{"id":"snp3.11","title":"About Nālaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp3.11","title":"About Nālaka","units":[{"id":"snp3.11:0","sourceIds":["snp3.11:0.1","snp3.11:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 3.11\nNālakasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 3.11\nAbout Nālaka"}},{"id":"snp3.11:1","sourceIds":["snp3.11:1.1","snp3.11:1.2","snp3.11:1.3","snp3.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ānandajāte tidasagaṇe patīte,\nSakkañca indaṁ sucivasane ca deve;\nDussaṁ gahetvā atiriva thomayante,\nAsito isi addasa divāvihāre.","en":"The seer Asita in his daily meditation\nsaw the bright-clad gods of the host of Thirty\nand their lord Sakka joyfully celebrating,\nwaving streamers in exuberant exaltation."}},{"id":"snp3.11:2","sourceIds":["snp3.11:2.1","snp3.11:2.2","snp3.11:2.3","snp3.11:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Disvāna deve muditamane udagge,\nCittiṁ karitvāna idamavoca tattha;\n“Kiṁ devasaṅgho atiriva kalyarūpo,\nDussaṁ gahetvā ramayatha kiṁ paṭicca.","en":"Seeing the gods rejoicing, elated,\nhe paid respects and said this there:\n“Why is the community of gods in such excellent spirits?\nWhy take up streamers and whirl them about?"}},{"id":"snp3.11:3","sourceIds":["snp3.11:3.1","snp3.11:3.2","snp3.11:3.3","snp3.11:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadāpi āsī asurehi saṅgamo,\nJayo surānaṁ asurā parājitā;\nTadāpi netādiso lomahaṁsano,\nKimabbhutaṁ daṭṭhu marū pamoditā.","en":"Even in the war with the titans,\nwhen gods were victorious and titans defeated,\nthere was no such excitement.\nWhat marvel have the celestials seen that they so rejoice?"}},{"id":"snp3.11:4","sourceIds":["snp3.11:4.1","snp3.11:4.2","snp3.11:4.3","snp3.11:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seḷenti gāyanti ca vādayanti ca,\nBhujāni phoṭenti ca naccayanti ca;\nPucchāmi vohaṁ merumuddhavāsine,\nDhunātha me saṁsayaṁ khippa mārisā”.","en":"Shouting and singing and playing music,\nthey clap their hands and dance.\nI ask you, dwellers on Mount Meru’s peak,\nquickly dispel my doubt, good fellows!”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:5","sourceIds":["snp3.11:5.1","snp3.11:5.2","snp3.11:5.3","snp3.11:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“So bodhisatto ratanavaro atulyo,\nManussaloke hitasukhatthāya jāto;\nSakyāna gāme janapade lumbineyye,\nTenamha tuṭṭhā atiriva kalyarūpā.","en":"“The being intent on awakening, a peerless gem,\nhas been born in the human realm for the sake of welfare and happiness,\nin Lumbinī, a village in the Sakyan land.\nThat’s why we’re so happy, in such excellent spirits."}},{"id":"snp3.11:6","sourceIds":["snp3.11:6.1","snp3.11:6.2","snp3.11:6.3","snp3.11:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sabbasattuttamo aggapuggalo,\nNarāsabho sabbapajānamuttamo;\nVattessati cakkamisivhaye vane,\nNadaṁva sīho balavā migābhibhū”.","en":"He is supreme among all beings, the peak individual,\ncaptain of men, supreme among all creatures.\nHe will roll forth the wheel in the grove of the seers,\nroaring like a mighty lion, lord of beasts.”