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3. A Sword

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.23

Linked Discourses 1.23

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3. Sattivagga

3. A Sword

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Jaṭāsutta

A Tangle

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“Antojaṭā bahijaṭā,

“Tangled within, tangled without:

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Jaṭāya jaṭitā pajā;

these people are tangled in tangles.

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Taṁ taṁ gotama pucchāmi,

I ask you this, Gotama:

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Ko imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭan”ti.

who can untangle this tangle?”

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“Sīle patiṭṭhāya naro sapañño,

“A wise person grounded in ethics,

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Cittaṁ paññañca bhāvayaṁ;

developing the mind and wisdom,

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Ātāpī nipako bhikkhu,

a keen and alert mendicant—

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So imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭaṁ.

they can untangle this tangle.

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Yesaṁ rāgo ca doso ca,

Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance

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avijjā ca virājitā;

have faded away;

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Khīṇāsavā arahanto,

the perfected ones with defilements ended—

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tesaṁ vijaṭitā jaṭā.

they have untangled the tangle.

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Yattha nāmañca rūpañca,

And where name and form

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asesaṁ uparujjhati;

cease with no residue left behind;

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Paṭighaṁ rūpasaññā ca,

and impingement and perception of form:

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etthesā chijjate jaṭā”ti.

it’s here that the tangle is cut.”