Suyagada 2.1
Sūyagaḍa 2.1
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- Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
2.1
S/2.1 veyāliyajjhayaṇe biie /
saṃbujjhaha kiṃ na bujjhaha | saṃbohī khalu pecca dullahā /
no hūvaṇamanti rāiyo | no sulabhaṃ puṇarāvi jīviyaṃ ||1||
ḍaharā buḍḍhā ya pāsaha | gabbhatthā vi cayanti māṇavā /
seṇe jaha vaayaṃ hare | evaṃ āukhayammi tuaī ||2||
māyāhi piyāhi luppaī | no sulahā sugaī ya peccao /
eyāi bhayāi pehiyā | ārambhā viramejja suvvae ||3||
jam iṇaṃ jagaī puḍho jagā | kammehiṃ luppanti pāṇiṇo /
sayam eva kaḍehi gāhaī | no tassa muccejjapuṭhayaṃ ||4||
devā gandhavvarakkhasā | asurā bhūmicarā sarīsivā /
rāyā naraseṭhimāhaṇā | ṭhāṇā te vi cayanti dukkhiyā ||5||
kāmehi ya saṃthavehi gidhdā | kammasahā kāleṇa jantavo /
tāle jaha bandhaṇaccue | evaṃ āyukhayammi tuaī ||6||
je yāvi bahussue siyā | dhammiya māhaṇa bhikkhue siyā /
abhinūmakaḍehi mucchie | tivvaṃ te kammehi kiccaī ||7||
aha pāsa vivegamuṭhie | avitiṇṇe iha bhāsaī dhuvaṃ /
nāhisi āraṃ kao paraṃ | vehāse kammehi kiccaī ||8||
jai vi ya nagiṇe kise care | jai vi ya bhuñjiya māsamantaso /
je iha māyāhi mijjaī | āgantā gabbhāya -antaso ||9||
purisorama pāvakammuṇā | paliyantaṃ maṇuyāṇa jīviyaṃ /
sannā iha kāmamucchiyā | mohaṃ janti narā asaṃvuḍā ||10||
jayayaṃ viharāhi jogavaṃ | aṇupāṇā panthā duruttarā /
aṇusāsaṇameva pakkame | vīrehiṃ sammaṃ paveiyaṃ ||11||
virayā vīrā samuṭhiyā | kohakāyariyāipīsaṇā /
pāṇe na haṇanti savvaso | pāvāo virayābhinivvuḍā ||12||
na vi tā aham eva luppae | luppantī logaṃsi pāṇiṇo /
evaṃ sahiehi pāsae | anihe se puṭhe hiyāsae ||13||
dhuṇiyā kuliyaṃ va levavaṃ | kisae deham aṇāsaṇā iha /
avihiṃsāmeva pavvae | aṇudhammo muṇiṇā paveiyo ||14||
sauṇī jaha paṃsuguṇḍiyā | vihuṇiya dhaṃsayaī siyaṃ rayaṃ /
evaṃ daviovahāṇavaṃ | kammaṃ khavai tavassi māhaṇe ||15||
uṭhiyam aṇagāram esaṇaṃ | samaṇaṃ ṭhāṇaṭhiyaṃ tavassiṇaṃ /
ḍaharā vuḍḍhā ya patthae | avi susso na ya taṃ labhejja no ||16||
jai kāluṇiyāṇi kāsiyā | jai royanti ya puttakāraṇā /
daviyaṃ bhikkhū samuṭhiyaṃ | no labbhanti na saṃṭhavittave ||17||
jai vi ya kāmehi lāviyā | jai nejjāhi -a bandhiuṃ gharaṃ /
jai jīviya nāvakaṅkhae | no labbhanti na saṃṭhavittae ||18||
sehanti ya -aṃ mamāiṇo | māya piyā ya suyā ya bhāriyā /
posāhi -a pāsao tumaṃ | loga paraṃ pi jahāsi posaṇo ||19||
anne annehi mucchiyā | mohaṃ janti narā asaṃvuḍā /
visamaṃ visamehi gāhiyā | te pāvehi puṇo pagabbhiyā ||20||
tamhā davi ikkha paṇḍie | pāvāo virae bhinivvuḍe /
paṇae vīraṃ mahāvihiṃ | siddhipahaṃ neyāuyaṃ dhuvaṃ ||21||
veyāliyamaggamāgao | maṇavayasā kāeṇa nivvuḍo /
ciccā vittaṃ ca nāyao | ārambhaṃ ca susaṃvuḍaṃ care ||22|| tti bemi || veyāliyajjhayaṇe paḍhamuddeso
(Rishabha said to his sons):
Acquire perfect knowledge of the Law! why do you not study it? It is difficult to obtain instruction in it after this life. The days (that are gone by) will never return, nor is it easy a second time to obtain human birth. (1)
See, young and old men, even children in the mother's womb die. As a hawk catches a quail, so (life) will end when its time is spent. (2)
(A man) may suffer for the sake of his parents; he will not easily obtain happiness after this life. A pious man should consider these causes of danger and cease to act. (3)
For in this world living beings suffer individually for their deeds; for the deed they have done themselves, they obtain (punishment), and will not get over it before they have felt it. (4)
Even gods, Gandharvas, Râkshasas, and Asuras; animals who live on earth, and snakes; kings, common people, merchants, and Brâhmanas: they all must leave their rank and suffer. (5)
Notwithstanding their pleasures and relations, all men must suffer in due time the fruit of their works; as a cocoa-nut detaching itself from its stalk (falls down), so (life) will end when its time is spent. (6)
