[141] tena kho pana samayena āyasmā kumārakassapo gabbhavīso upasampanno hoti. |
Now on that occasion Ven. Kumāra [Boy] Kassapa had been given Acceptance twenty years after becoming a fetus. |
athakho āyasmato kumārakassapassa etadahosi bhagavatā paññattaṁ na ūnavīsativasso puggalo upasampādetabboti ahañcamhi gabbhavīso upasampanno upasampanno nu khomhi na nu kho upasampannoti. |
The thought occurred to him, “ It has been laid down by the Blessed One that, ‘an individual less than twenty years old should not be given Acceptance.’ But I have been given Acceptance twenty years after becoming a fetus. Am I accepted or not?” |
bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. |
They reported the matter to the Blessed One. |
yaṁ bhikkhave mātu kucchismiṁ paṭhamaṁ cittaṁ uppannaṁ paṭhamaṁ viññāṇaṁ pātubhūtaṁ tadupādāya sāvassa jāti |
“When in the mother’s womb the mind first arises and consciousness first appears, in dependence on that is one’s birth. |
anujānāmi bhikkhave gabbhavīsaṁ upasampādetunti. |
“I allow that Acceptance be given to one (at least) twenty years after becoming a fetus.” |