Udāna, Exalted Utterances

2: Mucalindavaggo
atha kho Bhagavā anuppatto” ti.
then the Gracious One arrived.”
“Nakhvetaṁ bhikkhave tumhākaṁ patirūpaṁ
“This is certainly not suitable, monks, for you
kulaputtānaṁ saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajitānaṁ,
sons of good family who through faith have gone forth from the home to homelessness,
yaṁ tumhe evarūpiṁ kathaṁ katheyyātha.
that you should talk such talk.
Sannipatitānaṁ vo bhikkhave dvayaṁ karaṇīyaṁ:
When you have assembled together, monks, there are two things that you ought to do:
Dhammī vā kathā, ariyo vā tuṇhībhāvo” ti.
talk about the Dhamma, or maintain noble silence.”
Atha kho Bhagavā, etam-atthaṁ viditvā,
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it,
tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“Yañ-ca kāmasukhaṁ loke, yañ-cidaṁ diviyaṁ sukhaṁ,
“That which is sensual happiness in the world, and that happiness which is divine,
Taṇhakkhayasukhassete kalaṁ nāgghanti soḷasin”-ti.
To the happiness of the destruction of craving, these are not worth a sixteenth
part.”
Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I heard:
2-3: Daṇḍasuttaṁ (13)
The Discourse about the Stick
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati,
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
in Jeta's Wood, at Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā kumārakā
Then at that time many young boys
antarā ca Sāvatthiṁ antarā ca Jetavanaṁ ahiṁ daṇḍena hananti.
who were between Sāvatthī and Jeta's Wood were attacking a snake with a stick.
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