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Show IAST transliterationසංයුත්ත නිකාය 2.19
The Related Suttas Collection 2.19
2. අනාථපිණ්ඩිකවග්ග
2. With Anāthapiṇḍika
උත්තරසුත්ත
With Uttara
රාජගහනිදානං. ඒකමන්තං ඨිතෝ ඛෝ උත්තරෝ දේවපුත්තෝ භගවතෝ සන්තිකේ ඉමං ගාථං අභාසි:
At Rājagaha. Standing to one side, the god Uttara recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
“උපනීයති ජීවිතමප්පමායු, ජරූපනීතස්ස න සන්ති තාණා; ඒතං භයං මරණේ පේක්ඛමානෝ, පුඤ්ඤානි කයිරාථ සුඛාවහානී”ති.
“This life, so very short, is led onward. There’s no shelter for one led on by old age. Seeing this peril in death, do good deeds that bring happiness.”
“උපනීයති ජීවිතමප්පමායු, ජරූපනීතස්ස න සන්ති තාණා; ඒතං භයං මරණේ පේක්ඛමානෝ, ලෝකාමිසං පජහේ සන්තිපේක්ඛෝ”ති.
“This life, so very short, is led onward. There’s no shelter for one led on by old age. Seeing this peril in death, a seeker of peace would drop the world’s bait.”
The authoritative text of the Saṁyutta Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
