{"id":"ud2.3","title":"A Stick","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud2.3","title":"A Stick","units":[{"id":"ud2.3:0","sourceIds":["ud2.3:0.1","ud2.3:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 2.3\nDaṇḍasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 2.3\nA Stick"}},{"id":"ud2.3:1","sourceIds":["ud2.3:1.1","ud2.3:1.2","ud2.3:1.3","ud2.3:1.4","ud2.3:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena sambahulā kumārakā antarā ca sāvatthiṁ antarā ca jetavanaṁ ahiṁ daṇḍena hananti.\nAtha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.\nAddasā kho bhagavā sambahule kumārake antarā ca sāvatthiṁ antarā ca jetavanaṁ ahiṁ daṇḍena hanante.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time, between Sāvatthī and the Jeta Grove, several boys were hitting a snake with a stick.\nThen the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms.\nHe saw the boys hitting the snake."}},{"id":"ud2.3:2","sourceIds":["ud2.3:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:"}},{"id":"ud2.3:3","sourceIds":["ud2.3:3.1","ud2.3:3.2","ud2.3:3.3","ud2.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni,\nyo daṇḍena vihiṁsati;\nAttano sukhamesāno,\npecca so na labhate sukhaṁ.","en":"“Creatures love happiness,\nso if you harm them with a stick\nin search of your own happiness,\nafter death you’ll find no happiness."}},{"id":"ud2.3:4","sourceIds":["ud2.3:4.1","ud2.3:4.2","ud2.3:4.3","ud2.3:4.4","ud2.3:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhakāmāni bhūtāni,\nyo daṇḍena na hiṁsati;\nAttano sukhamesāno,\npecca so labhate sukhan”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"Creatures love happiness,\nso if you don’t harm them with a stick\nin search of your own happiness,\nafter death you will find happiness.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud2.3/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."}