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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.79 Linked Discourses 1.79
8. ChetvÄvagga 8. Slain
PÄtheyyasutta Provisions Provisions for a Journey
āKiį¹su bandhati pÄtheyyaį¹, āWhat binds the provisions for a journey? PÄtheyya is equivalent to the archaic Latinate viatica, āprovisions for a journeyā. Both this question and the next have the literal sense of safeguarding oneās possessions.āWhat secures provisions for a journey?
kiį¹su bhogÄnamÄsayo; Whatās the vault of wealth? Äsaya here has the sense of a place of safety (see Manu 7.160), which for wealth is a āvaultā.What is the abode of wealth?
Kiį¹su naraį¹ parikassati, What drags a person around? What drags a person around?
kiį¹su lokasmi dujjahaį¹; What in the world is hard to give up? What in the world is hard to discard?
Kismiį¹ baddhÄ puthÅ« sattÄ, With what are ordinary beings bound, By what are many beings bound
pÄsena sakuį¹Ä« yathÄāti. like birds in a snare?ā Like birds caught in a snare?ā
āSaddhÄ bandhati pÄtheyyaį¹, āFaith binds the provisions for a journey. The Buddha elevates the meaning, since faith holds all the factors of the path together.āFaith secures provisions for a journey;
sirÄ« bhogÄnamÄsayo; Majesty is the vault of wealth. SirÄ« (āmajestyā) is explained by the commentary is issariya, āsovereigntyā. This suggests that the sense is that wealth can only be safeguarded by power. Alternatively, sirÄ« can also mean āluckā or āLady Luckā, suggesting that the keeping of wealth is just a matter of luck.Fortune is the abode of wealth;
IcchÄ naraį¹ parikassati, Desire drags a person around. Desire drags a person around;
icchÄ lokasmi dujjahÄ; Desire in the world is hard to give up. Desire is hard to discard in the world.
IcchÄbaddhÄ puthÅ« sattÄ, Ordinary beings are bound by desire, By desire many beings are bound
pÄsena sakuį¹Ä« yathÄāti. like birds in a snare.ā Like birds caught in a snare. ā