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Sutta Nipāta 4.6

Jarāsutta

Old Age · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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shortAppaṁ alasvata lifejīvitaṁ thisidaṁ,
beforeOraṁ even a hundred yearsvassasatāpi diesmiyyati;
whoYo if·evencepi having surpassedaticca livesjīvati,
thenAtha indeedkho heso old age·evenjarasāpi diesmiyyati.

they grieveSocanti peoplejanā over belongingsmamāyite,
indeed notNa indeedhi there aresanti permanentniccā possessionspariggahā;
separation·existing·justVinābhāvasantamevidaṁ,
thusIti having seendisvā not·homenāgāramāvase.

death·evenMaraṇenapi thattaṁ is given uppahīyati,
whateverYaṁ a personpuriso minemamidanti thinksmaññati;
this + tooEtampi having knownviditvā an astute onepaṇḍito,
notNa towards ownershipmamattāya would be bentnametha a follower of minemāmako.

in a dreamSupinena as·justyathāpi together·gonesaṅgataṁ,
awakenedPaṭibuddho a personpuriso notna seespassati;
thus·tooEvampi lovedpiyāyitaṁ personjanaṁ,
gonePetaṁ dead·madekālaṅkataṁ notna seepassati.

see·alsoDiṭṭhāpi hear·alsosutāpi thosete peoplejanā,
of whomYesaṁ name + thisnāmamidaṁ is spokenpavuccati;
only the name will remainNāmaṁyevāvasissati,
to be toldAkkheyyaṁ of the departedpetassa personjantuno.

sorrow·lamentation·stinginessSokapparidevamaccharaṁ,
notNa they give upjahanti greedygiddhā for belongingsmamāyite;
thereforeTasmā sagesmunayo possessionspariggahaṁ,
having left behindHitvā they wanderedacariṁsu sanctuary·seerskhemadassino.

for one who lives withdrawnPatilīnacarassa for a mendicantbhikkhuno,
for one frequentingBhajamānassa secluded·seatvivittamāsanaṁ;
fitting·saySāmaggiyamāhu for himtassa thattaṁ,
whoYo himselfattānaṁ in a homebhavane notna would showdassaye.

everywhereSabbattha sagemunī not·dependentanissito,
notNa likespiyaṁ makeskubbati nornopi not·dearappiyaṁ;
in themTasmiṁ lamentation·stinginessparidevamaccharaṁ,
leafPaṇṇe watervāri asyathā notna adhereslimpati.

water·dropUdabindu just asyathāpi on a lotus-leafpokkhare,
on a lotus flowerPadume watervāri asyathā notna clingslimpati;
soEvaṁ the sagemuni not·clingnopalimpati,
which·thisYadidaṁ seen·hearddiṭṭhasutaṁ in things thoughtmutesu orvā.

cleansed oneDhono notna indeedhi by thattena conceivesmaññati,
that is to sayYadidaṁ seen·hearddiṭṭhasutaṁ in things thoughtmutesu orvā;
not·anotherNāññena purity·wishvisuddhimicchati,
notNa indeedhi heso is passionaterajjati norno apart·passionvirajjatīti.
old age·suttaJarāsuttaṁ sixthchaṭṭhaṁ.

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