{"id":"snp1.11","title":"Victory Over Desire for the Body","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp1.11","title":"Victory Over Desire for the Body","units":[{"id":"snp1.11:0","sourceIds":["snp1.11:0.1","snp1.11:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 1.11\nVijayasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 1.11\nVictory Over Desire for the Body"}},{"id":"snp1.11:1","sourceIds":["snp1.11:1.1","snp1.11:1.2","snp1.11:1.3","snp1.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Caraṁ vā yadi vā tiṭṭhaṁ,\nnisinno uda vā sayaṁ;\nSamiñjeti pasāreti,\nesā kāyassa iñjanā.","en":"Walking and standing,\nsitting and lying down,\nextending and contracting the limbs:\nthese are the movements of the body."}},{"id":"snp1.11:2","sourceIds":["snp1.11:2.1","snp1.11:2.2","snp1.11:2.3","snp1.11:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṭṭhinahārusaṁyutto,\ntacamaṁsāvalepano;\nChaviyā kāyo paṭicchanno,\nyathābhūtaṁ na dissati.","en":"Linked together by bones and sinews,\nplastered over with flesh and hide,\nand covered by the skin,\nthe body is not seen as it is."}},{"id":"snp1.11:3","sourceIds":["snp1.11:3.1","snp1.11:3.2","snp1.11:3.3","snp1.11:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Antapūro udarapūro,\nyakanapeḷassa vatthino;\nHadayassa papphāsassa,\nvakkassa pihakassa ca.","en":"It’s full of guts and belly,\nliver and bladder,\nheart and lungs,\nkidney and spleen,"}},{"id":"snp1.11:4","sourceIds":["snp1.11:4.1","snp1.11:4.2","snp1.11:4.3","snp1.11:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Siṅghāṇikāya kheḷassa,\nsedassa ca medassa ca;\nLohitassa lasikāya,\npittassa ca vasāya ca.","en":"spit and snot,\nsweat and fat,\nblood and synovial fluid,\nbile and grease."}},{"id":"snp1.11:5","sourceIds":["snp1.11:5.1","snp1.11:5.2","snp1.11:5.3","snp1.11:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athassa navahi sotehi,\nasucī savati sabbadā;\nAkkhimhā akkhigūthako,\nkaṇṇamhā kaṇṇagūthako.","en":"Then in nine streams\nthe filth is always flowing.\nThere is muck from the eyes,\nwax from the ears,"}},{"id":"snp1.11:6","sourceIds":["snp1.11:6.1","snp1.11:6.2","snp1.11:6.3","snp1.11:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Siṅghāṇikā ca nāsato,\nmukhena vamatekadā;\nPittaṁ semhañca vamati,\nkāyamhā sedajallikā.","en":"and snot from the nostrils.\nThe mouth sometimes vomits\nbile and sometimes phlegm.\nAnd from the body, sweat and waste."}},{"id":"snp1.11:7","sourceIds":["snp1.11:7.1","snp1.11:7.2","snp1.11:7.3","snp1.11:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athassa susiraṁ sīsaṁ,\nmatthaluṅgassa pūritaṁ;\nSubhato naṁ maññati bālo,\navijjāya purakkhato.","en":"Then there is the hollow head\nall filled with brains.\nGoverned by ignorance,\nthe fool thinks it’s lovely."}},{"id":"snp1.11:8","sourceIds":["snp1.11:8.1","snp1.11:8.2","snp1.11:8.3","snp1.11:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā ca so mato seti,\nUddhumāto vinīlako;\nApaviddho susānasmiṁ,\nAnapekkhā honti ñātayo.","en":"And when it lies dead,\nbloated and livid,\ndumped in a charnel ground,\nthe relatives forget it."}},{"id":"snp1.11:9","sourceIds":["snp1.11:9.1","snp1.11:9.2","snp1.11:9.3","snp1.11:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khādanti naṁ suvānā ca,\nsiṅgālā ca vakā kimī;\nKākā gijjhā ca khādanti,\nye caññe santi pāṇino.","en":"It’s devoured by dogs,\nby jackals, wolves, and worms.\nIt’s devoured by crows and vultures,\nand any other creatures there."}},{"id":"snp1.11:10","sourceIds":["snp1.11:10.1","snp1.11:10.2","snp1.11:10.3","snp1.11:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutvāna buddhavacanaṁ,\nBhikkhu paññāṇavā idha;\nSo kho naṁ parijānāti,\nYathābhūtañhi passati.","en":"A wise mendicant here,\nhaving heard the Buddha’s words,\nfully understands it,\nfor they see it as it is."}},{"id":"snp1.11:11","sourceIds":["snp1.11:11.1","snp1.11:11.2","snp1.11:11.3","snp1.11:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā idaṁ tathā etaṁ,\nYathā etaṁ tathā idaṁ;\nAjjhattañca bahiddhā ca,\nKāye chandaṁ virājaye.","en":"“As this is, so is that,\nas that is, so is this.”\nThey’d blanch desire for the body\ninside and out."}},{"id":"snp1.11:12","sourceIds":["snp1.11:12.1","snp1.11:12.2","snp1.11:12.3","snp1.11:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chandarāgaviratto so,\nBhikkhu paññāṇavā idha;\nAjjhagā amataṁ santiṁ,\nNibbānaṁ padamaccutaṁ.","en":"That wise mendicant here\nrid of desire and lust,\nhas found the peace free of death,\nextinguishment, the state that does not pass."}},{"id":"snp1.11:13","sourceIds":["snp1.11:13.1","snp1.11:13.2","snp1.11:13.3","snp1.11:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvipādakoyaṁ asuci,\nDuggandho parihīrati;\nNānākuṇapaparipūro,\nVissavanto tato tato.","en":"This two-legged body is dirty and stinking,\nfull of different carcasses,\nand oozing all over the place—\nbut still it is cherished!"}},{"id":"snp1.11:14","sourceIds":["snp1.11:14.1","snp1.11:14.2","snp1.11:14.3","snp1.11:14.4","snp1.11:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etādisena kāyena,\nYo maññe uṇṇametave;\nParaṁ vā avajāneyya,\nKimaññatra adassanāti.\nVijayasuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ.","en":"And if, on account of such a body,\nsomeone prides themselves\nor looks down on others—\nwhat is that but a failure to see?"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.11/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."}