Sutta Nipata Chapter 4: The Eights - Atthakavagga
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).
Paramaṭṭhakasutta
796 Paramanti diṭṭhīsu paribbasāno,
Yaduttari kurute jantu loke;
Hīnāti aññe tato sabbamāha,
Tasmā vivādāni avītivatto.797 Yadattanī passati ānisaṃsaṃ,
Diṭṭhe sute sīlavate mute vā;
Tadeva so tattha samuggahāya,
Nihīnato passati sabbamaññaṃ.798 Taṃ vāpi ganthaṃ kusalā vadanti,
Yaṃ nissito passati hīnamaññaṃ;
Tasmā hi diṭṭhaṃ va sutaṃ mutaṃ vā,
Sīlabbataṃ bhikkhu na nissayeyya.799 Diṭṭhimpi lokasmiṃ na kappayeyya,
Ñāṇena vā sīlavatena vāpi;
Samoti attānamanūpaneyya,
Hīno na maññetha visesi vāpi.
800 Attaṃ pahāya anupādiyāno,
Ñāṇepi so nissayaṃ no karoti;
Sa ve viyattesu na vaggasārī,
Diṭṭhimpi so na pacceti kiñci.801 Yassūbhayante paṇidhīdha natthi,
Bhavābhavāya idha vā huraṃ vā;
Nivesanā tassa na santi keci,
Dhammesu niccheyya samuggahītaṃ.802 Tassīdha diṭṭhe va sute mute vā,
Pakappitā natthi aṇūpi saññā;
Taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ diṭṭhimanādiyānaṃ,
Kenīdha lokasmiṃ vikappayeyya.803 Na kappayanti na purekkharonti,
Dhammāpi tesaṃ na paṭicchitāse;
Na brāhmaṇo sīlavatena neyyo,
Pārangato na pacceti tādīti.
Paramaṭṭhakasuttaṃ pañcamaṃ.