2:3 Moral Shame

253One flouting moral shame, despising it,
who says, “I am your friend,”
but does not do what can be done:
one should know of him: “He is not my [friend].”In pāda b I read sakhāham with Ce and Ee, as against Be tavāham. On the reading of pāda c, Sayhāni kammāni anādiyantan ti evaṃ bhāsitvāpi ca sayhāni kātuṃ sakkānipi tassa kammāni anādiyantaṃ karaṇatthāya asamādiyantaṃ. Kātuṃ sakkāni is evidently intended as the gloss on sayhāni, but the parallel at Ja III 196,12 has seyyāni kammāni, glossed vacanassa anurūpāni uttamakammāni, “supreme deeds that accord with his words.”. Pāda d needs a word to complete the sense. I adopt “friend” from Pj II. (1)

254The wise understand this one
who utters endearing speech to his friends
without following it up [with deeds]
as one who speaks without acting. (2) [46]

255He is not a friend who is always alert
in suspecting dissension, observing only one’s fault.
But he on whom one relies, like a son on [his father’s] breast,
who cannot be divided by others, is truly a friend. (3)

256One develops a state productive of joy,
happiness that brings praise,
[expectant of] its fruit and benefit,
carrying out one’s personal duty. (4)

257Having drunk the taste of solitude
and the taste of tranquil peace,
one is without distress, without evil,
drinking the taste of rapture in the Dhamma. (5)

Snp 2.3: Hirisutta

253Hiriṁ tarantaṁ vijigucchamānaṁ,
Tavāhamasmi iti bhāsamānaṁ;
Sayhāni kammāni anādiyantaṁ,
Neso mamanti iti naṁ vijaññā.

254 Ananvayaṁ piyaṁ vācaṁ,
yo mittesu pakubbati;
Akarontaṁ bhāsamānaṁ,
parijānanti paṇḍitā.

255 Na so mitto yo sadā appamatto,
Bhedāsaṅkī randhamevānupassī;
Yasmiñca seti urasīva putto,
Sa ve mitto yo parehi abhejjo.

256 Pāmujjakaraṇaṁ ṭhānaṁ,
pasaṁsāvahanaṁ sukhaṁ;
Phalānisaṁso bhāveti,
vahanto porisaṁ dhuraṁ.

257 Pavivekarasaṁ pitvā,
Rasaṁ upasamassa ca;
Niddaro hoti nippāpo,
Dhammapītirasaṁ pivanti.

Hirisuttaṁ tatiyaṁ.