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Tương Ưng Bộ Kinh · Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN1.4

Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.4 1. Naḷavagga Accentisutta

Linked Discourses 1.4 1. A Reed Time Flies

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

2.1

“Accenti kālā tarayanti rattiyo,

“Time flies, nights pass by,

2.2

Vayoguṇā anupubbaṁ jahanti;

the stages of life leave us one by one.

2.3

Etaṁ bhayaṁ maraṇe pekkhamāno,

Seeing this peril in death,

2.4

Puññāni kayirātha sukhāvahānī”ti.

do good deeds that bring you joy.”

3.1

“Accenti kālā tarayanti rattiyo,

“Time flies, nights pass by,

3.2

Vayoguṇā anupubbaṁ jahanti;

the stages of life leave us one by one.

3.3

Etaṁ bhayaṁ maraṇe pekkhamāno,

Seeing this peril in death,

3.4

Lokāmisaṁ pajahe santipekkho”ti.

a seeker of peace would drop the world’s bait.”