{"id":"snp1.1","title":"The Serpent","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp1.1","title":"The Serpent","units":[{"id":"snp1.1:0","sourceIds":["snp1.1:0.1","snp1.1:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 1.1\nUragasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 1.1\nThe Serpent"}},{"id":"snp1.1:1","sourceIds":["snp1.1:1.1","snp1.1:1.2","snp1.1:1.3","snp1.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo uppatitaṁ vineti kodhaṁ,\nVisaṭaṁ sappavisaṁva osadhehi;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"When anger surges, they drive it out,\nas with medicine a cobra’s spreading venom.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:2","sourceIds":["snp1.1:2.1","snp1.1:2.2","snp1.1:2.3","snp1.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo rāgamudacchidā asesaṁ,\nBhisapupphaṁva saroruhaṁ vigayha;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They’ve cut off greed entirely,\nlike a lotus plucked flower and stalk.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:3","sourceIds":["snp1.1:3.1","snp1.1:3.2","snp1.1:3.3","snp1.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo taṇhamudacchidā asesaṁ,\nSaritaṁ sīghasaraṁ visosayitvā;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They’ve cut off craving entirely,\ndrying up that swift-flowing stream.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:4","sourceIds":["snp1.1:4.1","snp1.1:4.2","snp1.1:4.3","snp1.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo mānamudabbadhī asesaṁ,\nNaḷasetuṁva sudubbalaṁ mahogho;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They’ve swept away conceit entirely,\nas a fragile bridge of reeds by a great flood.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:5","sourceIds":["snp1.1:5.1","snp1.1:5.2","snp1.1:5.3","snp1.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nājjhagamā bhavesu sāraṁ,\nVicinaṁ pupphamivā udumbaresu;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"In future lives they find no worth,\nas an inspector of fig trees finds no flower.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:6","sourceIds":["snp1.1:6.1","snp1.1:6.2","snp1.1:6.3","snp1.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassantarato na santi kopā,\nItibhavābhavatañca vītivatto;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They hide no anger within,\npassed beyond any kind of existence.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:7","sourceIds":["snp1.1:7.1","snp1.1:7.2","snp1.1:7.3","snp1.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa vitakkā vidhūpitā,\nAjjhattaṁ suvikappitā asesā;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"Their mental vibrations are cleared away,\ninternally clipped off entirely.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:8","sourceIds":["snp1.1:8.1","snp1.1:8.2","snp1.1:8.3","snp1.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,\nSabbaṁ accagamā imaṁ papañcaṁ;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have not run too far nor run back,\nbut have gone beyond all this proliferation.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:9","sourceIds":["snp1.1:9.1","snp1.1:9.2","snp1.1:9.3","snp1.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,\nSabbaṁ vitathamidanti ñatva loke;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have not run too far nor run back,\nfor they know that nothing in the world is what it seems.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:10","sourceIds":["snp1.1:10.1","snp1.1:10.2","snp1.1:10.3","snp1.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,\nSabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītalobho;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have not run too far nor run back,\nknowing nothing is what it seems, free of greed.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:11","sourceIds":["snp1.1:11.1","snp1.1:11.2","snp1.1:11.3","snp1.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,\nSabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītarāgo;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have not run too far nor run back,\nknowing nothing is what it seems, free of lust.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:12","sourceIds":["snp1.1:12.1","snp1.1:12.2","snp1.1:12.3","snp1.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,\nSabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītadoso;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have not run too far nor run back,\nknowing nothing is what it seems, free of hate.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:13","sourceIds":["snp1.1:13.1","snp1.1:13.2","snp1.1:13.3","snp1.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,\nSabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītamoho;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have not run too far nor run back,\nknowing nothing is what it seems, free of delusion.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:14","sourceIds":["snp1.1:14.1","snp1.1:14.2","snp1.1:14.3","snp1.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassānusayā na santi keci,\nMūlā ca akusalā samūhatāse;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have no underlying tendencies at all,\nand are rid of unskillful roots,\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:15","sourceIds":["snp1.1:15.1","snp1.1:15.2","snp1.1:15.3","snp1.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa darathajā na santi keci,\nOraṁ āgamanāya paccayāse;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"They have nothing born of distress at all\nto make them to return to the near shore.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:16","sourceIds":["snp1.1:16.1","snp1.1:16.2","snp1.1:16.3","snp1.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa vanathajā na santi keci,\nVinibandhāya bhavāya hetukappā;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.","en":"No snarl grows in them at all,\nthat would shackle them to a new life.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}},{"id":"snp1.1:17","sourceIds":["snp1.1:17.1","snp1.1:17.2","snp1.1:17.3","snp1.1:17.4","snp1.1:17.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nīvaraṇe pahāya pañca,\nAnigho tiṇṇakathaṅkatho visallo;\nSo bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,\nUrago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇanti.\nUragasuttaṁ paṭhamaṁ.","en":"They’ve given up the five hindrances,\nuntroubled, rid of indecision, free of thorns.\nSuch a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,\nas a serpent its old worn-out skin."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.1/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."}