{"id":"thag14.2","title":"Godatta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag14.2","title":"Godatta","units":[{"id":"thag14.2:0","sourceIds":["thag14.2:0.1","thag14.2:0.2","thag14.2:0.3","thag14.2:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 14.2\nCuddasakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nGodattattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 14.2\nThe Book of the Fourteens\nChapter One\nGodatta"}},{"id":"thag14.2:1","sourceIds":["thag14.2:1.1","thag14.2:1.2","thag14.2:1.3","thag14.2:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathāpi bhaddo ājañño,\ndhure yutto dhurassaho;\nMathito atibhārena,\nsaṁyugaṁ nātivattati.","en":"Just as a fine thoroughbred,\nyoked to a carriage, endures the load.\nThough oppressed by the heavy burden,\nit doesn’t shake off the yoke."}},{"id":"thag14.2:2","sourceIds":["thag14.2:2.1","thag14.2:2.2","thag14.2:2.3","thag14.2:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ paññāya ye tittā,\nsamuddo vārinā yathā;\nNa pare atimaññanti,\nariyadhammova pāṇinaṁ.","en":"So too, those who are as full of wisdom\nas the ocean is with water,\ndon’t look down on others;\nthis is the teaching of the noble ones for living creatures."}},{"id":"thag14.2:3","sourceIds":["thag14.2:3.1","thag14.2:3.2","thag14.2:3.3","thag14.2:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāle kālavasaṁ pattā,\nbhavābhavavasaṁ gatā;\nNarā dukkhaṁ nigacchanti,\ntedha socanti māṇavā.","en":"People who fall under the sway of time,\nthe sway of rebirth in this or that state,\nundergo suffering,\nand those young men grieve in this life."}},{"id":"thag14.2:4","sourceIds":["thag14.2:4.1","thag14.2:4.2","thag14.2:4.3","thag14.2:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Unnatā sukhadhammena,\ndukkhadhammena conatā;\nDvayena bālā haññanti,\nyathābhūtaṁ adassino.","en":"Elated by things that bring happiness,\ndowncast by things that bring suffering:\nthis pair destroys the fool\nwho doesn’t see things as they are."}},{"id":"thag14.2:5","sourceIds":["thag14.2:5.1","thag14.2:5.2","thag14.2:5.3","thag14.2:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca dukkhe sukhasmiñca,\nmajjhe sibbinimaccagū;\nṬhitā te indakhīlova,\nna te unnataonatā.","en":"But those who in suffering, and in happiness,\nand in the middle have overcome the weaver—\nthey stand like Indra’s pillar,\nneither elated nor downcast."}},{"id":"thag14.2:6","sourceIds":["thag14.2:6.1","thag14.2:6.2","thag14.2:6.3","thag14.2:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na heva lābhe nālābhe,\nna yase na ca kittiyā;\nNa nindāyaṁ pasaṁsāya,\nna te dukkhe sukhamhi ca.","en":"Not to gain nor loss,\nnot to fame nor reputation,\nnot to criticism nor praise,\nnot to suffering nor happiness—"}},{"id":"thag14.2:7","sourceIds":["thag14.2:7.1","thag14.2:7.2","thag14.2:7.3","thag14.2:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbattha te na limpanti,\nudabinduva pokkhare;\nSabbattha sukhitā dhīrā,\nsabbattha aparājitā.","en":"the wise cling to nothing,\nlike a droplet on a lotus-leaf.\nThey are happy everywhere,\nand victorious everywhere."}},{"id":"thag14.2:8","sourceIds":["thag14.2:8.1","thag14.2:8.2","thag14.2:8.3","thag14.2:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammena ca alābho yo,\nyo ca lābho adhammiko;\nAlābho dhammiko seyyo,\nyañce lābho adhammiko.","en":"There’s legitimate loss,\nand there’s illegitimate gain.\nLegitimate loss is better\nthan illegitimate gain."}},{"id":"thag14.2:9","sourceIds":["thag14.2:9.1","thag14.2:9.2","thag14.2:9.3","thag14.2:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaso ca appabuddhīnaṁ,\nviññūnaṁ ayaso ca yo;\nAyasova seyyo viññūnaṁ,\nna yaso appabuddhinaṁ.","en":"There’s the fame of the unintelligent,\nand there’s the disrepute of the discerning.\nThe disrepute of the discerning is better\nthan the fame of the unintelligent."}},{"id":"thag14.2:10","sourceIds":["thag14.2:10.1","thag14.2:10.2","thag14.2:10.3","thag14.2:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dummedhehi pasaṁsā ca,\nviññūhi garahā ca yā;\nGarahāva seyyo viññūhi,\nyañce bālappasaṁsanā.","en":"There’s praise by simpletons,\nand there’s criticism by the discerning.\nCriticism by the discerning is better\nthan praise by fools."}},{"id":"thag14.2:11","sourceIds":["thag14.2:11.1","thag14.2:11.2","thag14.2:11.3","thag14.2:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhañca kāmamayikaṁ,\ndukkhañca pavivekiyaṁ;\nPavivekadukkhaṁ seyyo,\nyañce kāmamayaṁ sukhaṁ.","en":"There’s the happiness of sensual pleasures,\nand there’s the suffering of seclusion.\nThe suffering of seclusion is better\nthan the happiness of sensual pleasures."}},{"id":"thag14.2:12","sourceIds":["thag14.2:12.1","thag14.2:12.2","thag14.2:12.3","thag14.2:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jīvitañca adhammena,\ndhammena maraṇañca yaṁ;\nMaraṇaṁ dhammikaṁ seyyo,\nyañce jīve adhammikaṁ.","en":"There’s life without principles,\nand there’s death with principles.\nDeath with principles is better\nthan life without principles."}},{"id":"thag14.2:13","sourceIds":["thag14.2:13.1","thag14.2:13.2","thag14.2:13.3","thag14.2:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmakopappahīnā ye,\nsantacittā bhavābhave;\nCaranti loke asitā,\nnatthi tesaṁ piyāpiyaṁ.","en":"Those who’ve given up desire and anger,\ntheir minds at peace regarding rebirth in this or that state,\nwander in the world unattached,\nfor them nothing is beloved or unloved."}},{"id":"thag14.2:14","sourceIds":["thag14.2:14.1","thag14.2:14.2","thag14.2:14.3","thag14.2:14.4","thag14.2:14.5","thag14.2:14.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhāvayitvāna bojjhaṅge,\nindriyāni balāni ca;\nPappuyya paramaṁ santiṁ,\nparinibbantināsavā”ti.\n… Godatto thero …\nCuddasakanipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"Having developed the awakening factors,\nthe faculties and the powers,\nhaving arrived at ultimate peace,\nthe undefiled become fully quenched."}},{"id":"thag14.2:15","sourceIds":["thag14.2:15.0","thag14.2:15.1","thag14.2:15.2","thag14.2:15.3","thag14.2:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nRevato ceva godatto,\ntherā dve te mahiddhikā;\nCuddasamhi nipātamhi,\ngāthāyo aṭṭhavīsatīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag14.2/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."}