Dighanikaya 31.249

31.249

Attāpissa agutto arakkhito hotīti avelāya caranto hi khāṇukaṇṭakādīnipi akkamati, ahināpi yakkhādīhipi samāgacchati, taṃ taṃ ṭhānaṃ gacchatīti ñatvā verinopi naṃ nilīyitvā gaṇhanti vā hananti vā. Evaṃ attāpissa agutto hoti arakkhito. Puttadārāpi ‘‘amhākaṃ pitā amhākaṃ sāmi rattiṃ vicarati, kimaṅgaṃ pana maya’’nti itissa puttadhītaropi bhariyāpi bahi patthanaṃ katvā rattiṃ carantā anayabyasanaṃ pāpuṇanti. Evaṃ puttadāropissa agutto arakkhito hoti. Sāpateyyanti tassa puttadāraparijanassa rattiṃ caraṇakabhāvaṃ ñatvā corā suññaṃ gehaṃ pavisitvā yaṃ icchanti, taṃ haranti. Evaṃ sāpateyyampissa aguttaṃ arakkhitaṃ hoti. Saṅkiyo ca hotīti aññehi katapāpakammesupi ‘‘iminā kataṃ bhavissatī’’ti saṅkitabbo hoti. Yassa yassa gharadvārena yāti, tattha yaṃ aññena corakammaṃ paradārikakammaṃ vā kataṃ, taṃ ‘‘iminā kata’’nti vutte abhūtaṃ asantampi tasmiṃ rūhati patiṭṭhāti. Bahūnañca dukkhadhammānanti ettakaṃ dukkhaṃ, ettakaṃ domanassanti vattuṃ na sakkā, aññasmiṃ puggale asati sabbaṃ vikālacārimhi āharitabbaṃ hoti, iti so bahūnaṃ dukkhadhammānaṃ purakkhato puregāmī hoti.

"He himself is unguarded and unprotected": for roaming at the wrong time, he steps even on stumps, thorns, and the like, he encounters even snakes, yakkhas, and the like, and enemies, knowing that he goes to such-and-such a place, lie in wait and seize him or kill him. In this way he himself is unguarded and unprotected. His wife and children too: thinking, "Our father, our master wanders at night, why shouldn’t we?", his sons, daughters, and wife, making an arrangement outside and wandering at night, come to ruin and misfortune. In this way his wife and children too are unguarded and unprotected. "Property": knowing that his wife, children, and retinue wander at night, thieves enter the empty house and take away whatever they wish. In this way his property too is unguarded and unprotected. "And he is suspected": even concerning evil deeds done by others, he is to be suspected: "It must have been done by him." Whatever house door he passes by, if a theft or adultery was committed there by someone else, when it is said, "It was done by him," even though untrue and non-existent, it sticks and takes hold of him. "And of many painful things": it is impossible to say, "There is only this much suffering, this much grief." When no other person [is found], everything is brought down upon the one who wanders at unseasonable hours; thus he is faced with and a forerunner of many painful things.