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Show IAST transliterationසංයුත්ත නිකාය 1.21
The Related Suttas Collection 1.21
3. සත්තිවග්ග
3. A Sword
සත්තිසුත්ත
A Sword
සාවත්ථිනිදානං.
At Sāvatthī.
ඒකමන්තං ඨිතා ඛෝ සා දේවතා භගවතෝ සන්තිකේ ඉමං ගාථං අභාසි:
Standing to one side, that deity recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
“සත්තියා විය ඕමට්ඨෝ, ඩය්හමානෝව මත්ථකේ; කාමරාගප්පහානාය, සතෝ භික්ඛු පරිබ්බජේ”ති.
“Like they’re struck by a sword, like their head was on fire, a bhikkhu, mindful, should go forth, to give up sensual desire.”
“සත්තියා විය ඕමට්ඨෝ, ඩය්හමානෝව මත්ථකේ; සක්කායදිට්ඨිප්පහානාය, සතෝ භික්ඛු පරිබ්බජේ”ති.
“Like they’re struck by a sword, like their head was on fire, a bhikkhu, mindful, should go forth, to give up identity view.”
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 »]
