{"id":"snp1.12","title":"The Sage","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp1.12","title":"The Sage","units":[{"id":"snp1.12:0","sourceIds":["snp1.12:0.1","snp1.12:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 1.12\nMunisutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 1.12\nThe Sage"}},{"id":"snp1.12:1","sourceIds":["snp1.12:1.1","snp1.12:1.2","snp1.12:1.3","snp1.12:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santhavāto bhayaṁ jātaṁ,\nniketā jāyate rajo;\nAniketamasanthavaṁ,\netaṁ ve munidassanaṁ.","en":"Peril stems from intimacy,\ndust comes from an abode.\nFreedom from abode and intimacy:\nthat is the sage’s vision."}},{"id":"snp1.12:2","sourceIds":["snp1.12:2.1","snp1.12:2.2","snp1.12:2.3","snp1.12:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo jātamucchijja na ropayeyya,\nJāyantamassa nānuppavecche;\nTamāhu ekaṁ muninaṁ carantaṁ,\nAddakkhi so santipadaṁ mahesi.","en":"Having cut down what’s grown, they wouldn’t replant,\nnor would they nurture what’s growing.\nThat’s who they call a sage wandering alone,\nthe great seer has seen the state of peace."}},{"id":"snp1.12:3","sourceIds":["snp1.12:3.1","snp1.12:3.2","snp1.12:3.3","snp1.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkhāya vatthūni pamāya bījaṁ,\nSinehamassa nānuppavecche;\nSa ve munī jātikhayantadassī,\nTakkaṁ pahāya na upeti saṅkhaṁ.","en":"Having appraised the fields and measured the seeds,\nthey wouldn’t nurture them with moisture.\nTruly that sage who sees the ending of rebirth\nhas left speculation behind and is beyond reckoning."}},{"id":"snp1.12:4","sourceIds":["snp1.12:4.1","snp1.12:4.2","snp1.12:4.3","snp1.12:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññāya sabbāni nivesanāni,\nAnikāmayaṁ aññatarampi tesaṁ;\nSa ve munī vītagedho agiddho,\nNāyūhatī pāragato hi hoti.","en":"Understanding all the planes of rebirth,\nnot wanting a single one of them;\ntruly that sage freed of greed\nneed not swim, for they have reached the far shore."}},{"id":"snp1.12:5","sourceIds":["snp1.12:5.1","snp1.12:5.2","snp1.12:5.3","snp1.12:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbābhibhuṁ sabbaviduṁ sumedhaṁ,\nSabbesu dhammesu anūpalittaṁ;\nSabbañjahaṁ taṇhakkhaye vimuttaṁ,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"The vanquisher of all, knower of all, so very intelligent,\nunsullied in the midst of all things,\nhas given up all, freed in the ending of craving:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:6","sourceIds":["snp1.12:6.1","snp1.12:6.2","snp1.12:6.3","snp1.12:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paññābalaṁ sīlavatūpapannaṁ,\nSamāhitaṁ jhānarataṁ satīmaṁ;\nSaṅgā pamuttaṁ akhilaṁ anāsavaṁ,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"Strong in wisdom, with precepts and observances intact,\nserene, loving absorption, mindful,\nreleased from chains, kind, undefiled:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:7","sourceIds":["snp1.12:7.1","snp1.12:7.2","snp1.12:7.3","snp1.12:7.4","snp1.12:7.5","snp1.12:7.6","snp1.12:7.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ carantaṁ munimappamattaṁ,\nNindāpasaṁsāsu avedhamānaṁ;\nSīhaṁva saddesu asantasantaṁ,\nVātaṁva jālamhi asajjamānaṁ;\nPadmaṁva toyena alippamānaṁ,\nNetāramaññesamanaññaneyyaṁ;\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"The diligent sage wandering alone,\nis unshaken by blame and praise—\nlike a lion not startled by sounds,\nlike wind not caught in a net,\nlike water not sticking to a lotus.