Sutta Nipata Chapter 4: The Eights - Atthakavagga
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).
Purābhedasutta
848 "Kathaṃdassī kathaṃsīlo,
upasantoti vuccati;
Taṃ me gotama pabrūhi,
pucchito uttamaṃ naraṃ".(iti bhagavā):
849 "Vītataṇho purā bhedā,
Pubbamantamanissito;
Vemajjhe nupasankheyyo,
Tassa natthi purakkhataṃ.850 Akkodhano asantāsī,
avikatthī akukkuco;
Mantabhāṇī anuddhato,
sa ve vācāyato muni.851 Nirāsatti anāgate,
atītaṃ nānusocati;
Vivekadassī phassesu,
diṭṭhīsu ca na nīyati.852 Patilīno akuhako,
apihālu amaccharī;
Appagabbho ajeguccho,
pesuṇeyye ca no yuto.853 Sātiyesu anassāvī,
atimāne ca no yuto;
Saṇho ca paṭibhānavā,
na saddho na virajjati.
854 Lābhakamyā na sikkhati,
alābhe ca na kuppati;
Aviruddho ca taṇhāya,
rasesu nānugijjhati.855 Upekkhako sadā sato,
na loke maññate samaṃ;
Na visesī na nīceyyo,
tassa no santi ussadā.856 Yassa nissayanā natthi,
ñatvā dhammaṃ anissito;
Bhavāya vibhavāya vā,
taṇhā yassa na vijjati.857 Taṃ brūmi upasantoti,
Kāmesu anapekkhinaṃ;
Ganthā tassa na vijjanti,
Atarī so visattikaṃ.858 Na tassa puttā pasavo,
Khettaṃ vatthuñca vijjati;
Attā vāpi nirattā vā,
Na tasmiṃ upalabbhati.859 Yena naṃ vajjuṃ puthujjanā,
Atho samaṇabrāhmaṇā;
Taṃ tassa apurakkhataṃ,
Tasmā vādesu nejati.860 Vītagedho amaccharī,
Na ussesu vadate muni;
Na samesu na omesu,
Kappaṃ neti akappiyo.861 Yassa loke sakaṃ natthi,
Asatā ca na socati;
Dhammesu ca na gacchati,
Sa ve santoti vuccatī"ti.
Purābhedasuttaṃ dasamaṃ.