1.1PTS 2.285Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho dve bhikkhū sahāyakā āyasmato mahākappinassa saddhivihārino yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu.Then two mendicants who were companions, protégés of Venerable Mahākappina, went to the Buddha.

1.3Addasā kho bhagavā te bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante.The Buddha saw them coming off in the distance,1.4Disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi:and addressed the mendicants:1.5“passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, ete bhikkhū sahāyake āgacchante kappinassa saddhivihārino”ti?“Mendicants, do you see those monks coming who are companions, protégés of Venerable Mahākappina?”

1.6“Evaṁ, bhante”.“Yes, sir.”

1.7“Ete kho te bhikkhū mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā.“Those mendicants are very mighty and powerful.1.8Na ca sā samāpatti sulabharūpā, yā tehi bhikkhūhi asamāpannapubbā.It’s not easy to find an attainment that they have not already attained.1.9Yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.And they’ve realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. They live having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”

2.1Idamavoca bhagavā.That is what the Buddha said.2.2Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

3.1“Sahāyāvatime bhikkhū,“These companion mendicants3.2cirarattaṁ sametikā;have been together for a long time.3.3Sameti nesaṁ saddhammo,The true teaching has brought them together,3.4dhamme buddhappavedite.the teaching proclaimed by the Buddha.

4.1Suvinītā kappinena,They’ve been well trained by Kappina4.2dhamme ariyappavedite;in the teaching proclaimed by the Noble One.4.3Dhārenti antimaṁ dehaṁ,They bear their final body,4.4jetvā māraṁ savāhinin”ti.having vanquished Māra with his legions.”

4.5Dvādasamaṁ.

4.6Bhikkhuvaggo paṭhamo.

5.0Tassuddānaṁ

5.1PTS 2.286Kolito upatisso ca,5.2ghaṭo cāpi pavuccati;5.3Navo sujāto bhaddi ca,5.4visākho nando tisso ca;5.5Theranāmo ca kappino,5.6sahāyena ca dvādasāti.

5.7Bhikkhusaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.The Linked Discourses on monks are complete.

5.8Nidānavaggo dutiyo.

6.0Tassuddānaṁ

6.1Nidānābhisamayadhātu,6.2anamataggena kassapaṁ;6.3Sakkārarāhulalakkhaṇo,6.4opammabhikkhunā vaggo.6.5Dutiyo tena pavuccatīti.

6.6Nidānavaggasaṁyuttapāḷi niṭṭhitā.The Book of Causality is finished.