Jaccandhavaggo
6-3: Paccavekkhanasuttaṁ (53)
The Discourse about Reflecting
Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I heard:
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati,
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
in Jeta's Wood, at Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
Tena ko pana samayena Bhagavā attano
o Then at that time the Gracious One was sitting reflecting on his own
aneke pāpake akusale dhamme pahīṇe paccavekkhamāno nisinno hoti,
abandonment of countless bad, unwholesome things,
aneke ca kusale dhamme bhāvanāya pāripūriṁ gate.
and how through development countless wholesome things had come to fulfilment.
Atha kho Bhagavā, etam-atthaṁ viditvā,
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it,
tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“Ahu pubbe tadā nāhu; ~ nāhu pubbe tadā ahu;
“Before it was, then it wasn't; ~ before it wasn't, then it was;
Na cāhu, na ca bhavissati, ~ na cetarahi vijjatī” ti. To paraphrase in line with the Commentary: Before Awakening there was defilement, then it was not; before the moment of Awakening that measureless, faultless thing (the Path) was not fulfilled, then it was ; the moment of the Noble-Path was not before Awakening, and will not be in the future, and at present it is not found, being a one-time unrepeatable experience.01
It was not, and it will not be, ~ and at present it is not found.”