{"id":"thag17.1","title":"Phussa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag17.1","title":"Phussa","units":[{"id":"thag17.1:0","sourceIds":["thag17.1:0.1","thag17.1:0.2","thag17.1:0.3","thag17.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 17.1\nTiṁsanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nPhussattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 17.1\nThe Book of the Thirties\nChapter One\nPhussa"}},{"id":"thag17.1:1","sourceIds":["thag17.1:1.1","thag17.1:1.2","thag17.1:1.3","thag17.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāsādike bahū disvā,\nbhāvitatte susaṁvute;\nIsi paṇḍarasagotto,\napucchi phussasavhayaṁ.","en":"Seeing many who inspire confidence,\nevolved and well-restrained,\nthe seer of the Paṇḍara clan,\nasked the one known as Phussa:"}},{"id":"thag17.1:2","sourceIds":["thag17.1:2.1","thag17.1:2.2","thag17.1:2.3","thag17.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁchandā kimadhippāyā,\nkimākappā bhavissare;\nAnāgatamhi kālamhi,\ntaṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”.","en":"“In future times,\nwhat desire and motivation\nand behavior will people have?\nPlease answer my question.”"}},{"id":"thag17.1:3","sourceIds":["thag17.1:3.1","thag17.1:3.2","thag17.1:3.3","thag17.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Suṇohi vacanaṁ mayhaṁ,\nisipaṇḍarasavhaya;\nSakkaccaṁ upadhārehi,\nācikkhissāmyanāgataṁ.","en":"“Listen to my words,\nO seer known as a Paṇḍara,\nand remember them carefully,\nI will describe the future."}},{"id":"thag17.1:4","sourceIds":["thag17.1:4.1","thag17.1:4.2","thag17.1:4.3","thag17.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kodhanā upanāhī ca,\nmakkhī thambhī saṭhā bahū;\nUssukī nānāvādā ca,\nbhavissanti anāgate.","en":"In the future many will be\nangry and hostile,\noffensive, stubborn, and devious,\njealous, holding divergent views."}},{"id":"thag17.1:5","sourceIds":["thag17.1:5.1","thag17.1:5.2","thag17.1:5.3","thag17.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññātamānino dhamme,\ngambhīre tīragocarā;\nLahukā agarū dhamme,\naññamaññamagāravā.","en":"Imagining they understand the depths of the teaching,\nthey resort to the near shore.\nSuperficial and disrespectful toward the teaching,\nthey lack respect for one another."}},{"id":"thag17.1:6","sourceIds":["thag17.1:6.1","thag17.1:6.2","thag17.1:6.3","thag17.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahū ādīnavā loke,\nuppajjissantyanāgate;\nSudesitaṁ imaṁ dhammaṁ,\nkilesessanti dummatī.","en":"In the future\nmany dangers will arise in the world.\nIdiots will defile\nthe Dhamma that was taught so well."}},{"id":"thag17.1:7","sourceIds":["thag17.1:7.1","thag17.1:7.2","thag17.1:7.3","thag17.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Guṇahīnāpi saṅghamhi,\nvoharantā visāradā;\nBalavanto bhavissanti,\nmukharā assutāvino.","en":"Though bereft of good qualities,\nunlearned prattlers, too sure of themselves,\nwill become powerful\nin running Saṅgha proceedings."}},{"id":"thag17.1:8","sourceIds":["thag17.1:8.1","thag17.1:8.2","thag17.1:8.3","thag17.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Guṇavantopi saṅghamhi,\nvoharantā yathātthato;\nDubbalā te bhavissanti,\nhirīmanā anatthikā.","en":"Though possessing good qualities,\nthe conscientious and unbiased, acting in the proper spirit,\nwill become weak\nin running Saṅgha proceedings."}},{"id":"thag17.1:9","sourceIds":["thag17.1:9.1","thag17.1:9.2","thag17.1:9.3","thag17.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rajataṁ jātarūpañca,\nkhettaṁ vatthumajeḷakaṁ;\nDāsidāsañca dummedhā,\nsādiyissantyanāgate.","en":"In the future, simpletons will accept\ncurrency and gold,\nfields and land, goats and sheep,\nand bonded servants, male and female."}},{"id":"thag17.1:10","sourceIds":["thag17.1:10.1","thag17.1:10.2","thag17.1:10.3","thag17.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ujjhānasaññino bālā,\nsīlesu asamāhitā;\nUnnaḷā vicarissanti,\nkalahābhiratā magā.","en":"Fools finding fault in others,\nbut unsteady in their own ethics,\nwill wander about, insolent,\nlike cantankerous beasts."}},{"id":"thag17.1:11","sourceIds":["thag17.1:11.1","thag17.1:11.2","thag17.1:11.3","thag17.