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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN17: Connected Discourses on Gains and Honour

SN17:7 The Poisoned Dart

1At Sāvatthī. sn.ii.230 "Bhikkhus, dreadful are gain, honour, and praise … . Whom should one pierce with a dart smeared in poison, bhikkhus? A trainee upon whom come gain, honour, and praise while he has not yet reached his mind's ideal.[n.321] Be and Se read: Kaṁ bhikkhave diddhagatena visallena sallena vijjhatu? The reading in Ee is less satisfactory. Spk: Diddhagatenā ti gatadiddhena (Spk-pṭ: acchavisayutta ti va diddhe gatena); visallena ti visamakkhitena; sallena ti sattiya.
The rhetorical construction parallels that in the preceding sutta. Visallena is problematic, and we might accept C.Rh.D's suggestion visa-sallena, though diddha (= Skt digdha) already conveys the idea of poisoned. See Ja IV 435,26: Saro diddho kalāpaṁ va/Alittaṁ upalimpati.

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko … pe … adhigamāya. Kaṁ, bhikkhave, diddhagatena visallena sallena vijjhatu, sekhaṁ appattamānasaṁ lābhasakkārasiloko anupāpuṇātu.

2"‘Dart,’ bhikkhus: this is a designation for gain, honour, and praise. So dreadful, bhikkhus, are gain, honour, and praise … . Thus should you train yourselves."

2Sallanti kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasilokassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ. Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko … pe … evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban"ti.

Sattamaṁ.