Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.
At one time one of the mendicants was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.
Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu yaṁ sudaṁ pubbe ativelaṁ sajjhāyabahulo viharati so aparena samayena appossukko tuṇhībhūto saṅkasāyati.
Now at that time that mendicant had previously been spending too much time rehearsing. But some time later they adhered to passivity and silence.
Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno dhammaṁ asuṇantī yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
Not hearing the teaching, the deity haunting that forest approached that mendicant, and addressed them in verse:
“Kasmā tuvaṁ dhammapadāni bhikkhu,
“Mendicant, why don’t you recite passages of the teaching,
Nādhīyasi bhikkhuhi saṁvasanto;
living together with other mendicants?
Sutvāna dhammaṁ labhatippasādaṁ,
Hearing the teaching, one garners confidence;
Diṭṭheva dhamme labhatippasaṁsan”ti.
and in this very life, one garners praise.”
“Ahu pure dhammapadesu chando,
“I used to be zealous for passages of the teaching,
Yāva virāgena samāgamimha;
until I encountered dispassion.
Yato virāgena samāgamimha,
When I encountered dispassion,
Yaṁ kiñci diṭṭhaṁva sutaṁ mutaṁ vā;
whatever was seen, heard, and thought,
Aññāya nikkhepanamāhu santo”ti.
this, good people say, is the laying down by complete understanding.”
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
At one time one of the mendicants was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.
Now at that time that mendicant had previously been spending too much time rehearsing. But some time later they adhered to passivity and silence.
Not hearing the teaching, the deity haunting that forest approached that mendicant, and addressed them in verse:
“Mendicant, why don’t you recite passages of the teaching,
living together with other mendicants?
Hearing the teaching, one garners confidence;
and in this very life, one garners praise.”
“I used to be zealous for passages of the teaching,
until I encountered dispassion.
When I encountered dispassion,
whatever was seen, heard, and thought,
this, good people say, is the laying down by complete understanding.”
Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.
Tena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu yaṁ sudaṁ pubbe ativelaṁ sajjhāyabahulo viharati so aparena samayena appossukko tuṇhībhūto saṅkasāyati.
Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno dhammaṁ asuṇantī yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
“Kasmā tuvaṁ dhammapadāni bhikkhu,
Nādhīyasi bhikkhuhi saṁvasanto;
Sutvāna dhammaṁ labhatippasādaṁ,
Diṭṭheva dhamme labhatippasaṁsan”ti.
“Ahu pure dhammapadesu chando,
Yāva virāgena samāgamimha;
Yato virāgena samāgamimha,
Yaṁ kiñci diṭṭhaṁva sutaṁ mutaṁ vā;
Aññāya nikkhepanamāhu santo”ti.