Snp 4.4

Suddhaṭṭhakasutta

Passāmi suddhaṁ paramaṁ arogaṁ, Diṭṭhena saṁsuddhi narassa hoti; Evābhijānaṁ paramanti ñatvā, Suddhānupassīti pacceti ñāṇaṁ.

Eight on the Pure

“I see someone pure, perfectly healthy; it is vision that grants a person purity.” Recalling this notion of the ultimate, they believe in the notion that there is one who observes purity.

Diṭṭhena ce suddhi narassa hoti, Ñāṇena vā so pajahāti dukkhaṁ; Aññena so sujjhati sopadhīko, Diṭṭhī hi naṁ pāva tathā vadānaṁ.

If a person were granted purity through what is seen, or if by a notion they could give up suffering, then one with attachments is purified by another: their view betrays them as one who asserts thus.

Na brāhmaṇo aññato suddhimāha, Diṭṭhe sute sīlavate mute vā; Puññe ca pāpe ca anūpalitto, Attañjaho nayidha pakubbamāno.

The brahmin speaks not of purity from another in terms of what has been seen, heard, or thought; or by precepts or vows. They are unsullied in the midst of good and evil, letting go what was picked up, without creating anything new here.

Purimaṁ pahāya aparaṁ sitāse, Ejānugā te na taranti saṅgaṁ; Te uggahāyanti nirassajanti, Kapīva sākhaṁ pamuñcaṁ gahāyaṁ.

Having let go the last they lay hold of the next; following impulse, they don’t pass the chain. They grab on and let loose like a monkey grabbing and releasing a branch.

Sayaṁ samādāya vatāni jantu, Uccāvacaṁ gacchati saññasatto; Vidvā ca vedehi samecca dhammaṁ, Na uccāvacaṁ gacchati bhūripañño.

Having undertaken their own vows, a personage visits various teachers, being attached to perception. One who knows, having comprehended the truth through the knowledges, does not visit various teachers, being of vast wisdom.

Sa sabbadhammesu visenibhūto, Yaṁ kiñci diṭṭhaṁ va sutaṁ mutaṁ vā; Tameva dassiṁ vivaṭaṁ carantaṁ, Kenīdha lokasmi vikappayeyya.

They are remote from all things seen, heard, or thought. Seeing them living openly, how could anyone in this world judge them?

Na kappayanti na purekkharonti, Accantasuddhīti na te vadanti; Ādānaganthaṁ gathitaṁ visajja, Āsaṁ na kubbanti kuhiñci loke.

They don’t make things up or promote them, or speak of the uttermost purity. After untying the tight knot of grasping they long for nothing in the world.

Sīmātigo brāhmaṇo tassa natthi, Ñatvā va disvā va samuggahītaṁ; Na rāgarāgī na virāgaratto, Tassīdha natthi paramuggahītanti.

The brahmin has stepped over the perimeter; knowing and seeing, they adopt nothing. Neither in love with passion nor besotted by dispassion, there is nothing here they adopt as the ultimate.