Lifespan (2nd)

Dutiyaāyusutta

Lifespan (2nd)

Dutiyaāyusutta

EN

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. There the Buddha … said: “Mendicants, the lifespan of humans is short.

PL

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tatra kho bhagavā …pe… etadavoca: “Appamidaṁ, bhikkhave, manussānaṁ āyu.

EN

We are headed for lives to come. We must do what is skillful, we must practice the spiritual life. No one born is immortal. A long life is a hundred years or a little more.” Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:

PL

Gamanīyo samparāyo, kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ, caritabbaṁ brahmacariyaṁ. Natthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ. Yo, bhikkhave, ciraṁ jīvati, so vassasataṁ appaṁ vā bhiyyo”ti. Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

EN

“The days and nights don’t rush by, and life isn’t cut short. The life of mortals keeps rolling on, like a chariot’s rim around the hub.”

PL

“Nāccayanti ahorattā, Jīvitaṁ nūparujjhati; Āyu anupariyāyati maccānaṁ, Nemīva rathakubbaran”ti.

EN

“The days and nights rush by, and then life is cut short. The life of mortals wastes away, like the water in tiny streams.”

PL

“Accayanti ahorattā, jīvitaṁ uparujjhati; Āyu khīyati maccānaṁ, kunnadīnaṁva odakan”ti.

EN

Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.

PL

Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti. Paṭhamo vaggo. Tassuddānaṁ Tapokammañca nāgo ca,

PL

subhaṁ pāsena te duve; Sappo supati nandanaṁ, āyunā apare duveti.

Lifespan (2nd)

Dutiyaāyusutta

Lifespan (2nd)

Dutiyaāyusutta

EN

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. There the Buddha … said: “Mendicants, the lifespan of humans is short.

PL

Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tatra kho bhagavā …pe… etadavoca: “Appamidaṁ, bhikkhave, manussānaṁ āyu.

EN

We are headed for lives to come. We must do what is skillful, we must practice the spiritual life. No one born is immortal. A long life is a hundred years or a little more.” Then Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:

PL

Gamanīyo samparāyo, kattabbaṁ kusalaṁ, caritabbaṁ brahmacariyaṁ. Natthi jātassa amaraṇaṁ. Yo, bhikkhave, ciraṁ jīvati, so vassasataṁ appaṁ vā bhiyyo”ti. Atha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

EN

“The days and nights don’t rush by, and life isn’t cut short. The life of mortals keeps rolling on, like a chariot’s rim around the hub.”

PL

“Nāccayanti ahorattā, Jīvitaṁ nūparujjhati; Āyu anupariyāyati maccānaṁ, Nemīva rathakubbaran”ti.

EN

“The days and nights rush by, and then life is cut short. The life of mortals wastes away, like the water in tiny streams.”

PL

“Accayanti ahorattā, jīvitaṁ uparujjhati; Āyu khīyati maccānaṁ, kunnadīnaṁva odakan”ti.

EN

Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there.

PL

Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti. Paṭhamo vaggo. Tassuddānaṁ Tapokammañca nāgo ca,

PL

subhaṁ pāsena te duve; Sappo supati nandanaṁ, āyunā apare duveti.