{"id":"sn1.77","title":"Authority","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.77","title":"Authority","units":[{"id":"sn1.77:0","sourceIds":["sn1.77:0.1","sn1.77:0.2","sn1.77:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.77\n8. Chetvāvagga\nIssariyasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.77\n8. Slain\nAuthority"}},{"id":"sn1.77:1","sourceIds":["sn1.77:1.1","sn1.77:1.2","sn1.77:1.3","sn1.77:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁsu issariyaṁ loke,\nkiṁsu bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;\nKiṁsu satthamalaṁ loke,\nkiṁsu lokasmimabbudaṁ.","en":"“What is authority in the world?\nWhat’s the best of valuables?\nWhat in the world is a rusty sword?\nWho is a pest in the world?"}},{"id":"sn1.77:2","sourceIds":["sn1.77:2.1","sn1.77:2.2","sn1.77:2.3","sn1.77:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiṁsu harantaṁ vārenti,\nharanto pana ko piyo;\nKiṁsu punappunāyantaṁ,\nabhinandanti paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"Who gets arrested when they take things away?\nAnd who is loved when they take things away?\nAnd who is approved by the astute\nwhen they come again and again?”"}},{"id":"sn1.77:3","sourceIds":["sn1.77:3.1","sn1.77:3.2","sn1.77:3.3","sn1.77:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vaso issariyaṁ loke,\nitthī bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;\nKodho satthamalaṁ loke,\ncorā lokasmimabbudā.","en":"“Sway is authority in the world.\nA woman is the best of valuables.\nAnger in the world is a rusty sword.\nA bandit is a pest in the world."}},{"id":"sn1.77:4","sourceIds":["sn1.77:4.1","sn1.77:4.2","sn1.77:4.3","sn1.77:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Coraṁ harantaṁ vārenti,\nharanto samaṇo piyo;\nSamaṇaṁ punappunāyantaṁ,\nabhinandanti paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"A bandit gets arrested when they take things away.\nAnd an ascetic is loved when they take things away.\nAn ascetic is approved by the astute\nwhen they come again and again.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.77/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."}