Numbered Discourses 5.137 14. Kings Little Sleep (AN5.137)

1.1

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, appaṁ rattiyā supanti, bahuṁ jagganti.

“Mendicants, these five sleep little at night, staying mostly awake.

1.2

Katame pañca?

What five?

1.3

Itthī, bhikkhave, purisādhippāyā appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.

A woman longing for a man.

1.4

Puriso, bhikkhave, itthādhippāyo appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.

A man longing for a woman.

1.5

Coro, bhikkhave, ādānādhippāyo appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.

A thief longing for their loot.

1.6

Rājā, bhikkhave, rājakaraṇīyesu yutto appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.

A king busy with his duties.

1.7

Bhikkhu, bhikkhave, visaṁyogādhippāyo appaṁ rattiyā supati, bahuṁ jaggati.

A mendicant longing for freedom from the yoke.

1.8

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca appaṁ rattiyā supanti, bahuṁ jaggantī”ti.

These five sleep little at night, staying mostly awake.”

1.9

Sattamaṁ.