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:7","sourceIds":["snp3.11:7.1","snp3.11:7.2","snp3.11:7.3","snp3.11:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ saddaṁ sutvā turitamavasarī so,\nSuddhodanassa tada bhavanaṁ upāvisi;\nNisajja tattha idamavocāsi sakye,\n“Kuhiṁ kumāro ahamapi daṭṭhukāmo”.","en":"Hearing this, he swiftly descended\nand right away approached Suddhodana’s home.\nSeated there he said this to the Sakyans,\n“Where is the boy? I too wish to see him!”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:8","sourceIds":["snp3.11:8.1","snp3.11:8.2","snp3.11:8.3","snp3.11:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato kumāraṁ jalitamiva suvaṇṇaṁ,\nUkkāmukheva sukusalasampahaṭṭhaṁ;\nDaddallamānaṁ siriyā anomavaṇṇaṁ,\nDassesu puttaṁ asitavhayassa sakyā.","en":"Then the Sakyans showed their son to the one named Asita—\nthe boy shone like burning gold\nwell-wrought in the forge;\ndazzling with glory, of peerless beauty."}},{"id":"snp3.11:9","sourceIds":["snp3.11:9.1","snp3.11:9.2","snp3.11:9.3","snp3.11:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Disvā kumāraṁ sikhimiva pajjalantaṁ,\nTārāsabhaṁva nabhasigamaṁ visuddhaṁ;\nSuriyaṁ tapantaṁ saradarivabbhamuttaṁ,\nĀnandajāto vipulamalattha pītiṁ.","en":"The boy beamed like crested flame,\npure as the moon, lord of stars traversing the sky,\nblazing like the sun free of stormclouds after the rains;\nseeing him, he was joyful, brimming with happiness."}},{"id":"snp3.11:10","sourceIds":["snp3.11:10.1","snp3.11:10.2","snp3.11:10.3","snp3.11:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anekasākhañca sahassamaṇḍalaṁ,\nChattaṁ marū dhārayumantalikkhe;\nSuvaṇṇadaṇḍā vītipatanti cāmarā,\nNa dissare cāmarachattagāhakā.","en":"The celestials held up a parasol in the sky,\nmany-ribbed and thousand-circled;\nand golden-handled chowries waved—\nbut none could see who held the chowries or the parasols."}},{"id":"snp3.11:11","sourceIds":["snp3.11:11.1","snp3.11:11.2","snp3.11:11.3","snp3.11:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Disvā jaṭī kaṇhasirivhayo isi,\nSuvaṇṇanikkhaṁ viya paṇḍukambale;\nSetañca chattaṁ dhariyanta muddhani,\nUdaggacitto sumano paṭiggahe.","en":"When the matted hair seer named “Dark Splendor”\nhad seen the boy like a gold ingot on a cream rug\nwith a white parasol held over his head,\nhe received him, elated and happy."}},{"id":"snp3.11:12","sourceIds":["snp3.11:12.1","snp3.11:12.2","snp3.11:12.3","snp3.11:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṭiggahetvā pana sakyapuṅgavaṁ,\nJigīsako lakkhaṇamantapāragū;\nPasannacitto giramabbhudīrayi,\n“Anuttarāyaṁ dvipadānamuttamo”.","en":"Having received the Sakyan bull,\nthe seeker, master of marks and hymns,\nlifted up his voice with confident heart:\n“He is supreme, the best of men!”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:13","sourceIds":["snp3.11:13.1","snp3.11:13.2","snp3.11:13.3","snp3.11:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athattano gamanamanussaranto,\nAkalyarūpo gaḷayati assukāni;\nDisvāna sakyā isimavocuṁ rudantaṁ,\n“No ce kumāre bhavissati antarāyo”.","en":"But then, remembering he would depart this world,\nhis spirits fell and his tears flowed.\nSeeing the weeping seer, the Sakyans said,\n“Surely there will be no threat to the boy?”