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Udāna 3.10

Lokasutta

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 Buddha·eyebuddhacakkhunā the worldlokaṁ surveyed.volokesi.
he sawAddasā indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā Buddha·eyebuddhacakkhunā 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,
contact·overcomePhassapareto diseaserogaṁ speaksvadati as selfattato;
by whateverYena whateveryena indeedhi imaginesmaññati,
from thatTato ittaṁ ishoti otherwiseaññathā.

otherwise·becomingAññathābhāvī existence·attachedbhavasatto worldloko,
existence·overcomeBhavapareto takes pleasure only in existencebhavamevābhinandati;
which·rejoices inYadabhinandati thattaṁ fearbhayaṁ,
of whichYassa one fearsbhāyati thattaṁ sufferingdukkhaṁ;
existence·abandoningBhavavippahānāya indeedkho,
thisPanidaṁ holy·conductbrahmacariyaṁ 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.

attachment + indeedUpadhiñhi dependent onpaṭicca suffering + thisdukkhamidaṁ originatessambhoti, all·graspingsabbupādānakkhayā there is notnatthi of sufferingdukkhassa originationsambhavo.
world + thisLokamimaṁ look atpassa;
manyputhū by ignoranceavijjāya miredparetā beingsbhūtā being·delightingbhūtaratā not releasedaparimuttā;
whoye indeedhi whateverkeci states of continued existencebhavā everywheresabbadhi in every waysabbatthatāya allsabbe thosete states of continued existencebhavā not·permanentaniccā sufferingdukkhā perishablevipariṇāmadhammāti.

thus·thisEvametaṁ as·becomeyathābhūtaṁ,
with right wisdomSammappaññāya for one seeingpassato;
existence·cravingBhavataṇhā is given uppahīyati,
nonexistenceVibhavaṁ not·delights innābhinandati;
utterlySabbaso of cravingstaṇhānaṁ from endingkhayā,
without residue·fading away·cessationAsesavirāganirodho nibbānanibbānaṁ.

for thatTassa extinguishednibbutassa mendicantbhikkhuno,
not·graspingAnupādā further existencepunabbhavo nona there ishoti;
defeatedAbhibhūto Māramāro victorious·battlevijitasaṅgāmo,
has gone beyondUpaccagā all states of existencesabbabhavāni such a onetādī”ti.
tenthDasamaṁ.
Nanda·chapterNandavaggo thirdtatiyo.

its·up·summaryTassuddānaṁ
actionKammaṁ Nandanando Yasojayasojo andca,
Sāriputtasāriputto andca Kolitakolito;
PilindaPilindo Kassapakassapo almsfoodpiṇḍo,
craftsippaṁ with the worldlokena thesete tendasāti.

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