SN 1.40

Dutiyapajjunnadhītusuttaṁ

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ. Atha kho cūḷakokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ mahāvanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā cūḷakokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:

With Pajjunna’s Daughter (2nd)

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. Then, late at night, the glorious Kokanadā the Younger, Pajjunna’s daughter, lighting up the entire Great Wood, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:

“Idhāgamā vijjupabhāsavaṇṇā, Kokanadā pajjunnassa dhītā; Buddhañca dhammañca namassamānā, Gāthācimā atthavatī abhāsi.

“She came here, beautiful as a flash of lightning, Kokanadā, Pajjunna’s daughter. Revering the Buddha and the teaching, she spoke these verses full of meaning.

Bahunāpi kho taṁ vibhajeyyaṁ, Pariyāyena tādiso dhammo; Saṅkhittamatthaṁ lapayissāmi, Yāvatā me manasā pariyattaṁ.

The teaching is such that I could analyze it in many different ways. However, I will state the meaning in brief as far as I have learned it by heart.

Pāpaṁ na kayirā vacasā manasā, Kāyena vā kiñcana sabbaloke; Kāme pahāya satimā sampajāno, Dukkhaṁ na sevetha anatthasaṁhitan”ti.

You should never do anything bad by speech or mind or body in all the world. Having given up sensual pleasures, mindful and aware, you shouldn’t keep doing what’s painful and pointless.”