EN
“What ages, what does not age? What’s called a deviation? What’s a roadblock for skillful qualities? What is ending day and night?
PL
“Kiṁ jīrati kiṁ na jīrati, kiṁsu uppathoti vuccati; Kiṁsu dhammānaṁ paripantho, kiṁsu rattindivakkhayo;
Getting Old
Najīratisutta
EN
What’s the stain of celibacy? What’s the waterless bath? How many holes are there in the world, where one’s wealth leaks out?
PL
Kiṁ malaṁ brahmacariyassa, kiṁ sinānamanodakaṁ. Kati lokasmiṁ chiddāni, yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati;
EN
We’ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?” “The physical form of mortals gets old, but their name and clan don’t.
PL
Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti. “Rūpaṁ jīrati maccānaṁ, nāmagottaṁ na jīrati;
EN
Lust is called a deviation, and greed is a roadblock for skillful qualities. Youth is ending day and night. Women are the stain of chastity,
PL
Rāgo uppathoti vuccati. Lobho dhammānaṁ paripantho, Vayo rattindivakkhayo; Itthī malaṁ brahmacariyassa,
EN
to which this generation clings. Fervor and chastity are the waterless bath. There are six holes in the world,
PL
Etthāyaṁ sajjate pajā; Tapo ca brahmacariyañca, Taṁ sinānamanodakaṁ. Cha lokasmiṁ chiddāni,
EN
where one’s wealth leaks out: laziness and negligence, lack of initiative and lack of restraint, sleepiness and sloth.
PL
yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati; Ālasyañca pamādo ca, anuṭṭhānaṁ asaṁyamo; Niddā tandī ca te chidde,
EN
You should completely get rid of these holes!”
PL
sabbaso taṁ vivajjaye”ti.
Sutraya