Even a very learned or virtuous man, or a Brâhmana or an ascetic, will be severely punished for his deed when he is given to actions of deceit. (7)
See, those (heretics) who search for the knowledge of truth, but who do not cross the Samsâra, talk only about the highest good (without reaching it).
How will you understand what is near you and what is beyond? In the meanwhile you suffer for your deeds. (8)
He who walks about naked and lean, he who eats only once after a month, if he is filled with deceit, will be born an endless number of times. (9)
Man, cease from sins! For the life of men will come to an end. Men who are drowned (in lust, as it were), and addicted to pleasure will, for want of control, be deluded. (10)
Exert and control yourself! For it is not easy to walk on ways where there are minutely small animals. Follow the commandments which the Arhats have well proclaimed. (11)
Heroes (of faith) who desist (from sins) and exert themselves aright, who subdue wrath, fear, &c., will never kill living beings; they desist from sins and are entirely happy. (12)
It is not myself alone who suffers, all creatures in the world suffer; this a wise man should consider, and he should patiently bear (such calamities) as befall him, without giving way to his passions. (13)
As a wall covered with a plastering (of dried cowdung) is by a shock made thin, so (a monk) should make his body lean by fasting, &c. He should abstain from slaughter of living beings. This is the Law proclaimed by the Sage. (14)
As a bird covered with dust removes the grey powder by shaking itself, so a worthy and austere Brâhmana, who does penance, annihilates his Karman. (15)
Young and old people claim a houseless Sramana as their own, though he begs according to the Law, observes the rules of conduct, and performs austerities. People will even cry themselves hoarse, but they will not captivate him. (16)
Whatever they will do to move his pity, however they will cry about their son, they will not captivate a worthy and virtuous monk or make him return to domestic life. (17)
Though they tempt him with pleasures, and though they should bind him and carry him home, if he does not care for a (worldly) life, they will not captivate him or make him return to domestic life. (18)
His father and mother, his children and wife who claim him, will admonish him: 'See, you are our supporter; care not for the next world in order to support us.' (19)
Some people are (foolishly) attached to others, and are thereby deluded; the unrighteous make them adopt unrighteousness, and they exult in their wickedness. (20)
Therefore a worthy and wise man should be careful, ceasing from sin and being entirely happy. The virtuous heroes of faith (have chosen) the great road, the right and certain path to perfection. (21)
He who has entered the road leading to the destruction (of Karman), who controls his mind, speech, and body, who has given up his possessions and relations and all undertakings, should walk about subduing his senses. (22)
Translations (3)
- Sūyagaḍa: Hindi translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2019) — Hindi
- Sûtrakritâṅga (Gaina Sûtras II, SBE 45) — Hermann Jacobi 1895, English
- Sūyagaḍa: Gujarati translation (Dīparatnasāgara, 2020) — Gujarati
Commentaries (4)
- Sūyagaḍanijjutti — Bhadrabāhu & Bhadrabāhu II, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- Sūyagaḍacuṇṇi — Jinadāsagaṇi Mahattara, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit
- Sūtrakṛtāṅgaṭīkā — Śīlāṅka, Sanskrit
- Sūyagaḍa: ṭīkānusārī vivecana — Muni Dīparatnasāgara, Gujarati
Other recensions (1)
- Sūyagaḍa (Āgamasuttāṇi, ed. Dīparatnasāgara 2012) — Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit
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