{"id":"snp4.1","title":"Sensual Pleasures","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp4.1","title":"Sensual Pleasures","units":[{"id":"snp4.1:0","sourceIds":["snp4.1:0.1","snp4.1:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 4.1\nKāmasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 4.1\nSensual Pleasures"}},{"id":"snp4.1:1","sourceIds":["snp4.1:1.1","snp4.1:1.2","snp4.1:1.3","snp4.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmaṁ kāmayamānassa,\ntassa ce taṁ samijjhati;\nAddhā pītimano hoti,\nladdhā macco yadicchati.","en":"If a mortal desires sensual pleasure\nand their desire succeeds,\nthey definitely become elated,\nhaving got what they want."}},{"id":"snp4.1:2","sourceIds":["snp4.1:2.1","snp4.1:2.2","snp4.1:2.3","snp4.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa ce kāmayānassa,\nchandajātassa jantuno;\nTe kāmā parihāyanti,\nsallaviddhova ruppati.","en":"But for that personage in the throes of pleasure,\naroused by desire,\nwhen those pleasures fade,\nit inflicts them like an arrow strike."}},{"id":"snp4.1:3","sourceIds":["snp4.1:3.1","snp4.1:3.2","snp4.1:3.3","snp4.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo kāme parivajjeti,\nsappasseva padā siro;\nSomaṁ visattikaṁ loke,\nsato samativattati.","en":"One who, being mindful,\navoids sensual pleasures\nlike side-stepping a snake’s head,\ntranscends attachment to the world."}},{"id":"snp4.1:4","sourceIds":["snp4.1:4.1","snp4.1:4.2","snp4.1:4.3","snp4.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khettaṁ vatthuṁ hiraññaṁ vā,\ngavāssaṁ dāsaporisaṁ;\nThiyo bandhū puthu kāme,\nyo naro anugijjhati.","en":"There are many objects of sensual desire:\nfields, lands, and gold; cattle and horses;\nslaves and servants; women and relatives.\nWhen a man lusts over these,"}},{"id":"snp4.1:5","sourceIds":["snp4.1:5.1","snp4.1:5.2","snp4.1:5.3","snp4.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abalā naṁ balīyanti,\nmaddantenaṁ parissayā;\nTato naṁ dukkhamanveti,\nnāvaṁ bhinnamivodakaṁ.","en":"the weak overpower him\nand adversities crush him.\nSuffering follows him\nlike water in a leaky boat."}},{"id":"snp4.1:6","sourceIds":["snp4.1:6.1","snp4.1:6.2","snp4.1:6.3","snp4.1:6.4","snp4.1:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā jantu sadā sato,\nKāmāni parivajjaye;\nTe pahāya tare oghaṁ,\nNāvaṁ sitvāva pāragūti.\nKāmasuttaṁ paṭhamaṁ.","en":"That’s why a personage, ever mindful,\nshould avoid sensual pleasures.\nGive them up and cross the flood,\nas a bailed-out boat reaches the far shore."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp4.1/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."}