Wishing for Happiness · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + 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.
there + 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.
which·likeYādisaṁ
you makekurute
a friendmittaṁ,
which·likeyādisaṁ
and·near·associatecūpasevati;
heSa
indeedve
that·liketādisako
becomeshoti,
together·livingsahavāso
forhi
that·liketādiso.
associatingSevamāno
the one being associated withsevamānaṁ,
together·touchedsamphuṭṭho
together·touchsamphusaṁ
anotherparaṁ;
an arrowSaro
smeareddiddho
like a quiverkalāpaṁva,
not·smeared·contaminatealittamupalimpati;
contamination·fearUpalepabhayā
the attentive onedhīro,
not·indeedneva
wicked·comradepāpasakhā
would besiyā.
putrid·fishPūtimacchaṁ
with blades of grasskusaggena,
whoyo
a mannaro
on·bindupanayhati;
grass·tooKusāpi
putridpūti
they smellvāyanti,
soevaṁ
fool·associationbālūpasevanā.
sandalwood + andTagarañca
with leavespalāsena,
whoyo
a mannaro
upon·bindupanayhati;
leaf + evenPattāpi
fragrantsurabhi
they emit scentvāyanti,
thusevaṁ
association with the wisedhīrūpasevanā.
thereforeTasmā
like the leaf-wrapperpattapuṭasseva,
having knownñatvā
one's own passing awaysampākamattano;
not·goodAsante
one would not associate withnupaseveyya,
the goodsante
one would associate withseveyya
the astute onepaṇḍito;
not·goodAsanto
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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