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Sutta Nipāta 1.12

Munisutta

The Sage · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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from intimacySanthavāto perilbhayaṁ is born,jātaṁ,
from an abodeniketā is producedjāyate dustrajo;
freedom from abode and intimacyAniketamasanthavaṁ,
thatetaṁ indeedve the sage's visionmunidassanaṁ.

whoYo having cut down what's grownjātamucchijja notna they would plant againropayeyya,
growing for themJāyantamassa they would not nurturenānuppavecche;
that one they callTamāhu oneekaṁ a sagemuninaṁ wanderingcarantaṁ,
has seenAddakkhi heso the state of peacesantipadaṁ great seermahesi.

having appraisedSaṅkhāya fieldsvatthūni having measuredpamāya seedbījaṁ,
moisture for itSinehamassa would not nurturenānuppavecche;
thatSa trulyve sagemunī seeing the ending of rebirthjātikhayantadassī,
speculationTakkaṁ having left behindpahāya notna entersupeti reckoningsaṅkhaṁ.

having understoodAññāya allsabbāni planes of rebirthnivesanāni,
not wantingAnikāmayaṁ even a single oneaññatarampi of themtesaṁ;
thatSa trulyve sagemunī freed of greedvītagedho not greedyagiddho,
need not swimNāyūhatī reached the far shorepāragato forhi they arehoti.

vanquisher of allSabbābhibhuṁ knower of allsabbaviduṁ so very intelligentsumedhaṁ,
in allSabbesu thingsdhammesu unsulliedanūpalittaṁ;
has given up allSabbañjahaṁ in the ending of cravingtaṇhakkhaye freedvimuttaṁ,
thatTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā as a sagemuni they knowvedayanti.

strong in wisdomPaññābalaṁ endowed with virtue and vowssīlavatūpapannaṁ,
sereneSamāhitaṁ delighting in absorptionjhānarataṁ mindfulsatīmaṁ;
from bondsSaṅgā releasedpamuttaṁ kindakhilaṁ undefiledanāsavaṁ,
thatTaṁ indeedvāpi the wisedhīrā sagemuni knowvedayanti.

aloneEkaṁ wanderingcarantaṁ diligent sagemunimappamattaṁ,
by blame and praiseNindāpasaṁsāsu unshakenavedhamānaṁ;
like a lionSīhaṁva by soundssaddesu not startledasantasantaṁ,
like windVātaṁva in a netjālamhi not caughtasajjamānaṁ;
like a lotusPadmaṁva by watertoyena not stickingalippamānaṁ,
leader of others, not by others ledNetāramaññesamanaññaneyyaṁ;
thatTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā a sagemuni they knowvedayanti.

whoYo in a bathing-placeogahaṇe like a post he standsthambhorivābhijāyati,
in whomYasmiṁ otherspare endlessly with wordsvācāpariyantaṁ they speakvadanti;
himTaṁ freed of greedvītarāgaṁ with senses stilledsusamāhitindriyaṁ,
himTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā sagemuni they knowvedayanti.

whoYo indeedve steadfastṭhitatto as a spindletasaraṁva straightujju,
is horrified byJigucchati by deedskammehi wickedpāpakehi;
discerningVīmaṁsamāno the unjustvisamaṁ and the justsamañca,
that oneTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā sagemuni know asvedayanti.

whoYo restrainedsaññatatto notna doeskaroti evil,pāpaṁ,
youngDaharo middle-agedmajjhimo andca sagemuni self-controlled;yatatto;
irreproachableArosaneyyo notna heso insultsroseti anyone,kañci,
thatTaṁ indeedvāpi attentivedhīrā sagemuni know.vedayanti.

from the topYadaggato from the middlemajjhato from the leftoverssesato orvā,
almsPiṇḍaṁ one receiveslabhetha living on another's charityparadattūpajīvī;
unworthyNālaṁ to praisethutuṁ nornopi to put downnipaccavādī,
that oneTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā a sagemuni they knowvedayanti.

sageMuniṁ livingcarantaṁ refrainingvirataṁ from sexmethunasmā,
whoYo in youthyobbane is not tied downnopanibajjhate everkvaci;
from indulgence and negligenceMadappamādā refrainingvirataṁ freedvippamuttaṁ,
that oneTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā as a sagemuni knowvedayanti.

having understoodAññāya the worldlokaṁ the seer of the ultimate goalparamatthadassiṁ,
the floodOghaṁ the oceansamuddaṁ having crossedatitariya the unaffected onetādiṁ;
that oneTaṁ with ties cutchinnaganthaṁ unattachedasitaṁ undefiledanāsavaṁ,
that oneTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentive onesdhīrā a sagemuni they know asvedayanti.

not the sameAsamā bothubho far apart in lifestyle and conductdūravihāravuttino,
householderGihī providing for a wifedāraposī selflessamamo andca true to vowssubbato;
for killing other creaturesParapāṇarodhāya householdergihī unrestrainedasaññato,
alwaysNiccaṁ sagemunī protectsrakkhati living creaturespāṇine restrainedyato.

the crestedSikhī asyathā blue-neckednīlagīvo flying through the skyvihaṅgamo,
of the swanHaṁsassa never approachesnopeti the speedjavaṁ everkudācanaṁ;
soEvaṁ the householdergihī cannot compete withnānukaroti the mendicantbhikkhuno,
of the sageMunino secludedvivittassa in the woodsvanamhi meditatingjhāyatoti.
the Sage DiscourseMunisuttaṁ the twelfthdvādasamaṁ.
the Uraga ChapterUragavaggo the firstpaṭhamo.

this is its summaryTassuddānaṁ
The SerpentUrago Dhaniyadhaniyo andceva,
and the Rhinocerosvisāṇañca thustathā the Plowingkasi;
CundaCundo the Downfallparābhavo andceva,
the Outcastevasalo the Development of Loving-Kindnessmettabhāvanā.

SātāgiraSātāgiro Āḷavakaāḷavako,
VijayaVijayo andca thustathā sagemuni;
twelveDvādasetāni discoursessuttāni,
the Uraga ChapterUragavaggoti it is calledvuccatīti.

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