1.1PTS 4.160“Kasanti vapanti te janā,“Those folk sow and reap,¹1.2Manujā kammaphalūpajīvino;men living on the fruit of their work.1.3Nayimassa dīpakassa bhāgino,They have no share of this island.1.4Jambudīpā idameva no varaṁ”.This is better far than India!”

2.1PTS 4.162“Tipañcarattūpagatamhi cande,“When the fifteenth day full moon has risen,²2.2Vego mahā hehiti sāgarassa;there will be a great flood from the sea,2.3Uplavissaṁ dīpamimaṁ uḷāraṁ,drowning this splendid isle.2.4Mā vo vadhī gacchatha leṇamaññaṁ”.Let it not destroy you all! Go to some other haven!”

3.1“Na jātuyaṁ sāgaravārivego,“Never shall a mighty flood of water from the sea³3.2Uplavissaṁ dīpamimaṁ uḷāraṁ;drown this splendid isle—3.3Taṁ me nimittehi bahūhi diṭṭhaṁ,I have seen that through many a sign.3.4Mā bhetha kiṁ socatha modathavho.Don’t fear! Why worry? Celebrate!⁴

4.1Pahūtabhakkhaṁ bahuannapānaṁ,You’ve come to this splendid abode,4.2Pattattha āvāsamimaṁ uḷāraṁ;full of food and drink.4.3Na vo bhayaṁ paṭipassāmi kiñci,I see no danger for you at all.4.4Āputtaputtehi pamodathavho”.Celebrate, even unto the sons of sons!”⁵

5.1PTS 4.163“Yo devoyaṁ dakkhiṇāyaṁ disāyaṁ,“This god in the southern quarter⁶5.2Khemanti pakkosati tassa saccaṁ;crying, ‘It is safe!’: his is the truth!5.3Na uttaro vedi bhayābhayassa,The northern doesn’t know if there’s a danger or not.5.4Mā bhetha kiṁ socatha modathavho”.Don’t fear! Why worry? Celebrate!”

6.1“Yathā ime vippavadanti yakkhā,“As these spirits argue,⁷6.2Eko bhayaṁ saṁsati khemameko;one reporting danger, one safety,6.3Tadiṅgha mayhaṁ vacanaṁ suṇātha,please heed my advice,6.4Khippaṁ lahuṁ mā vinassimha sabbe.lest we perish swift and fleet.

7.1Sabbe samāgamma karoma nāvaṁ,Let all join together to build a boat,7.2Doṇiṁ daḷhaṁ sabbayantūpapannaṁ;a strong vessel fully equipped.7.3Sace ayaṁ dakkhiṇo saccamāha,If this southern one speaks true,7.4Moghaṁ paṭikkosati uttaroyaṁ;and is falsely rejected by the northern,7.5Sā ceva no hehiti āpadatthā,it shall serve us in time of need,7.6Imañca dīpaṁ na pariccajema.and we would not give up the island.

8.1PTS 4.164Sace ca kho uttaro saccamāha,But if the northern speaks true,8.2Moghaṁ paṭikkosati dakkhiṇoyaṁ;and is falsely rejected by the southern,8.3Tameva nāvaṁ abhiruyha sabbe,then having all boarded the boat,8.4Evaṁ mayaṁ sotthi taremu pāraṁ.we shall cross safely to the far shore.

9.1Na ve sugaṇhaṁ paṭhamena seṭṭhaṁ,Truly, best not accept the last word that came your way,9.2Kaniṭṭhamāpāthagataṁ gahetvā;when what was spoken by the first was best.9.3Yo cīdha tacchaṁ paviceyya gaṇhati,Who here accepts the truth after examination,9.4Sa ve naro seṭṭhamupeti ṭhānaṁ.that man goes to the best place.”

10.1PTS 4.165Yathāpi te sāgaravārimajjhe,Just as, in the middle of the watery sea,⁸10.2Sakammunā sotthi vahiṁsu vāṇijā;the merchants fled to safety by their own efforts,10.3Anāgatatthaṁ paṭivijjhiyāna,so, realizing his future welfare,10.4Appampi nācceti sa bhūripañño.he of vast wisdom transgresses not at all.

11.1Bālā ca mohena rasānugiddhā,Fools deluded by desire for tastes,11.2Anāgataṁ appaṭivijjhiyatthaṁ;not realizing their future welfare,11.3Paccuppanne sīdanti atthajāte,sink down in face of present need,11.4Samuddamajjhe yathā te manussā.like those people in mid-ocean.

12.1PTS 4.166Anāgataṁ paṭikayirātha kiccaṁ,Prepare what must be done for the future, thinking,12.2‘Mā maṁ kiccaṁ kiccakāle byadhesi’;“Let what must be done not harm me on the day the duty ripens.”12.3Taṁ tādisaṁ paṭikatakiccakāriṁ,The kind who acts to prepare what must be done,12.4Na taṁ kiccaṁ kiccakāle byadhetī”ti.is not harmed by what must be done on the day the duty ripens.

13.1Samuddavāṇijajātakaṁ tatiyaṁ.