Jīvikasutta
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
vuttañhetaṁ → vuttaṁ hetaṁ (bjt)This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
“Antamidaṁ, bhikkhave, jīvikānaṁ yadidaṁ piṇḍolyaṁ.
jīvikānaṁ → jīvitaṁ, C. (pts note) | yadidaṁ → yad-idaṁ (pts)“Monks, this is a lowly means of livelihood, alms gathering.
Abhisāpoyaṁ, bhikkhave, lokasmiṁ: ‘piṇḍolo vicarasi pattapāṇī’ti.
Abhisāpoyaṁ → abhilāpāyaṁ (sya-all, pts-vp-pli1); abhisapāyaṁ (mr) | abhisāpoyaṁ → abhilāpāyaṁ (sya-all, pts) | Abhisāpoyaṁ → abhisāpāyaṁ (cck: sī.); abhilāpāyaṁ (cck: syā. pī.); abhisapāyaṁ (cck: ka.) | abhilāpāyaṁ → abhipāyaṁ, C.; abhipāpāyaṁ, B.; abhisāpāyam, P. Pa.; -sapāyaṁ, M.; atisappāyaṁ, D. E.{; S. texts and Comy. read abhisāpāyaṁ.} (pts note)It’s a form of abuse in the world [to say],
‘You go around as an alms gatherer with a bowl in your hand!’
Tañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, kulaputtā upenti atthavasikā, atthavasaṁ paṭicca;
atthavasaṁ → atta-, C. (pts note)Yet reasonable young men of good families have taken it up for a compelling reason.
neva rājābhinītā, na corābhinītā, na iṇaṭṭā, na bhayaṭṭā, na ājīvikāpakatā.
na ājīvikāpakatā → ājīvikā pakatā (sya-all) | iṇaṭṭā → iṇaṭṭhā (pts) | bhayaṭṭā → bhayaṭṭhā (pts) | iṇaṭṭā → iṇaṭṭhātipi (sya-all note) | bhayaṭṭā → bhayaṭṭhātipi (sya-all note) | pakatā → aṭṭhakathāyaṁ na ājīvikā pakatā (sya-all note) | iṇaṭṭhā → iṇaṭṭā, M.; iṇaddhā, B.; inaddā, C. (pts note) | bhayaṭṭhā → bhayaṭṭā, M.; bhayatā, C. (pts note) | ājīvikāpakatā → ājīvikā, D. E.; ājīvika, B. M. P. Pa.; ājīvaka, C. (pts note)They have not been forced into it by kings or robbers, nor through debt,
through fear, nor through the loss of their livelihood, but through the thought:
Api ca kho ‘otiṇṇamhā jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi dukkhotiṇṇā dukkhaparetā,
dukkhotiṇṇā → dukkhābhikiṇṇā (bj, pts) | jarāya maraṇena → jarāmaraṇena (sya-all) | kho → kho pana, C. (pts note) | otiṇṇamhā → otiṇṇamhā ca, D. E. (pts note) | jarāya → jarāmar-, B. C. (pts note) | dukkhābhikiṇṇā → dukkhātiṇṇā, C. Pa.; dukkhotiṇṇā, B. M. P. (pts note) | dukkhotiṇṇā → duk khotiṇṇā (th) | api ca → apica (pts)‘We are beset by birth, aging, & death, by sorrows, lamentations,
pains, distresses, & despairs, beset by stress, overcome with stress.
appeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethā’ti.
antakiriyā → -kiriyāya, B. C. (pts note) | appeva nāma → appevanāma (bjt) | paññāyethāti → paññāyethā ti (pts)O, that the end of this entire mass of suffering & stress might be known!’
Evaṁ pabbajito cāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kulaputto.
cāyaṁ → vāyaṁ, D. E. (pts note)But this young man of good family, having gone forth in this way,
So ca hoti abhijjhālu kāmesu tibbasārāgo, byāpannacitto paduṭṭhamanasaṅkappo, muṭṭhassati asampajāno asamāhito vibbhantacitto pākatindriyo.
so ca → (bj, sya-all) | abhijjhālu → abhijjhālū (pts) | so → so ca om. B. C. M. P. Pa. (pts note) | abhijjhālū → -lū, E.; -lu, B. M. P. Pa.; D. and C. have a letter which looks like ph, with the small curved line as in ṭṭha or ñca. (pts note) | kāmesu → kāmesu ca, P. Pa. (pts note) | vyāpannacitto → tippa-, B. P. Pa.; tibbarāgo, C. D. E.; see the next sutta. All MSS. except D. E. have by-. (pts note) | muṭṭhassati → muṭṭhasati, M. (pts note)may be greedy for sensual pleasures, strong in his passions, malevolent in mind, corrupt in his resolves,
his mindfulness muddled, unalert, uncentered, his mind scattered, & his faculties uncontrolled.
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, chavālātaṁ ubhatopadittaṁ majjhe gūthagataṁ neva gāme kaṭṭhatthaṁ pharati na araññe;
majjhe → gūdhagatantipi (sya-all note) | gūthagataṁ → gūdha-, B.; gudha-, P. Pa. (pts note) | kaṭṭhatthaṁ → kaṇṭhatthaṁ, C. (pts note) | pharati → parati, C. P. (pts note) | ubhatopadittaṁ majjhe gūthagataṁ → ubhato padittaṁ majjhegūthagataṁ (bjt) | ubhatopadittaṁ → ubhato padittaṁ (th, pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts)Just as a firebrand from a funeral pyre–burning at both ends,
covered with excrement in the middle–is used as fuel neither in a village nor in the wilderness:
tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi gihibhogā parihīno sāmaññatthañca na paripūretī”ti.
gihibhogā → gihibhogā ca (bj, sya-all, pts) | gihibhogā → gihī-, C. E.; gīhi-, B. (pts note)I tell you that this is a simile for this person.
He has missed out on the householder’s enjoyments and does not fulfill the purpose of the contemplative life.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
“Gihibhogā parihīno, sāmaññatthañca dubbhago;
gihibhogā → gihibhogā ca (bj, sya-all, pts) dubbhago → dubhago, Aa.; dubhavo, B.; dubhato, D. E.(with ū, E.); dubhagata, P.; duggato, M.; duggati, Pa; -tiṁ, C. (pts note)He’s missed out on the householder’s enjoyment & the purpose of the contemplative life –unfortunate man! Paridhaṁsamāno pakireti, chavālātaṁva nassati.
paridhaṁsamāno → paridhaṁs-, D. E. M. P. Pa.; paritaṁsamāno ti vinayamāno, A.; parittaṁs-, B.; pariccaṁs-, C. (pts note) | pakireti → pakī-, C. M.; pariki-, B. (pts note) va → va, M.; ca, C. D. E.; -lātañca, B; P. is corrupt here, and Pa. omits the two words. (pts note) | chavālātaṁva → chavālātaṁ va (bjt, pts) | chavālātaṁva nassati → chavālātaṁ (th)Ruining it, he throws it away, perishes like a firebrand used at a funeral.Kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo, pāpadhammā asaññatā; Pāpā pāpehi kammehi, nirayaṁ te upapajjare.
pāpā pāpehi kammehi → vinassati (th)Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto, tatto aggisikhūpamo;
ayoguḷo → -gulo, C. D. E.; guḷo, P.; guḷho, B. M. Pa.-- The second gāthā occurs also in sutt. 48. (pts note)Better to eat an iron ball –glowing, aflame– Yañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo, raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato”ti.
raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññatoti → raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ asaññatoti (bjt, th) | raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññatoti → raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ (pts)than that, unprincipled & unrestrained, he should eat the alms of the country.
