[415] This is what the Blessed One said. … the Teacher:
Just as vast mountains of solid rock,
touching the sky,
might advance from every side,
crushing¹ all in the four quarters,
so aging (jarā) and death (maccu)
roll over living beings—
khattiyas, brahmins, vessas,
suddas, caṇḍālas, and scavengers (pukkusā).
[Note ¹: Po., M., Yu. read "nippoṭhento" (printed "nippoṭhenuto").]
They spare nothing² at all,
they crush everything.
There is no ground there for elephants,
none for chariots, none for infantry;
nor can they be conquered
by a battle of spells, or by wealth.
Therefore indeed a wise person,
seeing clearly his own good,
steadfast, should settle faith (saddhā)
in the Buddha, in the Dhamma, and in the Saṅgha.
One who lives by Dhamma³
with body, with speech, or with mind—
him they praise right here,
and after death he rejoices in heaven (sagga).
The Kosala Saṃyutta is concluded.
Its summary (uddāna):
Puggala (The Person), Ayyikā (The Grandmother), Loka (The World),
Issattha (Archery), Pabbatopama (The Simile of the Mountain)⁴—
this Kosala pentad
was taught by the supreme Buddha.
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[Notes: ² "Perhaps the reading should be 'kañci' ('no one')." ³ M. reads "yo dhammaṃ cari kāyena." ⁴ M. reads "pabbatūpamā."]
Māra Saṃyutta
The First Chapter (Paṭhamavagga)
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First: The Tapokamma Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.