{"id":"snp1.9","title":"With Hemavata","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp1.9","title":"With Hemavata","units":[{"id":"snp1.9:0","sourceIds":["snp1.9:0.1","snp1.9:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 1.9\nHemavatasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 1.9\nWith Hemavata"}},{"id":"snp1.9:1","sourceIds":["snp1.9:1.1","snp1.9:1.2","snp1.9:1.3","snp1.9:1.4","snp1.9:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ajja pannaraso uposatho,\n(iti sātāgiro yakkho)\nDibbā ratti upaṭṭhitā;\nAnomanāmaṁ satthāraṁ,\nHanda passāma gotamaṁ”.","en":"“Today is the fifteenth day sabbath,”\nsaid Sātāgira, the native spirit of mount Sātā,\n“a holy night is at hand.\nCome now, let us see Gotama,\nthe Teacher of peerless name.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:2","sourceIds":["snp1.9:2.1","snp1.9:2.2","snp1.9:2.3","snp1.9:2.4","snp1.9:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kacci mano supaṇihito,\n(iti hemavato yakkho)\nSabbabhūtesu tādino;\nKacci iṭṭhe aniṭṭhe ca,\nSaṅkappassa vasīkatā”.","en":"“Isn’t his mind well-disposed,”\nsaid Hemavata, the native spirit of the Himalayas,\n“impartial toward all creatures?\nAnd aren’t his thoughts under control\nwhen it comes to likes and dislikes?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:3","sourceIds":["snp1.9:3.1","snp1.9:3.2","snp1.9:3.3","snp1.9:3.4","snp1.9:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mano cassa supaṇihito,\n(iti sātāgiro yakkho)\nSabbabhūtesu tādino;\nAtho iṭṭhe aniṭṭhe ca,\nSaṅkappassa vasīkatā”.","en":"“His mind is well-disposed,”\nsaid Sātāgira,\n“impartial toward all creatures.\nHis thoughts are under control\nwhen it comes to his likes and dislikes.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:4","sourceIds":["snp1.9:4.1","snp1.9:4.2","snp1.9:4.3","snp1.9:4.4","snp1.9:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kacci adinnaṁ nādiyati,\n(iti hemavato yakkho)\nKacci pāṇesu saññato;\nKacci ārā pamādamhā,\nKacci jhānaṁ na riñcati”.","en":"“Doesn’t he not steal?”\nsaid Hemavata,\n“And doesn’t he harm not a creature?\nIsn’t he far from negligence?\nAnd doesn’t he not neglect absorption?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:5","sourceIds":["snp1.9:5.1","snp1.9:5.2","snp1.9:5.3","snp1.9:5.4","snp1.9:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na so adinnaṁ ādiyati,\n(iti sātāgiro yakkho)\nAtho pāṇesu saññato;\nAtho ārā pamādamhā,\nBuddho jhānaṁ na riñcati”.","en":"“He does not take what is not given,”\nsaid Sātāgira,\n“and he harms not a creature.\nHe is far from negligence—\nthe Buddha does not neglect absorption.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:6","sourceIds":["snp1.9:6.1","snp1.9:6.2","snp1.9:6.3","snp1.9:6.4","snp1.9:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kacci musā na bhaṇati,\n(iti hemavato yakkho)\nKacci na khīṇabyappatho;\nKacci vebhūtiyaṁ nāha,\nKacci samphaṁ na bhāsati”.","en":"“Doesn’t he avoid lying?”\nsaid Hemavata,\n“And doesn’t he not speak sharply?\nDoesn’t he avoid backbiting,\nas well as speaking nonsense?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:7","sourceIds":["snp1.9:7.1","snp1.9:7.2","snp1.9:7.3","snp1.9:7.4","snp1.9:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Musā ca so na bhaṇati,\n(iti sātāgiro yakkho)\nAtho na khīṇabyappatho;\nAtho vebhūtiyaṁ nāha,\nMantā atthañca bhāsati”.","en":"“He does not lie,”\nsaid Sātāgira,\n“nor does he speak sharply.\nHe avoids backbiting,\nand thoughtfully speaks wise counsel.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:8","sourceIds":["snp1.9:8.1","snp1.9:8.2","snp1.9:8.3","snp1.9:8.4","snp1.9:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kacci na rajjati kāmesu,\n(iti hemavato yakkho)\nKacci cittaṁ anāvilaṁ;\nKacci mohaṁ atikkanto,\nKacci dhammesu cakkhumā”.","en":"“Doesn’t he find sensual pleasures unattractive?”\nsaid Hemavata,\n“And isn’t his mind unclouded?\nHasn’t he escaped delusion?\nDoes his eye see clearly in all things?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:9","sourceIds":["snp1.9:9.1","snp1.9:9.2","snp1.9:9.3","snp1.9:9.4","snp1.9:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na so rajjati kāmesu,\n(iti sātāgiro yakkho)\nAtho cittaṁ anāvilaṁ;\nSabbamohaṁ atikkanto,\nBuddho dhammesu cakkhumā”.","en":"“He does not find sensual pleasures attractive,”\nsaid Sātāgira,\n“and his mind is unclouded.