Tripiṭaka 1. Sagāthāvagga
1. With Verses
Tip — double-click any Pāli word to look it up in the dictionary.
“Assutavā, bhikkhave, puthujjano yaṁ vācaṁ bhāsati:
“Mendicants, when an unlearned ordinary person says that
Taṁ kho panetaṁ, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano asantaṁ avijjamānaṁ evaṁ vācaṁ bhāsati:
they’re speaking of something that doesn’t exist.
‘atthi mahāsamudde pātālo’ti.
Sārīrikānaṁ kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, dukkhānaṁ vedanānaṁ adhivacanaṁ yadidaṁ ‘pātālo’ti.
‘Abyss’ is a term for painful physical feelings.
Assutavā, bhikkhave, puthujjano sārīrikāya dukkhāya vedanāya phuṭṭho samāno socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṁ kandati sammohaṁ āpajjati.
When an unlearned ordinary person experiences painful physical feelings they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘assutavā puthujjano pātāle na paccuṭṭhāsi, gādhañca nājjhagā’.
They’re called an unlearned ordinary person who hasn’t stood up in the abyss and has found no footing.
Sutavā ca kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako sārīrikāya dukkhāya vedanāya phuṭṭho samāno neva socati, na kilamati, na paridevati, na urattāḷiṁ kandati, na sammohaṁ āpajjati.
When a learned noble disciple experiences painful physical feelings they don’t sorrow or wail or lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘sutavā ariyasāvako pātāle paccuṭṭhāsi, gādhañca ajjhagā’ti.
They’re called a learned noble disciple who has stood up in the abyss and found a footing.
Catutthaṁ.