Complete Understanding of Greed · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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said·thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said·Perfected One·quotation markervuttamarahatāti by meme heard:sutaṁ:
greed“Lobhaṁ,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
not·directly knowanabhijānaṁ
not·completely understandaparijānaṁ
theretattha
mindcittaṁ
not·become dispassionateavirājayaṁ
not·give upappajahaṁ
not·ableabhabbo
to the ending of sufferingdukkhakkhayāya.
greed + and·andLobhañca
indeedkho,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
directly knowingabhijānaṁ
completely understandingparijānaṁ
theretattha
mindcittaṁ
becoming dispassionatevirājayaṁ
giving uppajahaṁ
ablebhabbo
to the ending of sufferingdukkhakkhayāyā”ti.
this + matter·matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
there + thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
by which“Yena
by greedlobhena
overcomeluddhāse,
beingssattā
gogacchanti
to a bad placeduggatiṁ;
thatTaṁ
greedlobhaṁ
having rightly understoodsammadaññāya,
give uppajahanti
discerningvipassino;
having given upPahāya
notna
returnpunāyanti,
thisimaṁ
worldlokaṁ
everkudācanan”ti.
this·tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heardsutanti.
NinthNavamaṁ.
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