Attadaṇḍasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 794

[794] **"Having seen the people trembling" (phandamānaṃ pajaṃ disvā):** "People" (pajā) is a designation for beings. [Having seen] the people trembling with the trembling of craving (taṇhā), trembling with the trembling of views, trembling with the trembling of defilements, trembling with the trembling of misconduct (duccarita), trembling with the trembling of endeavor (payoga), trembling with the trembling of kamma-result; trembling with the lust of one impassioned, trembling with the hatred of one corrupted, trembling with the delusion of one confused, trembling with conceit (māna) that binds, trembling with a view that is misapprehended, trembling with restlessness that has gone to distraction, trembling with doubt that has reached no conclusion, trembling with latent tendencies (anusaya) grown strong; trembling because of gain, trembling because of loss, trembling because of fame, trembling because of disgrace, trembling because of praise, trembling because of blame, trembling because of pleasure, trembling because of pain; trembling because of birth, trembling because of aging, trembling because of illness, trembling because of death, trembling because of sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair; trembling because of the suffering (dukkha) of hell, trembling because of the suffering of the animal realm, trembling because of the suffering of the realm of hungry ghosts, trembling because of human suffering; because of the suffering rooted in descent into the womb, the suffering rooted in dwelling in the womb, the suffering rooted in emerging from the womb, the suffering bound up with one who is born, the suffering of one born being subject to others, the suffering from one's own exertion, the suffering from others' exertion, the suffering that is painful feeling itself (dukkhadukkha), the suffering of formations, the suffering of change; because of the suffering of eye disease, of ear disease, of nose disease, of tongue disease, of bodily disease, of disease of the head, disease of the outer ear, disease of the mouth, disease of the teeth, cough, asthma, catarrh, burning fever, fever, disease of the belly, fainting, dysentery, colic, cholera, leprosy, boils, eczema, consumption, epilepsy, ringworm, itch, scab, chapping of the skin, scabies, disease of the blood, disease of the bile, diabetes, hemorrhoids, pox, fistula; because of afflictions arising from bile, afflictions arising from phlegm, afflictions arising from wind, afflictions from the combination of humors, afflictions born of the change of seasons, afflictions born of improper care, afflictions caused by assault, afflictions born of the ripening of kamma; because of cold, heat, hunger, thirst, defecation, urination, and contact with gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and creeping things; because of the suffering from the death of a mother, the suffering from the death of a father, the suffering from the death of a brother, the suffering from the death of a sister, the suffering from the death of a son, the suffering from the death of a daughter, the suffering from the death of relatives, the suffering from the loss of wealth, the suffering from loss through illness, the suffering from the loss of virtue, the suffering from the loss of view — trembling, trembling all over, trembling in every way, quivering, quaking, and shaking with agitation. **"Having seen" (disvā):** having seen, having weighed, having judged, having made plain, having made evident. Thus, "having seen the people trembling."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.