Khuddaka Nikāya - The Minor Texts

Sutta Nipata

Sutta Nipata 2: The Lesser Chapter

2:10 Arouse Yourselves!

  • DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi

2:10 Arouse Yourselves!

331Arouse yourselves, sit up!
What good to you is sleeping?
For what sleep can there be for the afflicted,
for those injured, pierced by the dart? (1) [58]

332Arouse yourselves, sit up!
Train vigorously for the state of peace.
Do not let the King of Death, having caught you heedless,
delude you who have come under his control. (2)

333Cross over this attachment
by which devas and human beings,
full of need, are held fast.
Do not let the opportunity pass you by;
for those who have missed the opportunity
sorrow when they arrive in hell. (3)

334Heedlessness is dust always,This pāda, as it has come down in Ee, is missing three syllables. Both Be and Ce duplicate a word, pamādo rajo pamādo. In the parallel, Theragatha 404, Ce reads pamādo rajo sabbadā (Be pamādo rajo pamādo; Ee pamādo rajo). Pj II does not cite a lemma, but its comment, na hi kadāci pamādo nāma arajo atthi, may have been based on an original that had sabbadā. I translate on the assumption sabbadā should be added to the line.
dust follows upon heedlessness.
By heedfulness, by clear knowledge,
draw out the dart from oneself. (4)

Uṭṭhānasutta

331Uṭṭhahatha nisīdatha,
ko attho supitena vo;
Āturānañhi kā niddā,
sallaviddhāna ruppataṁ.

332 Uṭṭhahatha nisīdatha,
Daḷhaṁ sikkhatha santiyā;
Mā vo pamatte viññāya,
Maccurājā amohayittha vasānuge.

333 Yāya devā manussā ca,
sitā tiṭṭhanti atthikā;
Tarathetaṁ visattikaṁ,
khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;
Khaṇātītā hi socanti,
nirayamhi samappitā.

334 Pamādo rajo pamādo,
Pamādānupatito rajo;
Appamādena vijjāya,
Abbahe sallamattanoti.


Uṭṭhānasuttaṁ dasamaṁ.

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