{"id":"snp4.6","title":"Old Age","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp4.6","title":"Old Age","units":[{"id":"snp4.6:0","sourceIds":["snp4.6:0.1","snp4.6:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 4.6\nJarāsutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 4.6\nOld Age"}},{"id":"snp4.6:1","sourceIds":["snp4.6:1.1","snp4.6:1.2","snp4.6:1.3","snp4.6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appaṁ vata jīvitaṁ idaṁ,\nOraṁ vassasatāpi miyyati;\nYo cepi aticca jīvati,\nAtha kho so jarasāpi miyyati.","en":"Short, alas, is this life;\nyou die before a hundred years.\nEven if you live a little longer,\nyou still die of old age."}},{"id":"snp4.6:2","sourceIds":["snp4.6:2.1","snp4.6:2.2","snp4.6:2.3","snp4.6:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Socanti janā mamāyite,\nNa hi santi niccā pariggahā;\nVinābhāvasantamevidaṁ,\nIti disvā nāgāramāvase.","en":"People grieve over belongings,\nyet there is no such thing as permanent possessions.\nSeparation is a fact of life; when you see this,\nyou wouldn’t stay living at home."}},{"id":"snp4.6:3","sourceIds":["snp4.6:3.1","snp4.6:3.2","snp4.6:3.3","snp4.6:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Maraṇenapi taṁ pahīyati,\nYaṁ puriso mamidanti maññati;\nEtampi viditvā paṇḍito,\nNa mamattāya nametha māmako.","en":"Whatever a person thinks of as belonging to them,\nthat too is given up when they die.\nKnowing this, an astute follower of mine\nwould not be bent on ownership."}},{"id":"snp4.6:4","sourceIds":["snp4.6:4.1","snp4.6:4.2","snp4.6:4.3","snp4.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Supinena yathāpi saṅgataṁ,\nPaṭibuddho puriso na passati;\nEvampi piyāyitaṁ janaṁ,\nPetaṁ kālaṅkataṁ na passati.","en":"Just as, upon awakening, a person does not see\nwhat they encountered in a dream;\nso too you do not see your loved ones\nwhen they are dead and gone."}},{"id":"snp4.6:5","sourceIds":["snp4.6:5.1","snp4.6:5.2","snp4.6:5.3","snp4.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhāpi sutāpi te janā,\nYesaṁ nāmamidaṁ pavuccati;\nNāmaṁyevāvasissati,\nAkkheyyaṁ petassa jantuno.","en":"You used to see and hear those folk,\nand call them by their name.\nYet the name is all that’s left to tell\nof a personage when they’re gone."}},{"id":"snp4.6:6","sourceIds":["snp4.6:6.1","snp4.6:6.2","snp4.6:6.3","snp4.6:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sokapparidevamaccharaṁ,\nNa jahanti giddhā mamāyite;\nTasmā munayo pariggahaṁ,\nHitvā acariṁsu khemadassino.","en":"Those who are greedy for belongings\ndon’t give up sorrow, lamentation, and stinginess.\nThat’s why the sages, seers of sanctuary,\nleft possessions behind and wandered."}},{"id":"snp4.6:7","sourceIds":["snp4.6:7.1","snp4.6:7.2","snp4.6:7.3","snp4.6:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Patilīnacarassa bhikkhuno,\nBhajamānassa vivittamāsanaṁ;\nSāmaggiyamāhu tassa taṁ,\nYo attānaṁ bhavane na dassaye.","en":"For a mendicant who lives withdrawn,\nfrequenting a secluded seat,\nthey say it’s fitting\nto not show themselves in a home."}},{"id":"snp4.6:8","sourceIds":["snp4.6:8.1","snp4.6:8.2","snp4.6:8.3","snp4.6:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbattha munī anissito,\nNa piyaṁ kubbati nopi appiyaṁ;\nTasmiṁ paridevamaccharaṁ,\nPaṇṇe vāri yathā na limpati.","en":"The sage is independent everywhere,\nthey don’t form likes or dislikes.\nLamentation and stinginess\nslip off them like water from a leaf."}},{"id":"snp4.6:9","sourceIds":["snp4.6:9.1","snp4.6:9.2","snp4.6:9.3","snp4.6:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udabindu yathāpi pokkhare,\nPadume vāri yathā na limpati;\nEvaṁ muni nopalimpati,\nYadidaṁ diṭṭhasutaṁ mutesu vā.","en":"Like a droplet slips from a lotus-leaf,\nlike water from a lotus flower;\nthe sage doesn’t cling to that\nwhich is seen or heard or thought."}},{"id":"snp4.6:10","sourceIds":["snp4.6:10.1","snp4.6:10.2","snp4.6:10.3","snp4.6:10.4","snp4.6:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhono na hi tena maññati,\nYadidaṁ diṭṭhasutaṁ mutesu vā;\nNāññena visuddhimicchati,\nNa hi so rajjati no virajjatīti.\nJarāsuttaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"For the one who is cleansed does not conceive\nin terms of things seen, heard, or thought.\nThey do not wish to be purified by another;\nthey are neither passionate nor growing dispassioned."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp4.6/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."}