The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta Nikaya III.14
Sangama Sutta
A Battle (1)
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Staying at Savatthi. Then King Ajatasattu of Magadha,
the son of Queen Videha, raising a fourfold army, marched toward Kasi
against King Pasenadi Kosala. King Pasenadi heard,
"King Ajatasattu of Magadha, the son of Queen Videha, they say, has
raised a fourfold army and is marching toward Kasi against me." So
King Pasenadi, raising a fourfold army, launched a counter-attack toward
Kasi against King Ajatasattu. Then King Ajatasattu & King Pasenadi
fought a battle, and in that battle King Ajatasattu defeated King
Pasenadi. King Pasenadi, defeated, marched back to his capital at
Savatthi.
Then in the early morning, a large number of monks,
having put on their robes and carrying their bowls & outer robes, went
into Savatthi for alms. Having gone for alms in Savatthi, after the meal,
returning from their alms round, they went to the Blessed One and, on
arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. As they were sitting
there, they said to the Blessed One: "Just now, lord, King Ajatasattu
of Magadha, the son of Queen Videha, raising a fourfold army, marched
toward Kasi against King Pasenadi Kosala. King Pasenadi heard, 'King
Ajatasattu of Magadha, the son of Queen Videha, they say, has raised a
fourfold army and is marching toward Kasi against me.' So King Pasenadi,
raising a fourfold army, launched a counter-attack toward Kasi against
King Ajatasattu. Then King Ajatasattu & King Pasenadi fought a battle,
and in that battle King Ajatasattu defeated King Pasenadi. King Pasenadi,
defeated, marched back to his capital at Savatthi."
"Monks, King Ajatasattu has evil friends, evil
comrades, evil companions, whereas King Pasenadi has fine friends, fine
comrades, fine companions. Yet for now, King Pasenadi will lie down
tonight in pain, defeated."
That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that,
the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further:
Winning gives birth to hostility.
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set
winning & losing
aside.
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