The World · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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thusEvaṁ
by meme
heard—sutaṁ—
oneekaṁ
timesamayaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
in Uruvelāuruvelāyaṁ
was stayingviharati
rivernajjā
Nerañjarānerañjarāya
on the banktīre
at the root of the tree of awakeningbodhirukkhamūle
when he was first awakened.paṭhamābhisambuddho.
thenTena
indeedkho
nowpana
at that timesamayena
the Blessed Onebhagavā
for seven dayssattāhaṁ
cross-leggedekapallaṅkena
seatednisinno
washoti
experiencing the bliss of freedom.vimuttisukhapaṭisaṁvedī.
thenAtha
indeedkho
the Blessed Onebhagavā
thattassa
of seven dayssattāhassa
after the passingaccayena
from thattamhā
from immersionsamādhimhā
having emergedvuṭṭhahitvā
with the eye of a Buddhabuddhacakkhunā
the worldlokaṁ
surveyed.volokesi.
he sawAddasā
indeedkho
the Blessed Onebhagavā
with the eye of a Buddhabuddhacakkhunā
surveyingvolokento
sentient beingssatte
with manyanekehi
tormentssantāpehi
being tormentedsantappamāne,
with manyanekehi
andca
feverspariḷāhehi
being burnedpariḍayhamāne—
born of greedrāgajehipi,
born of hatedosajehipi,
born of delusion.mohajehipi.
thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā this matteretamatthaṁ having understoodviditvā on thattāyaṁ occasionvelāyaṁ thisimaṁ heartfelt sentimentudānaṁ he expressedudānesi:
this“Ayaṁ
worldloko
born in tormentsantāpajāto,
overcome by contactPhassapareto
diseaserogaṁ
speaksvadati
as selfattato;
by whateverYena
whateveryena
indeedhi
imaginesmaññati,
from thatTato
ittaṁ
ishoti
otherwiseaññathā.
becoming otherwiseAññathābhāvī
attached to existencebhavasatto
worldloko,
overcome by existenceBhavapareto
takes pleasure only in existencebhavamevābhinandati;
what one delights inYadabhinandati
thattaṁ
fearbhayaṁ,
of whichYassa
one fearsbhāyati
thattaṁ
sufferingdukkhaṁ;
for the abandoning of existenceBhavavippahānāya
indeedkho,
thisPanidaṁ
spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ
is livedvussati.
whoever‘Ye
indeedhi
anykeci
asceticssamaṇā
orvā
brahminsbrāhmaṇā
orvā
through continued existencebhavena
from continued existencebhavassa
say one is freedvippamokkhamāhaṁsu,
allsabbe
thosete
not freedavippamuttā
from continued existencebhavasmā’ti
I sayvadāmi.
whoever‘Ye
orvā
againpana
anykeci
asceticssamaṇā
orvā
brahminsbrāhmaṇā
orvā
through nonexistencevibhavena
from existencebhavassa
say there is escapenissaraṇamāhaṁsu,
allsabbe
thosete
not escapedanissaṭā
from existencebhavasmā’ti
I sayvadāmi.
on attachment indeedUpadhiñhi
dependent onpaṭicca
this sufferingdukkhamidaṁ
originatessambhoti,
from the ending of all graspingsabbupādānakkhayā
there is notnatthi
of sufferingdukkhassa
originationsambhavo.
this worldLokamimaṁ
look atpassa;
manyputhū
by ignoranceavijjāya
miredparetā
beingsbhūtā
in love with beingbhūtaratā
not releasedaparimuttā;
whoye
indeedhi
whateverkeci
states of continued existencebhavā
everywheresabbadhi
in every waysabbatthatāya
allsabbe
thosete
states of continued existencebhavā
impermanentaniccā
sufferingdukkhā
perishablevipariṇāmadhammāti.
thus thisEvametaṁ
as it really isyathābhūtaṁ,
with right wisdomSammappaññāya
for one seeingpassato;
craving for continued existenceBhavataṇhā
is given uppahīyati,
nonexistenceVibhavaṁ
does not delight innābhinandati;
utterlySabbaso
of cravingstaṇhānaṁ
from endingkhayā,
fading away and cessation, no residue left behindAsesavirāganirodho
nibbānanibbānaṁ.
for thatTassa
extinguishednibbutassa
mendicantbhikkhuno,
by not graspingAnupādā
further existencepunabbhavo
nona
there ishoti;
defeatedAbhibhūto
Māramāro
victorious in battlevijitasaṅgāmo,
has gone beyondUpaccagā
all states of existencesabbabhavāni
such a onetādī”ti.
tenthDasamaṁ.
the Nanda chapterNandavaggo
thirdtatiyo.
this is its summaryTassuddānaṁ
actionKammaṁ
Nandanando
Yasojayasojo
andca,
Sāriputtasāriputto
andca
Kolitakolito;
PilindaPilindo
Kassapakassapo
almsfoodpiṇḍo,
craftsippaṁ
with the worldlokena
thesete
tendasāti.
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