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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.46 Linked Discourses 1.46
5. Ädittavagga 5. On Fire
AccharÄsutta Nymphs Nymphs
āAccharÄgaį¹asaį¹
ghuį¹į¹haį¹, āItās resounding with a group of nymphs, The nymphs (accharÄ, āaquaticsā, perhaps originally cloud-deities) were known from Vedic times as beautiful dancers and musicians often romantically entwined with the gandhabba.āResounding with a host of nymphs,
pisÄcagaį¹asevitaį¹; but haunted by a gang of goblins! As horrifying as nymphs are seductive, the flesh-eating pisÄca (Sanskrit piÅÄca) arises in troops under cover of night and slips through the air wreaking havoc.Haunted by a host of demons!
Vanantaį¹ mohanaį¹ nÄma, This grove is called āDeludingā. Delusion contains both desire and aversion.This grove is to be called āDeludingā:
kathaį¹ yÄtrÄ bhavissatÄ«āti. How will I keep going?ā How does one escape from it?ā
āUjuko nÄma so maggo, āThat path is called āthe direct wayā, This Sutta contrasts the ādirectā way with the ādeludingā (mohana) way. This recalls the notion that the teaching shows the way to those who are lost (mÅ«įø·hassa vÄ maggaį¹ Äcikkheyya, SN 7.1:9.3). This echoes the common description of the Saį¹
gha as practicing the way that is ādirectā, suggesting that they are proceeding directly along a known route (SN 11.3:11.2).āāThe straight wayā that path is called,
abhayÄ nÄma sÄ disÄ; and itās headed for the place called āfearlessā. And āfearlessā is its destination.
Ratho akÅ«jano nÄma, The chariot is called āunswervingā, Verses connecting parts of the Dhamma to a chariot are also found at SN 41.5 and SN 45.4. | Chariots appear throughout the Vedic literature as vehicles of gods and heroes, and in metaphors especially for the sun and the sacrifice. Rig Veda 10.135.3 speaks of a chariot created by the mind, with a single pole and facing all directions, which connects a grieving son with his departed father.The chariot is called āunrattling, ā
dhammacakkehi saį¹yuto. fitted with wheels of the teaching. Normally dhammacakka, the āwheel of the teachingā, is singular, this being a unique plural. The commentary explains as mental and physical energy.Fitted with wheels of wholesome states.
HirÄ« tassa apÄlambo, Conscience is its bench-back, āThe sense of shame is its leaning board,
satyassa parivÄraį¹aį¹; mindfulness its upholstery. Mindfulness its upholstery;
DhammÄhaį¹ sÄrathiį¹ brÅ«mi, I say the teaching is the driver, I call the Dhamma the charioteer,
sammÄdiį¹į¹hipurejavaį¹. with right view running out in front. With right view running out in front.
Yassa etÄdisaį¹ yÄnaį¹, Any woman or man āOne who has such a vehicleā
itthiyÄ purisassa vÄ; who has such a vehicle, Whether a woman or a manā
Sa ve etena yÄnena, by means of this vehicle Has, by means of this vehicle,
nibbÄnasseva santikeāti. has drawn near to extinguishment.ā Drawn close to NibbÄna. ā