Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho nandano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Standing to one side, the godling Nandana addressed the Buddha in verse:
“Pucchāmi taṁ gotama bhūripañña,
“I ask you, Gotama, whose wisdom is vast,
Anāvaṭaṁ bhagavato ñāṇadassanaṁ;
the Blessed One of unhindered knowledge and vision.
Kathaṁvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,
What sort do they call ethical?
Kathaṁvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;
What sort do they call wise?
Kathaṁvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,
What sort lives on after transcending suffering?
Kathaṁvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.
What sort is worshiped by the deities?”
“Yo sīlavā paññavā bhāvitatto,
“Someone who is ethical, wise, evolved,
Samāhito jhānarato satīmā;
becomes serene, loving absorption, mindful,
Sabbassa sokā vigatā pahīnā,
who’s gotten rid of and given up all sorrows,
Khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī.
with defilements ended, they bear their final body.
Tathāvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,
That sort they call ethical.
Tathāvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;
That sort they call wise.
Tathāvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,
That sort lives on after transcending suffering.
Tathāvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.
That sort is worshiped by the deities.”
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Standing to one side, the godling Nandana addressed the Buddha in verse:
“I ask you, Gotama, whose wisdom is vast,
the Blessed One of unhindered knowledge and vision.
What sort do they call ethical?
What sort do they call wise?
What sort lives on after transcending suffering?
What sort is worshiped by the deities?”
“Someone who is ethical, wise, evolved,
becomes serene, loving absorption, mindful,
who’s gotten rid of and given up all sorrows,
with defilements ended, they bear their final body.
That sort they call ethical.
That sort they call wise.
That sort lives on after transcending suffering.
That sort is worshiped by the deities.”
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho nandano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Pucchāmi taṁ gotama bhūripañña,
Anāvaṭaṁ bhagavato ñāṇadassanaṁ;
Kathaṁvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,
Kathaṁvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;
Kathaṁvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,
Kathaṁvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.
“Yo sīlavā paññavā bhāvitatto,
Samāhito jhānarato satīmā;
Sabbassa sokā vigatā pahīnā,
Khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī.
Tathāvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,
Tathāvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;
Tathāvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,
Tathāvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.