{"id":"sn3.1","title":"Young","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.1","title":"Young","units":[{"id":"sn3.1:0","sourceIds":["sn3.1:0.1","sn3.1:0.2","sn3.1:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.1\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nDaharasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.1\n1. Shackles\nYoung"}},{"id":"sn3.1:1","sourceIds":["sn3.1:1.1","sn3.1:1.2","sn3.1:1.3","sn3.1:1.4","sn3.1:1.5","sn3.1:1.6","sn3.1:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“bhavampi no gotamo anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddhoti paṭijānātī”ti?\n“Yañhi taṁ, mahārāja, sammā vadamāno vadeyya ‘anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddho’ti, mameva taṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya.\nAhañhi, mahārāja, anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddho”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,\n“Does the worthy Gotama claim to have awakened to the supreme perfect awakening?”\n“If anyone should rightly be said to have awakened to the supreme perfect awakening, it’s me.\nFor, Great King, I have awakened to the supreme perfect awakening.”"}},{"id":"sn3.1:2","sourceIds":["sn3.1:2.1","sn3.1:2.2","sn3.1:2.3","sn3.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yepi te, bho gotama, samaṇabrāhmaṇā saṅghino gaṇino gaṇācariyā ñātā yasassino titthakarā sādhusammatā bahujanassa, seyyathidaṁ—\npūraṇo kassapo, makkhali gosālo, nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto, sañcayo belaṭṭhaputto, pakudho kaccāyano, ajito kesakambalo;\ntepi mayā ‘anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddhoti paṭijānāthā’ti puṭṭhā samānā anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddhoti na paṭijānanti.\nKiṁ pana bhavaṁ gotamo daharo ceva jātiyā navo ca pabbajjāyā”ti?","en":"“Well, there are those ascetics and brahmins who lead an order and a community, and tutor a community. They’re well-known and famous religious founders, deemed holy by many people. That is,\nPūraṇa Kassapa, the bamboo-staffed ascetic Gosāla, the Jain ascetic of the Ñātika clan, Sañjaya Belaṭṭhiputta, Pakudha Kaccāyana, and Ajita of the hair blanket.\nI also asked them whether they claimed to have awakened to the supreme perfect awakening, but they made no such claim.\nSo why do you, given that you’re so young in age and newly gone forth?”"}},{"id":"sn3.1:3","sourceIds":["sn3.1:3.1","sn3.1:3.2","sn3.1:3.3","sn3.1:3.4","sn3.1:3.5","sn3.1:3.6","sn3.1:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattāro kho me, mahārāja, daharāti na uññātabbā, daharāti na paribhotabbā.\nKatame cattāro?\nKhattiyo kho, mahārāja, daharoti na uññātabbo, daharoti na paribhotabbo.\nUrago kho, mahārāja, daharoti na uññātabbo, daharoti na paribhotabbo.\nAggi kho, mahārāja, daharoti na uññātabbo, daharoti na paribhotabbo.\nBhikkhu, kho, mahārāja, daharoti na uññātabbo, daharoti na paribhotabbo.\nIme kho, mahārāja, cattāro daharāti na uññātabbā, daharāti na paribhotabbā”ti.","en":"“Great king, these four things should not be looked down upon or disparaged because they are young.\nWhat four?\nAn aristocrat,\na serpent,\na fire,\nand a mendicant.\nThese four things should not be looked down upon or disparaged because they are young.”"}},{"id":"sn3.1:4","sourceIds":["sn3.1:4.1","sn3.1:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"That is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"sn3.1:5","sourceIds":["sn3.1:5.1","sn3.1:5.2","sn3.1:5.3","sn3.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Khattiyaṁ jātisampannaṁ,\nabhijātaṁ yasassinaṁ;\nDaharoti nāvajāneyya,\nna naṁ paribhave naro.","en":"“A man should not despise\nan aristocrat of impeccable lineage,\nhigh-born and famous,\njust because they’re young."}},{"id":"sn3.1:6","sourceIds":["sn3.1:6.1","sn3.1:6.2","sn3.1:6.3","sn3.1:6.4","sn3.1:6.5","sn3.1:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ṭhānañhi so manujindo,\nrajjaṁ laddhāna khattiyo;\nSo kuddho rājadaṇḍena,\ntasmiṁ pakkamate bhusaṁ;\nTasmā taṁ parivajjeyya,\nrakkhaṁ jīvitamattano.","en":"For it’s possible that that lord of mankind,\nas aristocrat, will gain the throne.