Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN1: Connected Discourses with Devatas

SN1:79 Provisions for a Journey

1v.245 "What secures provisions for a journey?
What is the abode of wealth?
What drags a person around?
What in the world is hard to discard?
By what are many beings bound
Like birds caught in a snare?"

2v.246 "Faith secures provisions for a journey;
Fortune is the abode of wealth;
Desire drags a person around;
Desire is hard to discard in the world.
By desire many beings are bound
Like birds caught in a snare."

1"Kiṁsu bandhati pātheyyaṁ,
kiṁsu bhogānamāsayo;
Kiṁsu naraṁ parikassati,
kiṁsu lokasmi dujjahaṁ;
Kismiṁ baddhā puthū sattā,
pāsena sakuṇī yathā"ti.

2"Saddhā bandhati pātheyyaṁ,
sirī bhogānamāsayo;
Icchā naraṁ parikassati,
icchā lokasmi dujjahā;
Icchābaddhā puthū sattā,
pāsena sakuṇī yathā"ti.

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