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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.23 Linked Discourses 1.23
3. Sattivagga 3. A Sword
Jaį¹Äsutta A Tangle Tangle
āAntojaį¹Ä bahijaį¹Ä, āTangled within, tangled without: The ātangleā (jaį¹Ä) is the tangled hair or dreadlocks of the Brahmanical jaį¹ila ascetics, as is made clear in SN 7.6 where a dreadlocked brahmin opens with the same verse. The claim is that jaį¹ila ascetics are as tangled in their minds by craving as they are in their hair.āA tangle inside, a tangle outside,
Jaį¹Äya jaį¹itÄ pajÄ; these people are tangled in tangles. This generation is entangled in a tangle.
Taį¹ taį¹ gotama pucchÄmi, I ask you this, Gotama: I ask you this, O Gotama,
Ko imaį¹ vijaį¹aye jaį¹anāti. who can untangle this tangle?ā Who can disentangle this tangle?ā
āSÄ«le patiį¹į¹hÄya naro sapaƱƱo, āA wise person grounded in ethics, In a bold literary conceit, the vast compendium of the Visuddhimagga positions itself as an explanation of this single verse.āA man established on virtue, wise,
Cittaį¹ paƱƱaƱca bhÄvayaį¹; developing the mind and wisdom, Here citta (āmindā) stands for samÄdhi or jhÄna, which is normally the case in the Suttas on the path (eg. cittasampadÄ = samÄdhisampadÄ, cittabhÄvanÄ = samÄdhibhÄvanÄ, adhicitta = samÄdhi, etc.)Developing the mind and wisdom,
ÄtÄpÄ« nipako bhikkhu, a keen and alert mendicantāA bhikkhu ardent and discreet:
So imaį¹ vijaį¹aye jaį¹aį¹. they can untangle this tangle. He can disentangle this tangle.
Yesaį¹ rÄgo ca doso ca, Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance The previous verse dealt with the one who is practicing; this verse with the perfected one; and the final verse with final extinguishment.āThose for whom lust and hatred
avijjÄ ca virÄjitÄ; have faded away; Along with ignorance have been expunged,
KhÄ«į¹ÄsavÄ arahanto, the perfected ones with defilements endedāThe arahants with taints destroyed:
tesaį¹ vijaį¹itÄ jaį¹Ä. they have untangled the tangle. For them the tangle is disentangled.
Yattha nÄmaƱca rÅ«paƱca, And where name and form āWhere name-and-form ceases,
asesaį¹ uparujjhati; cease with no residue left behind; Stops without remainder,
Paį¹ighaį¹ rÅ«pasaĆ±Ć±Ä ca, and impingement and perception of form: And also impingement and perception of form:
etthesÄ chijjate jaį¹Äāti. itās here this tangle is cut.ā It is here this tangle is cut. ā