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Itivuttaka 42

Sukkadhammasutta

Bright Things · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

these two“Dveme, mendicantsbhikkhave, brightsukkā thingsdhammā the worldlokaṁ protectpālenti.
whichKatame twodve?
conscienceHirī andca, and prudenceottappañca.
theseIme ifce, mendicantsbhikkhave, twodve brightsukkā thingsdhammā the worldlokaṁ notna did protectpāleyyuṁ, not herenayidha would be recognizedpaññāyetha mothermātāti orvā auntsmātucchāti orvā uncle's wifemātulānīti orvā teacher's wifeācariyabhariyāti orvā of respected peoplegarūnaṁ wivesdārāti orvā.
dissolutionSambhedaṁ the worldloko would goagamissa likeyathā goats and sheepajeḷakā chickens and pigskukkuṭasūkarā hounds and jackalssoṇasiṅgālā.
becauseYasmā andca indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, theseime twodve brightsukkā thingsdhammā the worldlokaṁ protectpālenti thereforetasmā is recognizedpaññāyati mothermātāti orvā auntsmātucchāti orvā uncle's wifemātulānīti orvā teacher's wifeācariyabhariyāti orvā of respected peoplegarūnaṁ wivesdārāti orvā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
there thisTatthetaṁ thusiti is saidvuccati:

for whom indeed“Yesañce conscience and prudencehiriottappaṁ,
alwayssabbadā andca notna is foundvijjati;
departedVokkantā from bright rootssukkamūlā theyte,
going to birth and deathjātimaraṇagāmino.

and of whomYesañca conscience and prudencehiriottappaṁ,
alwayssadā rightlysammā establishedupaṭṭhitā;
they thrive in the spiritual lifeVirūḷhabrahmacariyā theyte,
being at peacesanto they will not be reborn againkhīṇapunabbhavā”ti.

this tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heard; iti...ti: that is what I heardsutanti.
fifthPañcamaṁ.

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