{"id":"thag16.10","title":"Pārāsariya (3rd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag16.10","title":"Pārāsariya (3rd)","units":[{"id":"thag16.10:0","sourceIds":["thag16.10:0.1","thag16.10:0.2","thag16.10:0.3","thag16.10:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 16.10\nVīsatinipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nPārāpariyattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 16.10\nThe Book of the Twenties\nChapter One\nPārāsariya (3rd)"}},{"id":"thag16.10:1","sourceIds":["thag16.10:1.1","thag16.10:1.2","thag16.10:1.3","thag16.10:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samaṇassa ahu cintā,\npupphitamhi mahāvane;\nEkaggassa nisinnassa,\npavivittassa jhāyino.","en":"This thought came to the ascetic\nin the forest full of flowers,\nas he was seated alone\nmeditating in seclusion:"}},{"id":"thag16.10:2","sourceIds":["thag16.10:2.1","thag16.10:2.2","thag16.10:2.3","thag16.10:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aññathā lokanāthamhi,\ntiṭṭhante purisuttame;\nIriyaṁ āsi bhikkhūnaṁ,\naññathā dāni dissati.","en":"“The behavior of the mendicants\nthese days seems different\nfrom when the protector of the world,\nthe best of men, was still here."}},{"id":"thag16.10:3","sourceIds":["thag16.10:3.1","thag16.10:3.2","thag16.10:3.3","thag16.10:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sītavātaparittāṇaṁ,\nhirikopīnachādanaṁ;\nMattaṭṭhiyaṁ abhuñjiṁsu,\nsantuṭṭhā itarītare.","en":"Their robes were only for covering the private parts,\nand protection from the cold and wind.\nThey ate in moderation,\ncontent with whatever they were offered."}},{"id":"thag16.10:4","sourceIds":["thag16.10:4.1","thag16.10:4.2","thag16.10:4.3","thag16.10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṇītaṁ yadi vā lūkhaṁ,\nappaṁ vā yadi vā bahuṁ;\nYāpanatthaṁ abhuñjiṁsu,\nagiddhā nādhimucchitā.","en":"Whether food was fine or coarse,\na little or a lot,\nthey ate only for sustenance,\nwithout greed or gluttony."}},{"id":"thag16.10:5","sourceIds":["thag16.10:5.1","thag16.10:5.2","thag16.10:5.3","thag16.10:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jīvitānaṁ parikkhāre,\nbhesajje atha paccaye;\nNa bāḷhaṁ ussukā āsuṁ,\nyathā te āsavakkhaye.","en":"They weren’t so very eager\nfor the requisites of life,\nsuch as tonics and other necessities,\nas they were for the ending of defilements."}},{"id":"thag16.10:6","sourceIds":["thag16.10:6.1","thag16.10:6.2","thag16.10:6.3","thag16.10:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Araññe rukkhamūlesu,\nkandarāsu guhāsu ca;\nVivekamanubrūhantā,\nvihaṁsu tapparāyaṇā.","en":"In the wilderness, at a tree’s root,\nin caves and caverns,\nfostering seclusion,\nthey lived with that as their final goal."}},{"id":"thag16.10:7","sourceIds":["thag16.10:7.1","thag16.10:7.2","thag16.10:7.3","thag16.10:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nīcā niviṭṭhā subharā,\nmudū atthaddhamānasā;\nAbyāsekā amukharā,\natthacintā vasānugā.","en":"They were used to simple things, unburdensome,\ngentle, not pompous at heart,\nunsullied, not scurrilous,\ntheir thoughts were intent on the goal."}},{"id":"thag16.10:8","sourceIds":["thag16.10:8.1","thag16.10:8.2","thag16.10:8.3","thag16.10:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato pāsādikaṁ āsi,\ngataṁ bhuttaṁ nisevitaṁ;\nSiniddhā teladhārāva,\nahosi iriyāpatho.","en":"That’s why they inspired confidence,\nin their movements, eating, and practice;\ntheir deportment was as smooth\nas a stream of oil."}},{"id":"thag16.10:9","sourceIds":["thag16.10:9.1","thag16.10:9.2","thag16.10:9.3","thag16.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbāsavaparikkhīṇā,\nmahājhāyī mahāhitā;\nNibbutā dāni te therā,\nparittā dāni tādisā.","en":"With the utter ending of all defilements,\nthose senior monks have now been quenched.\nThey were great meditators and great benefactors—\nthere are few like them today."