Pali · Mahāsaṅgītinirayaṁ te upapajjare.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatodue to their bad deeds.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiVaggumudātīriyabhikkhuvatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSeyyo ayoguḷo bhutto,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIt’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītitatto aggisikhūpamo;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoto eat an iron ball,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoscorching, like a burning flame,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiraṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothan to eat the nation’s alms.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKhemakaseṭṭhiputtavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiCattāri ṭhānāni naro pamatto,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFour things befall a heedless man
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiĀpajjati paradārūpasevī;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowho sleeps with another’s wife:
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiApuññalābhaṁ na nikāmaseyyaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowickedness, poor sleep,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNindaṁ tatīyaṁ nirayaṁ catutthaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoill-repute, and rebirth in hell.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiApuññalābho ca gatī ca pāpikā,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoHe accrues wickedness and is reborn in a bad place,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiBhītassa bhītāya ratī ca thokikā;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoall so a frightened couple may snatch a moment’s pleasure,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiRājā ca daṇḍaṁ garukaṁ paṇeti,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofor which rulers impose a heavy punishment.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiTasmā naro paradāraṁ na seve.
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThat’s why a man should not sleep with another’s wife.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDubbacabhikkhuvatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKuso yathā duggahito,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoWhen kusa grass is wrongly grasped
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītihatthamevānukantati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoit only cuts the hand.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSāmaññaṁ dupparāmaṭṭhaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSo too, the ascetic life, when wrongly taken,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītinirayāyupakaḍḍhati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatodrags you to hell.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYaṁ kiñci sithilaṁ kammaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoAny lax act,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisaṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṁ vataṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoany corrupt observance,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSaṅkassaraṁ brahmacariyaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoor suspicious spiritual life,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītina taṁ hoti mahapphalaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatois not very fruitful.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKayirā ce kayirāthenaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIf one is to do what should be done,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītidaḷhamenaṁ parakkame;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoone should staunchly strive.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSithilo hi paribbājo,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFor the life gone forth when laxly led
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītibhiyyo ākirate rajaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatojust stirs up dust all the more.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiIssāpakataitthivatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAkataṁ dukkaṭaṁ seyyo,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoA bad deed is better left undone,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītipacchā tappati dukkaṭaṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofor it will plague you later on.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKatañca sukataṁ seyyo,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoA good deed is better done,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiyaṁ katvā nānutappati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoone that does not plague you.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSambahulabhikkhuvatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoAs a frontier city
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiguttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatois guarded inside and out,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiEvaṁ gopetha attānaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoso you should ward yourselves—
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītikhaṇo vo mā upaccagā;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatodon’t let the moment pass you by.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKhaṇātītā hi socanti,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFor if you miss your moment
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītinirayamhi samappitā.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoyou’ll grieve when sent to hell.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNigaṇṭhavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAlajjitāye lajjanti,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoUnashamed of what is shameful,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītilajjitāye na lajjare;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoashamed of what is not shameful;
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMicchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatobeings who uphold wrong view
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatogo to a bad place.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAbhaye bhayadassino,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSeeing danger where there is none,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītibhaye cābhayadassino;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoand blind to the actual danger,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMicchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatobeings who uphold wrong view
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatogo to a bad place.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiTitthiyasāvakavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAvajje vajjamatino,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSeeing fault where there is none,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītivajje cāvajjadassino;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoand blind to the actual fault,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMicchādiṭṭhisamādānā,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatobeings who uphold wrong view
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisattā gacchanti duggatiṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatogo to a bad place.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiVajjañca vajjato ñatvā,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoKnowing a fault as a fault
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiavajjañca avajjato;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoand the faultless as faultless,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSammādiṭṭhisamādānā,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatobeings who uphold right view
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisattā gacchanti suggatiṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatogo to a good place.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNirayavaggo dvāvīsatimo.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKhuddakanikāya
English · Bhikkhu SujatoMinor Collection
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDhammapada
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSayings of the Dhamma 320–333
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNāgavagga
English · Bhikkhu Sujato23. Elephants
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAttadantavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAhaṁ nāgova saṅgāme,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoLike an elephant struck
Pali · Mahāsaṅgīticāpato patitaṁ saraṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowith arrows in battle,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAtivākyaṁ titikkhissaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoI shall endure abuse,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītidussīlo hi bahujjano.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofor so many folk are badly behaved.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDantaṁ nayanti samitiṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThe well-tamed beast is the one led to the crowd;
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītidantaṁ rājābhirūhati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothe tamed elephant’s the one the king mounts;
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDanto seṭṭho manussesu,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothe tamed person who endures abuse
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiyotivākyaṁ titikkhati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatois the best of human beings.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiVaramassatarā dantā,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThose who have tamed themselves are better
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiājānīyā ca sindhavā;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothan fine tamed mules,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKuñjarā ca mahānāgā,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothoroughbreds from Sindh,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiattadanto tato varaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoor giant tuskers.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiHatthācariyapubbakabhikkhuvatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNa hi etehi yānehi,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFor not on those mounts
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītigaccheyya agataṁ disaṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowould you go to the untrodden place,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYathāttanā sudantena,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowhereas, with the help of one whose self is well tamed,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītidanto dantena gacchati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoyou go there, tamed by the tamed.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiParijiṇṇabrāhmaṇaputtavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDhanapālo nāma kuñjaro,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThe tusker named Dhanapāla
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKaṭukabhedano dunnivārayo;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatois musky in rut, hard to control.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiBaddho kabaḷaṁ na bhuñjati,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoBound, he eats not a morsel,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSumarati nāgavanassa kuñjaro.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofor he misses the elephant forest.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPasenadikosalavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMiddhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoOne who gets drowsy from overeating,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNiddāyitā samparivattasāyī;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofond of sleep, rolling round the bed
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMahāvarāhova nivāpapuṭṭho,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolike a great hog stuffed with grain:
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPunappunaṁ gabbhamupeti mando.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothat dullard returns to the womb again and again.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSānusāmaṇeravatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiIdaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIn the past my mind wandered
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatohow it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiTadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoNow I’ll carefully guide it,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiHatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoas a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPāveyyakahatthivatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAppamādaratā hotha,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoDelight in diligence!
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisacittamanurakkhatha;
English · Bhikkhu SujatoTake good care of your mind!
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDuggā uddharathattānaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoPull yourself out of this pit,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītipaṅke sannova kuñjaro.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolike an elephant sunk in a bog.