Sutta Nipata Chapter 1: The Chapter of the Snake - Uragavagga

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

Cundasutta

(iti cundo kammāraputto):

83 "Pucchāmi muniṃ pahūtapaññaṃ,
Buddhaṃ dhammassāmiṃ vītataṇhaṃ;
Dvipaduttamaṃ sārathīnaṃ pavaraṃ,
Kati loke samaṇā tadingha brūhi".

(cundāti bhagavā):
84 "Caturo samaṇā na pañcamatthi,
Te te āvikaromi sakkhipuṭṭho;
Maggajino maggadesako ca,
Magge jīvati yo ca maggadūsī".

(iti cundo kammāraputto):
85 "Kaṃ maggajinaṃ vadanti buddhā,
Maggakkhāyī kathaṃ atulyo hoti;
Magge jīvati me brūhi puṭṭho,
Atha me āvikarohi maggadūsiṃ".

86 "Yo tiṇṇakathankatho visallo,
Nibbānābhirato anānugiddho;
Lokassa sadevakassa netā,
Tādiṃ maggajinaṃ vadanti buddhā.

87 Paramaṃ paramanti yodha ñatvā,
Akkhāti vibhajate idheva dhammaṃ;
Taṃ kankhachidaṃ muniṃ anejaṃ,
Dutiyaṃ bhikkhunamāhu maggadesiṃ.

88 Yo dhammapade sudesite,
Magge jīvati saññato satīmā;
Anavajjapadāni sevamāno,
Tatiyaṃ bhikkhunamāhu maggajīviṃ.

89 Chadanaṃ katvāna subbatānaṃ,
Pakkhandī kuladūsako pagabbho;
Māyāvī asaññato palāpo,
Patirūpena caraṃ sa maggadūsī.

90 Ete ca paṭivijjhi yo gahaṭṭho,
Sutavā ariyasāvako sapañño;
Sabbe netādisāti ñatvā,
Iti disvā na hāpeti tassa saddhā;
Kathaṃ hi duṭṭhena asampaduṭṭhaṃ,
Suddhaṃ asuddhena samaṃ kareyyā"ti.

Cundasuttaṃ pañcamaṃ.