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brāhmaṇova seṭṭho vaṇṇo, hīno añño vaṇṇo;
“Only brahmins are the best class; other classes are inferior.
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brāhmaṇova sukko vaṇṇo, kaṇho añño vaṇṇo;
Only brahmins are the light class; other classes are dark.
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brāhmaṇāva sujjhanti, no abrāhmaṇā;
Only brahmins are purified, not others.
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brāhmaṇāva brahmuno puttā orasā mukhato jātā brahmajā brahmanimmitā brahmadāyādā’ti.
Only brahmins are true-born sons of divinity, born from his mouth, born of divinity, created by divinity, heirs of divinity.”’
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‘Evaṁ, bho’.
‘That’s right, sir.’
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‘Jānanti pana bhonto—
‘But do you know
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yā janikā mātā brāhmaṇaṁyeva agamāsi, no abrāhmaṇan’ti?
whether your birth mother only had relations with a brahmin and not with a non-brahmin?’
—
‘No hidaṁ, bho’.
‘We don’t know that.’
—
‘Jānanti pana bhonto—
‘But do you know
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yā janikāmātu mātā yāva sattamā mātumātāmahayugā brāhmaṇaṁyeva agamāsi, no abrāhmaṇan’ti?
whether your birth mother’s mothers back to the seventh generation only had relations with brahmins and not with non-brahmins?’
—
‘No hidaṁ, bho’.
‘We don’t know that.’
—
‘Jānanti pana bhonto—
‘But do you know
—
yo janako pitā brāhmaṇiṁyeva agamāsi, no abrāhmaṇin’ti?
whether your birth father only had relations with a brahmin woman and not with a non-brahmin?’
—
‘No hidaṁ, bho’.
‘We don’t know that.’
—
‘Jānanti pana bhonto—
‘But do you know
—
yo janakapitu pitā yāva sattamā pitupitāmahayugā brāhmaṇiṁyeva agamāsi, no abrāhmaṇin’ti?
whether your birth father’s fathers back to the seventh generation only had relations with brahmins and not with non-brahmins?’
—
‘No hidaṁ, bho’.
‘We don’t know that.’
—
‘Jānanti pana bhonto—
‘But do you know
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yathā gabbhassa avakkanti hotī’ti?
how an embryo is conceived?’
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‘Jānāma mayaṁ, bho—
‘We do know that, sir.
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yathā gabbhassa avakkanti hoti.
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Idha mātāpitaro ca sannipatitā honti, mātā ca utunī hoti, gandhabbo ca paccupaṭṭhito hoti; evaṁ tiṇṇaṁ sannipātā gabbhassa avakkanti hotī’ti.
An embryo is conceived when these three things come together—the mother and father come together, the mother is in the fertile phase of her menstrual cycle, and the virile spirit is ready.’
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taggha, so gandhabbo khattiyo vā brāhmaṇo vā vesso vā suddo vā’ti?
for sure whether that virile spirit is an aristocrat, a brahmin, a peasant, or a menial?’
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‘Na mayaṁ, bho, jānāma—
‘We don’t know that.’
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taggha so gandhabbo khattiyo vā brāhmaṇo vā vesso vā suddo vā’ti.
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‘Evaṁ sante, bho, jānātha—
‘In that case, sirs, don’t you know
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ke tumhe hothā’ti?
what you are?’
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‘Evaṁ sante, bho, na mayaṁ jānāma—
‘In that case, sir, we don’t know
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ke mayaṁ homā’ti.
what we are.’
—
Te hi nāma, assalāyana, satta brāhmaṇisayo asitena devalena isinā sake jātivāde samanuyuñjīyamānā samanuggāhīyamānā samanubhāsīyamānā na sampāyissanti;
Given that even those seven brahmin seers could not prevail when pursued, pressed, and grilled by the seer Devala on their own genealogy,
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kiṁ pana tvaṁ etarahi mayā sakasmiṁ jātivāde samanuyuñjīyamāno samanuggāhīyamāno samanubhāsīyamāno sampāyissasi, yesaṁ tvaṁ sācariyako na puṇṇo dabbigāho”ti.
how could you prevail now being grilled by me on your own genealogy when you and your tradition do not so much as pick up the last spoonful?”
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Evaṁ vutte, assalāyano māṇavo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
When he had spoken, Assalāyana said to him,
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“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…
“Excellent, worthy Gotama! …
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upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.
From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”
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