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Note:Translations, dictionaries and commentaries were not made by the Blessed One.Cross-check with Pali in 4 main nikayas.
Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko seṭṭho, saccānaṁ caturo padā;Of paths, the eightfold is best. of truths, the four sayings. Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṁ, dvipadānañca cakkhumā.Of qualities, dispassion. of two-footed beings, the one with the eyes to see.
Eseva maggo natthañño, dassanassa visuddhiyā;
Eseva → esova (bj)Just this is the path –there is no other– to purify vision. Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha, mārassetaṁ pamohanaṁ.Follow it, and that will be Mara’s bewilderment.
Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā, dukkhassantaṁ karissatha;Following it, you put an end to suffering & stress. Akkhāto vo mayā maggo, aññāya sallakantanaṁ.
Akkhāto vo → akkhāto ve (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed) sallakantanaṁ → sallasanthanaṁ (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed); sallasatthanaṁ (sya-all)I have taught you this path having known –for your knowing– the extraction of arrows.
Tumhehi kiccamātappaṁ, akkhātāro tathāgatā;It’s for you to strive ardently. tathagatas simply point out the way. Paṭipannā pamokkhanti, jhāyino mārabandhanā.Those who practice, absorbed in jhana: from Mara’s bonds they’ll be freed.
“Sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā”ti, yadā paññāya passati;‘All fabrications are inconstant’– Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.you grow disenchanted with stress. this is the path to purity.
“Sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā”ti, yadā paññāya passati;When you see with discernment, ‘All fabrications are stressful’– Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.you grow disenchanted with stress. this is the path to purity.
“Sabbe dhammā anattā”ti, yadā paññāya passati;‘All phenomena are not-self’– Atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiyā.you grow disenchanted with stress. this is the path to purity.
Uṭṭhānakālamhi anuṭṭhahāno, yuvā balī ālasiyaṁ upeto;At the time for initiative he takes no initiative. young, strong, but lethargic, Saṁsannasaṅkappamano kusīto, paññāya maggaṁ alaso na vindati.
Saṁsannasaṅkappamano → asampannasaṅkappamano (mr)the resolves of his heart exhausted, the lazy, lethargic one loses the path to discernment.
Vācānurakkhī manasā susaṁvuto, kāyena ca nākusalaṁ kayirā;
nākusalaṁ kayirā → akusalaṁ na kayirā (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed, pts2ed)Guarded in speech, well-restrained in mind, you should do nothing unskillful in body. Ete tayo kammapathe visodhaye, ārādhaye maggamisippaveditaṁ.Purify these three courses of action. bring to fruition the path that seers have proclaimed.
Yogā ve jāyatī bhūri, ayogā bhūrisaṅkhayo;
jāyatī → jāyati (pts1ed); jāyate (katthaci)From striving comes wisdom; from not, wisdom’s end. Etaṁ dvedhāpathaṁ ñatvā, bhavāya vibhavāya ca;Knowing these two courses –to development, decline– Tathāttānaṁ niveseyya, yathā bhūri pavaḍḍhati.conduct yourself so that wisdom will grow.
Vanaṁ chindatha mā rukkhaṁ, vanato jāyate bhayaṁ;Cut down the forest of desire, not the forest of trees. from the forest of desire come danger & fear. Chetvā vanañca vanathañca, nibbanā hotha bhikkhavo.Having cut down this forest & its underbrush, monks, be deforested.
Yāva hi vanatho na chijjati, aṇumattopi narassa nārisu;For as long as the least bit of underbrush of a man for women is not cleared away, Paṭibaddhamanova tāva so, vaccho khīrapakova mātari.
Paṭibaddhamanova → paṭibandhamanova (mr) khīrapakova → khīrapānova (bj)the heart is fixated like a suckling calf on its mother.
Ucchinda sinehamattano, kumudaṁ sāradikaṁva pāṇinā;Crush your sense of self-allure like an autumn lily in the hand. Santimaggameva brūhaya, nibbānaṁ sugatena desitaṁ.Nurture only the path to peace –Unbinding– as taught by the One Well Gone.
Idha vassaṁ vasissāmi, idha hemantagimhisu;‘Here I’ll stay for the rains. here, for the summer & winter.’ Iti bālo vicinteti, antarāyaṁ na bujjhati.So imagines the fool, unaware of obstructions.
Taṁ puttapasusammattaṁ, byāsattamanasaṁ naraṁ;That drunk-on-his-sons-&-cattle man, all tangled up in the mind: death sweeps him away– Suttaṁ gāmaṁ mahoghova, maccu ādāya gacchati.as a great flood, a village asleep.
Na santi puttā tāṇāya, na pitā nāpi bandhavā;There are no sons to give shelter, no father, no family Antakenādhipannassa, natthi ñātīsu tāṇatā.for one seized by the Ender, no shelter among kin.
Etamatthavasaṁ ñatvā, paṇḍito sīlasaṁvuto;Realizing this force of reasoning, the wise man, restrained by virtue, Nibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ, khippameva visodhaye.should make the path pure –right away– that goes all the way to Unbinding.