}},{"id":"thag16.10:10","sourceIds":["thag16.10:10.1","thag16.10:10.2","thag16.10:10.3","thag16.10:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kusalānañca dhammānaṁ,\npaññāya ca parikkhayā;\nSabbākāravarūpetaṁ,\nlujjate jinasāsanaṁ.","en":"With the ending\nof good principles and understanding,\nthe victor’s teaching,\nfull of all excellent qualities, falls apart."}},{"id":"thag16.10:11","sourceIds":["thag16.10:11.1","thag16.10:11.2","thag16.10:11.3","thag16.10:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāpakānañca dhammānaṁ,\nkilesānañca yo utu;\nUpaṭṭhitā vivekāya,\nye ca saddhammasesakā.","en":"This is the season\nfor bad principles and defilements.\nThose who are ready for seclusion\nare all that’s left of the true Dhamma."}},{"id":"thag16.10:12","sourceIds":["thag16.10:12.1","thag16.10:12.2","thag16.10:12.3","thag16.10:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te kilesā pavaḍḍhantā,\nāvisanti bahuṁ janaṁ;\nKīḷanti maññe bālehi,\nummattehiva rakkhasā.","en":"As they grow, the defilements\npossess most people;\nthey play with fools, it seems to me,\nlike monsters with the mad."}},{"id":"thag16.10:13","sourceIds":["thag16.10:13.1","thag16.10:13.2","thag16.10:13.3","thag16.10:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kilesehābhibhūtā te,\ntena tena vidhāvitā;\nNarā kilesavatthūsu,\nsasaṅgāmeva ghosite.","en":"Overcome by defilements,\nthey run here and there\namong the bases for defilement,\nas if they had declared war on themselves."}},{"id":"thag16.10:14","sourceIds":["thag16.10:14.1","thag16.10:14.2","thag16.10:14.3","thag16.10:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pariccajitvā saddhammaṁ,\naññamaññehi bhaṇḍare;\nDiṭṭhigatāni anventā,\nidaṁ seyyoti maññare.","en":"Having forsaken the true teaching,\nthey argue with each other.\nFollowing wrong views\nthey think, ‘This is better.’"}},{"id":"thag16.10:15","sourceIds":["thag16.10:15.1","thag16.10:15.2","thag16.10:15.3","thag16.10:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhanañca puttaṁ bhariyañca,\nchaḍḍayitvāna niggatā;\nKaṭacchubhikkhahetūpi,\nakicchāni nisevare.","en":"They cut off their wealth,\nchildren, and wife to go forth.\nBut then they do what they shouldn’t,\nfor the sake of a measly spoon of almsfood."}},{"id":"thag16.10:16","sourceIds":["thag16.10:16.1","thag16.10:16.2","thag16.10:16.3","thag16.10:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udarāvadehakaṁ bhutvā,\nsayantuttānaseyyakā;\nKathaṁ vattenti paṭibuddhā,\nyā kathā satthugarahitā.","en":"They eat until their bellies are full,\nand then they lie to sleep on their backs.\nWhen they wake up, they keep on chatting,\nthe kind of talk the Teacher criticized."}},{"id":"thag16.10:17","sourceIds":["thag16.10:17.1","thag16.10:17.2","thag16.10:17.3","thag16.10:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbakārukasippāni,\ncittiṁ katvāna sikkhare;\nAvūpasantā ajjhattaṁ,\nsāmaññatthotiacchati.","en":"Valuing all the arts and crafts,\nthey train themselves in them.\nNot being settled internally, they think,\n‘This is the goal of the ascetic life.’"}},{"id":"thag16.10:18","sourceIds":["thag16.10:18.1","thag16.10:18.2","thag16.10:18.3","thag16.10:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mattikaṁ telacuṇṇañca,\nudakāsanabhojanaṁ;\nGihīnaṁ upanāmenti,\nākaṅkhantā bahuttaraṁ.","en":"They provide clay, oil, and talcum powder,\nwater, lodgings, and food\nfor householders,\nexpecting more in return."}},{"id":"thag16.10:19","sourceIds":["thag16.10:19.1","thag16.10:19.2","thag16.10:19.3","thag16.10:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dantaponaṁ kapitthañca,\npupphaṁ khādaniyāni ca;\nPiṇḍapāte ca sampanne,\nambe āmalakāni ca.","en":"And in addition, tooth-picks of white fig,\nflowers, food to eat,\nwell-cooked almsfood,\nmangoes and myrobalans."}},{"id":"thag16.10:20","sourceIds":["thag16.10:20.1","thag16.10:20.2","thag16.10:20.3","thag16.10:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhesajjesu yathā vejjā,\nkiccākicce yathā gihī;\nGaṇikāva vibhūsāyaṁ,\nissare khattiyā yathā.","en":"In medicine they are like doctors,\nin business like householders,\nin makeup like prostitutes,\nin sovereignty like aristocrats."