Elephant
Hatthāroha (SN 42.4)
1. At one time the Blessed One was living in the squirrels' sanctuary in the bamboo grove in Rajagaha.
2. Then Gāmaṇi the elephant rider approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side.
3. Sitting on a side Gāmaṇi the elephant rider said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, I have heard, the early teachers of teachers who were elephant riders say, `Elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain' What does the Blessed One say about this?”
“Gāmaṇi, enough of it, do not ask me!”
4. For the second time, Gāmaṇi the elephant rider said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, I have heard, the early teachers of teachers who were elephant riders say, `Elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain' What does the Blessed One say about this?”
“Gāmaṇi, enough of it, do not ask me!”
5. For the third time, Gāmaṇi the elephant rider said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, I have heard, the early teachers of teachers who were elephant riders say, `Elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain' What does the Blessed One say about this?”
“Gāmaṇi, you do not gain by it! Enough! Do not ask me! Yet you ask me I will explain.”
6. “Gāmaṇi, the mind of the elephant rider who ventures to battle and makes effort, from the beginning is contemptible, spoilt and with bad intentions. May these beings be killed, bound and cease to exist! May they get destroyed and not be! Venturing and making effort he destroys and puts an end to beings and after death will be born with the gods with a stain I will be born with the gods with a stain is wrong view to him. Gamini, to a person who has wrong view, I declare two courses of action either hell or an animal womb.”
7. Hearing this, Gāmaṇi, the elephant rider cried loudly with tears streaming.
“There! Gāmaṇi, I told you it is useless! I told you do not ask me!”
“Venerable sir, I do not cry for what the Blessed One has told, yet I have been deceived, enticed and cheated long, by the early teachers of teachers who knew, saying, `elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain.'
8. “Venerable sir, now I understand, it is like something overturned is put upright, something covered is made manifest, as though the way was shown when someone has lost his way, as though an oil lamp is lighted for the darkness, for those who have sight to see forms. In this manner the Blessed One has explained the Teaching in many ways. Now I take refuge in the Blessed One. Remember me as a lay disciple who has taken refuge until I live.
2. Then Gāmaṇi the elephant rider approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side.
3. Sitting on a side Gāmaṇi the elephant rider said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, I have heard, the early teachers of teachers who were elephant riders say, `Elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain' What does the Blessed One say about this?”
“Gāmaṇi, enough of it, do not ask me!”
4. For the second time, Gāmaṇi the elephant rider said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, I have heard, the early teachers of teachers who were elephant riders say, `Elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain' What does the Blessed One say about this?”
“Gāmaṇi, enough of it, do not ask me!”
5. For the third time, Gāmaṇi the elephant rider said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, I have heard, the early teachers of teachers who were elephant riders say, `Elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain' What does the Blessed One say about this?”
“Gāmaṇi, you do not gain by it! Enough! Do not ask me! Yet you ask me I will explain.”
6. “Gāmaṇi, the mind of the elephant rider who ventures to battle and makes effort, from the beginning is contemptible, spoilt and with bad intentions. May these beings be killed, bound and cease to exist! May they get destroyed and not be! Venturing and making effort he destroys and puts an end to beings and after death will be born with the gods with a stain I will be born with the gods with a stain is wrong view to him. Gamini, to a person who has wrong view, I declare two courses of action either hell or an animal womb.”
7. Hearing this, Gāmaṇi, the elephant rider cried loudly with tears streaming.
“There! Gāmaṇi, I told you it is useless! I told you do not ask me!”
“Venerable sir, I do not cry for what the Blessed One has told, yet I have been deceived, enticed and cheated long, by the early teachers of teachers who knew, saying, `elephant riders that venture to battle put forth effort, kill and put an end to others, after death will be born with the gods with a stain.'
8. “Venerable sir, now I understand, it is like something overturned is put upright, something covered is made manifest, as though the way was shown when someone has lost his way, as though an oil lamp is lighted for the darkness, for those who have sight to see forms. In this manner the Blessed One has explained the Teaching in many ways. Now I take refuge in the Blessed One. Remember me as a lay disciple who has taken refuge until I live.
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