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Sutta NipÄta 4.1 Sutta NipÄta 4.1Anthology of Discourses 4.1
KÄmasutta Sensual PleasureSensual Pleasures
KÄmaį¹ kÄmayamÄnassa, If one, longing for sensual pleasure,If a mortal desires sensual pleasure
tassa ce taį¹ samijjhati; achieves it, yes,and their desire succeeds,
AddhÄ pÄ«timano hoti, heās enraptured at heart.they definitely become elated,
laddhÄ macco yadicchati. The mortal gets what he wants.having got what they want.
Tassa ce kÄmayÄnassa, But if for that personBut for that personage in the throes of pleasure,
chandajÄtassa jantuno; ālonging, desiringāaroused by desire,
Te kÄmÄ parihÄyanti, the pleasures diminish,when those pleasures fade,
sallaviddhova ruppati. heās afflicted, as if shot with an arrow.it inflicts them like an arrow strike.
Yo kÄme parivajjeti, Whoever avoids sensual desiresOne who, being mindful,
sappasseva padÄ siro; āas he would, with his foot, the head of a snakeāavoids sensual pleasures
Somaį¹ visattikaį¹ loke, this attachment in the world,like side-stepping a snakeās head,
sato samativattati. goes beyond, mindful.transcends attachment to the world.
Khettaį¹ vatthuį¹ hiraƱƱaį¹ vÄ, Fields, land, gold,There are many objects of sensual desire:
gavÄssaį¹ dÄsaporisaį¹; cattle, horses, servants, employees,fields, lands, and gold; cattle and horses;
Thiyo bandhÅ« puthu kÄme, women, relatives, many sensual pleasuresāslaves and servants; women and relatives.
yo naro anugijjhati. a man who is greedy for theseWhen a man lusts over these,
AbalÄ naį¹ balÄ«yanti, is overpowered with weaknessthe weak overpower him
maddantenaį¹ parissayÄ; and trampled by trouble,and adversities crush him.
Tato naį¹ dukkhamanveti, for pain invades himSuffering follows him Bodhi, Norman, and ĆÄį¹adÄ«pa all have āenterā here, while į¹¬hÄnissaro has āinvadesā. But this is a stock line, and itās hard to read anveti as anything other than āfollowsā. Niddesa (Mnd 1:70.2) has anveti anugacchati anvÄyikaį¹ hoti. The metaphor is not that water āentersā a boat, but that a leaky boat already contains water and takes it along (like a shadow or an ox-cart per the opening verses of the Dhammapada). Thatās why it has to be bailed out in the next verse.
nÄvaį¹ bhinnamivodakaį¹. as water, a cracked boat.Asaį¹
ga, in the YogÄcÄrabhÅ«mi, quotes a Sanskrit version of this poem whose verses correspond to the Pali up to this point, but then ends with another verse that has no direct Pali parallel.like water in a leaky boat.
TasmÄ jantu sadÄ sato, So one, always mindful,Thatās why a personage, ever mindful,
KÄmÄni parivajjaye; should avoid sensual desires.should avoid sensual pleasures.
Te pahÄya tare oghaį¹, Letting them go, heād cross over the floodGive them up and cross the flood,
NÄvaį¹ sitvÄva pÄragÅ«ti. like one who, having bailed out the boat, has reached the far shore.The Chinese version of the Aį¹į¹haka Vagga adds, at this point, the verses on grieving and separation found in AN 5:49.as a bailed-out boat reaches the far shore.
KÄmasuttaį¹ paį¹hamaį¹. The KÄma Sutta, the first.vv. 766ā771. See also: MN 13ā14; MN 22; MN 54; SN 1:20; SN 35:63; SN 35:115; SN 35:197; AN 6:63; Sn 2:8; Thag 5:1; Thag 7:1; Thag 10:5; Thig 5:4; Thig 13:5.