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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.12 Linked Discourses 1.12
2. Nandanavagga 2. The Garden of Delight
Nandatisutta Delight Delight
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«. At Savatthi.
Ekamantaį¹ į¹hitÄ kho sÄ devatÄ bhagavato santike imaį¹ gÄthaį¹ abhÄsi: Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the Buddhaās presence: Standing to one side, that devatÄ recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
āNandati puttehi puttimÄ, āChildren bring you delight! āOne who has sons delights in sons,
GomÄ gohi tatheva nandati; Cattle also bring you delight! One with cattle delights in cattle.
UpadhÄ«hi narassa nandanÄ, For attachments are a manās delight; Acquisitions truly are a manās delight;
Na hi so nandati yo nirÅ«padhÄ«āti. without attachments thereās no delight.ā Without acquisitions one does not delight. ā
āSocati puttehi puttimÄ, āChildren bring you sorrow. āOne who has sons sorrows over sons,
GomÄ gohi tatheva socati; Cattle also bring you sorrow. One with cattle sorrows over cattle.
UpadhÄ«hi narassa socanÄ, For attachments are a manās sorrow; āAttachmentā here is upadhi, which is both the things of the world to which we cling, and the inner clinging (see Snp 1.2, SN 12.66). The Jains defined upadhi similarly (TattvÄrthasÅ«tra 9.26). The dominant meaning in Sanskrit is āfraudā, which perhaps informs the Buddhist sense: the things we attach to give a false sense of security.Acquisitions truly are a manās sorrows;
Na hi so socati yo nirÅ«padhÄ«āti. without attachments there are no sorrows.ā Without acquisitions one does not sorrow. ā