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SN 6.7 About Kokālika – Kokālikasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Now at that time the Buddha had gone into retreat for the day’s meditation.

Tena kho pana samayena bhagavā divāvihāragato hoti paṭisallīno.

Then the independent brahmās Subrahmā and Suddhāvāsa went to the Buddha and stationed themselves one by each door-post.

Atha kho subrahmā ca paccekabrahmā suddhāvāso ca paccekabrahmā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā paccekaṁ dvārabāhaṁ nissāya aṭṭhaṁsu.

Then Subrahmā recited this verse about the bhikkhu Kokālika in the Buddha’s presence:

Atha kho subrahmā paccekabrahmā kokālikaṁ bhikkhuṁ ārabbha bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“What wise person here would judge

“Appameyyaṁ paminanto,

the immeasurable by measuring them?

Kodha vidvā vikappaye;

I think anyone who’d do such a thing

Appameyyaṁ pamāyinaṁ,

must be an ordinary person, shrouded in darkness.”

Nivutaṁ taṁ maññe puthujjanan”ti.