\nAnd in his anger he’ll execute a royal punishment,\nand have you violently beaten.\nHence you should avoid him\nfor the sake of your own life."}},{"id":"sn3.1:7","sourceIds":["sn3.1:7.1","sn3.1:7.2","sn3.1:7.3","sn3.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gāme vā yadi vā raññe,\nyattha passe bhujaṅgamaṁ;\nDaharoti nāvajāneyya,\nna naṁ paribhave naro.","en":"Whether in village or wilderness,\nwherever a serpent is seen,\na man should not look down on it\nor despise it for its youth."}},{"id":"sn3.1:8","sourceIds":["sn3.1:8.1","sn3.1:8.2","sn3.1:8.3","sn3.1:8.4","sn3.1:8.5","sn3.1:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uccāvacehi vaṇṇehi,\nurago carati tejasī;\nSo āsajja ḍaṁse bālaṁ,\nnaraṁ nāriñca ekadā;\nTasmā taṁ parivajjeyya,\nrakkhaṁ jīvitamattano.","en":"With its rainbow of colors,\nthe serpent of fiery breath glides along.\nIt lashes out and bites the fool,\nboth men and women alike.\nHence you should avoid it\nfor the sake of your own life."}},{"id":"sn3.1:9","sourceIds":["sn3.1:9.1","sn3.1:9.2","sn3.1:9.3","sn3.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahūtabhakkhaṁ jālinaṁ,\npāvakaṁ kaṇhavattaniṁ;\nDaharoti nāvajāneyya,\nna naṁ paribhave naro.","en":"A fire devours a vast amount,\na conflagration with a blackened trail.\nA man should not look down on it\njust because it’s young."}},{"id":"sn3.1:10","sourceIds":["sn3.1:10.1","sn3.1:10.2","sn3.1:10.3","sn3.1:10.4","sn3.1:10.5","sn3.1:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Laddhā hi so upādānaṁ,\nmahā hutvāna pāvako;\nSo āsajja ḍahe bālaṁ,\nnaraṁ nāriñca ekadā;\nTasmā taṁ parivajjeyya,\nrakkhaṁ jīvitamattano.","en":"For once it gets fuel\nit’ll become a big conflagration.\nIt’ll lash out and burn the fool,\nboth men and women alike.\nHence you should avoid it\nfor the sake of your own life."}},{"id":"sn3.1:11","sourceIds":["sn3.1:11.1","sn3.1:11.2","sn3.1:11.3","sn3.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vanaṁ yadaggi ḍahati,\npāvako kaṇhavattanī;\nJāyanti tattha pārohā,\nahorattānamaccaye.","en":"When a forest is burned by fire,\na conflagration with a blackened trail,\nthe shoots will spring up there again,\nwith the passing of the days and nights."}},{"id":"sn3.1:12","sourceIds":["sn3.1:12.1","sn3.1:12.2","sn3.1:12.3","sn3.1:12.4","sn3.1:12.5","sn3.1:12.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañca kho sīlasampanno,\nbhikkhu ḍahati tejasā;\nNa tassa puttā pasavo,\ndāyādā vindare dhanaṁ;\nAnapaccā adāyādā,\ntālāvatthū bhavanti te.","en":"But if a mendicant endowed with ethics\nburns you with their power,\nyou’ll have no children or livestock,\nnor will your heirs find wealth.\nChildless and heirless you become,\nlike a palm-tree stump."}},{"id":"sn3.1:13","sourceIds":["sn3.1:13.1","sn3.1:13.2","sn3.1:13.3","sn3.1:13.4","sn3.1:13.5","sn3.1:13.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso,\nsampassaṁ atthamattano;\nBhujaṅgamaṁ pāvakañca,\nkhattiyañca yasassinaṁ;\nBhikkhuñca sīlasampannaṁ,\nsammadeva samācare”ti.","en":"That’s why an astute person,\nseeing what’s good for themselves,\nwould always treat these properly:\na serpent, a conflagration,\na famous aristocrat,\nand a mendicant endowed with ethics.”"}},{"id":"sn3.1:14","sourceIds":["sn3.1:14.1","sn3.1:14.2","sn3.1:14.3","sn3.1:14.4","sn3.1:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, rājā pasenadi kosalo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bhante, abhikkantaṁ, bhante.\nSeyyathāpi, bhante, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṁ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEsāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nUpāsakaṁ maṁ, bhante, bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.","en":"When this was said, King Pasenadi of Kosala said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, sir! Excellent!\nAs if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the Buddha has made the teaching clear in many ways.\nI go for refuge to the Buddha, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.\nFrom this day forth, may the Buddha remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.1/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."}