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Antelope Calves

Eṇijaṅghasutta

The Buddha is asked how to find release from suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.30Linked Discourses 1.30
  • 0.23. Sattivagga3. A Sword

0.3EṇijaṅghasuttaAntelope Calves

1.1“Eṇijaṅghaṁ kisaṁ vīraṁ,“O hero so lean, with antelope calves,11.2appāhāraṁ alolupaṁ;not greedy, eating little,1.3Sīhaṁvekacaraṁ nāgaṁ,a giant, wandering alone like a lion,1.4kāmesu anapekkhinaṁ;you’re not concerned for sensual pleasures.1.5Upasaṅkamma pucchāma,We’ve come to ask a question:1.6kathaṁ dukkhā pamuccatī”ti.How is one released from all suffering?”

2.1“Pañca kāmaguṇā loke,“The world has five kinds of sensual stimulation,2.2manochaṭṭhā paveditā;and the mind is said to be the sixth.2.3Ettha chandaṁ virājetvā,When you’ve discarded desire for these,2.4evaṁ dukkhā pamuccatī”ti.you’re released from all suffering.”

2.5Sattivaggo tatiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Sattiyā phusati ceva,3.2jaṭā manonivāraṇā;3.3Arahantena pajjoto,3.4sarā mahaddhanena ca;3.5Catucakkena navamaṁ,3.6eṇijaṅghena te dasāti.

Translator’s notes

  1. A similar exchange is found at Snp 1.9:15.1, there spoken by two yakkhas.

    “Antelope calves” are one of the thirty-two marks of a great man, for which see DN 14:1.32.25, DN 30:1.22.6.

    ↩ sn1.30:1.1