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:14","sourceIds":["snp3.11:14.1","snp3.11:14.2","snp3.11:14.3","snp3.11:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Disvāna sakye isimavoca akalye,\n“Nāhaṁ kumāre ahitamanussarāmi;\nNa cāpimassa bhavissati antarāyo,\nNa orakāyaṁ adhimānasā bhavātha.","en":"Seeing the crestfallen Sakyans, the seer said,\n“I do not forsee harm befall the boy,\nand there will be no threat to him,\nnot in the least; set your minds at ease."}},{"id":"snp3.11:15","sourceIds":["snp3.11:15.1","snp3.11:15.2","snp3.11:15.3","snp3.11:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sambodhiyaggaṁ phusissatāyaṁ kumāro,\nSo dhammacakkaṁ paramavisuddhadassī;\nVattessatāyaṁ bahujanahitānukampī,\nVitthārikassa bhavissati brahmacariyaṁ.","en":"This boy shall reach the highest awakening.\nAs one of perfectly purified vision, compassionate for the welfare of the many,\nhe shall roll forth the wheel of the teaching;\nhis spiritual path will become widespread."}},{"id":"snp3.11:16","sourceIds":["snp3.11:16.1","snp3.11:16.2","snp3.11:16.3","snp3.11:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mamañca āyu na ciramidhāvaseso,\nAthantarā me bhavissati kālakiriyā;\nSohaṁ na sossaṁ asamadhurassa dhammaṁ,\nTenamhi aṭṭo byasanaṅgato aghāvī”.","en":"But I have not long left in this life,\nI shall die before then.\nI will never hear the teaching of the one who bore the unequaled burden.\nThat’s why I’m so upset and distraught—it’s a disaster for me!”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:17","sourceIds":["snp3.11:17.1","snp3.11:17.2","snp3.11:17.3","snp3.11:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sākiyānaṁ vipulaṁ janetvā pītiṁ,\nAntepuramhā niggamā brahmacārī;\nSo bhāgineyyaṁ sayaṁ anukampamāno,\nSamādapesi asamadhurassa dhamme.","en":"Having brought abundant happiness to the Sakyans,\nthe spiritual seeker left the royal compound.\nHe had a nephew; and out of sympathy\nhe encouraged him in the teaching of the one who bore the unequaled burden."}},{"id":"snp3.11:18","sourceIds":["snp3.11:18.1","snp3.11:18.2","snp3.11:18.3","snp3.11:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Buddhoti ghosaṁ yada parato suṇāsi,\nSambodhipatto vivarati dhammamaggaṁ;\nGantvāna tattha samayaṁ paripucchamāno,\nCarassu tasmiṁ bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ”.","en":"“When you hear the voice of another saying ‘Buddha’—\none who has attained awakening and who reveals the foremost teaching—\ngo there and ask about his breakthrough;\nlead the spiritual life under that Blessed One.”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:19","sourceIds":["snp3.11:19.1","snp3.11:19.2","snp3.11:19.3","snp3.11:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tenānusiṭṭho hitamanena tādinā,\nAnāgate paramavisuddhadassinā;\nSo nālako upacitapuññasañcayo,\nJinaṁ patikkhaṁ parivasi rakkhitindriyo.","en":"Now, that Nālaka had a store of accumulated merit;\nso when instructed by one of such kindly intent,\nwith perfectly purified vision of the future,\nhe waited anticipating the Victor, guarding his senses."}},{"id":"snp3.11:20","sourceIds":["snp3.11:20.1","snp3.11:20.2","snp3.11:20.3","snp3.11:20.4","snp3.11:20.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutvāna ghosaṁ jinavaracakkavattane,\nGantvāna disvā isinisabhaṁ pasanno;\nMoneyyaseṭṭhaṁ munipavaraṁ apucchi,\nSamāgate asitāvhayassa sāsaneti.\nVatthugāthā niṭṭhitā.","en":"When he heard of the Victor rolling forth the excellent wheel he went to him,\nand seeing the boss seer, he became confident.