{"id":"ud6.9","title":"Hastening By","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud6.9","title":"Hastening By","units":[{"id":"ud6.9:0","sourceIds":["ud6.9:0.1","ud6.9:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 6.9\nUpātidhāvantisutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 6.9\nHastening By"}},{"id":"ud6.9:1","sourceIds":["ud6.9:1.1","ud6.9:1.2","ud6.9:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ abbhokāse nisinno hoti telappadīpesu jhāyamānesu.","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 the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while oil lamps were burning."}},{"id":"ud6.9:2","sourceIds":["ud6.9:2.1","ud6.9:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā adhipātakā tesu telappadīpesu āpātaparipātaṁ anayaṁ āpajjanti, byasanaṁ āpajjanti, anayabyasanaṁ āpajjanti.\nAddasā kho bhagavā te sambahule adhipātake tesu telappadīpesu āpātaparipātaṁ anayaṁ āpajjante, byasanaṁ āpajjante, anayabyasanaṁ āpajjante.","en":"And many moths were falling down and crashing down into the lamps, coming to grief and ruin.\nThe Buddha saw the moths coming to grief."}},{"id":"ud6.9:3","sourceIds":["ud6.9:3.1"],"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":"ud6.9:4","sourceIds":["ud6.9:4.1","ud6.9:4.2","ud6.9:4.3","ud6.9:4.4","ud6.9:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Upātidhāvanti na sāramenti,\nNavaṁ navaṁ bandhanaṁ brūhayanti;\nPatanti pajjotamivādhipātakā,\nDiṭṭhe sute itiheke niviṭṭhā”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"“Hastening by, they miss the essence,\nsprouting ever more new bonds.\nLike moths falling in the flame,\nsome have become fixed in what is seen or heard.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud6.9/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."}