Slain

Chetvāsutta

Slain

Chetvāsutta

EN
Near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove. And then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and addressed him in verse: “When what is slain do you sleep at ease?
PL
Sāvatthiyaṁ jetavane. Atha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: “Kiṁsu chetvā sukhaṁ seti,
EN
When what is slain is there no sorrow? What is the one thing whose killing you approve?” “When anger’s slain you sleep at ease.
PL
kiṁsu chetvā na socati; Kissassu ekadhammassa, vadhaṁ rocesi gotamā”ti. “Kodhaṁ chetvā sukhaṁ seti,
EN
When anger’s slain there is no sorrow. Anger has a poisonous root and a sweet tip, O Vāsava. The noble ones praise its killing,
PL
kodhaṁ chetvā na socati; Kodhassa visamūlassa, madhuraggassa vāsava; Vadhaṁ ariyā pasaṁsanti,
EN
for when it’s slain there is no sorrow.”
PL
tañhi chetvā na socatī”ti.

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

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