Suttanipata 3.8.18
Suttanipāta 3.8.18
- Language
- Pāli
3.8.18.1
Yathā saraṇamādittaṃ,
As a house on fire is extinguished by water, so also the wise, sensible, learned, clever man rapidly drives away sorrow that has arisen, as the wind a tuft of cotton. (591)
3.8.18.2
Vārinā parinibbaye;
As a house on fire is extinguished by water, so also the wise, sensible, learned, clever man rapidly drives away sorrow that has arisen, as the wind a tuft of cotton. (591)
3.8.18.3
Evampi dhīro sapañño,
As a house on fire is extinguished by water, so also the wise, sensible, learned, clever man rapidly drives away sorrow that has arisen, as the wind a tuft of cotton. (591)
3.8.18.4
Paṇḍito kusalo naro;
As a house on fire is extinguished by water, so also the wise, sensible, learned, clever man rapidly drives away sorrow that has arisen, as the wind a tuft of cotton. (591)
3.8.18.5
Khippamuppatitaṃ sokaṃ,
As a house on fire is extinguished by water, so also the wise, sensible, learned, clever man rapidly drives away sorrow that has arisen, as the wind a tuft of cotton. (591)
3.8.18.6
Vāto tūlaṃva dhaṃsaye.
As a house on fire is extinguished by water, so also the wise, sensible, learned, clever man rapidly drives away sorrow that has arisen, as the wind a tuft of cotton. (591)
Translations (3)
- Lehrreden-Sammelband — German
- The Sutta-Nipāta (Sacred Books of the East 10.2) — Viggo Fausbøll 1881, English
- Anthology of Discourses — English
Commentaries (2)
- Paramatthajotikā II (Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
- Maṅgalatthadīpanī — Sirimaṅgala, Pāli
Linked texts (1)
- Jātaka — Pāli