5.14. Udaya’s Questions

“Jhāyiṁ virajamāsīnaṁ,

(iccāyasmā udayo)

Katakiccaṁ anāsavaṁ;

Pāraguṁ sabbadhammānaṁ,

Atthi pañhena āgamaṁ;

Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūhi,

Avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.

“Pahānaṁ kāmacchandānaṁ,

(udayāti bhagavā)

Domanassāna cūbhayaṁ;

Thinassa ca panūdanaṁ,

Kukkuccānaṁ nivāraṇaṁ.

Upekkhāsatisaṁsuddhaṁ,

dhammatakkapurejavaṁ;

Aññāvimokkhaṁ pabrūmi,

avijjāya pabhedanaṁ”.

“Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko,

kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;

Kissassa vippahānena,

nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.

“Nandisaṁyojano loko,

vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;

Taṇhāya vippahānena,

nibbānaṁ iti vuccati”.

“Kathaṁ satassa carato,

viññāṇaṁ uparujjhati;

Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,

taṁ suṇoma vaco tava”.

“Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca,

Vedanaṁ nābhinandato;

Evaṁ satassa carato,

Viññāṇaṁ uparujjhatī”ti.

Udayamāṇavapucchā terasamā.

SC 1SC Verse 1112Udaya
To the contemplative seated free of dust,
done what should be done, with inflows none,
to the one beyond all dharmas gone,
to him with a question have I come:
Please say by shattering ignorance
how Final Knowledge’s free.

SC 2SC Verse 1113Buddha
Let go desires for pleasures of sense,
with all bad-mindedness as well,
sloth dispel and check remorse,

SC 3SC Verse 1114poised mindfulness completely pure,
forerun by Dharma-distinguishing:
I say by shattering ignorance,
there’s Final Knowledge free.

SC 4SC Verse 1115Udaya
What’s the fetter of the world?
and what the world’s wandering?
By abandonment of what
is it Nirvāṇa named?

SC 5SC Verse 1116Buddha
Enjoyment: the fetter of the world,
while thinking, the world’s wandering,
the letting-go of craving—
it’s Nirvāṇa named.

SC 6SC Verse 1117Udaya
How is consciousness broken up
in one who practises mindfully?
To the Lord we come with this question,
we wish to hear your words.

SC 7SC Verse 1118Buddha
Feeling both within, without—
in that do not delight,
thus consciousness is broken up
in one who practises mindfully.