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# Chavisutta 1.1-5

Chavisutta 1.1-5

- **Language:** Pāli

### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28.1.1)

Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.

> At Sāvatthī.  
> — Skin

### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28.1.2)

“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko.

> “Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …  
> — Skin

### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28.1.3)

Lābhasakkārasiloko, bhikkhave, chaviṃ chindati, chaviṃ chetvā cammaṃ chindati, cammaṃ chetvā maṃsaṃ chindati, maṃsaṃ chetvā nhāruṃ chindati, nhāruṃ chetvā aṭṭhiṃ chindati, aṭṭhiṃ chetvā aṭṭhimiñjaṃ āhacca tiṭṭhati.

> They cut through the outer skin, the inner skin, the flesh, sinews, and bones, until they reach the marrow and keep pressing.  
> — Skin

### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28.1.4)

Evaṃ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…

> So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”  
> — Skin

### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28.1.5)

evañhi vo bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

## Translations (3)

- [Haut](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German
- [Koža](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr
- [Skin](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.2.17.28~en-sujato.1.1) — English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Sāratthappakāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta!saratthappakasini.17.3.4.177) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli

## Linked texts (1)

- [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.12.9.3) — Classical Chinese

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