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Khuddakapāṭha 7

Tirokuṭṭasutta

Without the Walls · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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outside the wallsTirokuṭṭesu they standtiṭṭhanti,
at the junctions and crossroadssandhisiṅghāṭakesu andca;
beside the door postsDvārabāhāsu they standtiṭṭhanti,
having comeāgantvāna their ownsakaṁ homegharaṁ.

lavishPahūte in food and drinkannapānamhi,
of many kindskhajjabhojje set outupaṭṭhite;
notNa themtesaṁ anyonekoci rememberssarati,
of beingssattānaṁ because of deedskammapaccayā.

thusEvaṁ they givedadanti to relativesñātīnaṁ,
whoye arehonti compassionateanukampakā;
cleanSuciṁ deliciouspaṇītaṁ at the right timekālena,
suitablekappiyaṁ food and drinkpānabhojanaṁ.

thisIdaṁ for youvo of relativesñātīnaṁ may it behotu,
happysukhitā may they behontu relativesñātayo;
thoseTe andca theretattha having gatheredsamāgantvā,
departed relativesñātipetā gatheredsamāgatā.

lavishPahūte in food and drinkannapānamhi,
gratefullysakkaccaṁ express appreciationanumodare;
longCiraṁ may they livejīvantu ourno relativesñātī,
of whomyesaṁ for the sakehetu we obtainlabhāmase.

and for usAmhākañca madekatā honorpūjā,
donorsdāyakā andca not fruitlessanipphalā;
notNa indeedhi theretattha farmingkasī isatthi,
cow pasture theregorakkhettha notna is foundvijjati.

tradingVaṇijjā suchtādisī there is notnatthi,
with gold coinhiraññena commercekayākayaṁ;
from hereIto givendinnena they live onyāpenti,
the departedpetā the deadkālagatā in that placetahiṁ.

on highUnname waterudakaṁ rainedvuṭṭhaṁ,
just asyathā to the plainsninnaṁ flows downpavattati;
so tooEvamevaṁ from hereito what is givendinnaṁ,
the departed ghostspetānaṁ aidsupakappati.

just asYathā riversvārivahā fullpūrā,
swellparipūrenti the oceansāgaraṁ;
so tooEvamevaṁ hereito what is givendinnaṁ,
of the departed ghostspetānaṁ aidsupakappati.

they gaveAdāsi to meme they didakāsi for meme,
familyñāti friendmittā comradesakhā andca they were myme;
to departed kinPetānaṁ offeringsdakkhiṇaṁ one should givedajjā,
in the pastpubbe remembering past deedskatamanussaraṁ.

notNa forhi tearsruṇṇaṁ orvā griefsoko or,vā,
whichyā and othercaññā lamentationsparidevanā;
notNa thattaṁ for the departedpetānamatthāya,
like thisevaṁ they staytiṭṭhanti relativesñātayo.

and thisAyañca indeedkho offeringdakkhiṇā givendinnā,
in the Saṅghasaṅghamhi well placedsuppatiṭṭhitā;
for a long timeDīgharattaṁ for their welfarehitāyassa,
right awayṭhānaso aidsupakappati.

the relative’s dutySo relative’s dutyñātidhammo andca thisayaṁ shownnidassito,
to the departedPetāna honorpūjā andca performedkatā highuḷārā;
and strengthBalañca for the mendicants is givenbhikkhūnamanuppadinnaṁ,
by youTumhehi meritpuññaṁ producedpasutaṁ not littleanappakanti.

discourse on beyond the wallsTirokuṭṭasuttaṁ.

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