1.77. Tôn Chủ

“Kiṁsu issariyaṁ loke,

kiṁsu bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;

Kiṁsu satthamalaṁ loke,

kiṁsu lokasmimabbudaṁ.

Kiṁsu harantaṁ vārenti,

haranto pana ko piyo;

Kiṁsu punappunāyantaṁ,

abhinandanti paṇḍitā”ti.

“Vaso issariyaṁ loke,

itthī bhaṇḍānamuttamaṁ;

Kodho satthamalaṁ loke,

corā lokasmimabbudā.

Coraṁ harantaṁ vārenti,

haranto samaṇo piyo;

Samaṇaṁ punappunāyantaṁ,

abhinandanti paṇḍitā”ti.

SC 1 “What is sovereignty in the world?
What ranks as the best of goods?
What in the world is a rusty sword?
What in the world is considered a plague?

SC 2 “Whom do they arrest when he takes away?
And who, when he takes away, is dear?
In whom do the wise take delight
When he returns again and again?”

SC 3 “Mastery is sovereignty in the world;
A woman ranks as the best of goods;
In the world anger is a rusty sword;
Thieves in the world are considered a plague.

SC 4 “They arrest a thief when he takes away,
But an ascetic who takes away is dear.
The wise take delight in an ascetic
When he returns again and again.” sn.i.44