4: The Book of the Fours
66. Lustful
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of persons found existing in the world. What four? The lustful, the hating, the deluded, and the conceited. These are the four kinds of persons found existing in the world."
2Beings enamored of tantalizing things,
seeking delight in whatever is pleasing,
low beings bound by delusion,
[n.756] Reading with Ce mohena adhamā sattā, as against Be mohena āvutā sattā. Ee mohena adhamasattā is the same in meaning as Ce.
increase their bondage.
3The ignorant go about
creating unwholesome kamma
born of lust, hatred, and delusion:
distressful deeds productive of suffering.
4People hindered by ignorance,
blind, lacking eyes to see,
in accordance with their own nature,
do not think of it in such a way.
[n.757] I read the second couplet with Be and Ee yathādhammā tathāsantā, na tass’evan ti maññare. Ce reads pāda d: nassevanti na maññare. Mp: "In accordance with their own natures: They are of such a nature that qualities like lust, etc., remain; having become of such a nature. [They] do not think of it in such a way: They do not think of it thus: ‘We exist in such a way, we have such a nature’" (yathādhammā tathāsantā ti yathā rāgādayo dhammā ṭhitā, tathā sabhāvā’va hutvā; na tass’evan ti maññare ti mayaṁ evaṁsantā evaṁsabhāvā ti tassa na maññare, na maññantī ti attho).
1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro? Sarāgo, sadoso, samoho, samāno – ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.
2Sārattā rajanīyesu,
Piyarūpābhinandino;
Mohena āvutā sattā,
Baddhā vaḍḍhenti bandhanaṁ.
3Rāgajaṁ dosajañcāpi,
mohajaṁ cāpaviddasū;
Karontākusalaṁ kammaṁ,
savighātaṁ dukhudrayaṁ.
4Avijjānivutā posā,
andhabhūtā acakkhukā;
Yathā dhammā tathā santā,
na tassevanti maññare"ti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
