Victory · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Caraṁ vā yadi vā tiṭṭhaṁ, nisinno uda vā sayaṁ; Samiñjeti pasāreti, esā kāyassa iñjanā.
Walking and standing, sitting and lying down, extending and contracting the limbs: these are the movements of the body.
Aṭṭhinahārusaṁyutto, tacamaṁsāvalepano; Chaviyā kāyo paṭicchanno, yathābhūtaṁ na dissati.
Linked together by bones and sinews, plastered over with flesh and hide, and covered by the skin, the body is not seen as it is.
Antapūro udarapūro, yakanapeḷassa vatthino; Hadayassa papphāsassa, vakkassa pihakassa ca.
It’s full of guts and belly, liver and bladder, heart and lungs, kidney and spleen,
Siṅghāṇikāya kheḷassa, sedassa ca medassa ca; Lohitassa lasikāya, pittassa ca vasāya ca.
spit and snot, sweat and fat, blood and synovial fluid, bile and grease.
Athassa navahi sotehi, asucī savati sabbadā; Akkhimhā akkhigūthako, kaṇṇamhā kaṇṇagūthako.
Then in nine streams the filth is always flowing. There is muck from the eyes, wax from the ears,
Siṅghāṇikā ca nāsato, mukhena vamatekadā; Pittaṁ semhañca vamati, kāyamhā sedajallikā.
and snot from the nostrils. The mouth sometimes vomits bile and sometimes phlegm. And from the body, sweat and waste.
Athassa susiraṁ sīsaṁ, matthaluṅgassa pūritaṁ; Subhato naṁ maññati bālo, avijjāya purakkhato.
Then there is the hollow head all filled with brains. Governed by ignorance, the fool thinks it’s lovely.
Yadā ca so mato seti, Uddhumāto vinīlako; Apaviddho susānasmiṁ, Anapekkhā honti ñātayo.
And when it lies dead, bloated and livid, dumped in a charnel ground, the relatives forget it.
Khādanti naṁ suvānā ca, siṅgālā ca vakā kimī; Kākā gijjhā ca khādanti, ye caññe santi pāṇino.
It’s devoured by dogs, by jackals, wolves, and worms. It’s devoured by crows and vultures, and any other creatures there.
Sutvāna buddhavacanaṁ, Bhikkhu paññāṇavā idha; So kho naṁ parijānāti, Yathābhūtañhi passati.
A wise mendicant here, having heard the Buddha’s words, fully understands it, for they see it as it is.
Yathā idaṁ tathā etaṁ, Yathā etaṁ tathā idaṁ; Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca, Kāye chandaṁ virājaye.
“As this is, so is that, as that is, so is this.” They’d blanch desire for the body inside and out.
Chandarāgaviratto so, Bhikkhu paññāṇavā idha; Ajjhagā amataṁ santiṁ, Nibbānaṁ padamaccutaṁ.
That wise mendicant here rid of desire and lust, has found the peace free of death, extinguishment, the state that does not pass.
Dvipādakoyaṁ asuci, Duggandho parihīrati; Nānākuṇapaparipūro, Vissavanto tato tato.
This two-legged body is dirty and stinking, full of different carcasses, and oozing all over the place— but still it is cherished!
Etādisena kāyena, Yo maññe uṇṇametave; Paraṁ vā avajāneyya, Kimaññatra adassanāti. Vijayasuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ.
And if, on account of such a body, someone prides themselves or looks down on others— what is that but a failure to see?
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