Yamaka Vagga (The Twin Verses)
Verse 11 & 12
Asāre sāramatino
sāre casāradassino
Te sāram nadhigacchanti
micchā sankappagocarā
sāre casāradassino
Te sāram nadhigacchanti
micchā sankappagocarā
The unessential they imagine as essential,
in the essential they see as unessential,
they never realize the essence,
who entertain (such) wrong thoughts.
in the essential they see as unessential,
they never realize the essence,
who entertain (such) wrong thoughts.
Sārañ ca sārato ñatvā
asārañ ca asārato
Te sāram adhigacchanti
sammā sankappagocarā
What is essential they understood as essential,
what is unessential they regard as unessential,
they realize the essence,
who entertain (such) right thoughts.
| Meaning | |
| asāre | unessential |
| sāramatino | imagine as essential |
| sāre | essential |
| asāradassino | see as unessential |
| te | they |
| sāram | the essence |
| na adhigacchanti | do not understand |
| micchā sankappa | wrong thoughts |
| gocarā | [ Fig. ] entertain, tend towards, feeding upon |
| sārañ | (the) essential |
| sārato | as essential |
| ñatvā | understood |
| asārañ | (the) non-essential |
| asārato | unessential |
| adhigacchanti | understand |
| sammā sankappa | right thoughts |