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8. Incinerated – 8. Chetvāvagga

SN 1.71 Incinerated – Chetvāsutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Standing to one side, that deity addressed the Buddha in verse:

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“When what is incinerated do you sleep at ease?

“Kiṁsu chetvā sukhaṁ seti,

When what is incinerated is there no sorrow?

kiṁsu chetvā na socati;

What’s the one thing, Gotama,

Kissassu ekadhammassa,

whose killing you approve?”

vadhaṁ rocesi gotamā”ti.

“When anger’s incinerated you sleep at ease.

“Kodhaṁ chetvā sukhaṁ seti,

When anger’s incinerated there is no sorrow.

kodhaṁ chetvā na socati;

O deity, anger has a poisonous root

Kodhassa visamūlassa,

and a honey tip.

madhuraggassa devate;

The noble ones praise its killing,

Vadhaṁ ariyā pasaṁsanti,

for when it’s incinerated there is no sorrow.”

tañhi chetvā na socatī”ti.