慈悲
長部経典
趣旨一致
長部経典（DN19 §41.9–44.1）
And they too said, Then the Great Steward went to his forty equal wives to put the same proposal to them, and received the same reply. Then the Great Steward had a new ceremonial hall built to the east of his citadel, where he went on retreat for the four months of the rainy season and practiced the absorption on compassion. And no one approached him except the one who served his meals. But then, when the four months had passed, the Great Steward became dissatisfied and anxious, “I have heard th
そののち、マハーゴーヴィンダ婆羅門は、四十人の等しく愛する妻たちのもとへ赴き、同じ申し出を伝えると、妻たちもまた同じ返答をした。
そののち、マハーゴーヴィンダ婆羅門は、城の東方に新たな集会堂（サンダーガーラ）を建てさせ、雨安居（うあんご）の四ヶ月の間、そこに籠もりて独居し、悲（カルナー）の禅定（ジャーナ）を修めた。食事を運ぶひとりを除いては、いかなる者も彼のもとに近づく者はなかった。
しかるに、四ヶ月が過ぎ去りし後、マハーゴーヴィンダ婆羅門の心に厭離（えんり）と焦燥とが生じた——「わたしはかつて聞いた、