\nThe time of Asita’s instruction had arrived;\nso he asked the excellent sage about the highest sagacity.\nThe introductory verses are finished."}},{"id":"snp3.11:21","sourceIds":["snp3.11:21.1","snp3.11:21.2","snp3.11:21.3","snp3.11:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aññātametaṁ vacanaṁ,\nAsitassa yathātathaṁ;\nTaṁ taṁ gotama pucchāmi,\nSabbadhammāna pāraguṁ.","en":"“I now know that Asita’s words\nhave turned out to be true.\nI ask you this, Gotama,\nwho has gone beyond all things:"}},{"id":"snp3.11:22","sourceIds":["snp3.11:22.1","snp3.11:22.2","snp3.11:22.3","snp3.11:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anagāriyupetassa,\nBhikkhācariyaṁ jigīsato;\nMuni pabrūhi me puṭṭho,\nMoneyyaṁ uttamaṁ padaṁ”.","en":"For one who has entered the homeless life,\nseeking food on alms round,\nwhen questioned, O sage, please tell me\nof sagacity, the ultimate state.”"}},{"id":"snp3.11:23","sourceIds":["snp3.11:23.1","snp3.11:23.2","snp3.11:23.3","snp3.11:23.4","snp3.11:23.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Moneyyaṁ te upaññissaṁ,\n(iti bhagavā)\nDukkaraṁ durabhisambhavaṁ;\nHanda te naṁ pavakkhāmi,\nSanthambhassu daḷho bhava.","en":"“I shall school you in sagacity,”\nsaid the Buddha,\n“so difficult and challenging.\nCome, I shall tell you all about it.\nBrace yourself; stay strong!"}},{"id":"snp3.11:24","sourceIds":["snp3.11:24.1","snp3.11:24.2","snp3.11:24.3","snp3.11:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samānabhāgaṁ kubbetha,\nGāme akkuṭṭhavanditaṁ;\nManopadosaṁ rakkheyya,\nSanto anuṇṇato care.","en":"In the village, keep the same attitude\nno matter if reviled or praised.\nGuard against ill-tempered thoughts;\nwander peaceful and humble."}},{"id":"snp3.11:25","sourceIds":["snp3.11:25.1","snp3.11:25.2","snp3.11:25.3","snp3.11:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uccāvacā niccharanti,\nDāye aggisikhūpamā;\nNāriyo muniṁ palobhenti,\nTā su taṁ mā palobhayuṁ.","en":"Many different things come up,\nlike tongues of fire in a forest.\nWomen try to seduce a sage—\nlet them not seduce you!"}},{"id":"snp3.11:26","sourceIds":["snp3.11:26.1","snp3.11:26.2","snp3.11:26.3","snp3.11:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Virato methunā dhammā,\nHitvā kāme paropare;\nAviruddho asāratto,\nPāṇesu tasathāvare.","en":"Refraining from sex,\nhaving left behind sensual pleasures high and low,\ndon’t be hostile or attached\nto living creatures firm or frail."}},{"id":"snp3.11:27","sourceIds":["snp3.11:27.1","snp3.11:27.2","snp3.11:27.3","snp3.11:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā ahaṁ tathā ete,\nYathā ete tathā ahaṁ;\nAttānaṁ upamaṁ katvā,\nNa haneyya na ghātaye.","en":"‘As am I, so are they;\nas are they, so am I’—\nTreating others like oneself,\nneither kill nor incite to kill."}},{"id":"snp3.11:28","sourceIds":["snp3.11:28.1","snp3.11:28.2","snp3.11:28.3","snp3.11:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hitvā icchañca lobhañca,\nYattha satto puthujjano;\nCakkhumā paṭipajjeyya,\nTareyya narakaṁ imaṁ.","en":"Leaving behind desire and greed\nfor what ordinary people are attached to,\none whose eye is clear would set out to practice,\nthey’d cross over this abyss."