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uddhatā ca bhavissanti,\nnīlacīvarapārutā;\nKuhā thaddhā lapā siṅgī,\ncarissantyariyā viya.","en":"They’ll be haughty,\nwrapped in robes of blue;\ndeceivers and flatterers, pompous and fake,\nthey’ll wander as if they were noble ones."}},{"id":"thag17.1:12","sourceIds":["thag17.1:12.1","thag17.1:12.2","thag17.1:12.3","thag17.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Telasaṇṭhehi kesehi,\ncapalā añjanakkhikā;\nRathiyāya gamissanti,\ndantavaṇṇikapārutā.","en":"With hair sleeked back with oil,\nfickle, their eyes painted with eyeshadow,\nthey’ll travel on the high-road,\nwrapped in robes of ivory color."}},{"id":"thag17.1:13","sourceIds":["thag17.1:13.1","thag17.1:13.2","thag17.1:13.3","thag17.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajegucchaṁ vimuttehi,\nsurattaṁ arahaddhajaṁ;\nJigucchissanti kāsāvaṁ,\nodātesu samucchitā.","en":"The deep-dyed ocher robe,\nworn without disgust by the free,\nthey will come to loathe,\nbesotted by white clothes."}},{"id":"thag17.1:14","sourceIds":["thag17.1:14.1","thag17.1:14.2","thag17.1:14.3","thag17.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Lābhakāmā bhavissanti,\nkusītā hīnavīriyā;\nKicchantā vanapatthāni,\ngāmantesu vasissare.","en":"They’ll want lots of possessions,\nand be lazy, lacking energy.\nWeary of the forest,\nthey’ll stay within villages."}},{"id":"thag17.1:15","sourceIds":["thag17.1:15.1","thag17.1:15.2","thag17.1:15.3","thag17.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ye lābhaṁ labhissanti,\nmicchājīvaratā sadā;\nTe teva anusikkhantā,\nbhajissanti asaṁyatā.","en":"Being unrestrained, they’ll keep company with\nthose who acquire profit,\nand who always enjoy wrong livelihood,\nfollowing their example."}},{"id":"thag17.1:16","sourceIds":["thag17.1:16.1","thag17.1:16.2","thag17.1:16.3","thag17.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ye alābhino lābhaṁ,\nna te pujjā bhavissare;\nSupesalepi te dhīre,\nsevissanti na te tadā.","en":"They won’t respect those\nwho don’t get lots of stuff,\nand they won’t associate with the attentive,\neven though they’re very amiable."}},{"id":"thag17.1:17","sourceIds":["thag17.1:17.1","thag17.1:17.2","thag17.1:17.3","thag17.1:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Milakkhurajanaṁ rattaṁ,\ngarahantā sakaṁ dhajaṁ;\nTitthiyānaṁ dhajaṁ keci,\ndhārissantyavadātakaṁ.","en":"Disparaging their own banner,\ndyed a vermilion color,\nsome will wear the white banner\nof those of other religions."}},{"id":"thag17.1:18","sourceIds":["thag17.1:18.1","thag17.1:18.2","thag17.1:18.3","thag17.1:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Agāravo ca kāsāve,\ntadā tesaṁ bhavissati;\nPaṭisaṅkhā ca kāsāve,\nbhikkhūnaṁ na bhavissati.","en":"Then they’ll have no respect\nfor the ocher robe.\nThe mendicants will not reflect\non the nature of the ocher robe."}},{"id":"thag17.1:19","sourceIds":["thag17.1:19.1","thag17.1:19.2","thag17.1:19.3","thag17.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhibhūtassa dukkhena,\nsallaviddhassa ruppato;\nPaṭisaṅkhā mahāghorā,\nnāgassāsi acintiyā.","en":"This awful lack of reflection\nwas unthinkable to the elephant,\nwho was overcome by suffering,\ninflicted by an arrow strike."}},{"id":"thag17.1:20","sourceIds":["thag17.1:20.1","thag17.1:20.2","thag17.1:20.3","thag17.1:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chaddanto hi tadā disvā,\nsurattaṁ arahaddhajaṁ;\nTāvadeva bhaṇī gāthā,\ngajo atthopasaṁhitā.","en":"Then the six-tusked elephant,\nseeing the deep-dyed banner of the perfected ones,\nstraight away spoke these verses\nconnected with the goal."}},{"id":"thag17.1:21","sourceIds":["thag17.1:21.1","thag17.1:21.2","thag17.1:21.3","thag17.1:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Anikkasāvo kāsāvaṁ,\nyo vatthaṁ paridhassati;\nApeto damasaccena,\nna so kāsāvamarahati.","en":"‘One who, not free of stains themselves,\nwould wear the robe stained in ocher,\nbereft of self-control and truth:\nthey are not worthy of the ocher robe."