{"id":"kp8","title":"A Treasure Trove","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"kp8","title":"A Treasure Trove","units":[{"id":"kp8:0","sourceIds":["kp8:0.1","kp8:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakapāṭha 8\nNidhikaṇḍasutta","en":"Basic Passages 8\nA Treasure Trove"}},{"id":"kp8:1","sourceIds":["kp8:1.1","kp8:1.2","kp8:1.3","kp8:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nidhiṁ nidheti puriso,\ngambhīre odakantike;\nAtthe kicce samuppanne,\natthāya me bhavissati.","en":"A person stores away their savings\nin a deep trove by the water’s edge:\n“When need arises\nit will be there to help"}},{"id":"kp8:2","sourceIds":["kp8:2.1","kp8:2.2","kp8:2.3","kp8:2.4","kp8:2.5","kp8:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rājato vā duruttassa,\ncorato pīḷitassa vā;\nIṇassa vā pamokkhāya,\ndubbhikkhe āpadāsu vā;\nEtadatthāya lokasmiṁ,\nnidhi nāma nidhīyati.","en":"free me from rulers if I am slandered,\nor from bandits if harassed,\nor to release me from debt,\nor in case of famine or losses.”\nWhat the world calls savings\nget stored away for such reasons."}},{"id":"kp8:3","sourceIds":["kp8:3.1","kp8:3.2","kp8:3.3","kp8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tāvassunihito santo,\ngambhīre odakantike;\nNa sabbo sabbadā eva,\ntassa taṁ upakappati.","en":"But no matter how well stored away they are\nin a deep pit by the water’s edge,\nall their savings will fail\nto aid them all the time."}},{"id":"kp8:4","sourceIds":["kp8:4.1","kp8:4.2","kp8:4.3","kp8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nidhi vā ṭhānā cavati,\nsaññā vāssa vimuyhati;\nNāgā vā apanāmenti,\nyakkhā vāpi haranti naṁ.","en":"For perhaps those savings shift from there,\nor they forget what marks the site,\nor dragons make off with them,\nor spirits carry them away,"}},{"id":"kp8:5","sourceIds":["kp8:5.1","kp8:5.2","kp8:5.3","kp8:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appiyā vāpi dāyādā,\nuddharanti apassato;\nYadā puññakkhayo hoti,\nsabbametaṁ vinassati.","en":"or unloved heirs\nsecretly unearth them.\nWhen their merit is used up,\nall of that will vanish."}},{"id":"kp8:6","sourceIds":["kp8:6.1","kp8:6.2","kp8:6.3","kp8:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa dānena sīlena,\nsaṁyamena damena ca;\nNidhī sunihito hoti,\nitthiyā purisassa vā.","en":"But by giving and morality,\nrestraint and self-control,\na woman or man\nkeeps their savings safe."}},{"id":"kp8:7","sourceIds":["kp8:7.1","kp8:7.2","kp8:7.3","kp8:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cetiyamhi ca saṅghe vā,\npuggale atithīsu vā;\nMātari pitari cāpi,\natho jeṭṭhamhi bhātari.","en":"At a shrine or with the Saṅgha,\nwith mother or father,\nor else an elder sibling,"}},{"id":"kp8:8","sourceIds":["kp8:8.1","kp8:8.2","kp8:8.3","kp8:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Eso nidhi sunihito,\najeyyo anugāmiko;\nPahāya gamanīyesu,\netaṁ ādāya gacchati.","en":"those savings are kept safe,\nthey stay with you, undecaying.\nWe must go on leaving all behind,\nonly this you take when you go."}},{"id":"kp8:9","sourceIds":["kp8:9.1","kp8:9.2","kp8:9.3","kp8:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asādhāraṇamaññesaṁ,\nacorāharaṇo nidhi;\nKayirātha dhīro puññāni,\nyo nidhi anugāmiko.","en":"You don’t have to share it with others,\nno thief makes off with your savings.\nAn attentive one would make merit,\nthe savings that stay with you."}},{"id":"kp8:10","sourceIds":["kp8:10.1","kp8:10.2","kp8:10.3","kp8:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Esa devamanussānaṁ,\nsabbakāmadado nidhi;\nYaṁ yadevābhipatthenti,\nsabbametena labbhati.","en":"Such savings grant every desire\nof gods and humans too.\nWhatever it is that they wish for\nthrough this they have it all."}},{"id":"kp8:11","sourceIds":["kp8:11.1","kp8:11.2","kp8:11.3","kp8:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suvaṇṇatā susaratā,\nsusaṇṭhānā surūpatā;\nĀdhipaccaparivāro,\nsabbametena labbhati.","en":"Good looks, a sweet voice,\na good shape, and good appearance,\nleadership and followers:\nthrough this they have it all."}},{"id":"kp8:12","sourceIds":["kp8:12.1","kp8:12.2","kp8:12.3","kp8:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Padesarajjaṁ issariyaṁ,\ncakkavattisukhaṁ piyaṁ;\nDevarajjampi dibbesu,\nsabbametena labbhati.","en":"Sovereignty of a local kingdom,\nthe happiness of a Wheel-Turning Monarch,\neven kingship in the heavens:\nthrough this they have it all."}},{"id":"kp8:13","sourceIds":["kp8:13.1","kp8:13.2","kp8:13.3","kp8:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mānussikā ca sampatti,\ndevaloke ca yā rati;\nYā ca nibbānasampatti,\nsabbametena labbhati.","en":"Human success,\nheavenly delight,\nattaining extinguishment:\nthrough this they have it all."}},{"id":"kp8:14","sourceIds":["kp8:14.1","kp8:14.2","kp8:14.3","kp8:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mittasampadamāgamma,\nyonisova payuñjato;\nVijjāvimuttivasībhāvo,\nsabbametena labbhati.","en":"Relying on having good friends,\nrational application of effort,\nmastery of knowledge and freedom:\nthrough this they have it all."}},{"id":"kp8:15","sourceIds":["kp8:15.1","kp8:15.2","kp8:15.3","kp8:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṭisambhidā vimokkhā ca,\nyā ca sāvakapāramī;\nPaccekabodhi buddhabhūmi,\nsabbametena labbhati.","en":"Analytical knowledge, the liberations,\nthe perfections of the disciple,\nthe plane of an independent Buddha:\nthrough this they have it all."}},{"id":"kp8:16","sourceIds":["kp8:16.1","kp8:16.2","kp8:16.3","kp8:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ mahatthikā esā,\nyadidaṁ puññasampadā;\nTasmā dhīrā pasaṁsanti,\npaṇḍitā katapuññatanti.","en":"This accomplishment in merit\nis so very beneficial.\nThat’s why the attentive and the astute\npraise the making of merit."}},{"id":"kp8:17","sourceIds":["kp8:17.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nidhikaṇḍasuttaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/kp8/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}