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4. Pathama Sangama Sutta
Discourse on the First Battle
Dutiya Vagga, Kosala Samyutta,
Sagatha Vagga Samyutta,
Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka
SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA SAMYUTTA"
Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon
Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma (Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998
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125. The Bhagava was staying at Savatthi. At
that time King Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, having organised an
army consisting of four elements (i.e., war elephants, war chariots, cavalry
and infantry), marched towards a village of Kasi Province to wage war against
King Pasenadi of Kosala1. King Pasenadi of Kosala learned that King
Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, having organised an army consisting
of four elements, was marching towards a village of Kasi Province to wage war
against him. He (also) organised an army consisting of four elements and
marched towards the village of Kasi to defend it against King Ajatasattu of
Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi. Then there took place a battle between King
Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, and King Pasenadi of Kosala. In the
battle King Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, defeated King Pasenadi
of Kosala. The vanquished King Pasenadi of Kosala retreated to his capital,
Savatthi.
Then in the morning, many bhikkhus suitably
rearranged their robes, and carrying alms-bowl and great robe entered Savatthi
for alms-food. After going round Savatthi for alms-food and having had their
meal, they left the place of alms-gathering and went to the Bhagava. They made
obeisance to the Bhagava and sat down at a suitable place. Then, they said to
the Bhagava thus:
"Venerable Sir, King Ajatasattu of
Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, having organised an army consisting of four
elements marched towards a village of Kasi Province to wage war against King
Pasenadi of Kosala. Venerable Sir, King Pasenadi of Kosala learned that King
Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, having organised an army consisting
of four elements, was marching towards a village of Kasi Province to wage war
against him. He (also) organised an army consisting of four elements and
marched towards the village of Kasi to defend it against King Ajatasattu of
Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi. Venerable Sir, there took place a battle between
King Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, and King Pasenadi of Kosala.
Venerable Sir, in the battle King Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi,
defeated King Pasenadi of Kosala. Venerable Sir, the vanquished King Pasenadi
of Kosala retreated to his capital, Savatthi."
"Bhikkhus, King
Ajatasattu of Magadha, son of Queen Vedehi, has wicked friends, wicked
companions, and a preference for the wicked. And, bhikkhus, King Pasenadi of
Kosala has good friends, good companions and a preference for the virtuous.
Today, King Pasenadi of Kosala, being the vanquished, will have a miserable
night."
The Bhagava said this . . p... (this further
utterance):
"The victor
begets enmity;
the vanquished has a
miserable time.
He who forsakes
conquest and defeat alike has peace of mind and lives happily."
End of the Pathama Sangama Sutta
the fourth in this vagga.
1. This village had been given as dowry to
Queen Vedehi on her marriage to King Bimbisara of Magadha. After her death,
King Pasenadi of Kosala, Vedehi's brother, laid claim to it. King Ajatasattu
also claimed it as his mother's property. So it was a dispute between uncle and
nephew.
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