5:11 The Questions of Jatukaṇṇī

(said the Venerable Jatukaṇṇī)

1096“Having heard of the hero who has no desire for sensual pleasures,
I have come to ask the desireless one who has escaped the flood.
Speak about the state of peace, you of innate vision.
Tell me about it, Blessed One, as it actually is. (1)

1097“For the Blessed One has overcome sensual desires,
as the splendid sun overcomes the earth with its splendor.
Since I am one of limited wisdom, teach me the Dhamma,
you of broad wisdom, so that I might understand
the abandoning here of birth and old age.” (2) [213]

(“Jatukaṇṇī,” said the Blessed One)

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1098“Remove greed for sensual pleasures,
having seen renunciation as security.
Do not take up or reject anything:
let neither of these exist for you. (3)

1099“Dry up what pertains to the past,
do not take up anything to come later.
If you will not grasp in the middle,
you will live at peace. (4)

1100“For one, brahmin, entirely
devoid of greed for name-and-form,
the influxes do not exist by which
one might come under death’s control.” (5)

Jatukaṇṇimāṇavapucchā

(iccāyasmā jatukaṇṇi):

1096"Sutvānahaṁ vīramakāmakāmiṁ,
Oghātigaṁ puṭṭhumakāmamāgamaṁ;
Santipadaṁ brūhi sahajanetta,
Yathātacchaṁ bhagavā brūhi metaṁ.

1097 Bhagavā hi kāme abhibhuyya iriyati,
Ādiccova pathaviṁ tejī tejasā;
Parittapaññassa me bhūripañña,
Ācikkha dhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ;
Jātijarāya idha vippahānaṁ".

(jatukaṇṇīti bhagavā):

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1098 "Kāmesu vinaya gedhaṁ,
Nekkhammaṁ daṭṭhu khemato;
Uggahītaṁ nirattaṁ vā,
Mā te vijjittha kiñcanaṁ.

1099 Yaṁ pubbe taṁ visosehi,
pacchā te māhu kiñcanaṁ;
Majjhe ce no gahessasi,
upasanto carissasi.

1100 Sabbaso nāmarūpasmiṁ,
Vītagedhassa brāhmaṇa;
Āsavāssa na vijjanti,
Yehi maccuvasaṁ vaje"ti.

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Jatukaṇṇimāṇavapucchā ekādasamā.