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Itivuttaka 76

Sukhapatthanāsutta

Wishing for Happiness · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected One, thusvuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

these three“Tīṇimāni, O mendicantsbhikkhave, happinessessukhāni wishing forpatthayamāno ethicssīlaṁ should protectrakkheyya an astute personpaṇḍito.
whatKatamāni three?tīṇi?
praisePasaṁsā to meme may it comeāgacchatūti ethicssīlaṁ should protectrakkheyya an astute personpaṇḍito, wealthbhogā to meme may they ariseuppajjantūti ethicssīlaṁ should protectrakkheyya an astute personpaṇḍito, of the bodykāyassa at the breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ deathmaraṇā a good placesugatiṁ a heavenly realmsaggaṁ worldlokaṁ may I be rebornupapajjissāmīti ethicssīlaṁ should protectrakkheyya an astute personpaṇḍito.
theseImāni indeedkho, O mendicantsbhikkhave, threetīṇi happinessessukhāni wishing forpatthayamāno ethicssīlaṁ should protectrakkheyya an astute personpaṇḍito”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ quotation markeriti is saidvuccati:

ethics“Sīlaṁ would take care ofrakkheyya the wisemedhāvī,
wishing forpatthayāno threetayo kinds of happinesssukhe;
praisePasaṁsaṁ prosperity andvittalābhañca,
after passing awaypecca in heavensagge to delightpamodanaṁ.

though not doingAkarontopi ifce wrongpāpaṁ,
you associate with one who doeskarontamupasevati;
suspectedSaṅkiyo you arehoti of wrongpāpasmiṁ,
disreputeavaṇṇo and yourcassa growsrūhati.

of what kindYādisaṁ you makekurute a friendmittaṁ,
of what kindyādisaṁ you associate withcūpasevati;
heSa indeedve of such kindtādisako becomeshoti,
living togethersahavāso forhi of such kindtādiso.

associatingSevamāno the one being associated withsevamānaṁ,
the one contactedsamphuṭṭho contactingsamphusaṁ anotherparaṁ;
an arrowSaro smeareddiddho like a quiverkalāpaṁva,
contaminates the unsmearedalittamupalimpati;
fearing contaminationUpalepabhayā the attentive onedhīro,
neverneva of wicked comradespāpasakhā would besiyā.

putrid fishPūtimacchaṁ with blades of grasskusaggena,
whoyo a mannaro wrapsupanayhati;
the grasses tooKusāpi putridpūti they smellvāyanti,
soevaṁ association with foolsbālūpasevanā.

and sandalwoodTagarañca with leavespalāsena,
whoyo a mannaro wrapsupanayhati;
even leavesPattāpi fragrantsurabhi they emit scentvāyanti,
thusevaṁ association with the wisedhīrūpasevanā.

thereforeTasmā like the leaf-wrapperpattapuṭasseva,
having knownñatvā one's own passing awaysampākamattano;
the wickedAsante one would not associate withnupaseveyya,
the goodsante one would associate withseveyya the astute onepaṇḍito;
the wickedAsanto to hellnirayaṁ they leadnenti,
the goodsanto they cause to reachpāpenti a good placesuggatin”ti.

this tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heardsutanti.
seventhSattamaṁ.

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