\nHe has escaped all delusion—\nthe Buddha, whose eye sees clearly in all things.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:10","sourceIds":["snp1.9:10.1","snp1.9:10.2","snp1.9:10.3","snp1.9:10.4","snp1.9:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kacci vijjāya sampanno,\n(iti hemavato yakkho)\nKacci saṁsuddhacāraṇo;\nKaccissa āsavā khīṇā,\nKacci natthi punabbhavo”.","en":"“Isn’t he accomplished in knowledge?”\nsaid Hemavata,\n“And doesn’t he live a pure life?\nAren’t his defilements all ended?\nDoesn’t he have no future lives?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:11","sourceIds":["snp1.9:11.1","snp1.9:11.2","snp1.9:11.3","snp1.9:11.4","snp1.9:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vijjāya ceva sampanno,\n(iti sātāgiro yakkho)\nAtho saṁsuddhacāraṇo;\nSabbassa āsavā khīṇā,\nNatthi tassa punabbhavo”.","en":"“He is accomplished in knowledge,”\nsaid Sātāgira,\n“and he does live a pure life.\nHis defilements are all ended,\nthere’ll be no more future lives for him.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:12","sourceIds":["snp1.9:12.1","snp1.9:12.2","snp1.9:12.3","snp1.9:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sampannaṁ munino cittaṁ,\nKammunā byappathena ca;\nVijjācaraṇasampannaṁ,\nDhammato naṁ pasaṁsati”.","en":"“Accomplished is the sage’s mind\nin action and in speech,\nand he’s accomplished in knowledge and conduct\nas per the teaching you praise.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:13","sourceIds":["snp1.9:13.1","snp1.9:13.2","snp1.9:13.3","snp1.9:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sampannaṁ munino cittaṁ,\nKammunā byappathena ca;\nVijjācaraṇasampannaṁ,\nDhammato anumodasi.","en":"“Accomplished is the sage’s mind\nin action and in speech,\nand he’s accomplished in knowledge and conduct\nas per the teaching you rejoice in."}},{"id":"snp1.9:14","sourceIds":["snp1.9:14.1","snp1.9:14.2","snp1.9:14.3","snp1.9:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sampannaṁ munino cittaṁ,\nKammunā byappathena ca;\nVijjācaraṇasampannaṁ,\nHanda passāma gotamaṁ”.","en":"Accomplished is the sage’s mind\nin action and in speech,\nand he’s accomplished in knowledge and conduct:\ncome now, let us see Gotama.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:15","sourceIds":["snp1.9:15.1","snp1.9:15.2","snp1.9:15.3","snp1.9:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Eṇijaṅghaṁ kisaṁ vīraṁ,\nAppāhāraṁ alolupaṁ;\nMuniṁ vanasmiṁ jhāyantaṁ,\nEhi passāma gotamaṁ.","en":"“The hero so lean, with antelope calves,\nnot greedy, eating little,\nthe sage meditating alone in the forest,\ncome now, let us see Gotama."}},{"id":"snp1.9:16","sourceIds":["snp1.9:16.1","snp1.9:16.2","snp1.9:16.3","snp1.9:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīhaṁvekacaraṁ nāgaṁ,\nKāmesu anapekkhinaṁ;\nUpasaṅkamma pucchāma,\nMaccupāsappamocanaṁ.","en":"A giant, wandering alone like a lion,\nunconcerned for sensual pleasures,\nlet’s approach him and ask about\nrelease from the snare of death.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:17","sourceIds":["snp1.9:17.1","snp1.9:17.2","snp1.9:17.3","snp1.9:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Akkhātāraṁ pavattāraṁ,\nSabbadhammāna pāraguṁ;\nBuddhaṁ verabhayātītaṁ,\nMayaṁ pucchāma gotamaṁ”.","en":"“The communicator, the instructor,\nwho has gone beyond all things,\nAwakened, beyond enmities and fears,\nlet us ask Gotama.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:18","sourceIds":["snp1.9:18.1","snp1.9:18.2","snp1.9:18.3","snp1.9:18.4","snp1.9:18.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kismiṁ loko samuppanno,\n(iti hemavato yakkho)\nKismiṁ kubbati santhavaṁ;\nKissa loko upādāya,\nKismiṁ loko vihaññati”.","en":"“What has the world arisen in?”\nsaid Hemavata,\n“What does it get close to?\nBy grasping what\nis the world troubled in what?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:19","sourceIds":["snp1.9:19.1","snp1.9:19.2","snp1.9:19.3","snp1.9:19.4","snp1.9:19.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Chasu loko samuppanno,\n(hemavatāti bhagavā)\nChasu kubbati santhavaṁ;\nChannameva upādāya,\nChasu loko vihaññati”.","en":"“The world’s arisen in six,”\nsaid the Buddha to Hemavata.\n“It gets close to six.\nDerived from the six,\nthe world’s troubled in six.