}},{"id":"snp3.11:29","sourceIds":["snp3.11:29.1","snp3.11:29.2","snp3.11:29.3","snp3.11:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ūnūdaro mitāhāro,\nAppicchassa alolupo;\nSadā icchāya nicchāto,\nAniccho hoti nibbuto.","en":"With empty stomach, taking limited food,\nfew in wishes, not greedy;\ntruly hungerless regarding all desires,\ndesireless, one is quenched."}},{"id":"snp3.11:30","sourceIds":["snp3.11:30.1","snp3.11:30.2","snp3.11:30.3","snp3.11:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa piṇḍacāraṁ caritvā,\nVanantamabhihāraye;\nUpaṭṭhito rukkhamūlasmiṁ,\nĀsanūpagato muni.","en":"Having wandered for alms,\nthey’d take themselves into the forest;\nand nearing the foot of a tree,\nthe sage would take their seat."}},{"id":"snp3.11:31","sourceIds":["snp3.11:31.1","snp3.11:31.2","snp3.11:31.3","snp3.11:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa jhānapasuto dhīro,\nVanante ramito siyā;\nJhāyetha rukkhamūlasmiṁ,\nAttānamabhitosayaṁ.","en":"That attentive one intent on absorption,\nwould delight within the forest.\nThey’d practice absorption at the foot of a tree,\nfilling themselves with bliss."}},{"id":"snp3.11:32","sourceIds":["snp3.11:32.1","snp3.11:32.2","snp3.11:32.3","snp3.11:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato ratyā vivasāne,\nGāmantamabhihāraye;\nAvhānaṁ nābhinandeyya,\nAbhihārañca gāmato.","en":"Then, at the end of the night,\nthey’d take themselves into a village.\nThey’d not welcome being called,\nnor offerings brought from the village."}},{"id":"snp3.11:33","sourceIds":["snp3.11:33.1","snp3.11:33.2","snp3.11:33.3","snp3.11:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na munī gāmamāgamma,\nKulesu sahasā care;\nGhāsesanaṁ chinnakatho,\nNa vācaṁ payutaṁ bhaṇe.","en":"A sage who has come to a village\nwould not walk hastily among the families.\nThey’d not discuss their search for food,\nnor would they speak suggestively."}},{"id":"snp3.11:34","sourceIds":["snp3.11:34.1","snp3.11:34.2","snp3.11:34.3","snp3.11:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alatthaṁ yadidaṁ sādhu,\nNālatthaṁ kusalaṁ iti;\nUbhayeneva so tādī,\nRukkhaṁvupanivattati.","en":"‘I got something, that’s good.\nI got nothing, that’s fine.’\nUnaffected in both cases,\nthey return right to the tree."}},{"id":"snp3.11:35","sourceIds":["snp3.11:35.1","snp3.11:35.2","snp3.11:35.3","snp3.11:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa pattapāṇi vicaranto,\nAmūgo mūgasammato;\nAppaṁ dānaṁ na hīḷeyya,\nDātāraṁ nāvajāniyā.","en":"Wandering with bowl in hand,\nnot dumb, but thought to be dumb,\nthey wouldn’t scorn a tiny gift,\nnor look down upon the giver."}},{"id":"snp3.11:36","sourceIds":["snp3.11:36.1","snp3.11:36.2","snp3.11:36.3","snp3.11:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uccāvacā hi paṭipadā,\nSamaṇena pakāsitā;\nNa pāraṁ diguṇaṁ yanti,\nNayidaṁ ekaguṇaṁ mutaṁ.","en":"For the practice has many aspects,\nas revealed by the Ascetic.\nThey do not go to the far shore twice,\nnor having gone once do they fall away."}},{"id":"snp3.11:37","sourceIds":["snp3.11:37.1","snp3.11:37.2","snp3.11:37.3","snp3.11:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa ca visatā natthi,\nChinnasotassa bhikkhuno;\nKiccākiccappahīnassa,\nPariḷāho na vijjati.","en":"When a mendicant has no creeping,\nand has cut the stream of craving,\nand given up all the various duties,\nno fever is found in them."