A Tangle

Jaṭāsutta

A Tangle

Jaṭāsutta

EN
“Tangled within, tangled without: these people are tangled in tangles. I ask you this, Gotama: who can untangle this tangle?”
PL
“Antojaṭā bahijaṭā, Jaṭāya jaṭitā pajā; Taṁ taṁ gotama pucchāmi, Ko imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭan”ti.
EN
“A wise person grounded in ethics, developing the mind and wisdom, a keen and alert mendicant— they can untangle this tangle.
PL
“Sīle patiṭṭhāya naro sapañño, Cittaṁ paññañca bhāvayaṁ; Ātāpī nipako bhikkhu, So imaṁ vijaṭaye jaṭaṁ.
EN
Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance have faded away; the perfected ones with defilements ended— they have untangled the tangle.
PL
Yesaṁ rāgo ca doso ca, avijjā ca virājitā; Khīṇāsavā arahanto, tesaṁ vijaṭitā jaṭā.
EN
And where name and form cease with no residue left behind; and impingement and perception of form: it’s here this tangle is cut.”
PL
Yattha nāmañca rūpañca, asesaṁ uparujjhati; Paṭighaṁ rūpasaññā ca, etthesā chijjate jaṭā”ti.

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

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