SN2:25 Jantu
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1Thus have I heard. On one occasion a number of bhikkhus were dwelling among the Kosalans in a little forest hut on a slope of the Himalayas—restless, puffed up, personally vain, rough-tongued, rambling in their talk, muddle-minded, without clear comprehension, unconcentrated, scatter-brained, loose in their sense faculties. [n.176] Spk: Restless (uddhata): of a restless temperament because of perceiving what is unallowable and blameworthy as allowable and blameless (according to the Vinaya), and the converse. Puffed up (unnaḷa): full of hollow conceit like an erect (pithless) reed. Personally vain (capala): by adorning their bowls and robes, etc. Mukhara = mukhakhara ("mouth-rough"): of rough speech. Rambling in their talk (vikiṇṇavaca): of uncontrolled speech, chattering away pointlessly all day long. Muddle-minded (muṭṭhassatino): with lost mindfulness, devoid of mindfulness, forgetful of whatever they have done. Without clear comprehension (asampajana): without wisdom. Unconcentrated (asamahita): devoid of access and absorption concentration, like a ship cast about by a fierce current. Scatter-brained (vibbhantacitta, lit. "with wandering minds"): like foolish deer on a road. Loose in their sense faculties (pakatindriya): with open faculties due to lack of restraint, just as when they were laymen.
2Then, on the Uposatha day of the fifteenth, the young deva Jantu approached those bhikkhus and addressed them in verses: [n.177] Spk: The young deva realized that his exhortation would not be effective if he approached each monk individually, and thus he approached them when they had assembled for the Uposatha day observance (see n. 513).
3v.353 "In the past the bhikkhus lived happily,
The disciples of Gotama.
Without wishes they sought their alms,
Without wishes they used their lodgings.
Having known the world's impermanence,
They made an end to suffering.
4v.354 "But now like headmen in a village
They make themselves hard to maintain.
They eat and eat and then lie down,
Infatuated in others’ homes.
[n.178] Spk: Through infatuation by defilements (Spk-pṭ: by craving), they are infatuated with the daughters-in-law, etc., in the homes of others.
5v.355 "Having reverently saluted the Saṅgha,
I here speak only about some:
They are rejected, without protector,
Become just like the dead.
[n.179] in pāda b, I read vadamahaṁ, with Be, Se, and Ee2, as against Ee1 vandamahaṁ. Ee1 has the former reading in the parallel v. 794b.
Spk: As dead bodies, thrown into the charnel ground, are eaten by various predators and even their relatives do not protect them or guard them, so such men are rejected, without protector, in that they do not get any instruction or advice from their preceptors and teachers. They are just like the dead.
6v.356 "My statement is made with reference
To those who dwell in negligence.
As for those who dwell in diligence,
To them I humbly pay homage."
1Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ sambahulā bhikkhū, kosalesu vihāranti himavantapasse araññakuṭikāya uddhatā unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā muṭṭhassatino asampajānā asamāhitā vibbhantacittā pākatindriyā.
2Atha kho jantu devaputto tadahuposathe pannarase yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā te bhikkhū gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:
3"Sukhajīvino pure āsuṁ,
bhikkhū gotamasāvakā;
Anicchā piṇḍamesanā,
anicchā sayanāsanaṁ;
Loke aniccataṁ ñatvā,
dukkhassantaṁ akaṁsu te.
4Dupposaṁ katvā attānaṁ,
gāme gāmaṇikā viya;
Bhutvā bhutvā nipajjanti,
parāgāresu mucchitā.
5Saṅghassa añjaliṁ katvā,
idhekacce vadāmahaṁ;
Apaviddhā anāthā te,
yathā petā tatheva te.
6Ye kho pamattā vihāranti,
te me sandhāya bhāsitaṁ;
Ye appamattā vihāranti,
namo tesaṁ karomahan"ti.