The Snake · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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whoeverYo
arisenuppatitaṁ
drives outvineti
anger,kodhaṁ,
spreadVisaṭaṁ
snake's venom assappavisaṁva
with medicines;osadhehi;
suchSo
a mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the far,orapāraṁ,
a serpentUrago
as its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
old.purāṇaṁ.
whoYo
has cut off greedrāgamudacchidā
entirelyasesaṁ,
like a lotus plucked flowerBhisapupphaṁva
growing in a lakesaroruhaṁ
having pluckedvigayha;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
as a serpentUrago
its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
cut off cravingtaṇhamudacchidā
entirelyasesaṁ,
streamSaritaṁ
swift-flowingsīghasaraṁ
drying upvisosayitvā;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
near shore and farorapāraṁ,
serpentUrago
old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
has swept away conceitmānamudabbadhī
entirelyasesaṁ,
as a bridge of reedsNaḷasetuṁva
fragilesudubbalaṁ
by a great floodmahogho;
such a oneSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
as a serpentUrago
its oldjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
did not findnājjhagamā
in livesbhavesu
worthsāraṁ,
inspectingVicinaṁ
like a flowerpupphamivā
in fig treesudumbaresu;
suchSo
a mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
a serpentUrago
like its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
for whom withinYassantarato
notna
there aresanti
angerskopā,
and this-and-that existenceItibhavābhavatañca
passed beyondvītivatto;
heSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
near shore and farorapāraṁ,
serpentUrago
old worn-out skin asjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
of whomYassa
thoughtsvitakkā
cleared awayvidhūpitā,
internallyAjjhattaṁ
clipped offsuvikappitā
completelyasesā;
such aSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
near shore and farorapāraṁ,
as a serpentUrago
old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
has not run too farnāccasārī
notna
run backpaccasārī,
allSabbaṁ
has gone beyondaccagamā
thisimaṁ
proliferationpapañcaṁ;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
a serpentUrago
old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
has not run too farnāccasārī
norna
has run backpaccasārī,
everythingSabbaṁ
this is falsevitathamidanti
having knownñatva
in the worldloke;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
as a serpentUrago
its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoeverYo
has not run too farnāccasārī
norna
has run backpaccasārī,
everythingSabbaṁ
nothing is what it seemsvitathamidanti
free of greedvītalobho;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
serpentUrago
its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
has not run too farnāccasārī
notna
has run backpaccasārī,
everythingSabbaṁ
knowing it is not what it seemsvitathamidanti
free of lustvītarāgo;
suchSo
a mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
as a serpentUrago
its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
old worn-outpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
has not run too farnāccasārī
notna
run backpaccasārī,
everythingSabbaṁ
knowing nothing is what it seemsvitathamidanti
free of hatevītadoso;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
serpentUrago
as its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
has not run too farnāccasārī
notna
has not run backpaccasārī,
everythingSabbaṁ
nothing is what it seems knowingvitathamidanti
free of delusionvītamoho;
suchSo
a mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
a serpentUrago
as its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
old worn-outpurāṇaṁ.
whose underlying tendenciesYassānusayā
notna
there aresanti
anykeci,
rootsMūlā
andca
unskillfulakusalā
are rid ofsamūhatāse;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
serpentUrago
old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
for whomYassa
born of distressdarathajā
notna
there aresanti
anykeci,
to the near shoreOraṁ
for comingāgamanāya
conditionspaccayāse;
heSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
near shore and farorapāraṁ,
a serpentUrago
old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇaṁ.
in whomYassa
snarls born of cravingvanathajā
notna
there aresanti
anykeci,
for shacklingVinibandhāya
to existencebhavāya
with causehetukappā;
such aSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
a serpentUrago
as its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
worn-outpurāṇaṁ.
whoYo
hindrancesnīvaraṇe
having given uppahāya
fivepañca,
untroubledAnigho
rid of indecisiontiṇṇakathaṅkatho
free of thornsvisallo;
suchSo
mendicantbhikkhu
shedsjahāti
the near shore and the farorapāraṁ,
serpentUrago
as its old worn-out skinjiṇṇamivattacaṁ
oldpurāṇanti.
The Snake SuttaUragasuttaṁ
firstpaṭhamaṁ.
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