Loka Vagga (The World)
Verse 174
Andhabhūto ayam loko
tanuk’ettha vipassati
Sakunto jālamutto’va
appo saggāya gacchati
tanuk’ettha vipassati
Sakunto jālamutto’va
appo saggāya gacchati
Blind is this world!
Few are those who clearly see.
Just as few birds escape from a net,
few (are those who) go to a blissful state.
Few are those who clearly see.
Just as few birds escape from a net,
few (are those who) go to a blissful state.
| Meaning | |
| andhabhūto | [ Fig. ] mentally blind; ignorant |
| ayam | this |
| loko | world |
| tanuk’ettha | [ tanuka + ettha ] few in this respect |
| vipassati | clearly see |
| sakunto | bird |
| jāla | net |
| mutto | free (from); escape |
| va | [ = eva ] just as |
| appo | few |
| saggāya | (to) blissful state |
| gacchati | go |