Saturday 13 March 2021

Verse 5. Sutra 4 - Makara Brahman

Constantly seeking awakening by means of observing precepts,

Those suffer when in servitude to apperceptions,

The reciter of knowledge even a little enters a path, 

Not correcting their doctrines,  the wise possess understanding.

常覺意守戒行,  
Cháng jué yì shǒu jiè xíng,
在上行想彼苦,
zài shàngxíng xiǎng bǐ kǔ,
念本念稍入行,  
niàn běn niàn shāo rùxíng,
不矯言審有黠。
bù jiǎo yán shěn yǒu xiá.


Parallel: The Pali Sutta Nipata, Atthakavagga - Chap. 4, Verse 792

Discussion: The Pali parallel verse could be read as indicating Brahmanic knowledge in the 3rd line.