{"id":"ud5.4","title":"The Boys","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud5.4","title":"The Boys","units":[{"id":"ud5.4:0","sourceIds":["ud5.4:0.1","ud5.4:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 5.4\nKumārakasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 5.4\nThe Boys"}},{"id":"ud5.4:1","sourceIds":["ud5.4:1.1","ud5.4:1.2","ud5.4:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena sambahulā kumārakā antarā ca sāvatthiṁ antarā ca jetavanaṁ macchake bādhenti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time, between Sāvatthī and the Jeta Grove, several boys were tormenting some fish."}},{"id":"ud5.4:2","sourceIds":["ud5.4:2.1","ud5.4:2.2","ud5.4:2.3","ud5.4:2.4","ud5.4:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.\nAddasā kho bhagavā te sambahule kumārake antarā ca sāvatthiṁ antarā ca jetavanaṁ macchake bādhente.\nDisvāna yena te kumārakā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā te kumārake etadavoca:\n“bhāyatha vo, tumhe kumārakā, dukkhassa, appiyaṁ vo dukkhan”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante, bhāyāma mayaṁ, bhante, dukkhassa, appiyaṁ no dukkhan”ti.","en":"Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.\nHe saw the boys tormenting the fish.\nHe went to them and said,\n“Boys, do you fear pain? Do you dislike pain?”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied. “We dislike pain.”"}},{"id":"ud5.4:3","sourceIds":["ud5.4:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:"}},{"id":"ud5.4:4","sourceIds":["ud5.4:4.1","ud5.4:4.2","ud5.4:4.3","ud5.4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sace bhāyatha dukkhassa,\nsace vo dukkhamappiyaṁ;\nMākattha pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,\nāvi vā yadi vā raho.","en":"“If you fear pain,\nif you dislike pain,\ndon’t do bad deeds\neither openly or in secret."}},{"id":"ud5.4:5","sourceIds":["ud5.4:5.1","ud5.4:5.2","ud5.4:5.3","ud5.4:5.4","ud5.4:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace ca pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,\nkarissatha karotha vā;\nNa vo dukkhā pamutyatthi,\nupeccapi palāyatan”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"If you should do a bad deed,\nnow or in the future,\nyou won’t be freed from suffering,\nthough you fly away and flee.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud5.4/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."}