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SN 1.78PTS (1st ed) SN 1.441 min read

Desire

Kāmasutta

What is it that one should not give away?

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.78Linked Discourses 1.78
  • 0.28. Chetvāvagga8. Slain

0.3KāmasuttaDesire

1.1“Kimatthakāmo na dade,“What should one who wants what’s best <j>not give away?1.2kiṁ macco na pariccaje;What should a mortal not forsake?1.3Kiṁsu muñceyya kalyāṇaṁ,What should be released when it’s good,1.4pāpikaṁ na ca mocaye”ti.but not when it’s bad?”

2.1“Attānaṁ na dade poso,“A man shouldn’t give away himself.12.2attānaṁ na pariccaje;He shouldn’t forsake himself.2.3Vācaṁ muñceyya kalyāṇaṁ,Speech should be released when it’s good,2.4pāpikañca na mocaye”ti.but not when it’s bad.”

Translator’s notes

  1. The response puns on attha (“the goal”, “what’s best”) with attā, “oneself”.

    ↩ sn1.78:2.1