}},{"id":"thag16.10:21","sourceIds":["thag16.10:21.1","thag16.10:21.2","thag16.10:21.3","thag16.10:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nekatikā vañcanikā,\nkūṭasakkhī apāṭukā;\nBahūhi parikappehi,\nāmisaṁ paribhuñjare.","en":"Cheats, frauds,\nfalse witnesses, sly:\nusing multiple plans,\nthey enjoy things of the flesh."}},{"id":"thag16.10:22","sourceIds":["thag16.10:22.1","thag16.10:22.2","thag16.10:22.3","thag16.10:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Lesakappe pariyāye,\nparikappenudhāvitā;\nJīvikatthā upāyena,\nsaṅkaḍḍhanti bahuṁ dhanaṁ.","en":"Pursuing shams, contrivances, and plans,\nby such means\nthey accumulate a lot of wealth\nfor the sake of their own livelihood."}},{"id":"thag16.10:23","sourceIds":["thag16.10:23.1","thag16.10:23.2","thag16.10:23.3","thag16.10:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upaṭṭhāpenti parisaṁ,\nkammato no ca dhammato;\nDhammaṁ paresaṁ desenti,\nlābhato no ca atthato.","en":"They assemble the community\nfor business rather than Dhamma.\nThey teach the Dhamma to others\nfor gain, not for the goal."}},{"id":"thag16.10:24","sourceIds":["thag16.10:24.1","thag16.10:24.2","thag16.10:24.3","thag16.10:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅghalābhassa bhaṇḍanti,\nsaṅghato paribāhirā;\nParalābhopajīvantā,\nahirīkā na lajjare.","en":"Those barred from the Saṅgha\nquarrel over the Saṅgha’s property.\nLacking conscience, they do not care\nthat they live on the earnings of others."}},{"id":"thag16.10:25","sourceIds":["thag16.10:25.1","thag16.10:25.2","thag16.10:25.3","thag16.10:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nānuyuttā tathā eke,\nmuṇḍā saṅghāṭipārutā;\nSambhāvanaṁyevicchanti,\nlābhasakkāramucchitā.","en":"Some with shaven head and robe\nare not devoted to practice,\nbut wish only to be honored,\nbesotted with property and reverence."}},{"id":"thag16.10:26","sourceIds":["thag16.10:26.1","thag16.10:26.2","thag16.10:26.3","thag16.10:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ nānappayātamhi,\nna dāni sukaraṁ tathā;\nAphusitaṁ vā phusituṁ,\nphusitaṁ vānurakkhituṁ.","en":"When things have come to this,\nit’s not easy these days\nto realize what has not yet been realized,\nor to preserve what has been realized."}},{"id":"thag16.10:27","sourceIds":["thag16.10:27.1","thag16.10:27.2","thag16.10:27.3","thag16.10:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā kaṇṭakaṭṭhānamhi,\ncareyya anupāhano;\nSatiṁ upaṭṭhapetvāna,\nevaṁ gāme munī care.","en":"When shoeless on a thorny path,\none would walk\nvery mindfully;\nthat’s how a sage should walk in the village."}},{"id":"thag16.10:28","sourceIds":["thag16.10:28.1","thag16.10:28.2","thag16.10:28.3","thag16.10:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saritvā pubbake yogī,\ntesaṁ vattamanussaraṁ;\nKiñcāpi pacchimo kālo,\nphuseyya amataṁ padaṁ.","en":"Remembering the meditators of old,\nand recollecting their conduct,\neven in the latter days,\nit’s still possible to realize freedom from death.”"}},{"id":"thag16.10:29","sourceIds":["thag16.10:29.1","thag16.10:29.2","thag16.10:29.3","thag16.10:29.4","thag16.10:29.5","thag16.10:29.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idaṁ vatvā sālavane,\nsamaṇo bhāvitindriyo;\nBrāhmaṇo parinibbāyī,\nisi khīṇapunabbhavo”ti.\n… Pārāpariyo thero …\nVīsatinipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"That is what the ascetic, whose faculties\nwere fully developed, said in the sāl tree grove.\nThe brahmin, the seer, became fully extinguished,\nputting an end to all future lives."}},{"id":"thag16.10:30","sourceIds":["thag16.10:30.0","thag16.10:30.1","thag16.10:30.2","thag16.10:30.3","thag16.10:30.4","thag16.10:30.5","thag16.10:30.6","thag16.10:30.7","thag16.10:30.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nAdhimutto pārāpariyo,\ntelakāni raṭṭhapālo;\nMālukyaselo bhaddiyo,\naṅguli dibbacakkhuko;\nPārāpariyo dasete,\nvīsamhi parikittitā;\nGāthāyo dve satā honti,\npañcatālīsa uttarinti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag16.10/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."}