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संयुत्त निकाय ३।६
Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.6
The Related Suttas Collection 3.6
१। पठमवग्ग
1. Paṭhamavagga
1. Shackles
अप्पकसुत्त
Appakasutta
Few
सावत्थिनिदानं।
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
एकमन्तं निसिन्नो खो राजा पसेनदि कोसलो भगवन्तं एतदवोच: “इध मय्हं, भन्ते, रहोगतस्स पटिसल्लीनस्स एवं चेतसो परिवितक्को उदपादि: ‘अप्पका ते सत्ता लोकस्मिं ये उळारे उळारे भोगे लभित्वा न चेव मज्जन्ति, न च पमज्जन्ति, न च कामेसु गेधं आपज्जन्ति, न च सत्तेसु विप्पटिपज्जन्ति। अथ खो एतेव बहुतरा सत्ता लोकस्मिं ये उळारे उळारे भोगे लभित्वा मज्जन्ति चेव पमज्जन्ति च कामेसु च गेधं आपज्जन्ति, सत्तेसु च विप्पटिपज्जन्तीऽ”ति।
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “idha mayhaṁ, bhante, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi: ‘appakā te sattā lokasmiṁ ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā na ceva majjanti, na ca pamajjanti, na ca kāmesu gedhaṁ āpajjanti, na ca sattesu vippaṭipajjanti. Atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā lokasmiṁ ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā majjanti ceva pamajjanti ca kāmesu ca gedhaṁ āpajjanti, sattesu ca vippaṭipajjantī’”ti.
Seated to one side, King Pasenadi said to the Buddha, “Just now, sir, as I was in private retreat this thought came to mind: ‘Few are the sentient beings in the world who, when they obtain luxury possessions, don’t get indulgent and negligent, giving in to greed for sensual pleasures, and doing the wrong thing by others. There are many more who, when they obtain luxury possessions, do get indulgent and negligent, giving in to greed for sensual pleasures, and doing the wrong thing by others.’”
“एवमेतं, महाराज, एवमेतं, महाराज। अप्पका ते, महाराज, सत्ता लोकस्मिं, ये उळारे उळारे भोगे लभित्वा न चेव मज्जन्ति, न च पमज्जन्ति, न च कामेसु गेधं आपज्जन्ति, न च सत्तेसु विप्पटिपज्जन्ति। अथ खो एतेव बहुतरा सत्ता लोकस्मिं, ये उळारे उळारे भोगे लभित्वा मज्जन्ति चेव पमज्जन्ति च कामेसु च गेधं आपज्जन्ति, सत्तेसु च विप्पटिपज्जन्ती”ति।
“Evametaṁ, mahārāja, evametaṁ, mahārāja. Appakā te, mahārāja, sattā lokasmiṁ, ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā na ceva majjanti, na ca pamajjanti, na ca kāmesu gedhaṁ āpajjanti, na ca sattesu vippaṭipajjanti. Atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā lokasmiṁ, ye uḷāre uḷāre bhoge labhitvā majjanti ceva pamajjanti ca kāmesu ca gedhaṁ āpajjanti, sattesu ca vippaṭipajjantī”ti.
“That’s so true, great king! That’s so true!” said the Buddha. And he repeated the king’s statement, adding:
इदमवोच …पे…
Idamavoca …pe…
“सारत्ता कामभोगेसु, गिद्धा कामेसु मुच्छिता; अतिसारं न बुज्झन्ति, मिगा कूटंव ओड्डितं; पच्छासं कटुकं होति, विपाको हिस्स पापको”ति।
“Sārattā kāmabhogesu, giddhā kāmesu mucchitā; Atisāraṁ na bujjhanti, migā kūṭaṁva oḍḍitaṁ; Pacchāsaṁ kaṭukaṁ hoti, vipāko hissa pāpako”ti.
“Full of desire for possessions and pleasures, greedy, infatuated by sensual pleasures; they don’t notice that they’ve gone too far, like deer falling into a trap set out. It’ll be bitter later on; for the result will be bad for them.”
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
