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7. The Perfected Ones

Arahantavagga

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1KhuddakanikāyaMinor Collection
  • 0.2DhammapadaSayings of the Dhamma 90–99

0.3Arahantavagga7. The Perfected Ones

0.4Jīvakapañhavatthu

1Gataddhino visokassa,At journey’s end, rid of sorrow;2vippamuttassa sabbadhi;everywhere free,3Sabbaganthappahīnassa,all ties given up,4pariḷāho na vijjati.no fever is found in them.

0Mahākassapattheravatthu

1Uyyuñjanti satīmanto,The mindful apply themselves;2na nikete ramanti te;they delight in no abode.3Haṁsāva pallalaṁ hitvā,Like a swan gone from the marsh,4okamokaṁ jahanti te.they leave home after home behind.

0Belaṭṭhasīsattheravatthu

1Yesaṁ sannicayo natthi,Those with nothing stored up,2ye pariññātabhojanā;who have understood their food,3Suññato animitto ca,whose domain is the liberation4vimokkho yesaṁ gocaro;of the signless and the empty:5Ākāseva sakuntānaṁ,their path is hard to trace,6gati tesaṁ durannayā.like birds in the sky.1

0Anuruddhattheravatthu

1Yassāsavā parikkhīṇā,One whose defilements have ended;2āhāre ca anissito;who’s not attached to food;3Suññato animitto ca,whose domain is the liberation4vimokkho yassa gocaro;of the signless and the empty:5Ākāseva sakuntānaṁ,their track is hard to trace,6padaṁ tassa durannayaṁ.like birds in the sky.

0Mahākaccāyanattheravatthu

1Yassindriyāni samathaṅgatāni,Whose faculties have become serene,22Assā yathā sārathinā sudantā;like horses tamed by a charioteer,3Pahīnamānassa anāsavassa,who has abandoned conceit and defilements;4Devāpi tassa pihayanti tādino.the unaffected one is envied by even the gods.

0Sāriputtattheravatthu

1Pathavisamo no virujjhati,Undisturbed like the earth,2Indakhilupamo tādi subbato;true to their vows, steady as Indra’s pillar,3Rahadova apetakaddamo,like a lake clear of mud;4Saṁsārā na bhavanti tādino.such a one does not transmigrate.

0Kosambivāsitissattherasāmaṇeravatthu

1Santaṁ tassa manaṁ hoti,Their mind is peaceful,2santā vācā ca kamma ca;peaceful are their speech and deeds.3Sammadaññāvimuttassa,Such a one is at peace,4upasantassa tādino.rightly freed through enlightenment.

0Sāriputtattheravatthu

1Assaddho akataññū ca,Lacking faith, a house-breaker,2sandhicchedo ca yo naro;one who acknowledges nothing,3Hatāvakāso vantāso,purged of hope, they’ve wasted their chance:4sa ve uttamaporiso.that is indeed the supreme person!

0Khadiravaniyarevatattheravatthu

1Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,Whether in village or wilderness,2Ninne vā yadi vā thale;in a valley or the uplands,3Yattha arahanto viharanti,wherever the perfected ones live4Taṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ.is a delightful place.

0Aññataraitthivatthu

1Ramaṇīyāni araññāni,Delightful are the wildernesses2yattha na ramatī jano;where no people delight.3Vītarāgā ramissanti,Those free of greed will delight there,4na te kāmagavesino.not those who seek sensual pleasures.

5Arahantavaggo sattamo.

Translator’s notes

  1. Rig Veda 1.25.7 says that Varuṇa “knows the track of birds flying through the midspace”.

    ↩ dhp92:6
  2. Similar imagery is found at Kaṭha Upaniṣad 3.3–9.

    ↩ dhp94:1