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Show IAST transliterationසංයුත්ත නිකාය 1.3
The Related Suttas Collection 1.3
1. නළවග්ග
1. A Reed
උපනීයසුත්ත
Led On
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:
“උපනීයති ජීවිතමප්පමායු, ජරූපනීතස්ස න සන්ති තාණා; ඒතං භයං මරණේ පේක්ඛමානෝ, පුඤ්ඤානි කයිරාථ සුඛාවහානී”ති.
“This life, so very short, is led onward; one led on to old age has no shelter. Seeing this peril in death, do good deeds that bring you to joy.”
“උපනීයති ජීවිතමප්පමායු, ජරූපනීතස්ස න සන්ති තාණා; ඒතං භයං මරණේ පේක්ඛමානෝ, ලෝකාමිසං පජහේ සන්තිපේක්ඛෝ”ති.
“This life, so very short, is led onward; one led on to old age has no shelter. Seeing this peril in death, a seeker of peace would drop the world’s bait.”
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 »]
