{"id":"sn3.10","title":"Shackles","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.10","title":"Shackles","units":[{"id":"sn3.10:0","sourceIds":["sn3.10:0.1","sn3.10:0.2","sn3.10:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.10\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nBandhanasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.10\n1. Shackles\nShackles"}},{"id":"sn3.10:1","sourceIds":["sn3.10:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena raññā pasenadinā kosalena mahājanakāyo bandhāpito hoti, appekacce rajjūhi appekacce andūhi appekacce saṅkhalikāhi.","en":"Now at that time a large group of people had been put in shackles by King Pasenadi of Kosala—some in ropes, some in manacles, some in chains."}},{"id":"sn3.10:2","sourceIds":["sn3.10:2.1","sn3.10:2.2","sn3.10:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pavisiṁsu.\nSāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“idha, bhante, raññā pasenadinā kosalena mahājanakāyo bandhāpito, appekacce rajjūhi appekacce andūhi appekacce saṅkhalikāhī”ti.","en":"Then several mendicants robed up in the morning and, taking their bowls and robes, entered Sāvatthī for alms.\nThen, after the meal, when they returned from almsround, they went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what was happening."}},{"id":"sn3.10:3","sourceIds":["sn3.10:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha recited these verses:"}},{"id":"sn3.10:4","sourceIds":["sn3.10:4.1","sn3.10:4.2","sn3.10:4.3","sn3.10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na taṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanamāhu dhīrā,\nYadāyasaṁ dārujaṁ pabbajañca;\nSārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu,\nPuttesu dāresu ca yā apekkhā.","en":"“The attentive say that shackle is not strong\nthat’s made of iron, wood, or knots.\nBut obsession with jeweled earrings,\nconcern for your partners and children:"}},{"id":"sn3.10:5","sourceIds":["sn3.10:5.1","sn3.10:5.2","sn3.10:5.3","sn3.10:5.4","sn3.10:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etaṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanamāhu dhīrā,\nOhārinaṁ sithilaṁ duppamuñcaṁ;\nEtampi chetvāna paribbajanti,\nAnapekkhino kāmasukhaṁ pahāyā”ti.\nPaṭhamo vaggo.","en":"this, say the attentive, is a strong shackle\ndragging the indulgent down, hard to escape.\nHaving cut this one too they go forth,\nunconcerned, having given up sensual pleasures.”"}},{"id":"sn3.10:6","sourceIds":["sn3.10:6.0","sn3.10:6.1","sn3.10:6.2","sn3.10:6.3","sn3.10:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nDaharo puriso jarā,\npiyaṁ attānarakkhito;\nAppakā aḍḍakaraṇaṁ,\nmallikā yaññabandhananti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.10/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."}