Pali - Every few days - [B173]
Gair/Karunatillake - Chapter 9 � Further Readings
Ex. 1 (Part 3 of 4)
�Pitaa ma.m, bhante, kaala.m karonto eva.m avaca:
�disaa, taata, namasseyyaasii�ti. So kho aha.m,
bhante, pitu vacana.m sakkaronto garu.m karonto
maanento puujento kaalass�eva u.t.thaaya Raajagahaa
nikkhamitvaa allavattho allakeso pa~njaliko puthudisaa
namassaami: puratthima.m disa.m dakkhi.na.m disa.m
pacchima.m disa.m uttara.m disa.m he.t.thima.m disa.m
uparima.m disan�ti.
�My father, lord, while dying said thus: �My dear
child, you should pay homage to the directions�. And
so I, lord, respecting, considering seriously,
knowing, and worshipping the words of my father, thus
arise early in the morning, set forth from Rajagaha,
with wet clothes, wet hair, and joined palms, and pay
homage to the separate directions: east, south, west,
north, below, and above.�
�Na kho, gahapatiputta, ariyassa vinaye eva.m cha
disaa namassitabbaa�ti. �Yathaa katha.m pana, bhante,
ariyassa vinaye cha disaa namassitabbaa? Saadhu me,
bhante, Bhagavaa tathaa dhamma.m desetu, yathaa
ariyassa vinaye cha disaa namassitabbaa�ti.
�It is not in the discipline of the noble ones that
you should pay homage to the six directions thus.�
�Then how, lord, is it in the discipline of the noble
ones that one should pay homage to the six directions?
It would be good if the Blessed One would teach me
the doctrine as to how it is in the discipline of the
noble ones that one should pay homage to the six
directions.