13 ตายนคาถา : Tāyana-gāthā

13 ตายนคาถา :  Tāyana-gāthā

[Chinda sotaṃ] parakkamma

Kāme panūda brāhmaṇa
Nappahāya muni kāme
N'ekattam-upapajjati

Having striven, brahman, cut the stream.Expel sensual passions.Without abandoning sensual passionsa sage encounters no oneness of mind.

Kayirā ce kayirāthenaṃ
Daḷhamenaṃ parakkame
Sithilo hi paribbājo
Bhiyyo ākirate rajaṃ
Akataṃ dukkaṭaṃ seyyo
Pacchā tappati dukkaṭaṃ
Katañca sukataṃ seyyo
Yaṃ katvā nānutappati

If something's to be done, then work at it firmly,for a slack going-forth kicks up all the more dust.It's better to leave a misdeed undone.A misdeed burns you afterward.Better that a good deed be done that, when you've done it,you don't regret.

Kuso yathā duggahito
Hattham'evānukantati
Sāmaññaṃ dupparāmatthaṃ
Nirayāyūpakaḍḍhati
Yaṅkiñci sithilaṃ kammaṃ
Saṅkiliṭṭhañca yaṃ vataṃ
Saṅkassaraṃ brahma-cariyaṃ
Na taṃ hoti, mahapphalanti.

Just as sharp-bladed grass, if wrongly held, wounds the very hand that holds it —the contemplative life, if wrongly grasped,drags you down to hell.Any slack act, or defiled observance,or fraudulent life of chastity bears no great fruit.

Ended.