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:20","sourceIds":["snp1.9:20.1","snp1.9:20.2","snp1.9:20.3","snp1.9:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamaṁ taṁ upādānaṁ,\nYattha loko vihaññati;\nNiyyānaṁ pucchito brūhi,\nKathaṁ dukkhā pamuccati”.","en":"“What is that grasping\nby which the world is troubled?\nTell us the exit when asked:\nhow is one released from all suffering?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:21","sourceIds":["snp1.9:21.1","snp1.9:21.2","snp1.9:21.3","snp1.9:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañca kāmaguṇā loke,\nManochaṭṭhā paveditā;\nEttha chandaṁ virājetvā,\nEvaṁ dukkhā pamuccati.","en":"“The world has five kinds of sensual stimulation,\nand the mind is said to be the sixth.\nWhen you’ve discarded desire for these,\nyou’re released from all suffering."}},{"id":"snp1.9:22","sourceIds":["snp1.9:22.1","snp1.9:22.2","snp1.9:22.3","snp1.9:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etaṁ lokassa niyyānaṁ,\nAkkhātaṁ vo yathātathaṁ;\nEtaṁ vo ahamakkhāmi,\nEvaṁ dukkhā pamuccati”.","en":"This is the exit from the world,\nexplained in accord with the truth.\nThe way I’ve explained it is how\nyou’re released from all suffering.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:23","sourceIds":["snp1.9:23.1","snp1.9:23.2","snp1.9:23.3","snp1.9:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko sūdha tarati oghaṁ,\nKodha tarati aṇṇavaṁ;\nAppatiṭṭhe anālambe,\nKo gambhīre na sīdati”.","en":"“Who here crosses the flood,\nWho crosses the deluge?\nWho, not standing and unsupported,\ndoes not sink in the deep?”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:24","sourceIds":["snp1.9:24.1","snp1.9:24.2","snp1.9:24.3","snp1.9:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbadā sīlasampanno,\nPaññavā susamāhito;\nAjjhattacintī satimā,\nOghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.","en":"“Someone who is always endowed with ethics,\nwise and serene,\ninwardly reflective, mindful,\ncrosses the flood so hard to cross."}},{"id":"snp1.9:25","sourceIds":["snp1.9:25.1","snp1.9:25.2","snp1.9:25.3","snp1.9:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Virato kāmasaññāya,\nSabbasaṁyojanātigo;\nNandībhavaparikkhīṇo,\nSo gambhīre na sīdati”.","en":"Someone who desists from sensual perception,\nwho has escaped all fetters,\nand has ended relish for rebirth,\ndoes not sink in the deep.”"}},{"id":"snp1.9:26","sourceIds":["snp1.9:26.1","snp1.9:26.2","snp1.9:26.3","snp1.9:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Gambhīrapaññaṁ nipuṇatthadassiṁ,\nAkiñcanaṁ kāmabhave asattaṁ;\nTaṁ passatha sabbadhi vippamuttaṁ,\nDibbe pathe kamamānaṁ mahesiṁ.","en":"“Behold him of wisdom deep who sees the subtle meaning,\nwho has nothing, unattached to sensual life,\neverywhere free,\nthe great seer treading the holy road."}},{"id":"snp1.9:27","sourceIds":["snp1.9:27.1","snp1.9:27.2","snp1.9:27.3","snp1.9:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anomanāmaṁ nipuṇatthadassiṁ,\nPaññādadaṁ kāmālaye asattaṁ;\nTaṁ passatha sabbaviduṁ sumedhaṁ,\nAriye pathe kamamānaṁ mahesiṁ.","en":"Behold him of peerless name who sees the subtle meaning,\ngiver of wisdom, unattached to the realm of sensuality:\nthe all-knower, so very intelligent,\nthe great seer treading the noble road."}},{"id":"snp1.9:28","sourceIds":["snp1.9:28.1","snp1.9:28.2","snp1.9:28.3","snp1.9:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sudiṭṭhaṁ vata no ajja,\nSuppabhātaṁ suhuṭṭhitaṁ;\nYaṁ addasāma sambuddhaṁ,\nOghatiṇṇamanāsavaṁ.","en":"It was a fine sight for us today,\na good sunup, a good rising,\nto see the Awakened One,\nthe undefiled one who has crossed the flood."}},{"id":"snp1.9:29","sourceIds":["snp1.9:29.1","snp1.9:29.2","snp1.9:29.3","snp1.9:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ime dasasatā yakkhā,\nIddhimanto yasassino;\nSabbe taṁ saraṇaṁ yanti,\nTvaṁ no satthā anuttaro.","en":"These thousand native spirits\npowerful and glorious,\nall go to you for refuge,\nyou are our supreme Teacher."}},{"id":"snp1.9:30","sourceIds":["snp1.9:30.1","snp1.9:30.2","snp1.9:30.3","snp1.9:30.4","snp1.9:30.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te mayaṁ vicarissāma,\nGāmā gāmaṁ nagā nagaṁ;\nNamassamānā sambuddhaṁ,\nDhammassa ca sudhammatan”ti.\nHemavatasuttaṁ navamaṁ.","en":"We shall journey\nvillage to village, peak to peak,\npaying homage to the Buddha,\nand the clear rightness of the teaching!”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.9/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."}