9.
The Discourse on the Unforgiving
139.
"Monks, a king's elephant possessed of five factors is not worthy of a king, not fit for a king's use, and is not reckoned as a factor of the king himself.
Which five?
Here, monks, a king's elephant is not patient with forms, not patient with sounds, not patient with odours, not patient with flavours, not patient with tangible objects.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant not patient with forms? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having seen the elephant corps or having seen the cavalry or having seen the chariot corps or having seen the infantry, sinks down, loses heart, does not stand firm, is not able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is not patient with forms.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant not patient with sounds? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having heard the sound of elephants or having heard the sound of horses or having heard the sound of chariots or having heard the sound of foot soldiers or having heard the sound of drums, tabors, conches, tom-toms, and cymbals, sinks down, loses heart, does not stand firm, is not able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is not patient with sounds.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant not patient with odours? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having smelled the odour of urine and dung of those king's elephants that are well-born and frequent the battlefield, sinks down, loses heart, does not stand firm, is not able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is not patient with odours.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant not patient with flavours? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having been deprived of one ration of grass and water, or having been deprived of two or three or four or five rations of grass and water, sinks down, loses heart, does not stand firm, is not able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is not patient with flavours.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant not patient with tangible objects? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having been pierced by one arrow's force, or having been pierced by two or three or four or five arrows' force, sinks down, loses heart, does not stand firm, is not able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is not patient with tangible objects.
"Monks, a king's elephant possessed of these five factors is not worthy of a king, not fit for a king's use, and is not reckoned as a factor of the king himself.
"So too, monks, a monk possessed of five factors is not worthy of offerings, not worthy of hospitality, not worthy of gifts, not worthy of reverential salutation, not an unsurpassed field of merit for the world. Which five? Here, monks, a monk is not patient with forms, not patient with sounds, not patient with odours, not patient with flavours, not patient with tangible objects.
"And how, monks, is a monk not patient with forms? Here, monks, a monk, having seen a form with the eye, is attached to an enticing form, is not able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is not patient with forms.
"And how, monks, is a monk not patient with sounds? Here, monks, a monk, having heard a sound with the ear, is attached to an enticing sound, is not able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is not patient with sounds.
"And how, monks, is a monk not patient with odours? Here, monks, a monk, having smelled an odour with the nose, is attached to an enticing odour, is not able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is not patient with odours.
"And how, monks, is a monk not patient with flavours? Here, monks, a monk, having tasted a flavour with the tongue, is attached to an enticing flavour, is not able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is not patient with flavours.
"And how, monks, is a monk not patient with tangible objects? Here, monks, a monk, having touched a tangible object with the body, is attached to an enticing tangible object, is not able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is not patient with tangible objects.
"Monks, a monk possessed of these five qualities is not worthy of offerings, not worthy of hospitality, not worthy of gifts, not worthy of reverential salutation, not an unsurpassed field of merit for the world.
"Monks, a king's elephant possessed of five factors is worthy of a king, fit for a king's use, and is reckoned as a factor of the king himself. Which five? Here, monks, a king's elephant is patient with forms, patient with sounds, patient with odours, patient with flavours, patient with tangible objects.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant patient with forms? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having seen an elephant corps or having seen a cavalry or having seen a chariot corps or having seen an infantry, does not sink down, does not lose heart, stands firm, is able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is patient with forms.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant patient with sounds? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having heard the sound of elephants or having heard the sound of horses or having heard the sound of chariots or having heard the sound of foot soldiers or having heard the sound of drums, tabors, conches, tom-toms, and kettledrums, does not sink down, does not lose heart, stands firm, is able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is patient with sounds.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant patient with odours? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, having smelled the odour of urine and dung of those king's elephants that are well-born and frequent the battlefield, does not sink down, does not lose heart, stands firm, is able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is patient with odours.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant patient with flavours? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, deprived of one ration of grass and water, or deprived of two or three or four or five rations of grass and water, does not sink down, does not lose heart, stands firm, is able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is patient with flavours.
"And how, monks, is a king's elephant patient with tangible objects? Here, monks, a king's elephant, gone into battle, pierced by one arrow shot, or pierced by two or three or four or five arrow shots, does not sink down, does not lose heart, stands firm, is able to enter the battle. Thus, monks, a king's elephant is patient with tangible objects.
"Monks, a king's elephant possessed of these five factors is worthy of a king, fit for a king's use, and is reckoned as a factor of the king himself.
"So too, monks, a monk possessed of five qualities is worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world. Which five? Here, monks, a monk is patient with forms, patient with sounds, patient with odours, patient with flavours, patient with tangible objects.
"And how, monks, is a monk patient with forms? Here, monks, a monk, having seen a form with the eye, is not attached to an enticing form, is able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is patient with forms.
"And how, monks, is a monk patient with sounds? Here, monks, a monk, having heard a sound with the ear, is not attached to enticing sounds, he is able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is patient with sounds.
"And how, monks, is a monk patient with odours? Here, monks, a monk, having smelled an odour with the nose, is not attached to enticing odours, he is able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is patient with odours.
"And how, monks, is a monk patient with flavours? Here, monks, a monk, having tasted a flavour with the tongue, is not attached to enticing flavours, he is able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is patient with flavours.
"And how, monks, is a monk patient with tangible objects? Here, monks, a monk, having touched a tangible object with the body, is not attached to enticing tangible objects, he is able to concentrate the mind. Thus, monks, a monk is patient with tangible objects.
"Monks, a monk possessed of these five qualities is worthy of offerings, worthy of hospitality, worthy of gifts, worthy of reverential salutation, an unsurpassed field of merit for the world." The ninth.