Verses on Dhamma 5.11.70_2

5.11.70_2

Tassattho – sace bālo apariññātadhammo sīlādiguṇā paribāhiro titthāyatane pabbajito ‘‘tapacaraṇaṃ pūressāmī’’ti māse māse patte kusaggena bhojanaṃ bhuñjanto vassasataṃ bhuñjeyya bhojanaṃ. Na so saṅkhātadhammānaṃ, kalaṃ agghati soḷasinti saṅkhātadhammā vuccanti ñātadhammā tulitadhammā. Tesu heṭṭhimakoṭiyā sotāpanno saṅkhātadhammo, uparimakoṭiyā khīṇāsavo. Imesaṃ saṅkhātadhammānaṃ so bālo kalaṃ na agghati soḷasinti puggalādhiṭṭhānā desanā. Ayaṃ panettha attho – yā cassa tathā tapacaraṇaṃ pūrentassa vassasataṃ cetanā yā ca saṅkhātadhammānaṃ kālaṃ vā bhattaṃ vā kukkuccāyitvā abhuñjantānaṃ ekā bhattacchedanakusalacetanā, tassā cetanāya sā tāva dīgharattaṃ pavattacetanā soḷasiṃ kalaṃ na agghati. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti – yaṃ tassā saṅkhātadhammānaṃ cetanāya phalaṃ, taṃ soḷasa koṭṭhāse katvā tato ekekaṃ puna soḷasa soḷasa koṭṭhāse katvā tato ekassa koṭṭhāsassa yaṃ phalaṃ, tadeva tassa bālassa tapacaraṇato mahapphalataranti.