{"id":"snp3.8","title":"The Dart","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp3.8","title":"The Dart","units":[{"id":"snp3.8:0","sourceIds":["snp3.8:0.1","snp3.8:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 3.8\nSallasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 3.8\nThe Dart"}},{"id":"snp3.8:1","sourceIds":["snp3.8:1.1","snp3.8:1.2","snp3.8:1.3","snp3.8:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Animittamanaññātaṁ,\nmaccānaṁ idha jīvitaṁ;\nKasirañca parittañca,\ntañca dukkhena saṁyutaṁ.","en":"Unforeseen and unknown\nis the extent of this mortal life—\nhard and short\nand bound to pain."}},{"id":"snp3.8:2","sourceIds":["snp3.8:2.1","snp3.8:2.2","snp3.8:2.3","snp3.8:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi so upakkamo atthi,\nyena jātā na miyyare;\nJarampi patvā maraṇaṁ,\nevaṁdhammā hi pāṇino.","en":"There is no way that\nthose born will not die.\nOn reaching old age death follows:\nsuch is the nature of living creatures."}},{"id":"snp3.8:3","sourceIds":["snp3.8:3.1","snp3.8:3.2","snp3.8:3.3","snp3.8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Phalānamiva pakkānaṁ,\npāto patanato bhayaṁ;\nEvaṁ jātāna maccānaṁ,\nniccaṁ maraṇato bhayaṁ.","en":"As ripe fruit\nare always in danger of falling,\nso mortals once born\nare always in danger of death."}},{"id":"snp3.8:4","sourceIds":["snp3.8:4.1","snp3.8:4.2","snp3.8:4.3","snp3.8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi kumbhakārassa,\nkatā mattikabhājanā;\nSabbe bhedanapariyantā,\nevaṁ maccāna jīvitaṁ.","en":"As clay pots\nmade by a potter\nall end up being broken,\nso is the life of mortals."}},{"id":"snp3.8:5","sourceIds":["snp3.8:5.1","snp3.8:5.2","snp3.8:5.3","snp3.8:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Daharā ca mahantā ca,\nye bālā ye ca paṇḍitā;\nSabbe maccuvasaṁ yanti,\nsabbe maccuparāyaṇā.","en":"Young and old,\nfoolish and wise—\nall go under the sway of death;\nall are destined to die."}},{"id":"snp3.8:6","sourceIds":["snp3.8:6.1","snp3.8:6.2","snp3.8:6.3","snp3.8:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesaṁ maccuparetānaṁ,\ngacchataṁ paralokato;\nNa pitā tāyate puttaṁ,\nñātī vā pana ñātake.","en":"When those overcome by death\nleave this world for the next,\na father cannot protect his son,\nnor relatives their kin."}},{"id":"snp3.8:7","sourceIds":["snp3.8:7.1","snp3.8:7.2","snp3.8:7.3","snp3.8:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pekkhataṁyeva ñātīnaṁ,\npassa lālapataṁ puthu;\nEkamekova maccānaṁ,\ngovajjho viya nīyati.","en":"See how, while relatives look on,\nwailing profusely,\nmortals are led away one by one,\nlike a cow to the slaughter."}},{"id":"snp3.8:8","sourceIds":["snp3.8:8.1","snp3.8:8.2","snp3.8:8.3","snp3.8:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamabbhāhato loko,\nMaccunā ca jarāya ca;\nTasmā dhīrā na socanti,\nViditvā lokapariyāyaṁ.","en":"And so the world is stricken\nby old age and by death.\nThat is why the attentive do not grieve,\nfor they understand the way of the world."}},{"id":"snp3.8:9","sourceIds":["snp3.8:9.1","snp3.8:9.2","snp3.8:9.3","snp3.8:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa maggaṁ na jānāsi,\nāgatassa gatassa vā;\nUbho ante asampassaṁ,\nniratthaṁ paridevasi.","en":"For one whose path you do not know—\nnot whence they came nor where they went—\nyou lament in vain,\nseeing neither end."}},{"id":"snp3.8:10","sourceIds":["snp3.8:10.1","snp3.8:10.2","snp3.8:10.3","snp3.8:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paridevayamāno ce,\nKiñcidatthaṁ udabbahe;\nSammūḷho hiṁsamattānaṁ,\nKayirā ce naṁ vicakkhaṇo.","en":"If a bewildered person,\nlamenting and self-harming,\ncould extract any good from that,\nthen those who see clearly would do the same."