}},{"id":"snp3.11:38","sourceIds":["snp3.11:38.1","snp3.11:38.2","snp3.11:38.3","snp3.11:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Moneyyaṁ te upaññissaṁ,\nKhuradhārūpamo bhave;\nJivhāya tālumāhacca,\nUdare saññato siyā.","en":"I shall school you in sagacity.\nPractice as if you were licking a razor’s edge.\nWith tongue pressed against the roof of your mouth,\nbe restrained regarding your stomach."}},{"id":"snp3.11:39","sourceIds":["snp3.11:39.1","snp3.11:39.2","snp3.11:39.3","snp3.11:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alīnacitto ca siyā,\nNa cāpi bahu cintaye;\nNirāmagandho asito,\nBrahmacariyaparāyaṇo.","en":"Don’t be sluggish in mind,\nnor think overly much.\nBe free of putrefaction and unattached,\ncommitted to the spiritual life."}},{"id":"snp3.11:40","sourceIds":["snp3.11:40.1","snp3.11:40.2","snp3.11:40.3","snp3.11:40.4","snp3.11:40.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekāsanassa sikkhetha,\nSamaṇūpāsanassa ca;\nEkattaṁ monamakkhātaṁ,\nEko ce abhiramissasi;\nAtha bhāhisi dasadisā.","en":"Train in a lonely seat,\nattending closely to ascetics;\nsolitude is sagacity, they say.\nIf you welcome solitude,\nyou’ll light up the ten directions."}},{"id":"snp3.11:41","sourceIds":["snp3.11:41.1","snp3.11:41.2","snp3.11:41.3","snp3.11:41.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutvā dhīrānaṁ nighosaṁ,\nJhāyīnaṁ kāmacāginaṁ;\nTato hiriñca saddhañca,\nBhiyyo kubbetha māmako.","en":"Having heard the words of the attentive,\nthe meditators who’ve given up sensual desires,\na follower of mine would develop\nconscience and faith all the more."}},{"id":"snp3.11:42","sourceIds":["snp3.11:42.1","snp3.11:42.2","snp3.11:42.3","snp3.11:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ nadīhi vijānātha,\nSobbhesu padaresu ca;\nSaṇantā yanti kusobbhā,\nTuṇhī yanti mahodadhī.","en":"Understand this by the way streams move\nin clefts and crevices:\nthe little creeks flow on resounding,\nwhile silent flow the great rivers."}},{"id":"snp3.11:43","sourceIds":["snp3.11:43.1","snp3.11:43.2","snp3.11:43.3","snp3.11:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadūnakaṁ taṁ saṇati,\nYaṁ pūraṁ santameva taṁ;\nAḍḍhakumbhūpamo bālo,\nRahado pūrova paṇḍito.","en":"What is lacking, resounds;\nwhat is full is at peace.\nThe fool is like a half-full pot;\nthe wise like a brimfull lake."}},{"id":"snp3.11:44","sourceIds":["snp3.11:44.1","snp3.11:44.2","snp3.11:44.3","snp3.11:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ samaṇo bahuṁ bhāsati,\nUpetaṁ atthasañhitaṁ;\nJānaṁ so dhammaṁ deseti,\nJānaṁ so bahu bhāsati.","en":"When the Ascetic speaks much\nit is relevant and meaningful:\nknowing, he teaches the Dhamma;\nknowing, he speaks much."}},{"id":"snp3.11:45","sourceIds":["snp3.11:45.1","snp3.11:45.2","snp3.11:45.3","snp3.11:45.4","snp3.11:45.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca jānaṁ saṁyatatto,\nJānaṁ na bahu bhāsati;\nSa munī monamarahati,\nSa munī monamajjhagā”ti.\nNālakasuttaṁ ekādasamaṁ.","en":"But one who, knowing, is self-controlled,\nknowing, does not speak much;\nthat sage is worthy of sagacity,\nthat sage has achieved sagacity.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp3.11/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."}