\nLeader of others, not by others led:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:8","sourceIds":["snp1.12:8.1","snp1.12:8.2","snp1.12:8.3","snp1.12:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ogahaṇe thambhorivābhijāyati,\nYasmiṁ pare vācāpariyantaṁ vadanti;\nTaṁ vītarāgaṁ susamāhitindriyaṁ,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"Steady as a post in a bathing-place\nwhen others speak endlessly against them,\nfreed of greed, with senses stilled:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:9","sourceIds":["snp1.12:9.1","snp1.12:9.2","snp1.12:9.3","snp1.12:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ve ṭhitatto tasaraṁva ujju,\nJigucchati kammehi pāpakehi;\nVīmaṁsamāno visamaṁ samañca,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"Steadfast, straight as a spindle,\nhorrified by wicked deeds,\ndiscerning the just and the unjust:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:10","sourceIds":["snp1.12:10.1","snp1.12:10.2","snp1.12:10.3","snp1.12:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo saññatatto na karoti pāpaṁ,\nDaharo majjhimo ca muni yatatto;\nArosaneyyo na so roseti kañci,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"Restrained, they do no evil,\nyoung or middle-aged, the sage is self-controlled.\nIrreproachable, he does not insult anyone:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:11","sourceIds":["snp1.12:11.1","snp1.12:11.2","snp1.12:11.3","snp1.12:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadaggato majjhato sesato vā,\nPiṇḍaṁ labhetha paradattūpajīvī;\nNālaṁ thutuṁ nopi nipaccavādī,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"When one who lives on charity receives alms,\nfrom the top, the middle, or the leftovers,\nthey think it unworthy to praise or put down:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:12","sourceIds":["snp1.12:12.1","snp1.12:12.2","snp1.12:12.3","snp1.12:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Muniṁ carantaṁ virataṁ methunasmā,\nYo yobbane nopanibajjhate kvaci;\nMadappamādā virataṁ vippamuttaṁ,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"The sage lives refraining from sex,\neven when young is not tied down,\nrefraining from indulgence and negligence, freed:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:13","sourceIds":["snp1.12:13.1","snp1.12:13.2","snp1.12:13.3","snp1.12:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññāya lokaṁ paramatthadassiṁ,\nOghaṁ samuddaṁ atitariya tādiṁ;\nTaṁ chinnaganthaṁ asitaṁ anāsavaṁ,\nTaṁ vāpi dhīrā muni vedayanti.","en":"Understanding the world, the seer of the ultimate goal,\nthe unaffected one, having crossed the flood and the ocean,\nhas cut the ties, unattached and undefiled:\nthat’s who the attentive know as a sage."}},{"id":"snp1.12:14","sourceIds":["snp1.12:14.1","snp1.12:14.2","snp1.12:14.3","snp1.12:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asamā ubho dūravihāravuttino,\nGihī dāraposī amamo ca subbato;\nParapāṇarodhāya gihī asaññato,\nNiccaṁ munī rakkhati pāṇine yato.","en":"The two are not the same, far apart in lifestyle and conduct—\nthe householder providing for a wife, and the selfless one true to their vows.\nThe unrestrained householder kills other creatures,\nwhile the restrained sage always protects living creatures."}},{"id":"snp1.12:15","sourceIds":["snp1.12:15.1","snp1.12:15.2","snp1.12:15.3","snp1.12:15.4","snp1.12:15.5","snp1.12:15.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sikhī yathā nīlagīvo vihaṅgamo,\nHaṁsassa nopeti javaṁ kudācanaṁ;\nEvaṁ gihī nānukaroti bhikkhuno,\nMunino vivittassa vanamhi jhāyatoti.\nMunisuttaṁ dvādasamaṁ.\nUragavaggo paṭhamo.","en":"As the crested blue-necked peacock flying through the sky\nnever approaches the speed of the swan,\nso the householder cannot compete with the mendicant,\nthe sage meditating secluded in the woods."}},{"id":"snp1.12:16","sourceIds":["snp1.12:16.0","snp1.12:16.1","snp1.12:16.2","snp1.12:16.3","snp1.12:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nUrago dhaniyo ceva,\nvisāṇañca tathā kasi;\nCundo parābhavo ceva,\nvasalo mettabhāvanā."}},{"id":"snp1.12:17","sourceIds":["snp1.12:17.1","snp1.12:17.2","snp1.12:17.3","snp1.12:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sātāgiro āḷavako,\nVijayo ca tathā muni;\nDvādasetāni suttāni,\nUragavaggoti vuccatīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.12/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."}