{"id":"sn2.22","title":"With Khema","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn2.22","title":"With Khema","units":[{"id":"sn2.22:0","sourceIds":["sn2.22:0.1","sn2.22:0.2","sn2.22:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.22\n3. Nānātitthiyavagga\nKhemasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 2.22\n3. Various Sectarians\nWith Khema"}},{"id":"sn2.22:1","sourceIds":["sn2.22:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho khemo devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Standing to one side, the godling Khema recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn2.22:2","sourceIds":["sn2.22:2.1","sn2.22:2.2","sn2.22:2.3","sn2.22:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Caranti bālā dummedhā,\namitteneva attanā;\nKarontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,\nyaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ.","en":"“Fools and simpletons behave\nlike their own worst enemies,\ndoing wicked deeds\nthat ripen as bitter fruit."}},{"id":"sn2.22:3","sourceIds":["sn2.22:3.1","sn2.22:3.2","sn2.22:3.3","sn2.22:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,\nyaṁ katvā anutappati;\nYassa assumukho rodaṁ,\nvipākaṁ paṭisevati.","en":"It’s not good to do a deed\nthat plagues you later on,\nfor which you weep and wail,\nas its effect stays with you."}},{"id":"sn2.22:4","sourceIds":["sn2.22:4.1","sn2.22:4.2","sn2.22:4.3","sn2.22:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,\nyaṁ katvā nānutappati;\nYassa patīto sumano,\nvipākaṁ paṭisevati.","en":"It is good to do a deed\nthat doesn’t plague you later on,\nthat gladdens and cheers,\nas its effect stays with you.”"}},{"id":"sn2.22:5","sourceIds":["sn2.22:5.1","sn2.22:5.2","sn2.22:5.3","sn2.22:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṭikacceva taṁ kayirā,\nyaṁ jaññā hitamattano;\nNa sākaṭikacintāya,\nmantā dhīro parakkame.","en":"“As a precaution, you should do\nwhat you know is for your own welfare.\nA thinker, an attentive one would not proceed\nthinking like the cart driver."}},{"id":"sn2.22:6","sourceIds":["sn2.22:6.1","sn2.22:6.2","sn2.22:6.3","sn2.22:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā sākaṭiko maṭṭhaṁ,\nsamaṁ hitvā mahāpathaṁ;\nVisamaṁ maggamāruyha,\nakkhacchinnova jhāyati.","en":"Suppose a cart driver leaves the highway,\nso even and well compacted.\nThey enter upon a rough road,\nand fret as soon as their axle is broken."}},{"id":"sn2.22:7","sourceIds":["sn2.22:7.1","sn2.22:7.2","sn2.22:7.3","sn2.22:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ dhammā apakkamma,\nadhammamanuvattiya;\nMando maccumukhaṁ patto,\nakkhacchinnova jhāyatī”ti.","en":"So too, a dullard leaves the good\nto follow what’s against the good.\nFallen in the jaws of death,\nthey fret like one whose axle is broken.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.22/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."}