Uttarajjhayana 31

31.1

caraṇavihiṃ pavakkhāmi jīvassa u suhāvahaṃ |
jaṃ carittā bahū jīvā tiṇṇā saṃsārasāgaraṃ ||

I shall declare the rule of conduct / which brings welfare to the soul,
practicing which many souls / have crossed the ocean of the cycle of rebirth.

I shall declare the mode of life that benefits the soul; by practising it many souls have crossed the ocean of Samsâra.

31.2

egao viraiṃ kujjā egao ya pavattaṇaṃ |
asaṃjame niyattiṃ ca saṃjame ya pavattaṇaṃ ||

One should practice cessation on one side, / and exertion on the other:
restraint from non-restraint, / and exertion in self-restraint.

31.3

rāgaddose ya do pāve pāvakammapavattaṇe |
je bhikkhū ruṃbhaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

Attachment and aversion are two evils / that bring about bad karma;
the monk who constantly checks them / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.4

daṃḍāṇaṃ gāravāṇaṃ ca sallāṇaṃ ca tiyaṃ tiyaṃ |
je bhikkhū cayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

Punishments, prides, / and thorns—three of each;
the monk who constantly abandons them / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.5

divve ya je uvasagge tahā tericchamānuse |
je bhikkhū sahaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

Afflictions that are divine, / and those animal and human;
the monk who constantly endures them / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.6

vigahākasāyasaṇṇāṇaṃ jjhāṇāṇaṃ ca duyaṃ tahā |
je bhikkhū vajjaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

Idle talk, passions, instincts, / and likewise the two [bad] meditations;
the monk who constantly avoids them / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.7

vaesu iṃdiyatthesu samiīsu kiriyāsu ya |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the vows, in the sense objects, / in the circumspections, and in the activities;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.8

lesāsu chasu kāesu chakke āhārakāraṇe |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the six leśyās, in the six classes of living beings, / and in the six reasons for taking food;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.9

piṃḍoggahapaḍimāsu bhayaṭṭhāṇesu sattasu |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the alms-bowl food, in the accepted limits, in the ascetic stages, / and in the seven causes of fear;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.10

maesu baṃbhaguttīsu bhikkhudhammaṃmi dasavihe |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the proud conceits, in the protections of chastity, / and in the tenfold duty of a monk;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.11

uvāsagāṇaṃ paḍimāsu bhikkhūṇaṃ paḍimāsu ya |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the ascetic stages of the lay disciples, / and in the ascetic stages of the monks;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.12

kiriyāsu bhūyagāmesu paramāhammiesu ya |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the activities, in the classes of living beings, / and concerning the Paramādhārmika deities;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.13

gāhāsolahasaehiṃ tahā assaṃjamammi ya |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

Regarding the sixteen hundred verses, / and in [avoiding] non-restraint;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.14

baṃbhaṃmi nāyajjhayaṇesu ṭhāṇesu ya samāhie |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchaī maṃḍale ||

In chastity, in the Jñātṛ lectures, / and in the stations of meditative composure;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.15

egavīsāe sabalesu bāvīsāe parīsahe |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the twenty-one flaws, / and in the twenty-two hardships;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.16

tevīsai sūyagaḍe rūvāhiesu suresu a |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the twenty-three [chapters of] Sūtrakṛta, / and concerning gods superior in beauty;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.17

paṇavīsabhāvaṇāhiṃ uddesesu dasāiṇaṃ |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the twenty-five reflections, / and in the lessons of the Daśās and others;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.18

anagāraguṇehiṃ ca pakappammiṃ taheva ya |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the virtues of a homeless mendicant, / and likewise in the Prakalpa;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.19

pāvasuyapasaṃgesu mohaṭṭhāṇesu ceva ya |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In associations with bad scripture, / and in the conditions of delusion;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.20

siddhāiguṇajogesu tettīsāsāyaṇāsu ya |
je bhikkhū jayaī niccaṃ se na acchai maṃḍale ||

In the attainment of the virtues of the perfected souls and others, / and in the thirty-three offenses;
the monk who constantly strives / does not remain in the cycle of rebirth.

31.21

ii eesu ṭhāṇesu je bhikkhū jayaī sayā |
khippaṃ se savvasaṃsārā vippamuccai paṃḍio || –tti bemi ||

Thus in these stations, the wise monk / who constantly strives
is swiftly liberated / from all cycle of rebirth. — Thus I say.