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Show IAST transliterationසංයුත්ත නිකාය 2.28
The Related Suttas Collection 2.28
3. නානාතිත්ථියවග්ග
3. Various Sectarians
නන්දිවිසාලසුත්ත
With Nandivisāla
ඒකමන්තං ඨිතෝ ඛෝ නන්දිවිසාලෝ දේවපුත්තෝ භගවන්තං ගාථාය අජ්ඣභාසි:
Standing to one side, the god Nandivisāla addressed the Buddha in verse:
“චතුචක්කං නවද්වාරං, පුණ්ණං ලෝභේන සංයුතං; පඞ්කජාතං මහාවීර, කථං යාත්රා භවිස්සතී”ති.
“Four are its wheels, and nine its doors; it’s stuffed full, bound with greed, and born from a bog. Great hero, how am I supposed to live like this?”
“ඡේත්වා නද්ධිං වරත්තඤ්ච, ඉච්ඡාලෝභඤ්ච පාපකං; සමූලං තණ්හමබ්බුය්හ, ඒවං යාත්රා භවිස්සතී”ති.
“Having cut the strap and harness—wicked desire and greed—and having plucked out craving, root and all: that’s how you’re supposed to live like this.”
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 »]