}},{"id":"snp3.8:11","sourceIds":["snp3.8:11.1","snp3.8:11.2","snp3.8:11.3","snp3.8:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi ruṇṇena sokena,\nSantiṁ pappoti cetaso;\nBhiyyassuppajjate dukkhaṁ,\nSarīraṁ cupahaññati.","en":"For not by weeping and wailing\nwill you find peace of heart.\nIt just gives rise to more suffering,\nand distresses your body."}},{"id":"snp3.8:12","sourceIds":["snp3.8:12.1","snp3.8:12.2","snp3.8:12.3","snp3.8:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiso vivaṇṇo bhavati,\nHiṁsamattānamattanā;\nNa tena petā pālenti,\nNiratthā paridevanā.","en":"Growing thin and pale,\nyou hurt yourself.\nIt does nothing to help the dead:\nyour lamentation is in vain."}},{"id":"snp3.8:13","sourceIds":["snp3.8:13.1","snp3.8:13.2","snp3.8:13.3","snp3.8:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sokamappajahaṁ jantu,\nBhiyyo dukkhaṁ nigacchati;\nAnutthunanto kālaṅkataṁ,\nSokassa vasamanvagū.","en":"Unless a personage gives up grief,\nthey fall into suffering all the more.\nBewailing those whose time has come,\nyou fall under the sway of grief."}},{"id":"snp3.8:14","sourceIds":["snp3.8:14.1","snp3.8:14.2","snp3.8:14.3","snp3.8:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññepi passa gamine,\nYathākammupage nare;\nMaccuno vasamāgamma,\nPhandantevidha pāṇino.","en":"See, too, other folk departing,\npassing on according to their deeds;\nfallen under the sway of death,\nbeings flounder while still here."}},{"id":"snp3.8:15","sourceIds":["snp3.8:15.1","snp3.8:15.2","snp3.8:15.3","snp3.8:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yena yena hi maññanti,\nTato taṁ hoti aññathā;\nEtādiso vinābhāvo,\nPassa lokassa pariyāyaṁ.","en":"For however they imagine it,\nit turns out to be something else.\nSuch is separation:\nsee the way of the world!"}},{"id":"snp3.8:16","sourceIds":["snp3.8:16.1","snp3.8:16.2","snp3.8:16.3","snp3.8:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Api vassasataṁ jīve,\nBhiyyo vā pana māṇavo;\nÑātisaṅghā vinā hoti,\nJahāti idha jīvitaṁ.","en":"Even if a human lives\na hundred years or more,\nthey are parted from their family circle,\nthey leave this life behind."}},{"id":"snp3.8:17","sourceIds":["snp3.8:17.1","snp3.8:17.2","snp3.8:17.3","snp3.8:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā arahato sutvā,\nVineyya paridevitaṁ;\nPetaṁ kālaṅkataṁ disvā,\nNeso labbhā mayā iti.","en":"Therefore, having learned from the Perfected One,\ndispel lamentation.\nSeeing the dead and departed, think:\n“I cannot escape this.”"}},{"id":"snp3.8:18","sourceIds":["snp3.8:18.1","snp3.8:18.2","snp3.8:18.3","snp3.8:18.4","snp3.8:18.5","snp3.8:18.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā saraṇamādittaṁ,\nVārinā parinibbaye;\nEvampi dhīro sapañño,\nPaṇḍito kusalo naro;\nKhippamuppatitaṁ sokaṁ,\nVāto tūlaṁva dhaṁsaye.","en":"As one would extinguish\na blazing refuge with water,\nso too an attentive one—a wise,\nastute, and skilled person—\nwould swiftly blow away grief that comes up,\nlike the wind a tuft of cotton."}},{"id":"snp3.8:19","sourceIds":["snp3.8:19.1","snp3.8:19.2","snp3.8:19.3","snp3.8:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paridevaṁ pajappañca,\nDomanassañca attano;\nAttano sukhamesāno,\nAbbahe sallamattano.","en":"One who seeks their own happiness\nwould pluck out the dart from themselves—\nthe wailing and praying,\nand sadness inside."}},{"id":"snp3.8:20","sourceIds":["snp3.8:20.1","snp3.8:20.2","snp3.8:20.3","snp3.8:20.4","snp3.8:20.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abbūḷhasallo asito,\nsantiṁ pappuyya cetaso;\nSabbasokaṁ atikkanto,\nasoko hoti nibbutoti.\nSallasuttaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"With dart plucked out, unattached,\nhaving found peace of mind,\novercoming all sorrow,\none is sorrowless and quenched."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp3.8/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."}