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Sutta Nipāta 4.7

Tissametteyyasutta

To Tissametteyya on the Dangers of Sex · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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when someone indulges in sex“Methunamanuyuttassa,
said(iccāyasmā Tissatisso Metteyyametteyyo)
what troubleVighātaṁ tellbrūhi good fellowmārisa;
after hearingSutvāna yourtava instructionsāsanaṁ,
in seclusionViveke we shall trainsikkhissāmase”.

for one devoted to sexual intercourse“Methunamanuyuttassa,
Metteyya(metteyyāti the Blessed Onebhagavā)
one forgetsMussate indeedvāpi the teachingsāsanaṁ;
wronglyMicchā andca one practicespaṭipajjati,
thisEtaṁ in that onetasmiṁ ignobleanāriyaṁ.

aloneEko formerlypubbe having livedcaritvāna,
sexmethunaṁ whoyo resorts tonisevati;
like a chariotYānaṁ careening off-trackbhantaṁva that onetaṁ in the worldloke,
low, they callhīnamāhu an ordinary personputhujjanaṁ.

fameYaso reputationkitti andca whichyā formerlypubbe,
falls awayhāyate alsovāpi of himtassa thatsā;
this tooEtampi having seendisvā one should trainsikkhetha,
sexmethunaṁ to give upvippahātave.

by thoughtsSaṅkappehi oppressedpareto heso,
like a wretchkapaṇo likeviya broodsjhāyati;
having heardSutvā of othersparesaṁ the talknigghosaṁ,
embarrassedmaṅku ishoti that sorttathāvidho.

thenAtha verbal daggerssatthāni they makekurute,
by opponentsparavādehi reproachedcodito;
thisEsa indeed for themkhvassa great blind spotmahāgedho,
to liesmosavajjaṁ they sinkpagāhati.

as wise onePaṇḍitoti was consideredsamaññāto,
solitary lifeekacariyaṁ was committed toadhiṭṭhito;
but thenAthāpi in sexmethune indulgedyutto,
like a dullardmandova is dragged alongparikissati.

this dangerEtamādīnavaṁ having knownñatvā,
a sageMuni falling from a former statepubbāpare hereidha;
wandering aloneEkacariyaṁ firmlydaḷhaṁ would resolvekayirā,
notNa would not resort tonisevetha sexmethunaṁ.

only in seclusionVivekaññeva let them trainsikkhetha,
thisetaṁ highest for the noble onesariyānamuttamaṁ;
notNa due to thattena bestseṭṭho would thinkmaññetha,
onesa indeedve near extinguishmentnibbānasantike.

of the isolated oneRittassa of the sagemunino of the wandering onecarato,
in sensual pleasuresKāmesu of the unconcerned oneanapekkhino;
of the one who has crossed the floodOghatiṇṇassa they envypihayanti,
in sensual pleasuresKāmesu tiedgadhitā peoplepajā”ti.
the Tissametteyya SuttaTissametteyyasuttaṁ seventhsattamaṁ.

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