5:16 The Questions of Piṅgiya

(Said the Venerable Piṅgiya)

1120“I am old, weak, my color gone,
my eyesight is not clear, my hearing is faint.
Do not let me perish confused along the way.
Declare the Dhamma that I might understand
the abandoning here of birth and old age.” (1)

(“Piṅgiya,” said the Blessed One)

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1121“Having seen those stricken by forms,
people who are heedless, afflicted by forms,
therefore, Piṅgiya, being heedful,
abandon form for an end to renewed existence.” (2)

1122“In the four directions, the four intermediate directions,
above, below: in these ten directions, [218]
there is nothing that you have not seen, heard, and sensed,
and nothing in the world uncognized by you.
Declare the Dhamma that I might understand
the abandoning here of birth and old age.” (3)

(“Piṅgiya,” said the Blessed One)

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1123“Observing people fallen into craving,
tormented, crushed by old age,
therefore, Piṅgiya, being heedful,
abandon craving for an end to renewed existence.” (4)

Piṅgiyamāṇavapucchā

(iccāyasmā piṅgiyo):

1120"Jiṇṇohamasmi abalo vītavaṇṇo,
Nettā na suddhā savanaṁ na phāsu;
Māhaṁ nassaṁ momuho antarāva,
Ācikkha dhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ;
Jātijarāya idha vippahānaṁ".

(piṅgiyāti bhagavā):

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1121 "Disvāna rūpesu vihaññamāne,
Ruppanti rūpesu janā pamattā;
Tasmā tuvaṁ piṅgiya appamatto,
Jahassu rūpaṁ apunabbhavāya".

1122 "Disā catasso vidisā catasso,
Uddhaṁ adho dasa disā imāyo;
Na tuyhaṁ adiṭṭhaṁ asutaṁ amutaṁ,
Atho aviññātaṁ kiñcanamatthi loke;
Ācikkha dhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ,
Jātijarāya idha vippahānaṁ".

(piṅgiyāti bhagavā):

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1123 "Taṇhādhipanne manuje pekkhamāno,
Santāpajāte jarasā parete;
Tasmā tuvaṁ piṅgiya appamatto,
Jahassu taṇhaṁ apunabbhavāyā"ti.

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Piṅgiyamāṇavapucchā soḷasamā.