ự tích bậc Đạo Sư

Ahaṁ nāgova saṅgāme,

cāpato patitaṁ saraṁ;

Ativākyaṁ titikkhissaṁ,

dussīlo hi bahujjano.

Dantaṁ nayanti samitiṁ,

dantaṁ rājābhirūhati;

Danto seṭṭho manussesu,

yotivākyaṁ titikkhati.

Varamassatarā dantā,

ājānīyā ca sindhavā;

Kuñjarā ca mahānāgā,

attadanto tato varaṁ.

Hatthācariyapubbakabhikkhuvatthu

Na hi etehi yānehi,

gaccheyya agataṁ disaṁ;

Yathāttanā sudantena,

danto dantena gacchati.

Parijiṇṇabrāhmaṇaputtavatthu

Dhanapālo nāma kuñjaro,

Kaṭukabhedano dunnivārayo;

Baddho kabaḷaṁ na bhuñjati,

Sumarati nāgavanassa kuñjaro.

Pasenadikosalavatthu

Middhī yadā hoti mahagghaso ca,

Niddāyitā samparivattasāyī;

Mahāvarāhova nivāpapuṭṭho,

Punappunaṁ gabbhamupeti mando.

Sānusāmaṇeravatthu

Idaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ,

Yenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ;

Tadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,

Hatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho.

Pāveyyakahatthivatthu

Appamādaratā hotha,

sacittamanurakkhatha;

Duggā uddharathattānaṁ,

paṅke sannova kuñjaro.

Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu

Sace labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,

Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ;

Abhibhuyya sabbāni parissayāni,

Careyya tenattamano satīmā.

No ce labhetha nipakaṁ sahāyaṁ,

Saddhiṁ caraṁ sādhuvihāridhīraṁ;

Rājāva raṭṭhaṁ vijitaṁ pahāya,

Eko care mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo.

Ekassa caritaṁ seyyo,

Natthi bāle sahāyatā;

Eko care na ca pāpāni kayirā,

Appossukko mātaṅgaraññeva nāgo.

Māravatthu

Atthamhi jātamhi sukhā sahāyā,

Tuṭṭhī sukhā yā itarītarena;

Puññaṁ sukhaṁ jīvitasaṅkhayamhi,

Sabbassa dukkhassa sukhaṁ pahānaṁ.

Sukhā matteyyatā loke,

atho petteyyatā sukhā;

Sukhā sāmaññatā loke,

atho brahmaññatā sukhā.

Sukhaṁ yāva jarā sīlaṁ,

sukhā saddhā patiṭṭhitā;

Sukho paññāya paṭilābho,

pāpānaṁ akaraṇaṁ sukhaṁ.

Nāgavaggo tevīsatimo.

SC 320As an elephant in battle endures arrows shot from
bows,
So shall I endure insult.
Truly, the masses are immoral.

SC 321It is the tamed one they lead into the crowd.
It is the tamed one that the king mounts.
Among humans, best is the tamed one
Who endures insult.

SC 322Excellent are tamed mules,
Thoroughbred horses of Sindh, and great elephants,
tuskers.
More excellent than these is the one who tames
himself.

SC 323For not by these mounts could one go to the
unreached region,
As one tamed goes well-tamed.

SC 324A tusker named Dhanapālaka,
Bound, difficult to restrain, and rutting,
Does not eat even a morsel;
He longs for the elephant grove.

SC 325The sluggish and gluttonous,
The sleeper, who lies rolling around,
Being dull like a great boar nourished on fodder,
Undergoes rebirth again and again.

SC 326Formerly, this mind went wandering as it wished,
According to its desire and pleasure.
Today, I will restrain it thoroughly,
As an elephant driver subdues a rutting elephant.

SC 327Be devoted to vigilance;
Guard your mind.
Raise yourself from the bad path,
Like a tusker sunk in mud.

SC 328If you should find an intelligent companion,
A fellow-traveler who is wise and virtuous,
You should journey together, joyful and mindful,
Overcoming all dangers.

SC 329If you should not find an intelligent companion,
A fellow-traveler who is wise and virtuous,
Then journey alone,
Like a king who has abandoned a conquered
kingdom,
Like the elephant in the Mātaṅga forest.

SC 330It is better to travel alone; there is no
companionship with a fool.
Go alone, wanting little, and doing no wrong,
Like the elephant in the Mātaṅga forest.

SC 331Happy are friends when need arises.
Happy is contentment in whatever is.
Happy is a meritorious deed at the end of life.
Happy is the abandonment of suffering altogether.

SC 332Happy in this world is reverence toward one’s
mother,
And reverence for one’s father as well.
Happy in this world is reverence toward a
renunciant.
Happy is respect for the brahmin.

SC 333Happy is virtue through old age.
Happy is a firmly established faith.
Happy is the attainment of wisdom.
Happy is doing no wrong.