Jaṭāsutta
A Tangle
“Antojaṭā bahijaṭā, “Tangled within, tangled without:
Jaṭāya jaṭitā pajā; these people are tangled in tangles.
Taṁ taṁ gotama pucchāmi, I ask you this, Gotama:
Ko imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭan”ti. who can untangle this tangle?”
“Sīle patiṭṭhāya naro sapañño, “A wise person grounded in ethics,
Cittaṁ paññañca bhāvayaṁ; developing the mind and wisdom,
Ātāpī nipako bhikkhu, a keen and alert mendicant—
So imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭaṁ. they can untangle this tangle.
Yesaṁ rāgo ca doso ca, Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance
avijjā ca virājitā; have faded away;
Khīṇāsavā arahanto, the perfected ones with defilements ended—
tesaṁ vijaṭitā jaṭā. they have untangled the tangle.
Yattha nāmañca rūpañca, And where name and form
asesaṁ uparujjhati; cease with nothing left over;
Paṭighaṁ rūpasaññā ca, and impingement and perception of form:
etthesā chijjate jaṭā”ti.
it’s here that the tangle is cut.”