..續本文上一頁 echoing the voice of that great liberator, the Buddha, that the following pages have been written as a humble tribute. What follows are free musings on the first poem of the Sutta Nipata, the Uraga Sutta, interspersed with gleanings from the Buddhist texts, which may help to illuminate the verses.
Nyanaponika
Kandy, Sri Lanka
15 November 1975
Uraga Sutta: The Serpent
1. Yo ve uppatita vineti kodha
visatam sappavisam va osadhehi
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who can curb his wrath
as soon as it arises,
as a timely antidote will check
snake”s venom that so quickly spreads,
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
2. Yo ragam udacchida asesam
bhisapuppham va saroruham vigayha
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who entirely cuts off his lust
as entering a pond one uproots lotus plants,
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
3. Yo tanham udacchida asesam saritam sighasaram visosayitva
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who entirely cuts off his craving
by drying up its fierce and rapid flow,
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
4. Yo manam udabbadhi asesam
nalasetum va sudubbalam mahogho
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who entirely blots out conceit
as the wind demolishes a fragile bamboo bridge,
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
5. Yo najjhagama bhavesu saram
vicinam puppham iva udumbaresu
so bhikkhu jahati orapara
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who does not find core or substance
in any of the realms of being,
like flowers which are vainly sought
in fig trees that bear none,
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
6. Yass”antarato na santi kopa
itibhavabhavatañca vitivatto
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who bears no grudges in his heart,
transcending all this "thus" and "otherwise,"
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
7. Yassa vitakka vidhupitave
ajjhattam suvikappita asesa
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who has burned out his evil thoughts,
entirely cut them off within his heart,
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as the
serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
8. Yo naccasari na paccasari
sabbam accagama imam papañcam
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who neither goes too far nor lags behind,
entirely transcending the diffuseness of the world,
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
9. Yo naccasari na paccasari
sabbam vitatham idan”ti natva loke
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who neither goes too far nor lags behind
and knows about the world: "This is all unreal,"
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
10. Yo naccasari na paccasari
sabbam vitatham idan”ti vitalobho
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who neither goes too far nor lags behind,
greedless he knows: "This is all unreal,"
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
11. Yo naccasari na paccasari
sabbam vitatham idan”ti vitarago
so bhikkhu jahati oraparam
urago jinnam iva tacam puranam.
He who neither goes too far nor lags behind,
lust-free he knows: "This is all unreal,"
— such a monk gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
12. Yo naccasari na paccasari
sabbam v…
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