Uttarajjhayana 17

17.1

je ke ime pavvaie niyaṃṭhe dhamma suṇittā vinaovavanne |
sudullahaṃ lahiuṃ bohilābhaṃ viharejja pacchā ya jahāsuhaṃ tu ||

Any Nirgrantha who, having gone forth and heard the Dharma, endowed with discipline, / and having attained the very rare attainment of enlightenment, should thereafter live as he pleases—

A Nirgrantha who has entered the order, who has learned the Law, who has received religious discipline, and who has obtained the benefit of Bôdhi which is difficult to obtain, may perhaps afterwards begin to live as he likes.

17.2

sejjā daḍhā pāuraṇaṃ me atthi uppajjaī bhottuṃ taheva pāuṃ |
jāṇāmi jaṃ vaṭṭai āusu! tti kiṃ nāma kāhāmi sueṇa bhaṃte! ||

"My bed is firm, I have a blanket, food and drink are provided; / I know what is fitting, O long-lived one! What use to me is learning, venerable sir?"—

17.3

je ke ime pavvaie niddāsīle pagāmaso |
bhoccā peccā suhaṃ suvai pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

Any such person who has gone forth, who is given to sleep to his heart's content, / who sleeps comfortably after eating and drinking, is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.4

āyariyauvajjhāehiṃ suyaṃ vinayaṃ ca gāhie |
te ceva khiṃsaī bāle pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

Taught the scriptures and discipline by ācāryas and upādhyāyas, / the fool reviles those very [teachers]: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.5

āyariyauvajjhāyāṇaṃ sammaṃ no paḍitappai |
appaḍipūyae thaddhe pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He does not pay proper respect to his ācāryas and upādhyāyas; / unyielding, failing to honour them in return, he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.6

sammaddamāṇe pāṇāṇi bīyāṇi hariyāṇi ya |
asaṃjae saṃjayamannamāṇe pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

Crushing living beings, seeds, and green plants underfoot, / unrestrained, but deeming himself restrained, he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.7

saṃthāraṃ phalagaṃ pīḍhaṃ nisejjaṃ pāyakaṃbalaṃ |
appamajjiyamāruhai pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He mounts his straw mat, wooden plank, stool, seat, or woolen wrap / without having inspected and swept it: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.8

davadavassa caraī pamatte ya abhikkhaṇaṃ |
ullaṃghaṇe ya caṃḍe ya pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He walks in a headlong rush, is constantly heedless, / unruly and wrathful: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.9

paḍilehei pamatte avajjhai pāyakaṃbalaṃ |
paḍilehaṇāanāutte pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He inspects heedlessly, binds on his woolen wrap carelessly, / negligent in his inspections: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.10

paḍilehei pamatte se kiṃci hu nisāmiyā |
guruparibhāvae niccaṃ pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He inspects heedlessly, and whenever he hears anything, / he continually insults the preceptor: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.11

bahumāī pamuhare thaddhe luddhe aniggahe |
asaṃvibhāgī aciyatte pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

Excessively deceitful, talkative, obstinate, greedy, uncontrolled, / sharing nothing, lacking decorum: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.12

vivādaṃ ca udīrei ahamme attapannahā |
vuggahe kalahe ratte pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He stirs up disputes contrary to Dharma, trusting his own judgment, / delighted in strife and quarrels: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.13

athirāsane kukkuīe jattha tattha nisīyaī |
āsanaṃmi anāutte pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

Restless on his seat, full of fidgeting gestures, sitting down anywhere at all, / careless concerning his seat: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.14

sasarakkhapāe suvaī sejjaṃ na paḍilehai |
saṃthārae anāutte pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He sleeps with dusty feet, does not inspect his bed, / negligent concerning his pallet: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.15

duddhadahīvigaīo āhārei abhikkhaṇaṃ |
arae ya tavokamme pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He constantly consumes milk, curd, and rich foods, / and takes no delight in the practice of austerities: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.16

atthaṃtammi ya sūrammi āhārei abhikkhaṇaṃ |
coio paḍicoei pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

When the sun has set, he continually eats; / reprimanded, he talks back: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.17

āyariyapariccāī parapāsaṃḍasevae |
gāṇaṃgaṇie dubbhūe pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

Deserting his ācārya, following other sects, / seeking to form his own group, malicious: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.18

sayaṃ gehaṃ paricajja paragehaṃsi vāvaḍe |
nimitteṇa ya vavaharaī pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

Abandoning his own home, he busies himself in the homes of others, / and trades in omens: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.19

saṇṇāipiṃḍaṃ jemei necchaī sāmudāniyaṃ |
gihinisejjaṃ ca vāhei pāvasamaṇi tti vuccaī ||

He eats food prepared for guests and does not want miscellaneous alms, / and makes a practice of sitting in the houses of householders: he is called a bad śramaṇa.

17.20

eyārise paṃcakusīlasaṃvuḍe rūvaṃdhare munipapavarāṇa heṭṭhime |
ayaṃsi loe visameva garahie na se ihaṃ neva parattha loe ||

Such a one, enveloped in the five bad habits, merely wearing the external appearance, lowest among the foremost sages, / is reviled in this world like poison; he belongs neither to this world nor to the next.

17.21

je vajjae ee sayā u dose se suvvae hoi munīṇa majjhe |
ayaṃsi loe amayaṃ va pūie ārāhae duhao logamiṇaṃ || –tti bemi ||

He who always avoids these faults is of good vows among the sages; / honoured in this world like nectar, he wins both worlds. —Thus I speak.