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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;
without·abode·intimacyAniketamasanthavaṁ,
thatetaṁ indeedve sage·visionmunidassanaṁ.

whoYo grown·cut downjātamucchijja notna they would plant againropayeyya,
growing for themJāyantamassa not·toward·nurturenānuppavecche;
that·callTamāhu oneekaṁ a sagemuninaṁ wanderingcarantaṁ,
has seenAddakkhi heso peace·statesantipadaṁ great seermahesi.

together·appraiseSaṅkhāya fieldsvatthūni forth·measurepamāya seedbījaṁ,
moisten + for itSinehamassa not·toward·nurturenānuppavecche;
thatSa trulyve sagemunī birth·ending·ending·seeingjātikhayantadassī,
speculationTakkaṁ forth·abandonpahāya notna entersupeti reckoningsaṅkhaṁ.

having understoodAññāya allsabbāni planes of rebirthnivesanāni,
not·desireAnikāmayaṁ one·evenaññatarampi of themtesaṁ;
thatSa trulyve sagemunī free from·greedvītagedho not·greedyagiddho,
not·swimNāyūhatī far shore·gonepāragato forhi they arehoti.

vanquisher of allSabbābhibhuṁ all·knowersabbaviduṁ so very intelligentsumedhaṁ,
in allSabbesu thingsdhammesu unsulliedanūpalittaṁ;
all·giving upSabbañjahaṁ craving·endingtaṇhakkhaye freedvimuttaṁ,
thatTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā as a sagemuni they knowvedayanti.

wisdom·strengthPaññābalaṁ endowed with virtue and vowssīlavatūpapannaṁ,
sereneSamāhitaṁ absorption·delightingjhānarataṁ mindfulsatīmaṁ;
from bondsSaṅgā releasedpamuttaṁ kindakhilaṁ undefiledanāsavaṁ,
thatTaṁ indeedvāpi the wisedhīrā sagemuni knowvedayanti.

one·oneEkaṁ walk·pres. part.carantaṁ sage + diligentmunimappamattaṁ,
blame·praiseNindāpasaṁsāsu not·shakenavedhamānaṁ;
lion + likeSīhaṁva by soundssaddesu not·startledasantasantaṁ,
wind + likeVātaṁva in a netjālamhi not·caughtasajjamānaṁ;
lotus + likePadmaṁva 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 word·limitvācāpariyantaṁ they speakvadanti;
himTaṁ freed·greedvītarāgaṁ with senses stilledsusamāhitindriyaṁ,
himTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentivedhīrā sagemuni they knowvedayanti.

whoYo indeedve stood·stateṭhitatto spindle + liketasaraṁva 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.

which·topYadaggato from the middlemajjhato from the leftoverssesato orvā,
almsPiṇḍaṁ one receiveslabhetha living on another's charityparadattūpajīvī;
unworthyNālaṁ to praisethutuṁ not·evennopi to put downnipaccavādī,
that oneTaṁ surely·alsovāpi 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 ultimate·goal·seerparamatthadassiṁ,
the floodOghaṁ the oceansamuddaṁ across·crossatitariya the unaffected onetādiṁ;
that oneTaṁ cut·tiechinnaganthaṁ not·attachedasitaṁ not·defilementanāsavaṁ,
that oneTaṁ indeedvāpi the attentive onesdhīrā a sagemuni they know asvedayanti.

not·sameAsamā bothubho far apart in lifestyle and conductdūravihāravuttino,
householderGihī wife·providingdāraposī not·selfishamamo andca true to vowssubbato;
other·creature·killingParapāṇarodhāya householdergihī not·restrainedasaññato,
alwaysNiccaṁ sagemunī protectsrakkhati living creaturespāṇine restrainedyato.

the crestedSikhī asyathā blue·necknīlagīvo 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.
sage·discourseMunisuttaṁ the twelfthdvādasamaṁ.
serpent·chapterUragavaggo the firstpaṭhamo.

of it + 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,
Uraga Chapter·quotation markerUragavaggoti it is calledvuccatīti.

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