Danda Vagga (The Rod or Punishment)
Verse 144
Asso yathā bhadro kasānivittho
ātāpino saŋvegino bhavātha
Saddhāya sīlena ca viriyena ca
samādhinā dhamma-vinicchayena ca
Sampanna-vijjācaranā patissatā
jahissatha dukkham idam anappakam
ātāpino saŋvegino bhavātha
Saddhāya sīlena ca viriyena ca
samādhinā dhamma-vinicchayena ca
Sampanna-vijjācaranā patissatā
jahissatha dukkham idam anappakam
Like a thoroughbred horse,
touched by the whip,
even so one who is ardent and strenuous should develop urgency.
By confidence, virtue, energetic effort, concentration, investigation of the Truth; by being endowed with knowledge and conduct, and by being mindful, abandon this great suffering.
touched by the whip,
even so one who is ardent and strenuous should develop urgency.
By confidence, virtue, energetic effort, concentration, investigation of the Truth; by being endowed with knowledge and conduct, and by being mindful, abandon this great suffering.
| Meaning | |
| asso bhadro | a thoroughbred horse |
| yathā | just as |
| kasā | a whip |
| kasā-nivittho | touched by a whip |
| ātāpino | one who is ardent and strenuous |
| saŋvegino | sense of urgency (to practise Dhamma) |
| bhavātha | develop |
| saddhāya | with faith / confidence |
| sīlena | with virtue |
| ca | and |
| viriyena | by energetic effort |
| samādhinā | with concentration |
| dhamma-vinicchayena | by investigating the Dhamma |
| sampanna | endowed with |
| vijjā caranā | knowledge and (good) conduct |
| patissatā | mindful |
| jahissatha | abandon |
| dukkham | suffering |
| idam | this |
| anappakam | not little; great; considerable |