}},{"id":"thag17.1:22","sourceIds":["thag17.1:22.1","thag17.1:22.2","thag17.1:22.3","thag17.1:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca vantakasāvassa,\nsīlesu susamāhito;\nUpeto damasaccena,\nsa ve kāsāvamarahati.","en":"One who’s purged all their stains,\nsteady in ethics,\npossessing truth and self-control:\nthey are truly worthy of the ocher robe.’"}},{"id":"thag17.1:23","sourceIds":["thag17.1:23.1","thag17.1:23.2","thag17.1:23.3","thag17.1:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipannasīlo dummedho,\npākaṭo kāmakāriyo;\nVibbhantacitto nissukko,\nna so kāsāvamarahati.","en":"Devoid of virtue, a simpleton,\nwild, doing what they like,\ntheir minds astray, indolent:\nthey are not worthy of the ocher robe."}},{"id":"thag17.1:24","sourceIds":["thag17.1:24.1","thag17.1:24.2","thag17.1:24.3","thag17.1:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca sīlena sampanno,\nvītarāgo samāhito;\nOdātamanasaṅkappo,\nsa ve kāsāvamarahati.","en":"One accomplished in ethics,\nfree of greed, serene,\ntheir heart’s intention pure:\nthey are truly worthy of the ocher robe."}},{"id":"thag17.1:25","sourceIds":["thag17.1:25.1","thag17.1:25.2","thag17.1:25.3","thag17.1:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uddhato unnaḷo bālo,\nsīlaṁ yassa na vijjati;\nOdātakaṁ arahati,\nkāsāvaṁ kiṁ karissati.","en":"The haughty, insolent fool,\nwho has no ethics at all,\nis worthy of a white robe—\nwhat use is an ocher robe for them?"}},{"id":"thag17.1:26","sourceIds":["thag17.1:26.1","thag17.1:26.2","thag17.1:26.3","thag17.1:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhikkhū ca bhikkhuniyo ca,\nduṭṭhacittā anādarā;\nTādīnaṁ mettacittānaṁ,\nniggaṇhissantyanāgate.","en":"In the future, monks and nuns\nwith corrupt hearts, lacking regard for others,\nwill disparage those\nwith hearts of loving-kindness."}},{"id":"thag17.1:27","sourceIds":["thag17.1:27.1","thag17.1:27.2","thag17.1:27.3","thag17.1:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sikkhāpentāpi therehi,\nbālā cīvaradhāraṇaṁ;\nNa suṇissanti dummedhā,\npākaṭā kāmakāriyā.","en":"Though trained in wearing the robe\nby senior monks,\nsimpletons will not listen,\nwild, doing what they like."}},{"id":"thag17.1:28","sourceIds":["thag17.1:28.1","thag17.1:28.2","thag17.1:28.3","thag17.1:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te tathā sikkhitā bālā,\naññamaññaṁ agāravā;\nNādiyissantupajjhāye,\nkhaḷuṅko viya sārathiṁ.","en":"With that kind of attitude to training,\nthose fools won’t respect each other,\nor take any notice of their mentors,\nlike a wild colt with its charioteer."}},{"id":"thag17.1:29","sourceIds":["thag17.1:29.1","thag17.1:29.2","thag17.1:29.3","thag17.1:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ anāgataddhānaṁ,\npaṭipatti bhavissati;\nBhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnañca,\npatte kālamhi pacchime.’","en":"Even so, in the future,\nthis will be the practice\nof monks and nuns\nwhen the latter days have come."}},{"id":"thag17.1:30","sourceIds":["thag17.1:30.1","thag17.1:30.2","thag17.1:30.3","thag17.1:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Purā āgacchate etaṁ,\nanāgataṁ mahabbhayaṁ;\nSubbacā hotha sakhilā,\naññamaññaṁ sagāravā.","en":"Before this frightening future arrives,\nbe easy to admonish,\ncourteous in speech,\nand respect one another."}},{"id":"thag17.1:31","sourceIds":["thag17.1:31.1","thag17.1:31.2","thag17.1:31.3","thag17.1:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mettacittā kāruṇikā,\nHotha sīlesu saṁvutā;\nĀraddhavīriyā pahitattā,\nNiccaṁ daḷhaparakkamā.","en":"Have hearts of love and compassion,\nand please do keep your precepts.\nBe energetic, resolute,\nand always staunchly vigorous."}},{"id":"thag17.1:32","sourceIds":["thag17.1:32.1","thag17.1:32.2","thag17.1:32.3","thag17.1:32.4","thag17.1:32.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pamādaṁ bhayato disvā,\nAppamādañca khemato;\nBhāvethaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,\nPhusantā amataṁ padan”ti.\n… Phusso thero ….","en":"Seeing negligence as fearful,\nand diligence as a sanctuary,\ndevelop the eightfold path,\nrealizing the state free of death.”\n…"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag17.1/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."}