Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
Demikianlah yang kudengar:
So I have heard.
Khotbah kepada Vāseṭṭha
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
Demikianlah yang kudengar:
So I have heard.
ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe.
Pada suatu ketika, Sang Bhagavā sedang berdiam di hutan dekat Icchānaṅgala, di dalam rumpun hutan Icchānaṅgala.
At one time the Buddha was staying in a forest near Icchānaṅgala.
Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā abhiññātā abhiññātā brāhmaṇamahāsālā icchānaṅgale paṭivasanti, seyyathidaṁ—
Pada saat itu, sejumlah brahmana besar yang sangat terkenal sedang menetap di Icchānaṅgala, yaitu:
Now at that time several very well-known well-to-do brahmins were residing in Icchānaṅgala. They included
caṅkī brāhmaṇo, tārukkho brāhmaṇo, pokkharasāti brāhmaṇo, jāṇussoṇi brāhmaṇo, todeyyo brāhmaṇo, aññe ca abhiññātā abhiññātā brāhmaṇamahāsālā.
Brahmana Caṅkī, Brahmana Tārukkha, Brahmana Pokkharasāti, Brahmana Jānussoṇi, Brahmana Todeyya, serta para brahmana besar terkenal lainnya.
the brahmins Caṅkī, Tārukkha, Pokkharasāti, Jānussoṇi, Todeyya, and others.
Atha kho vāseṭṭhabhāradvājānaṁ māṇavānaṁ jaṅghāvihāraṁ anucaṅkamantānaṁ anuvicarantānaṁ ayamantarākathā udapādi:
Kemudian, ketika para siswa Vāseṭṭha dan Bhāradvāja sedang berjalan-jalan untuk melepas lelah, timbullah percakapan di antara mereka:
Then as the students Vāseṭṭha and Bhāradvāja were going for a walk they began to discuss the question:
“kathaṁ, bho, brāhmaṇo hotī”ti?
“Tuan, bagaimanakah seseorang disebut brahmana?”
“How do you become a brahmin?”