{"id":"sn17.29","title":"A Rope","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn17.29","title":"A Rope","units":[{"id":"sn17.29:0","sourceIds":["sn17.29:0.1","sn17.29:0.2","sn17.29:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.29\n3. Tatiyavagga\nRajjusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 17.29\nChapter Three\nA Rope"}},{"id":"sn17.29:1","sourceIds":["sn17.29:1.1","sn17.29:1.2","sn17.29:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko.\nLābhasakkārasiloko, bhikkhave, chaviṁ chindati, chaviṁ chetvā cammaṁ chindati, cammaṁ chetvā maṁsaṁ chindati, maṁsaṁ chetvā nhāruṁ chindati, nhāruṁ chetvā aṭṭhiṁ chindati, aṭṭhiṁ chetvā aṭṭhimiñjaṁ āhacca tiṭṭhati.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …\nThey cut through the outer skin, the inner skin, the flesh, sinews, and bones, until they reach the marrow and keep pressing."}},{"id":"sn17.29:2","sourceIds":["sn17.29:2.1","sn17.29:2.2","sn17.29:2.3","sn17.29:2.4","sn17.29:2.5","sn17.29:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, balavā puriso daḷhāya vāḷarajjuyā jaṅghaṁ veṭhetvā ghaṁseyya.\nSā chaviṁ chindeyya, chaviṁ chetvā cammaṁ chindeyya, cammaṁ chetvā maṁsaṁ chindeyya, maṁsaṁ chetvā nhāruṁ chindeyya, nhāruṁ chetvā aṭṭhiṁ chindeyya, aṭṭhiṁ chetvā aṭṭhimiñjaṁ āhacca tiṭṭheyya.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko chaviṁ chindati, chaviṁ chetvā cammaṁ chindati, cammaṁ chetvā maṁsaṁ chindati, maṁsaṁ chetvā nhāruṁ chindati, nhāruṁ chetvā aṭṭhiṁ chindati, aṭṭhiṁ chetvā aṭṭhimiñjaṁ āhacca tiṭṭhati.\nEvaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…\nevañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"Suppose a strong man was to twist a strong horse-hair rope around your shin and tighten it.\nIt would cut through the outer skin, the inner skin, the flesh, sinews, and bones, until it reached the marrow and kept pressing.\nIn the same way, possessions, honor, and popularity cut through the outer skin, the inner skin, the flesh, sinews, and bones, until they reach the marrow and keep pressing.\nSo grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.29/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."}