1.1PTS 1.156Atha kho dve brāhmaṇā jiṇṇā vuddhā mahallakā addhagatā vayoanuppattā vīsavassasatikā jātiyā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te brāhmaṇā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:Then two old brahmins—elderly and senior, who were advanced in years and had reached the final stage of life, a hundred and twenty years old—went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

1.2“mayamassu, bho gotama, brāhmaṇā jiṇṇā vuddhā mahallakā addhagatā vayoanuppattā vīsavassasatikā jātiyā;“We brahmins, worthy Gotama, are old, elderly and senior, we’re advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; we’re a hundred and twenty years old.1.3te camhā akatakalyāṇā akatakusalā akatabhīruttāṇā.And we haven’t done what is good and skillful, nor have we made a shelter from fear.1.4Ovadatu no bhavaṁ gotamo, anusāsatu no bhavaṁ gotamo yaṁ amhākaṁ assa dīgharattaṁ hitāya sukhāyā”ti.Advise us, worthy Gotama, instruct us! It will be for our lasting welfare and happiness.”

2.1“Taggha tumhe, brāhmaṇā, jiṇṇā vuddhā mahallakā addhagatā vayoanuppattā vīsavassasatikā jātiyā;“Indeed, brahmins, you’re old, elderly and senior.2.2te cattha akatakalyāṇā akatakusalā akatabhīruttāṇā.And you haven’t done what is good and skillful, nor have you made a shelter from fear.2.3Āditto kho ayaṁ, brāhmaṇā, loko jarāya byādhinā maraṇena.This world is burning with old age, sickness, and death.2.4Evaṁ āditte kho, brāhmaṇā, loke jarāya byādhinā maraṇena, yo idha kāyena saṁyamo vācāya saṁyamo manasā saṁyamo, taṁ tassa petassa tāṇañca leṇañca dīpañca saraṇañca parāyaṇañcāti.But restraint here by way of body, speech, and mind is the shelter, asylum, island, refuge, and final haven for the departed.

3.1Ādittasmiṁ agārasmiṁ,When your house is on fire,3.2yaṁ nīharati bhājanaṁ;you rescue the pot3.3Taṁ tassa hoti atthāya,that’s useful,3.4no ca yaṁ tattha ḍayhati.not the one that’s burnt.

4.1Evaṁ āditto kho loko,And as the world is on fire4.2jarāya maraṇena ca;with old age and death,4.3Nīharetheva dānena,you should rescue by giving,4.4dinnaṁ hoti sunīhataṁ.for what’s given is rescued.

5.1Yodha kāyena saṁyamo,The restraint practiced here—5.2Vācāya uda cetasā;of body, speech, and mind—5.3Taṁ tassa petassa sukhāya hoti,leads the departed to happiness,5.4Yaṁ jīvamāno pakaroti puññan”ti.as the good deeds done while living.”

5.5Dutiyaṁ.