Section 30
Original Sanskrit
यश्च खलु पुनः सुभूते कुलपुत्रो वा कुलदुहिता वा यावंति त्रिसाहस्रमहासाहस्रे लोकधातौ पृथिवीरजांसि तावतां लोकधातूनामेवंरूपं मषिं कुर्यात् यावदेवमसंख्येयेन वीर्येण तद्यथापि नाम परमाणुसंचयः तत्किं मन्यसे सुभूते अपि नु बहुः स परमाणुसंचयो भवेत् । सुभूतिराह । एवमेतद्भगवन्नेवमेतत्सुगत । बहुः स परमाणुसंचयो भवेत् । तत्कस्य हेतोः । सचेद्भगवन्बहुः परमाणुसंचयोऽभविष्यत् न भगवानवक्ष्यत्परमाणुसंचय इति । तत्कस्य हेतोः । योऽसौ भगवन्परमाणुसंचयस्तथागतेन भाषितः असंचयः स तथागतेन भाषितः । तेनोच्यते परमाणुसंचय इति ॥
यश्च तथागतेन भाषितस्त्रिसाहस्रमहासाहस्रो लोकधातुरिति अधातुः स तथागतेन भाषितः । तेनोच्यते त्रिसाहस्रमहासाहस्रो लोकधातुरिति । तत्कस्य हेतोः । सचेद्भगवन् लोकधातुरभविष्यत् स एव पिंडग्राहोऽभविष्यत् यश्चैव पिंडग्राहस्तथागतेन भाषितः अग्राहः स तथागतेन भाषितः । तेनोच्यते पिंडग्राह इति । भगवानाह । पिंडग्राहश्चैव सुभूते अव्यवहारोऽनभिलप्यः । न स धर्मो नाधर्मः । स च बालपृथग्जनैरुद्गृहीतः ॥३०॥
Musean translation
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the Sanskrit of F. Max Müller’s 1881 Anecdota Oxoniensia edition, all 32 sections, with the printed section numbers kept.
"Subhūti, suppose a son or daughter of good family ground as many world-systems as there are particles of earth in the threefold thousand-great-thousand world-system into such fine powder, with incalculable effort, like a cluster of atoms. What do you think, Subhūti? Would that cluster of atoms be great?" "So it is, Blessed One, so it is, Sugata. That cluster of atoms would be great." "Why? If, Blessed One, a great cluster of atoms had been, the Blessed One would not have spoken of a cluster of atoms. Why? The cluster of atoms the Tathāgata has spoken of is no cluster, the Tathāgata has said; therefore it is called a cluster of atoms."
"And the threefold thousand-great-thousand world-system the Tathāgata has spoken of is no world-system, the Tathāgata has said; therefore it is called the threefold thousand-great-thousand world-system. Why? If, Blessed One, a world-system had been, that would have been a grasping of a lump. And the grasping of a lump the Tathāgata has spoken of is no grasping, the Tathāgata has said; therefore it is called the grasping of a lump." The Blessed One said: "Subhūti, the grasping of a lump is unspoken, inexpressible. It is neither a dharma nor a non-dharma. And foolish ordinary people have taken it up." [30]
Plain English translation
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from the same Sanskrit, covering all 32 sections with the printed section numbers.
"Subhūti, what do you think? Suppose a son or daughter of good family ground as many worlds as there are particles of earth in a world as large as three thousand great thousands into such fine powder, with incalculable effort, like a cluster of atoms. Would that cluster of atoms be large?" "Very large, Blessed One." "Why? If it were a great cluster of atoms, the Buddha would not have called it a cluster of atoms. Why? When the Tathāgata speaks of a cluster of atoms, he means it is not really a cluster. That is why it is called a cluster of atoms."
"And when the Tathāgata speaks of a world as large as three thousand great thousands, he means it is not really a world. That is why it is called a world. Why? If there really were a world, that would be grasping a lump. When the Tathāgata speaks of grasping a lump, he means it is not really grasping. That is why it is called grasping a lump." The Buddha said: "Subhūti, grasping a lump cannot be put into words. It is neither a thing nor a non-thing. Foolish ordinary people have grabbed hold of it." [30]
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