world,

do not create craving for becoming this or that.

Dhotakamāṇavapucchā pañcamī.

The Questions of the Young Brahmin Dhotaka, the fifth.