{"id":"kp7","title":"Outside the Walls","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"kp7","title":"Outside the Walls","units":[{"id":"kp7:0","sourceIds":["kp7:0.1","kp7:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakapāṭha 7\nTirokuṭṭasutta","en":"Basic Passages 7\nOutside the Walls"}},{"id":"kp7:1","sourceIds":["kp7:1.1","kp7:1.2","kp7:1.3","kp7:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tirokuṭṭesu tiṭṭhanti,\nsandhisiṅghāṭakesu ca;\nDvārabāhāsu tiṭṭhanti,\nāgantvāna sakaṁ gharaṁ.","en":"Outside the walls they stand and wait,\nat the junctions and the crossroads.\nReturning to their former homes\nthey wait beside the door posts."}},{"id":"kp7:2","sourceIds":["kp7:2.1","kp7:2.2","kp7:2.3","kp7:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahūte annapānamhi,\nkhajjabhojje upaṭṭhite;\nNa tesaṁ koci sarati,\nsattānaṁ kammapaccayā.","en":"But when lavish food and drink\nof many kinds is set out,\nno one remembers them at all,\nbecause of those beings’s deeds."}},{"id":"kp7:3","sourceIds":["kp7:3.1","kp7:3.2","kp7:3.3","kp7:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ dadanti ñātīnaṁ,\nye honti anukampakā;\nSuciṁ paṇītaṁ kālena,\nkappiyaṁ pānabhojanaṁ.","en":"That’s why those who have compassion\ngive to their relatives\nfood and drink at the right time,\nthat’s clean, delicious, and suitable."}},{"id":"kp7:4","sourceIds":["kp7:4.1","kp7:4.2","kp7:4.3","kp7:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idaṁ vo ñātīnaṁ hotu,\nsukhitā hontu ñātayo;\nTe ca tattha samāgantvā,\nñātipetā samāgatā.","en":"“May this be for our relatives!\nMay our relatives be happy!”\nThose ghosts who have gathered there,\nthe departed relatives who have come"}},{"id":"kp7:5","sourceIds":["kp7:5.1","kp7:5.2","kp7:5.3","kp7:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahūte annapānamhi,\nsakkaccaṁ anumodare;\nCiraṁ jīvantu no ñātī,\nyesaṁ hetu labhāmase.","en":"for the lavish food and drink\ngratefully express appreciation:\n“May our relatives live long!\nFor those to whom we owe this gain,"}},{"id":"kp7:6","sourceIds":["kp7:6.1","kp7:6.2","kp7:6.3","kp7:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Amhākañca katā pūjā,\ndāyakā ca anipphalā;\nNa hi tattha kasī atthi,\ngorakkhettha na vijjati.","en":"who have given honor to us,\nit will not be fruitless for the donor.”\nThere is no farming there,\nno cow pasture can be found;"}},{"id":"kp7:7","sourceIds":["kp7:7.1","kp7:7.2","kp7:7.3","kp7:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vaṇijjā tādisī natthi,\nhiraññena kayākayaṁ;\nIto dinnena yāpenti,\npetā kālagatā tahiṁ.","en":"likewise there’s no trading,\nand no commerce in gold coin.\nThe departed, the dead in that place\nlive on what is given here."}},{"id":"kp7:8","sourceIds":["kp7:8.1","kp7:8.2","kp7:8.3","kp7:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Unname udakaṁ vuṭṭhaṁ,\nyathā ninnaṁ pavattati;\nEvamevaṁ ito dinnaṁ,\npetānaṁ upakappati.","en":"Just as water that rains on high\nflows down to the plains,\nso too what is given here\naids the departed ghosts."}},{"id":"kp7:9","sourceIds":["kp7:9.1","kp7:9.2","kp7:9.3","kp7:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā vārivahā pūrā,\nparipūrenti sāgaraṁ;\nEvamevaṁ ito dinnaṁ,\npetānaṁ upakappati.","en":"Just as the rivers full\nswell the ocean seas\nso too what is given here\naids the departed ghosts."}},{"id":"kp7:10","sourceIds":["kp7:10.1","kp7:10.2","kp7:10.3","kp7:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adāsi me akāsi me,\nñāti mittā sakhā ca me;\nPetānaṁ dakkhiṇaṁ dajjā,\npubbe katamanussaraṁ.","en":"Thinking: “They gave to me, they did for me,\nthey were my family, friend, comrade”,\ngive offerings to departed kin,\nremembering past deeds."}},{"id":"kp7:11","sourceIds":["kp7:11.1","kp7:11.2","kp7:11.3","kp7:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi ruṇṇaṁ vā soko vā,\nyā caññā paridevanā;\nNa taṁ petānamatthāya,\nevaṁ tiṭṭhanti ñātayo.","en":"For neither tears nor grief\nor other lamentations\nare of any use to the departed,\nso long as their relatives stay like this."}},{"id":"kp7:12","sourceIds":["kp7:12.1","kp7:12.2","kp7:12.3","kp7:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayañca kho dakkhiṇā dinnā,\nsaṅghamhi suppatiṭṭhitā;\nDīgharattaṁ hitāyassa,\nṭhānaso upakappati.","en":"This offering that has been given,\nwell placed in the Saṅgha,\nis for their lasting welfare,\nand aids them right away."}},{"id":"kp7:13","sourceIds":["kp7:13.1","kp7:13.2","kp7:13.3","kp7:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So ñātidhammo ca ayaṁ nidassito,\nPetāna pūjā ca katā uḷārā;\nBalañca bhikkhūnamanuppadinnaṁ,\nTumhehi puññaṁ pasutaṁ anappakanti.","en":"The relative’s duty has now been shown:\nhow high honor to departed is performed,\nhow the mendicants can be kept strong,\nand how no little merit is produced by you."}},{"id":"kp7:14","sourceIds":["kp7:14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tirokuṭṭasuttaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/kp7/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}