Little Hut

Kuṭikāsutta

Little Hut

Kuṭikāsutta

EN
“Don’t you have a little hut? Don’t you have a little nest? Don’t you have any networks? Aren’t you free of shackles?”
PL
“Kacci te kuṭikā natthi, kacci natthi kulāvakā; Kacci santānakā natthi, kacci muttosi bandhanā”ti.
EN
“Indeed I have no little hut. Indeed I have no little nest. Indeed I have no networks. Indeed I’m free from shackles.”
PL
“Taggha me kuṭikā natthi, taggha natthi kulāvakā; Taggha santānakā natthi, taggha muttomhi bandhanā”ti.
EN
“What do you think I call your little hut? What do I call your little nest? What do I call your network? And what do I call your shackle?”
PL
“Kintāhaṁ kuṭikaṁ brūmi, kiṁ te brūmi kulāvakaṁ; Kiṁ te santānakaṁ brūmi, kintāhaṁ brūmi bandhanan”ti.
EN
“You call mother a little hut; and wife a little nest. You call children a network, and you call my craving a shackle.”
PL
“Mātaraṁ kuṭikaṁ brūsi, bhariyaṁ brūsi kulāvakaṁ; Putte santānake brūsi, taṇhaṁ me brūsi bandhanan”ti.
EN
“It’s good you have no little hut! It’s good you have no little nest! It’s good you have no networks! And good that you’re free from shackles.”
PL
“Sāhu te kuṭikā natthi, sāhu natthi kulāvakā; Sāhu santānakā natthi, sāhu muttosi bandhanā”ti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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