Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He’s as far from the True Dhamma
as the ground is from the sky.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He wanes from the True Dhamma
like the moon in the dark half of the month.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He dries up in the True Dhamma
like a fish in next to no water.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He doesn’t grow in the True Dhamma,
like a rotten seed in a field.
But whoever hears the Conqueror’s teaching
with guarded1 intent,
doing away with effluents
—all—
realizing the unshakable,
attaining the foremost peace,
—effluent-free—
totally unbinds.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He’s as far from the True Dhamma
as the ground is from the sky.
He’s as far from the True Dhamma
as the ground is from the sky.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He wanes from the True Dhamma
like the moon in the dark half of the month.
He wanes from the True Dhamma
like the moon in the dark half of the month.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He dries up in the True Dhamma
like a fish in next to no water.
He dries up in the True Dhamma
like a fish in next to no water.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.
He doesn’t grow in the True Dhamma,
like a rotten seed in a field.
He doesn’t grow in the True Dhamma,
like a rotten seed in a field.
But whoever hears the Conqueror’s teaching
with guarded1 intent,
doing away with effluents
—all—
realizing the unshakable,
attaining the foremost peace,
—effluent-free—
totally unbinds.
But whoever hears the Conqueror’s teaching
with guarded1 intent,
doing away with effluents
—all—
realizing the unshakable,
attaining the foremost peace,
—effluent-free—
totally unbinds.
Notes
1. Reading guttena with the Thai edition. Other editions have tuṭṭhena, “contented.”
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